The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-12-28
GERMANY CANNOT SURVIVE
Written for The Ardmoreite by J. S. Mullen)

oru " We must supply the wants or our
a, IS. Thirdly: We mus. together, grant
AID concede to the new pat.o1s brought
into existence, their wants. Fourthly:
We must supply to neutral countries or
tno3a that We're Semi-fr!ah l,y To rs
what they want, leaving lastly former
enemies, Germany and her allies. l sub
init that the world has not sufficiently
advanced as a good samaritan, yet to
justify a different course. A farmer.
having a due regard for his own vel
fare, out OF the products raised from
his farm will first provide for himself
and his family. His friends and neigh.
bors come next and lastly, If he has any
supplies remaining, his enemies. We all
know that by the time the first are all
supplied, the enemies get little or moth
ing. This is exactly what Germany de
serves. She must be made to suffer ;he
painful consequences of her crimes ard
to pay the price of her follies.
Fourth: 4 monarchial form Of gov.
eminent as a governmental princiDc IS
so deeply imbedded in the Teutonlc
mind as TO operate as Il bar to the sug-
6fNAAbll AllsAA NlltN 'tlll tulpllN "a ltDIbllI
and adjust themselves to its RESPONSE
bilities, privileges and immunities with.
out friction. There will be a constant
clash between those citiZSns Of Ger.
Tany who are l2Nots Of the old regime
and the proponents of the present re.
publican form of government. To thaS'
two opposing forces must be added a
third; that of the so-called Spartacus
group who are avowed anarchists and
BolsheviH. AS a result Of this interne-
cine strife and intentine dissensions, a
ol.darity will be difficult OF obtain.
ment
sixth: Deaths of high class worlmen,
scientists and artisans will cripple Ger.
man efficiency. \ want of internal eco.
nomic necessities, such as new manu-.
featuring machinery and adequate trans.
portation facilities will impair their pro-
gram OF industrial expansion.
seventh: The depreciation of the
German mark to tho extent that spccu-
lators are buying it for five cents gold
will inevitably rebound to their material
disadvantage, reducing obviously its
purchasing power.
Eighth A constant exodus Of German
citizenship to other countries will con-
tinue to operate as u standing and con
tinuing menace for most complete de.
velopment.
Ninth The high cost Of living so
drastic in its sweep and inexorable in
its results, will result in the impoverish-
ment OF the people, especially Of infants
and the aged The malnutrition and lack
OF food will generate disease, will sweep
away tens Of thousands until predict in
March and April of the coming year,
. Austria, Turkey, Germany, Russia, in.
deed all Central Europe will be one vast
charncl house. Anarchy will reign SUI
preme, honor and chastity will be at a
premium and justice will have 10 seek
her shades for better times.
There may come some relief TO Ger
many from the following:
First The establishment Of and the
admission of Germany, to the league
of nations and share in its benefits.
Second. The creation in this country
of huge combinations Of capital having
for its purpose the exporting to Ger.
many Of the necessities OF life and the
necessary raw material; and the crea.
ton of credit system guaranteed by
the governments.
Third. y toning down of some of the
penalties imposed by the peace treaty
patiently a hard thing to dol
Fourth. The stabalizing Of interna.
tional credit.
Fifth. BY concert of action. world
wide increase of raw materials, and Civ.
ing Germany her pro rata thereof.
Sixth. Some kind of arrangement
with Russia to use her labor and raw
material
Seventh. A resolution made arid car.
ried out by the German people, that they
will abide by the peace treaty, however
harsh its terms; that they will abandon
all effort at world domination and come
to the conclusion they are only ordi.
nary peope after all; that they will
have a stable government, and be de.
cent, hard-working, self respecting.
Then aitd not until then will they be en-.
titled TO the favorable consideration of
good people.