The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-24
asIlRRENDRR To FocH.n

Wilson, The German army is undergoing merciless pun
hment and will be annhilated if it does not evacuate
Belgium and France. Now comes the political depart
ment of the enemy government with proposition de-
signed to accomplish what its army has failed to do
The note is military maneuver pure and simple as
much war move as the bringing up Of fresh divisions
Those Americans who have closely followed the course
Of German perdy in war; including the political side
Of the war; viii find in every line and between the lines
Of this latest note an insult American intelligence and
an incurable addiction to lying Those citizens who have
not pursued the matter carefully be misled by
some Of these German lies, in spite Of the universal
knowledge in America that the Germans employ false
hood as weapon of war It may be worth while, there
fore, to review the note briefly.
The first paragraph of the note presupposes that the
German commanders will meet with the allied command
ers and agree upon the actual standard of power on
both SIDES as the basis for arrangements safeguarding
and guaranteeing this standard" This is not true, and
Germany knows it. The allies will not permit their mill
tary commanders to negotiate with the German military
commanders on the question whether the allied military
power is superior to the enemy's. The enemy knows
how to evacuate the territory he has invaded He also
knows how to apply for an armstice. Let him go to
Marshal Foch and he will get all the details he de-
sires.
The German government "trusts that the President
will approve Of no demand that would be rreconcilable
with the honor Of the German people" This reference
to "honor is, of courses unntegibe; but apparently
means that the Germans that the United States
will be "easy" while the allies may be implacable
Therefore the Germans hope the Americans may protect
them They ask Americans to assume that the Germans
have sense fhonor which would be wounded if the
allies should call them to account for their crimes.
Then the enemy note protests against the reproach
Of illegal and nhuman actions made against the German
land and sea forces thereby against the German people,
The denial that private persons have been inhumany
treated and their property destroyed, and the further
denial that submarines have murdered passengers in
ifeboats may be dismissed simple lies well known
throughout the world to be lies.
The enemy himself admits that he is lying when, in
next breath he announces that instructions have beer
sent out to submarines to quit numbering passengers at
sea! But the joker in this is the double lie, 70
lHO III oeHSe5 DSIlSFS Chat NSIAoAy
structed its submarines to quit murder.
The GROWING insult to American intelligence is the
assertion that the German government has been made
responsible to the people, The very note that makes
that statement evidence that the German people have
voice in their government They did not choose their
emperor their chancellor or their bundesrath They
voted for members of the rechstag but under fraudulent
conditions which deprive the people of power. Berlin
which sociaisc has only eight members Of the reich
stag when it is entitled to twenty and all other indus
trial centers similarly deprived of equal representa-
ton because they represented by socialists. The
kingdom Of Prussia has 2S5 out Of Ss7 members of the
rechstag the other states of Germany being robbed to
that extent.
The reichstag cannot overturn the government by a
vote of lack of confidence, but the government-the
kaiser acting through his chancelor-can dissolve the
rechstag at will There has been liberalization what
ever in Germany except an amendment to the imperial
constitution at the direction of the emperor providing
that and shall be made with the participation
of the reichstag nasmuch as the kaiser controls the
rechstag and the German people do not control it, it is
evident that the lord retains in his hands the de-
cison of peace The alleged reform of the Ger
man governmental structure is pure fraud The people
Of Germany have control and virtually no voice
in their government
The Hohenzolern regime in Short is asking President
Wilson to take Gemanys side and protect it from the
allies. 1t is asking President Wilson to shut his eyes
% the truth and open his to falsehood 1t is trying
to accomplish by trekery what it has failed to accom-
plsh by brute force.
There should be only answer hereafter to anything
that Germany may say
Surrender to Foch"
When woman puts what days she is at home to cali
ers in one corner of her card is sign that her hus-
band is making money tha4 ~ lnn..a.