The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-08-01
THE WoRsHPERs on FoRcE.

fainty the German military organization Is losing its
effectiveness. The ultimate consequence Of that de-
cline i the defeat Of the German government and its
enforced submission to the viii of civilization in the
making Of peace that Germany win never again be
able to break The evidences Of the breaking down of
The German military organization are such that they
cannot be denied They are, in fact admitted BY the
Germans
There are two great adverse factors either Of which
would spell ruin to Germany:
l. The steadily increasing shortage Of food and raw
materials.
e. The failure of submarines to prevent the increase
Of allied strength
The first item relates not merely to the German en-
pre, but TO the allies Of Germany and all the lands
cupied by Germany There not in all those regions
sufficient fOod for the people occupying them, sui-
cent materials keep the German army up to the
point where hope to do equal battle with the
increasing allied armies.
Germany proper short Of food although the soldiers
well fed Neutrals who visit Germany are made i'll by
the poor food That the testimony Of wealthy Swede
who recently visited Berlin, where he guest at the
Hotel AdlOn. He cut his visit short and returned to
Stockholm, where he told American friends that it was
impossible to obtain wholesome food in Berlin in su-
eent quantities to maintain health The truth Of these
statements abundanty borne out by reports from the
allies spies in Germany.
AustriaHungary is in worse condition than Germany,
because Of worse political and economic management
The people suen and rebeious In large areas they
have refused to grow crops while in industrial they
are strike organizing rebellion The people charge
Germany with monopOlizng food that was promised to
Austria The failure to obtain food from Ulraina was
greater disappointment than the defeat on the Pave
As for Bulgaria and Turkey all available food was swept
away to Germany long ago.
| There is much raw material in Russia, but Germany
has not been able to obtain it yet because of the i'm
distances to be covered and the difficulties Of labor
and transportation in barren country There is cotton
in Turkestan for example but might as well be stored
in Paris other hopelessy inaccessible place.
far as Germany is concerned There is platinum in ST.
beria but the Czecho-Sovaks are also in Siberia which
again disappOints Germany
Gradually remOrselessy the god Of brute force is con-
Stunning his worshpers. Germany in the position Of
the Aztecs whose frenzied sacrifices Of human flesh
the remOrseess gods threatened to depopulae the en-
pre. All the material in Germanys command including
man Resh is not sufficient to fill the NAV Of war
In the meantime the allied powers wax strong and
aggressive They have the limess reservoirs of the
New World from which to draw all necessary materials
Regions twice large Germany can be counted by
the Dozen oil of them ready to yield any material re-
quired for the overthrow Of Germany
The German authorities acknowledge the failure Of the
submarines to stop this flow of strength to Europe In
that admssO mis- the confession of failure and the pre-
iminary of surrender Il is as hnmstakabIe as though
HOhenzOern himself should appear at the front witt
uplifted hands, crying "Kameradp (This is fancifu
picture it is quite absurd to suppose that the kaiser
would appear at the front under any circumstances
If he should the allies would naturally be on the lookout
for an exceptionally abomnable act of treachery) TIL,
German mniste rof marine tries to expla nthe reasons
for the submarine failure to sink transports but it
unnecessary to cite his reasons The main fact is sui
cent for American readers Let the Germans get what
comfort they by chewing the cud of ntrospectiOn
That is the only thing left for them to chew.
The fighting the chief battle front goes on elorousy
Germany may mass enough to hold the allies. o.
even to thrust them back somewhat But the fate Of
Germany is not in the hands Of the German army o,
government It is the allied nations the trustees of out
humanity that have been given the power to pro
nOunee and execute the fate of Germany Washington
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