The Washington herald., 1919-05-24
Single Hope of Germany
In Crisis Is Compromise
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best will. But the agitation to pro-
woke hatred Is carried on quite sys-
tematically.
IF 1t continues as II has been do
ing. We must expect that our gov
ernment will recall us and condi-
tions of absolute hostility win re-
turn
Not to he scnred-
DO they think they can scare us!
Then one knows US as little as one
knows the state Of Germany's present
strength.
Did any sensible person doubt that
the loser in this tremendous war
would have to pay a high bill? Did
not the German nation. by the fact
OF revolution. admit that the policy
or imperial Germany was damnable.
bad. immoral?
Now IL is no longer supposed to
be true that treacherous enemies
nave fallen upon an innocent EN-
pire. put the hangman's moose about
Its neck and wish to strangie IL de-
spite the fact that 1t has reformed
SO nicely and changed into a socialis-
tic republic
Agitation Fostered by Aid.
'Germany's ruin? Only children and
fools can believe such nonsense. We
see how Berlin Is enjoying the spring
and even in the so-called week OF
iInourning. nils all the theaters. the
movies. the cabarets, the dance halls,
the concerts. the luxury restaurants.
TO the last place: and day after day
~ hear ha of anger and
Hbels.
I'VE are begged for food. to de-
liver as much as we possibly can.
yesterday the English donated 500
ooo rubber nipples to poor mothers for
\ their children
Yet the agitation against us wakes
ever wilder. Can you explain what is
happening here?''
L have heard these questions so
often recently from foreigners that
must assume they are asked by pub
lie opinion In the enemy countries
\ will publicly answer them to the best
OF my ability and with that sincerity
which. in this hour of humanity's his
tory. seems the holiest duty.
Firstly. peace conditions are really
hard. In many respects unnecessarily
hard. and honest men consider that
some of the demands cannot be met
II they become effective our most i'm
portant food province. East Prussia.
would be torn almost entirely from
the body Of Germany. and only
small part would remain to US OF
colony Of our other agricultural prov
inces Of Posen. West Prussia and ST.
lesia-
That ought not to be- II we are
10 lose the Saar Valley coal we ought
not to be required to give up Upper
Silesian coal, which we require TO pay
for our raw materials and for our i'm
ports Of manufactured goods, costing
more than ever in our poverty. with
our gold reduced to 1.5O0.OoO.o marks
and the value Of the mark steadily
declining Could we buy this coal OF
n Poland. unless great credits and loans
were granted to US?
EneouraSement to Reds.
Reduction of our volunteer army.
now numbering 10000 men. to one
ffth of that number under compul-
sion would, in the opinion of military
experts, no longer enable US to main
tain internal order. and it might en-
courage the Bolsheviki to new Of
fensiyeS Such a calamity could not
be to the interest even OF France,
Justly our most bitter enemy.
No military danger Is to be feared
from Germany. Even IL Germany had
4 .0oo. 900 men in uniform. We could not
produce materials. guns, arms. am
rnunition and the other equipment
necessary to make them effective
while our biggest factories for arms
and explosives lie within range OF
enemy guns, and while Essen and
Dr1esseldorfT can be occupied in a
few hours by the armies of the allies
Many believe that Haller's Polish
army could be beaten. but Poland
allies and patrons would ward OF any
II attempt in that direction No one
II doubts today that the road to Berlin
and to Koenigsberg lies open to Mar
shal Foch- There Is therefore no
apparent reason for taking from us
the troops essential to the avoidance
of civil wars
II Cutting OF of German commercial
connections. confiscation of German
II private property in foreign countries
re,uirernent for the payment of PEN
sions 10 invaIids and relatives Of the
n allies in France and Belgium - these
and similar burdens would so fright
f,,IIv oppress and weaken Germany 5
N natioral and private resources. already
b hound to pay 100000 marks in
N interest on our own war debt. that
N recovery is unthinkable.
German World Power Ends.
II the peace conditions remain un-
II changed. Germany passes as great
L UorId Industrial power. Its aGricul-
fure will suffer gravely and from
IN 600, 900 to $4,000. 900 of our people
| must find homes abroad or starve at
home
7 do not believe any one of our
enemies can want such results. and
| therefore, | am convinced that a dig
,ified- businesslike. sensible pre-
,entation of actual facts and pros
/ meets would bring about essential
N ALTERATIONS in the treaty terms.
N For months past such presenta-
\ tion ought to have been brought
N nubIicIy and privately to the notice
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