Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-01
From the kansas City Star.

Germany now is lOoklng backward
and fixing the blame for the world
than that which originated within
herself and which she has SO carefully
nurtured for so many years.
The German people were proud of
their military system. which they be-
lieved %invincible. This feeling was
not universal, Of course. but the ma
jor thought Of a country is always
reflected pretty clearly in its newspa-
pers. The newspaper attitude in Ger
many before the war and now is an
interesting study in contrasts. hen
virtually every paper excerpts few So
cialist gal supported the kaiser
and the spirit of which he was the
visible manifestation. A few selec-
tons from papers in widely separated
sections of Germany show the view
generally held by the press of the
country today.
"It becomes our, imperative duty
to remove from German politics the
influence Of all those who are guilty
of spreading in Germany the super
stition hat might and force are the
only things that matter" says the
Volkstimme Of Chemnitz. in saxony.
"It is only by insisting on this ruth
less expurgation that, we can justify
our own claims on the adversary to
deal with us Justly.
''Wilhelm II. had thirty years Of
opportunity to make himself popular
in Germany, but he failed to do so.
His disappearance, OF course, does not
mean the end of all our internal and
external troubles. but the regime in
and it is imperative that the fam
lily flag Of the Hohenzollerns be flung
into the lumber Dor
THE most fearful tragedy in the
worlds history has been enacted. Mil
lions of people have suffered the direst
distress for years.. Hundreds of thou
ands have lost their limbs or their
things must never happen again
through German guilt. Formerly it
might have been said that he who
unclaimed a world war did not know
what he was doing. Today he does
know"
The Elberfeld (Prussia) Freie
Presse says:
rWe ali know but too we'll how Will
helm II. has sinned. and how he has
caused the belief to be spread
throughout the word that the Ger
man people were a people of robbers
maddened with the lust for power.
We shall never forget how he con-
stantly went out Of his way to threat
en- all nations.
Sci IdAIlAy uu14IIS lAC wal ~ AAoo
learned something. He has restrained
himself somewhat in his outrageous
passions. This, however, does not
wipe out the Did transgressions. A
mere confession of sorrow. In words
does not suffice to undo the wrong
that has been perpetrated. Besides,
we nave had more than enough ex-
perience of the conversion Of Wilhelm
II.
How do we know If one day he
may not succeed in persuading his
followers to restore, If they can, the
old intolerable system? No; there
can be no such thing as peace with
the Hohenzollerns, either for Wilson
or for the German people. It is sad
enough that it should be left to an
enemy power to ecom a mighty
ally in our cause before we : could
be induced to think of settling ac-
counts with this man.
yet this account has not zen set
tied, nor can 1t be settled 30 long al
Wilhelm is permitted to sojourn in
comfort and luxury in a neighboring
country"
The Munich (Bavaria) Post elites
the reason why, though Germany has
conquered other nations and annexed
them wholly or in part to it's territory,
1t has never assimilated' their people.
It says:
Every world-conqueror has under
stood the task Of placating the peo-
the great Napoleon went hand-in-
hand with the spread Of the ideas Of
the great French revolution. He
overthrow governments and liberated
peoples. With us the reverse has
been the case.
I'VE liberated Poland and made an
enemy Of her.
w conquered Roumania and in
cited her against us.
I'VE freedLFinland and caused our
selves to be hated by the Finnish
people.
we liberated border states and
were pursued by their cry Of hatred
and distress.
we freed the Ukraine and incurred
the loathing Of her people.
w freed the Caucasus and gath
cred only the deepest mistrust Of the
Causasian peoples.
We conquered Russi- and paved
the way for the fall Of Russian iabs6-
Iutism and turned the Revolutionary
Russian peoples into our enemies.
! Why? Because wherever we went
we brought with us the system of
government that Expresses Ourselves.
everywhere we supported the oppres-
sors against the oppressed massAs.
The German people will now have
to pass through d~istressful times. En-
ergetic and ruthless action is impera-
tive. The Augean stable must be
thoroughly cleansed. Open wide
doors and windows that the neJy spir-
Y may enter. We need lixht, all, free.
dom, END. above all. trufhfuItess."