Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-27
KAISER USES AUSTRIA AS PLANT PEACE PARLEY TOOL

garian war Prisoners in Russia, wh(
are treated worse by their own Gov
ernment and Countrymen today thai
they ever were by their Russian foes
and it reveals how foolish the preva|
lent supposition is that Austro-Hun
gary is a freer and more democrati@
land than Germany!
Once again on my weeks triI
through Switzerland I heard the pen
suasive, suave voice of the AustroX
Hungarian pacfist. 1t was in tn
quaint old town of Fribourg, the cen
ter of Catholic learning in Switzer
land, and a grizzled university profes
sor was speaking:
"Ah, the young Emperor Charles
what an excellent. well-meaning younl
man! If the Allies have a sincer
friend, it is surely he ="
Kaiser Dominates Karl
Well. I am perfectly willing to be
lieve that the young Emperor's intenX
tions are good, but in his case th& !
road 10 Berlin is paved with them
When his good intentions were re
vealed to Kaiser William. he repuU
dated and lied about them in a hys
terical, terrified way. like the timid1
weak young man he is.
His qualities are those of his natfo1
--ainiabil kindness OF heart, Ger
tain indefnable talent for awakenin
universal sympathy. such as is ofte}
round in the last representatives o.
degenerate dynaSties, and which dis
tinguished the Stliarts. So also are
unfortunately, his defects duplicit{
porn or weakness. cowardice innatJ
pad faith. The Allies, and Americ
not least, owe NJ. Clemenceau a deb
or gratitude for his mastery exposurI
OF them in his victorious bout wifi
Count Czernin, that foolhardy and am
biguous intriguer.
Back here in Berne, I have bee
chatting with prominent Germa
exile. one of His Imperial Maiesty
the kalser's consuls in foreign land
petore the war, but today a leadinx
spirit 'in the good fight for the Ger
man republic of the future. This
what he said:
Try to dissuade the Americans from
the idea that Austria and her rule
are capable of bursting their Germa
bonds. Warn them against Iistenin
TO AustrO Hungarian pacifists, VIII
nave ever been and still are tn
kaiser's most effective political agents
even when they are sincere and wh(
are most dangerous because they oftei
are sincere. So long as the prestige q
Prussian militarism and it's leaders re
mains mistaken. the Austrians and thy
Hungarians. their Emperor and thei}
statesmen, will be as they were here
tofore, the slaves and tools of ImI
perial Germany. When Ludendorff 4
defeated, but only then, vii! Austri
break away from Germany, false
her allies as she is to her foes"
The Pet Enemy Fallacy
This seems to me to be good tall
1t tallies with all I know of thI
Austro-Hungarian charact and meth
DDS. America has been too much inI
clined to regard Austro- Hungary : a
her pet enemy" She has in a meas
ure, l fear spoiled this optimisti|
nation. The Austro-Hunsarians hayI
come to believe that all they have Il
do is to smile and smirk and America
will not only forgive, but save then
from otherwise inevitable ruin afteI
the war. Listen to this, in the samJ
strain as nv Hungarian acauaintance'
vagaries. from the Arbeiter Zeituna
of Vienna:
After the war we shall need
billions to pay for the goods wei
snail be forced to import in order
10 reconstitute our shattered indus.
tries and ruined agriculture Who'll
is to lend us this money? We mavI
call ourselves lucky if Germany isI
able to lend us enough to pay theI
yearly interest on the three billionsI
of dollars we owe her. Only Eng
land and America will still be rich
enough to help us. If the terribla|
wounds the war has inflicted on us|
economically are to be healed, theI
money market, above all, of theI
United States must remain open toll
us. Therefore it must be our policyI
to favor a peace of reconciliation.
The ingenious Socialist editors n
the Arbeiter Zeitung don't say. minj
you, that if America consents to granI
Austria financial help after the wad
the Austrians will stop helping thl
, Germans now in enslaving and teri
rorizing Europe and conclude a serj
arate peace with the Allies. Oh, nd
there is no question of that. Austri1
is going to fight out the war at Ged
many's side, to send'all the troops thl
Kaiser may ask for to France, butt
she will favor q peace of reconcilial
tion." And for this America afte|
Austria has fought against her and
her Allies in the Kaiser's interest anl
under bis directions. s''complacenti]
to sa1ve the wrecked Austria1
finances.
Yes, I'cannot help thinking tha|
AustrO- Hungary has been spoiIe1
through Americas generosity and, n
dulgence and that it is high time 81
were made to understand that All ~
captivating graces are displayed r
vain. 81