The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-10
ny HAROLD u. BECliIOL
European Manager of ~. r.. 4.

BERLIN. Dec. i0.-"Germany So
caputr--it you believe the Prus.
slams.
"Caput" means hopclersly down
and-out. all IN. finished.
The defeated nation IL stiil nursing
an overgrown sclfplty.
The Prussians. particularly the
Berliners. aru vigorously preaching
pes-imlsm.
Berlin-grouchy. bitter Berlin--is
the most suilen and most pessimintic
spot on the continent Everybody
carefully CORES hopeiessness. The
sallenness radiates with less effort.
At the foreign office-the same
old foreign office with some new
false faccs"--the officials wear
crepe day after day. az least when
Americans are about
The dissemination OF pcssimlsm
seems TO be the firs, principle OF the
new foreign policy.
German lndus,rialista are not
so universally mournfui. but they.
like all the Germans met. from
day laborrr 90 millionaire. consider
Germany terribly Imposed upon.
Every body tells how the allies
fooled and douhlc.crossed' them
into the armisticr.
Wilson Object Of Hate
Every body damns that trickster
Wilson" tho most bitterly hated
man in Germany. one Berlin paper
ran headline. Wilson san Crazy
over a dispatch telling Of the at.
tendance OF specialists.
Everybody talks with hard sar,
casm about the ~ points. bat no
body ever mentioned the allied In
torprctat lions. accepted BY Wilson
and then By Germany as the basis
for an armistiec.
As for the new government. 4
doctor in the Trussian diet said.
"Ah. we have a beautiful democratic
constitution--but no democrats
Tina, Is no, literally true. OF
course.
Bu, Il r. true that IN. bulk Of
Germans arc unlmprcsscd by their
republic.
That In the unanimous judy
ment OF the Americans and British
ers who have been here long. and
1, IL certainly the only impression
TO b. gathered IN a briefer visit.
1.-The kaiser was kicked out TO
please wilson" unused one factory
owner rcgretfully. because h. said
that would get US a better peace
The people have no respect FOR this
government IL viii take a genera.
ton before Germany will have any
real enthusiasm for this form Of gov
eminent. just as IL viii take a gener.
alton for Germany TO get above
water economically.
I'm never see the New Germany
I'm IS" Then he pointed 20 his
son: THE boy may--he'a s.
That's common expression
among middle aged Germans: Wen
never see the New Germany"
Americans and E.ngiishmcn who
have been here month after month
say that most Germans would
secretly welcome the return Of a
Hohenzoiicrn. perhaps under a more
liberal constitution.
But none OF them expects Il. The
Germans are hard-headed. They
know II would be detrimental TO
their relations with the allies and
particularly America.
Royalists are constantly organ
ling: they keep busy Just as the
royalists Of France have kept or.
gained and active. down the years,
waiting for something 20 happen
that never happened.
Der Tag Remains
There are 'Frienls OF the Kaiser
and "fatherland" societies OF all
kinds. They hold meetings and make
frcnzied speeches. Here's a recent
one by Or. Mumm. one OF the most
violent old-guarders:
I'VE will cultivate hatred. revenge
and enmity. We shall fix our hopes
on Der Tag, which Is yet 20 dawn.
The day Of resurrection will surely
come when this proud empire will
rise once more"
The kaiser. according to n Bremen
man who visited him recently, is
still saving wood. has no fear that
he will ever be tried, and is not
worrying about anything" He has
grown "A beard. and this. with his
whitening hair. makes him look