Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
HUN PROPAGANDLSTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Morale Of People So Lou that Those Travel
ing in Holland Say eve Cannot Stand
HAny Longer" Is Frequently Heard.

mits that the situation for Germany
is far from rosy. He says:
Certainly our position is serious
frightfully serious-more serious than
ever before in our century-old his
tory. We know it. We must have
no illusion on that score. We fight
against all in the world that is strong
from a military standpoint. We can
only count on our own forces. We
are alone and abandoned.
IF at the present juncture Ger
many's morale were to sink as tho
entente wishes 1T to do this would
be just as if in a public hall filled
with people somebody shouted fire.
simply because paper lantern was
afire, or even without that scanty
reason. This cry can bring about q
terrible panic and cause great dam
age unless a few calm persons can
That is what the enemy wants-to
foster Il panic in Germany. To make
this impossible is the duty Of every
German man and woman"
The officer admits that the Germans
at home are suffering atrociously
under the war pressure, but adds:
Is Germany Childish, He Asks.
"Why be faint hearted? Why con-
tinually whine? Can't you see that We
are plunged in the inevitable? 1t can
not be otherwise. Is there anybody
in Germany who would cry Stop tho
war at any price, for we do not want
unreasonable child, who, in the midst
of a walk, sinks to the ground and
decides that he will go no farther be-
cause he is tired?
what do these people mean who
cry Stop? They do not understand our
position will be much worse if we give
up. Do they believe that We could.
without further fighting, get a peace
less cruel than the one we would get
if we were beaten to standstill, es-
pecially at this moment when the
enemy papers are filled with threats
of a demand for revenge when our
enemies believe they will make us pay
for all they have suffered and lost?
1--WE are told that we ought to sur
render France and Belgium and that
then peace might be discussed, but
could we count on concessions when
we have nothing in our hands? we
would get a decent peace, they say.
if we change our government, but
are the Germans as idiotic as to be-
lieve that France. England andsAmer-
lea are waging war to improve our
government?
No Choice "But to Fight On"
NO. Today We have no choice.
but must go on until our enemies
see that they cannot beat us, even
with all sacrifices. Then they viii!
be ready for peace negotiations, and
not before and not otherwise. We
must fight. not to increase our might,
not for battle fame, but for life and
for our children's bread. 1t is not
our dynasty nor our state system the
enemy wants to seize by the neck
it is ourselves.
Let US look at things as they are.
Let us recognize that our fatherland
is like an isolated vessel in the midst.
of furiously raging hurricane. There
| is nothing for us to do except to
! make all efforts to use alk1eur force.
| to increase the ships power OF re-
of the men at the wheel. Nobody
can leave the ship. We have to reach
| the harbor or sink. To complain and
whine only increases the chance of
disaster and revolt and make the dis
aSter still more certain"