Evening star., 1918-09-07
german LEADERS
WORDS SHOW FEAR
Hindenburg and Others Try to
Check Panic; Reply to
- Allies Leaflets.
NEW PROMISE OF PEACE
By ths Associated Press.

By fhs Associated Press.
LONDON, September Public in
terest today is quite equally divided
between the unbroken advance OF the
allied armies and the apparent signs
that the German people are In q state
Of nervous anxiety bordering on de-
moralization.
More editorial space Is being given
here recently to future events than
the retreat of the German army. The
belief that something like panic has
seized the German populace is not
based upon stories from neutral
sources, which have raised false hopes
in the past, but upon the utterances OF
the leaders in the German nation and
the appeals of German newspapers to
the public to keep its head, while they
themselves admit the seriousness OF
the military situation.
The emperor's bold vein Of assur-
ance. Chancellor Won Hertling's
franchise speech, Gen. Linsingen's
stringent order and above all Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg's proclama-
tion are cited as manifest enorts 70
check the decay of the German spirit,
which it is contended must exist TO
have called them forth.
In short 1t is declared that the Ger
man people and perhaps also the mill
tary chiefs evidently are greatly dis
turbed by recent events.
Hindenburg's Manifesto.
AMSTERDAM, September 6.-F1eld
Marshal Hindenburgs manifesto to the
German people declaring that the enemy,
in addition to the armed offensive, Is
conducting an offensive by printed mat
ter, containing most insane rumors,
is published prominently in all the Ger
man newspapers. 1t begins:
with our enemies. II numerical su-
periority alone were to guarantee vic
tory, then Germany would long since
have lain crushed to the ground. The
enemy knows, however, that Germany
and her allies are not to be vanquished
by arms alone.'
The proclamation says that along
with the battle against the German
armies the enemy is waging war against
the German spirit I'VE should not
he says.
Won Hindenburg then refers to leaf
let's dropped on the German lines, of
which he says 10000 are gathered up
daily. These leaflets speak of the good
treatment German prisoners receive and
give extracts from letters OF German
prisoners.
Statements on Leaflets.
Some of the leaflets, according to
Won Hindenburg, read: 'Your fight is
goose. Your submarines are Of no use.
We construct more ships than you
sink. Your trade is destroyed. and we
the war; then Germany's industries
must famish. You shall never see your
colonies again."
What are the facts?" asks Won Hin
denburg. I'm the east we have forced
peace. and in the west we also are
strong enough to do so., despite the
Americans. Butswe must be strong
and united" q
The manifesto proceeds to say that
the allies are trying to force neutral
nations to fight against Germany be
cause we are match for them. Why
does the enemy incite colored people
against the German soldiers? Because
he wants to annihilate u.s."
Germans to fight against the Hohen-
zollerns and capitalism, and to help
the entente give Germany a better
constitution, the proclamation says:
"The enemy knows what strength
resides in our state and empire and
endeavors to open wounds in the Ger
man body polite with leaflets and ru-
mors He endeavors to sow dissension
and distrust among the federal states.
We seized on Lake Constance many
thousands of leaflets which were being
sent to Bavaria to stir up feeling
against the north Germans.
There have always been traitors to
the fatherland, whiting and unwit-
ting. They mostly dwelling in neutral
countries in order not to be obliged
to share our battles and deprivations
or be executed as traitors"
The manifesto concludes: "Be on
your guard, German army!'
Won H1ntze Speaks in Vienna.
Intellectual weapons play in this
war as influential and important q
role as the battlefield and diplomacy"
said Admiral Won Hintse, the German
foreign minister, in a speech in Visn-
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