Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-04-12
A Germans Appeal.

DR.. Hermann Roesemeier, ma
tive of Germany, subject Of the
former parliamentary correspond
dent of the Berlin MorPenpost
and at present a refugee in Swift
zerIand, has issued a noteworthy
appeal TO the workers Of the
Entente countries" which re-
Gently has been made public in
the United States through the
Alliance fol Labor and Democra-
cy, Like Prince Lichnowsky,
former German ambassador to
London, whose memorandum con-
victing the Berlin government Of
full responsibility for the war
caused a sensation within and
without GERMANY, DR.. Reese
meier sees Frussian miIitarism
precisely as it is. He solemnly
warns the working classes Of the
Entente countries against Prus-
sian peace intrigues and propa-
ganda.
GERMANY today, he declares, is
"the citadel Of reaction" He
implores the Entente peoples not
to underestimate the %rapacity,
the strength. the cruelty" Of
German Imperialism. After re-
citing its barbarities and acts Of
oppression in Northern France.
Belgium, the seized Russian
provinces and Germany itself. he
closes his appeal with these
words:
"Workcrs Of the Entente coun-
tries. do YOU want to do the new
Genghia Khans and Tamerlancs,
who far surpass their prototypes,
the favor of paving the wav for
their world supremacy bv running
the power Of the Entente? Do YOU
YOU wish to make the sCOurges with
which those dcspots will chaslisn
YOU after YOU have helped them to
attain their ends? Do YOU wan, to
help to smother the coming rovOlu
tion in Germany by strengthening
the power of its mortal cncmioe2
Do you want to bring to YOUR elves
and vour children the horror and
tbn u,tporU of Dr,uoin, gInv,rtD N,
you wish to lay at the feet Of them
famous hvpocritc William and his
s%coundrellv son the old homclands
of revolutions. England and France,
~ unwilling victims Of their horri-
BILE cruelty and their %unbounded lust
for plumber?
"Workers Of the Entente Coun-
triesl Humanity, liberty. the fu-
turc, the German revolution. the
lahoring class in GERMANY itself, in
sofar ~ il has come to its senses,
implore you TO grit your teeth and
bear for a viii G longer the terrible.
indescribahle misery Of this most
awful Of all wars. until it has been
carried to a successful conclusion
for the free nations; until the bloody
Cerbcrus Of Prussian militarism has
been shattered; until the guarantee
is given that this most cruel and
sacrificial of all wars will be the
last war of all -
If there are Americans who
still feel that American denuncia-
tons of Kaiserism and kultur are
too severe, and that the horrors
of PrusSian savagery and excess
es in occupied lands have been
overdraWn. this testimony from
an intelligent and educated sub
iect of the Kaiser, who writes of
what he knows, should convince
them of their mistake. That
there are manv other Germans
who share DR.. Roesemeiers views
and secretly pray for the success
of the fighting democracies, we
may not doubt. They are prob.
ably too few, and at any rate, toe
feeble, to attempt the overthrow
of kaiserism by a revolt. But
their warning to the Entente
workers, published through {
spokesman who has escaped t
Switzerland, so evidently comes
straight from the heart and con
science that it should carry con
V%iction and balk the subtle in
trigues behind the Allied lines
by means of which Wilhelm tn,
Plunderer still hopes to break tn,
Allied morale and open the wa,
to world conquest and spolia
ton. -Picayune.
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