Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-30
MILITARY DEFEAT
BRINGS LIGHT TO
GERMAN PEOPLE

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change In the political system. The
civil cabinet has already assumed
control and it Is endorsing the gener-
al staff. Such dictation as that at
Brest, where the line was arbitrarily
drawn for the frontier of Russia,
could not now be repeated. Minister
Kuehlmann was then helpless. The
general staff, which did as it pleased
is now defeated and discredited.
There have been actual changes in
fact, even when not in the actual
form of laws. Anybody knowing
Germany today is bound to credit the
statement in the last note from Max
imilian that the personal and arbi-
trary powers that were formerly able
to threaten the safety of the world
have now gone.
If the kaiser, as the head of this
system, must so, for the good of
Germany or Of the world he will go.
Few in; Germany care anything about
his dynastic privileges, except that his
going; might send things into chaos.
President Wilson'S power over
Germans mentality came suddenly,
when tho people saw how seriously
they had been misled regarding the
power OF. America and its motives Re-
cent revelations regarding the at
tempts of the American government
To eaer us fyeacemaker one year and q
half ago have shown the Germans
that America was acting in good
faith. Until recently they did not
know that,
The German people now recognize
that America was treated unfairly
when their government decided upon
unrestricted submarine warfare.
Change in the German attitude is
really expressed in the peace notes.
Acceptance of President Wilson's
fourteen points was actuated, of
course, by the military situation, in
the first place; but it would be I'M
fair to suppose that the real situa-
ton is not recognized otherwise in
the acceptance by the German lead
crs of the fourteen points as a basis
for a just peace.
The German people have turned to
President Wilson in the belief that he
is tho one great political leader who
can be trusted to make a permanent
peace which shall permit equal eco
titude came soon after the presidents
first notef "
Don't Want Niles in Germany.
His second note came just before
] left Germany. 1t did not cause the
people to doubt the presidents sips
Certify but there were .misgivings con-
corning his power to carry out his
principles
The people are in a state of hui
mility. They are willing to- withdraw
from France and Belgium. TO give up
Alsace-Lorraine to pay indemnity to
Belgium and to admit that they have
been wrong but they wish to be sure
that no allied troops enter Germany.
They frankly admit that they do not
want thir cities to suffer what they
made the French cities suffer.
Liberal leaders, while not wholly
aeceding to this public attitude, say
their hope of developing democracy
depends upon the way the movement
may be handled. They believe it has
come to stay, IL it does not fall at
once but it, under new democratic
government, Germany must suffer in
vasion, that would end democracy
for a long time. They also wish to
see humbled the false leaders who
caused the disaster of world war,
but they fear that Germany may be
crushed at the same time.
Emery Made Prisoner I'm March.
Major II. G. Emery, sent to Russia
IN October. 1916, by the Guaranty
trust company to make an economic
survey, and where he was attached
20 the American Military mission,
was for four years chairman of the
United States tariff board under
President Taft He is forty-six years
old, a son of l.. A. Emery, justice of
tue s'tSrerre court of Maine and was
graduated from Bowdoin college, aft
erward studying in Germany. He
iater became professor in Bowdoin
coilege and was professor of political
economy at Yale from 1900 to 1915.
with Mrs. Emery he started for
'Stoekholn Sweden, when the Ger
mans made their drive toward Pc
trograd last February. He left Abo,
Finland, in March for the Aiand is
ianos, crossing to Ekeron on sIedges.
AZ Ekeron despite protests of the Fin
lsh government, Major and Mrs. EN-
cry We're seized by the Germans and
Major Emery was sent a prisoner to
Germany. Mrs. Emery was released,
however. and continued the Journey
In company with other refugees.
IN Germany he was kept on parole
ana was confined in prison after
lew weeks, although he was forced
70 report regularly to the military
authorities Many efforts made for
ms release failed. and it was not
until recently that he was permitted
to make the trip to Copenhagen.