Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-02-26

PARIS Cby maiD.-William H. Taft.
rang a bell in the gallery of French
public opinion recently when he said:
I'VE are al war with the German
people. as well as with the German
government"
France has always known that
Whether the German government. or
Prussianism, or militarism, or what
not put il there. there IS a sinister
ego in the German people of today
that must be exercised before the
world can have peace.
The kaiser may be responsible for
a good deal. but he is not wholly re
sDOnsibie for the German officer who
was captured the other day ct Verdun-
Rather a decent fellow. his Frenck
captoTs reported They lack that iron
ability 10 hate that the Germans and
the Anglo-Saxons have They rather
liked him
DO you still think that Germany
VIII VIM" he was asked.
"Oh, yes.'' said he ~Of course, we
soldiers know that the Russian anG
Italian affairs do lot mean the war is
Won BY any means. But we viii win.
Not what we wanted. but enough for
the time"
His French Guestioners were puz-
lied They repeated the. last phrase:
Yes" said he, quite seriously. I'VE
viii not get all We want in this war.
But IL the next war We shall take
ALL
Every one on the allied side is |
thinking only Of such an end 10 this
war that there may never be another |
war-at least, that there shall not be !
war in this generation. Our side |
wants a peace that shall endure. This |
German officer wants a peace hat
shall be a jumping OF place for the
next war.
Like All German Prisoners
II he were just a military mad man
merely an individual gone dahy
with the thought of world loot - he
misht be disregarded. But he is rep
resentative OF the Germans captured |
by the allies
It is positive idiOcy tc put any faith
in the stories OF lowered German
morale as shown by German prison,
ers- The morale OF all fresh caught
prisoners is low enough But these
Germans are cOckv enough after they
have been fed up and warmed
through.
Il want to subscribe 10 some tech
meal papers" said a German prisoner
recently tskeE by the English. =
must keep up with the metal trade
am going 10 open an Office in Lon
don after the war
Not in the metal trade" said the
officer who talked with him. grimly
There viii be no more control Of the
British metal trade by Germans after
the war. Our eyes are open now
The German was indignant Inci-l
dentally. h. spoke excellent English,
fer he had been schooled IN England.
But tits IS outrageous" said he
IF you attempt 20 interfere with our
conduct OF trade you viii bring about
another war ! warn you Germany
must be supreme"
1t is safe 10 say there is not one
German prisoner in one hundred
barring those who truckle to their
captcrs and dare not speak their
minds-whO does not talk OF the line
up OF alliances after the war;
we VIII possess Russia" they say
'and France and Italy will be tool.
weakened to dare enter an alliance
which may trap them into another
conflict with the conquering race
Give us 20 years to breed another
geneTatiOn-and then there shall be
an end OF England
How about the United States? ," an
American officer asked the other day.
Americans as "Fsthesds" 4
Americans are fatheads." said the
prisoner contemptuously They think
too much of peace-they believe too
easily They permit too much liberty.
too They are AT war with US. yet the
German press prints what it viii in
the United States. When this war is
over we can whip the United States
overnight
And South American
I'VE did not know how strong we