The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-22

the only method Of eradicating kaiser
ism and perpetuating peace" said
Philip Franznan, one Of the wealth
Test farmers of German extraction in
Wayne county. after long discussion
on conditions in the German realm.
Franzman is an intensely patriotic
American. we'll read and strikingly
near historic ingen on the Rhine and
with his parents when he was four
years old. He began farming in
Wayne county in 1877. and four years
later began manufacturing tile. Since
1907 he has been managing his large
ty.
Franzman returned to Germany
for visit, twenty-three years ago,
when q few weeks convinced him that
the United States was the only coun-
ent thinker. He saw enough of the
kaisers military program then to con-
vince him that bloody war would re-
suit before the ambitions Of the Ger
man ruler had been satisfied.
THE present war" he said, "is the
logical result Of many years Of mill
tary preparations in Germany. The
kaiser is mean man. He cannot be
trusted, and only decisive defeat on
the field Of battle will curb his in
satiate lust for power and glory. The
Germans will remain passive under
suffering and privation till the convic-
ton gradually steals a way into their
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were taught to respect as patriotism
are only means whereby the kaiser is
perpetuating his autocratic rule. When
that day comes, Germany will be rock
ed with revolution from one end to the
other. The exact day Of that internal
revolution cannot be foretold.
The German Point Of View.
II recall distinctly the very egotis-
This incident alone will illustrate the
point. A little girl came up to me
one day while a number Of us were
visiting at the home of friend to
show me her reader. She pointed to a
poem and started to read, "Deutsch-
land Uuber Allies" l told my friends
that Germany never can lay claim to
the distinction of being superior in all
respects and that her political system
was far inferior to the American gov
eminent. My friends were astounded
and could not understand my attitude.
Some Of them asked me seriously, DO
you really mean to say that you never
would want to make Germany your
home, considering that it is much bet
ter here than in America | tried to
tell them the difference. but they were
so engrossed with the German point
Of view that they could not under
stand me.
Later one of my friends called at
tention to a German who had returned
to the fatherland after making his
fortune in America. He erected a
handsome home and expected to enjoy
his permanent return to Germany. He
stood 1t fol a year, sold his home for
one-third, and returned to America,
vowing never to set foot on German
soil again. Evidently, my friend said,
there must be something about Amer
lea which We can't understand. That
something is the freedom which we
enjoy.
"On another occasion, a group Of
friends were peeved because l showed
no enthusiasm for a beautiful old cas-
tie which reminded me of the German
government. Centuries ago the castle
was invulnerable. Today a small can
non could knock 1t to pieces with
few shots. Many years ago the Ger
man principles Of German government
might have met social conditions, but
today they are as Anticipated as the
castles which the Germans revere
along the Rhine.
kaiser's Esotism.
II recall striking example Of the
kaiser's insane egotism and the slav-
ish alteration which the people accord
him. In the spring Of the year in
which l visited in Germany, the kais-
er in his address to the young men
who had been called to the colors
said: Whatever l order you to do
must be obeyed. II tell you to shoot
your father. mother. brother or sister,
you must obey When the new reich
stag building was dedicated that sum
mer, the kaiser delivered a speech be-
fore the assembly in which he asked
for complete cooperation of all par
ties in carrying out his plans. The
whole reichstag cheered, excepting the
Socialists who refused to take part in