Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-21
BY MACMILLAN HARDEN.
Second Of Remarkable Serle. Of Articles
By the Most Fangm Editor
IN Germany.
Written f0v TutvprrnI Se~xscx

Written for Universai Service.
Berlin, Nov. l4.-(By MALL
Every topic discussed somehow
hnally leads 10 the question: "Hov
about the winter"
And under the roof OF this cues
non another half dozen Of them ar,
nesting. Wall we freeze, will W,
live IN darkness, will we share on,
residence with proietarians billetec
there?
We will have strikes, will raiIroay
trains stop running, will mail de
livery cease, win the industries o
whole provinces close down, as /,
result OF coal fsnines
Are We 10 hear the roar and rag,
OF new rebellion, to see the bloody
sunrise OF boishev;sms
He who asks. either hopes 0,
tears TO get an answer TO his pen
ton. Would il be to bold If ont
should ask America TO condescenc
to contemplate this cluster OF care.
weighing down a people OF grea.
4 performances, performances ren.
de-ed IN the services OF humanity a.
well as its own:
Sinking Duty.
| AS long as the United States In
tervened in the quarrels Of Europe
as long as they brought about a de-
cision in the fight, complete disin-
te-estedness, although a convenien:
escape would be Sinking q moral
duty.
Was not there inscribed or tn.
Stars and Stripes, long, long ago,
the promise Of an era of justice and
kindnesss And how could such q
new world order, consoiatory in the
deepest sense OF the word, ever pre-
vail should even those At the ,e-
notest distance feel the BIBLICAL
commandment OF neighborly love
were not to apply to them:
On November 9, we celebrated the
first anniversary Of revolution
which, in reality, was none at al.
After deeds of the mos. gigantic
heroisn on the part OF our army.
after sacrifices never heard Of be-
lore, and the greatest industrial
achievements on the part of the us-
ton, we lived to see the most ter
rife defeat known in the history OF
all wars.
/ Twice Misjudged America.
Why this unexpected defeat fol-
lowing performances SO grand?
/ Because q military commando,
intoxicated with isolated success.
flushed with the omnipotence OF
Caesar, twice failed to conceive 8
proper estimate OF America as fac
tor.
First, when he, in January, 1917.
concluded 70 begin an unrestricted
submarine war, q decision that put
an end 10 the plans OF Wilson the
peacemaker. rendered, though il was,
on the strength O; estimates which
assured the downfall of England
within three months. the capture Of
Calais and q peace to be dictated at
Paris.
And the second time in April,
1918, when he. although disappoint-
ed by the meager results OF mis- OF
fensive thrusts, failed to fall back
upon 4 strong defensive, holding in
tact in his hand the effective instru-
nent of our army, and to begin
peace negotiations there and then,
instead OF hoping for a miracle and
whiting and finally breaking down
the army by advances as needless
as they were barren OF results
when he failed 70 perceive the en-
e1ny's superiority I'm men and ma
terials, particularly IN the latter. in
creasing every week by the never
ending stream pouring IN from
America, and when he, only after
his own sword was broken, finally
consented to enter your psrloTs for
N arnistice.
Army Fed On Hope.
An army fed on hopes OF certain
victory, fighting neither for eternel
ideals nor for home and hearth,
could never outlire the storm that
broke the blossom OF hope
Twenty-Five thrones burst ere q
finger even touches them; an en-
peror. kings, dukes, princes, desert
ing their posts, fee TO foreign lands.
or. at least, quit their palaces.
Everywhere republics are pro-
claimed, Reviewing the field OF
ruins snAdebris. one might take the
wrecage for derastatioas caused
| by revolution.
But neither q military strike nor q
battle Tor wages is revolution.
| A revolution originates N the
mind, is impossible without q mental
crisis. without ar earthquake trans
f6rming the minds ~
Form Strange Coalition.
Distress, ever ready, according to
the poets dicturn, to make strange
bedfellows, led into coalition three
parties formerly separated by deep
ravines. They Suddenly Chose .
name containing IN some form the
word people" A word to replace
meaning- The name OF German
national peoples party" has already
prohted our conservative junkers
the neat sum Of 100000 adherents.