Evening star., 1918-06-14
LANS|NG!VON STEIN
TALK CONTRASTED
D. S. Secretary lmpressIvey
Visions "Free World Of
the Future"
~ tns Associated Press.

LONDON. June 13.-1n an editorial
today the Times alludes to the deep
ly impressive" contrast between the
recent speeches by Secretary Of State
Lansing and the deliverances OF Gen.
Won Stein, the Prussian war minister;
Herr Won Payer, the German vice
chancellor, and Baron Burian, the
Austro- hungarian foreign minister.
The utterances OF the spokesmen for
the central powers. the Times COM
ments, give one vision Of the world OF
the future. while the other "is a
league of free peoples. based on those
great. simple ideas Of liberty. democ-
racy and International law" which
are Justly declared to be the founda-.
tion of England's moral greatness ana
not of Englands alone.
"They are shared to the FULL" con-
tinues the newspaper, by that otner
President Wilson and Secretary Lans-
ing speak. Mr.. Lansing repeats with
telling force the familiar reasons why
reconciliation between the funda.
mental doctrines of Prussianism and
those Of democracy is impossible. The
militarist creed deifies force and
would rule mankind by force.
Seeks World Domination.
world domination was and is the
central thought of Prussianism.' That
thought has been instilled into the
Germans by their accredited instruc-
tors and pastors until it has filled
and an all absorbing ambition to
prove themselves supermen' chosen
by Providence to dominate us.
America has learned that the only
%
people the evil spirit which possesses
them is to prove conclusively that
they are physically unable to fasten
their yoke upon the world. That
proof can be given only by the de-
cisive defeat Of the kaiser's armies.
ly al we do that the war must con-
tiY until the arrogant and brutal
Prusans are humbled.
Not Fighting for Unstable Truce
"An unstable truce is not what the
associated democracies are fighting
for. They are lavishing their best
blood and their accumulated wealth
for a real peace founded upon justice
"a peace which will be a blessing
and not a curse to them and their
children for generations to come.
Until that goal is reached we must
go on with the war"
commenting oi the podSt1ul Stdte-
ment of Gen. Won Stein regarding the
German successes in the present Of
fensive. the Daily Mail notes particu-
larly that Gen. Won Stein was certain
that Germany was approaching her
goal. THE fact is" the newspaper
continues, that at every turn since
1914 the German military party has
been able to produce precise calcula-
tions proving that victory was just
within the German grasp. but at
every turn there has been some fatal
flaw in those calculations which has
confuted their prediction. The Ger
man staff overlookS every time the
truth that moral forces still count in
this world. It forgets the unconQuer-
able spirit Of Great Britain and
America"
ul-Treatment Of Prisoners.
AMSTERDAM. June 1s.-After the
speech by Gen. Won Stein in the
reichstag Herr Wirth. a deputy of
the center. section, asserted that bet
ter provisions must be made for re-
turning prisoners of war. He said
Journey that prisoners had hardly
anything to eat and were completely
exhausted
Herr wirth added that there were
still soldiers who had received no
&eave for two years and that 1t must
nave an exasperattng effect that sub
scrfbers to the war loan should re-
ceiye favored treatment in the matter
OF leave Of absence. Herr Wirth de-
sent home as soon as possible.
The socialist deputy, Herr Schoep-
hin. said that iron crosses had lost
much in esteem.