New-York tribune., 1918-12-02
Germany Strong,
Will Be a Republic,
Viereck Declares
Propagandist Editor Says
Collapse of Kaiser's
Allies Cost War

Physical exhaustion played an I'M
portant part in the German collapse.
In the last analysis, however, Mr.. Will
sons is a moral rather than physical
victory. Germany is still unbeaten,
outnumbered and outgunned, held vast
enemy territories. Her navy was In
tact"
Thus George Sylvester Viereck, a
first cousin of Wilhelm Hohenzollern,
friend and associate Of German spies,
who acknowledged under oath that he
received gold from the Teutonic propa-
ganda paymasters, sums up the Allied
victory in the December issue of his
magazine, 'Viereck's American Month
ly.' In this signed article, Viereck,
while condemning the imperial German
government, which paid him the money
to start the magazine, writes long
panegyric on the efficiency Of the Ger"
man people and characterizes them as
ideal for the formation of new re-
public.
Says Wilson Was Needed
"President Wilson appealed to the
moral sense of the German people"
writes Viereck "The Germans needed
because, despite Nietzsche, they are at
bottom a moral people. They followed
their government blindly SO long as
they were convinced of the good faith
of their government. They faced the
world in arms without finching, until
events compelled them to question the
absolute righteousness of their cause.
They countenanced 'frightfulncss' be-
cause they believed in world con-
spiracy against them.
"Politically, the new Germany will
be a republic. 1t will be q model re-
public if the Germans apply to politics
the efficiency that characterizes their
efforts in industry and science. Geo
shorn Of the French-speakin districts
of Alsace and Lorraine. The final fate
of these provinces is in their own
hands. The occupation by the Allied
powers of Alsace and Lorraine does
rot, in itself, prejudice a solution of
the question according to the principle
of international right and peoples self
determination Such, at least is the
view of Chancellor Ebert. If Germany
should be under Bolshevik influences
even the German elements of the two
provinces may elect French rather than
German rule.
Economically the new Germany will
have to bear many heavy burdens. It's
own war debt is immense. The Allies
demands for damages will be stagger-
ing. The avowed policy Of our Tories
to keep Germany in economic subjuga-
tion is contrary to the spirit and to the
letter of the Presidents fourteen
points. No power on earth can keep
75,000,000 people, speaking the same
language, inspired by the same ideals,
united by choice, in the heart of Eu
rope, in economic slavery"
Is Opposed to Lodge
Viereck concludes his article with the
following prophecy:
"The day is not far off when the
United States of America may freely
salute the United States of Germany,
wave side by side with the black, red
and gold of our new sister republic"
In another signed article Viereck
writes of the newly elected Congress.
He says that with the balance of pow
er in the Senate in the hands of two
progressives, La Toilette and Norris.
Senator Lodge cannot be made chair
man of the Foreign Affairs Commit
tee, which, he declares, would be
national misfortune.
"The Congressional elections were
not in a sense a reputation Of the
Presidents foreign policies" con-
tlHueS VieTeck. ney were reac
tion against oppressive measures, such
as the espionage act, sponsored by
the Democratic majority and, unfort-
unately, not repudiated by President
Wilson. They expressed the distrust
of the people against sectional legis
lation. Many Democratic leaders
seemed to forget that they were Amer
leans and not merely Southerners. We
would like to see in Congress
healthy sprinkling OF Socialist and in
dependents"