The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-18

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The Future of the Hun.
(ByE. T.. Hartman of the Vigilantes)
There must be a future for the Ger
man. He can not stop and resolve
into a mere memory. 1t is out OF the
iouestion for the civilized nations to
lannihilate him. For their own sakes
! thev can not be as savage as ne
planned to be. However many may
be killed in this war, there Will selli
be many millions left to propagate.
What manner OF {1 future "a, a"al'S
What will be their status IN the
! world? How will they prosper,
Already many thinking people are
considering the matter OF German
trade. German industry, German debt
paying. The nation itself is making
active preparations for the after the
war campaign.
When the war is ended Germany
will find herself handicapped with a
Idouble load. The debts she has m
CURED through the financing OF the
war, and the rehabilitation OF devas-
tated countries. In order to pay
either. bill she must be able to manu-
facture and sell. She must have mar
kets and supply them.
In order to secure markets she
must first establish confidence IN her
wares and in her business methods
She must gain a certain, and very de-
cided, amount Of friendly regard Or
the rival salesmen, the rival manufac-
turer, will hold too great an advan-
!tage. She can only hope to be
Iscavenger otherwise, for the other ma
tions will leave her only that which
they do not wish to handle.
i HOW. is she going to acquire the
necessary standing, the confidence Of
buying nations, TO give her these
markets? Once she would have sent
ther thousands of enigrants to colon
ize, with rigid Instructions to demand
German goods and thereby create a
condition that would force importa-
ltions. That day is past, II the ma
tions are wise, for in all such cases
|German's colonial idea carried with
lit the control Of politics through
that any nation should ever again
cater to the German vote or allow 1t
Ito be in control of even a fraction OF
national activities.
With all nations on guard against
Germanising influence, that plan
must be abandoned. If Germany, in
her stupid disregard Of all rights and
prejudices, should attempt to again
get control Of any part of the nation
al affairs of America or Canada or
Brazil, for instance, it will probably
lead to the barring of intercourse
with her definitely.
It is difficult to ascertain where
she can first gain a foothold. With
her reputation blackened by her own
acts, her rotten methods, thoroughly
exposed, it will be a hazardous thing
for any nation to attempt TO deal
with her.
It is a matter that calls for the
sober. calm study of master minds,
the consideration of all nations op-
posed to Germanic ideas and the
autocratic domination of Germany.
It must be made matter of the most
careful consideration, for upon the
policy adopted by the nations will de-
pend much Of their own welfare.
There must be limit set for Teutonic
activity, bound beyond which they
dare not go or it will be only ques-
jtion of time until the world will again
have to take up the task Of beating
Hun deviliShness.
It is time for the nations and their
deepest thinkers TO begin to plan and
consider, for it will not be long now
until the Hun will be wanting to en-
igrate from Hurland to escape the
burdens he has helped to create. He
must not be allowed to shirk his task.
He must be the one to pick up the
burden and stas .er along under it.
He must not be allowed to shift it to-
other shoulders.
The forces Of many nations have
been harnessed in the effort to ham
mer some reasonable degree of sense
into the Hunnish head. Next will
come the prodigious effort to hold
him to his work and force him to
walk the straight and narrow path.
It is to be almost as hard task as
fighting him into submission, if the
way he is preparing for a commercial
campaign is any criterion.
Unless he is so hedged about by
rigid. inflexible guards that he can do
only the right thing, he will soon be
doing the wrong one. 1t is folly to
think that getting a whipping will
change the Hun nature. A cracked
crown will not ensure rejuvenation
or any degree Of reformation. He
will be no more spiritually redeemed
than he will be physically restored by
the war The living Hun will need a
process Of refining that will require
more than one generation. The dead
Hun. thank God. will help to
hold him where he belongs by the |
thinning out Of evil blood when he
died.
So let us plan now for what comes
later, that we may enjoy life with no
fear Of despotic oppression in the fu-
ture years. We must weld steel
ring. such as Kaiser Wilhelm loved TO /
rave about. that will keep the Prus- |
sian on his good behavior for the next
two thousand years. In that length
of time. the world Of decency may
make some progress toward the |
Of the mart in his |