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Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
ITALIJANSKI POSLANIK
UMRL.

Washington, D. c., 21. okt. :
Sinoci je umrl grof V. Macchl d
Cellere, italijanski poslanih '
Zdruzenih drzavah. Umrl jew Dol
nisnici, kjer so ga nameravall o
perirati ker ie bolehal ma zamase.
nju krvnih I'll.
V bolnisnico je bill pripeljan OF
deveti uri zvecer, toda je umr
predno ie bilo mogoee zaeeti z o
peracijo.
Di Callere je bill italijanski po.
slanik V Zedinjenih drzavah re Cd
leta 1918. Njegoyi odnosaji med
MIN in wasingtonskimi oficiJali
50 bill vedno ugodni.
Ko je predsednik Wilson odsel
prvic V Evropo, da naceluje anne
riski mirovni delegaciii, ga je ita-
lijanski poslanik spremljal.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
TUDI Po sALoMoNsKO.

Cikaski sodnik Charles E. Will
liams je te dni jake strogo zrl ma
bojevitega dijaka Daniela 7. Ge-
rova, kateri je tozitelju j. Dodgeu
zmlinGil nos S pestjo.
Kaksen vzrok je bill, da ste sli
nesreGnezu pokvariti njegov nos'
je vprasal strogi sodnik.
Bio je tako, gospod, je rekel di-
lax, on je cepel ma resilni lestvici
neke hise, ko sem priSel mimo, III
gledal skozi okno V sobo, kjer SC
Sc kopala nekatera dekleta. Po-
klical sem ga dolu in kadar je do,
segel tia sem mu pripeljal emo pc
nosu. kar Sc precej jasno yidi Sc
sedaj, in potem sem mu primazaI
Sc emo preko vsakega ocesa, ka1
lahlzo opazite po nenormalno tenn,
nj barvi, XII Sc nj izginila.
NesreGni tozitelj nj mogel Unit
nobene besede V svojo obrambo
zato je mesto MEGA rekel sodnik
Izvrstno ste naprayili, obtozni-
ca nasilstva je crtana. TozltelJa
bono kaznovali pa 25 dolarji
globe, ker je vtikal svoj nos tie:
kamor je bilo najmanj potreba!
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
DRZAVNA VLADA ZAPRLA
BANKO.

Mount Carmel Trust 4 Savings
Bank V Mt. Carmel, Ill. je zaprta
DO drzavnem avditorju. Banko Sc
ie zaprlo radi neke milijondolar-
ske sleparije.
w. B. Whitlock, clan urada dr.
zavnega avditorja V Springfieldu,
ie podal izjavo kateri pravi;
Banko smo zaprli in je sedal
pod lilvidacijo. Mislim, da ne be
nihGe vloznikov Hgubil svojih
vlog, toda najbrz bodo nekaJ IL
gubili delnicarji.
Uradniki banke, katere pred
sednik ie Louis Seitz, bodo podali
svoja poro6ila o stanju banke.
Blagajnik Daniel f. Seibert je
obdolzen, da je stopil V zvezo $
Charlesom W. Frenchem IN neka
terimi drugimi ter so hoteli slepa'
riti liudstvo z indajanjem bondov
in drugih certifikatov, kateri misc
bill kriti z denarjem ali drugC
vrednostjo.
Nekateri obdolzenci so re pri
.nali krivdo.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
ZAsTRUPLJENI 'oTRoCI.

Pred par dnevi so pripeljali IL
Detroita V Chicago dveletnega
Teddyja Harringtona, kateri Sc
je zastrupil bikloridom zivega
srebra, Njegova matt je imela an
tisepticne pilule V svoji mizici, V
katerih Sc je nahajal oni strup. =
Decek je najbrz dosegel one piku-
lie in menil, ola so bonboni. Odpe-
ljali so ga takoj V Chicago oskr-
bo DR.. Carterja, kateri je nedav-
no reSil Luikart deklici kot smo
porocali tudi mi, toda nj mogel
deeka resiti, ker ga je poleg "a
strupljenja napadla Sc pljucnica.
Predno je Sc decek umrl Je bil
poklican DR.. Carter V Columbus
Hospital kamor je bilo pripeljano
IS mesecev stare dete DR.. Alfred
L. Feina tudi zastrupljeno Z blk
loridom zivega srebra. DR.. Carter
upa, da bo to dete resil.
Njegov oce, DR.. Fein, kateri je
zdravnik, je bill V svojem uradu
ter Sc pogovarjal nekim, svojim
pacijentom. Med TEN casom je de,
tie, XII Sc je nahajalo sobi priSlo
neopazeno k omarici zdravili in
doseglo stekenico V kateri so sc
nahajale smrtonosne tablete. Gee
:je zapazil to Sele, ko je videl, ds
Sc dete zvija naStleh V bolecinah
Hitro mu je dial protistrupa in po
klical DR.. Carterja, kateri je na
TEN polju specialist. Nakar so ga
odpeljali V bolnisnico.
DIR. Fein je rekel: Ne VEN ko
liko tablet je dete Povzilo, VEN p'
da je bilo V oni steklenici dovol,
tablet, ola umori ducat moz. Neka,
tablet je bilo raztresenlh po tlef
in ko sem otroka pobral, me j
gledal kot da We, da je storil ne
kaj hudega.
Coroner Hoffman pravi, ola b
morala drzavna legislature kon
trolirati prodajo strupov. On me
nj, ola Sc bodo zastrupljenJa mno
lila kot posledica pateticne zgod
be Luikart deklic.
Luikart deklici odideti dane
domov V Detroit.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
HOTEL JIH JE sEzGATI.

Cincinnati, 0. = Mrs. Lily Kist-
Ter je dala aretirati svojega sva-
ka, Alfonza H .Millerja, zeleznl-
skega mehanika, ker je hotel sez-
gait MO, stiri druge zenske in svo-
.iega lastnega otroka. OmenJene
zenske so bile ma njegovem domu.
On ie hiso zazgal in samokresom
V roki pail, ola nj nobena usla.
Resile so Sc z veliko tezavo.
Miller priznava svoje deJanJe
in pravi, da so "babnice" sunta-
lie njegovo zeno proti MENU, zato
lie napovedal BOZ zenskemu spolu.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
SLUCAJ KOT JIH JE BIL0
MNOGO.

Casper. Wyo. = Camden Shelf
ner, kateri je sedaj ma potu do
NOV IL Francije, je postal po poSu
svoAmu o6etu majhen zepni pas,
katerega je rabil, da 81 je brush
svoio brivno britev. Pas ina ne
koliko lukenj ter nj wee "a prak-
tieno uporabo. Pismo, ki je prislo
znjim pojasnjuje, da je tisti pas
nosil Sheffner zvitega V svoJem
naprsnem zepu, ko je prifrcala
krogla in zadela pas. Polet kro-
ole lie bill dovolj mo6an, da je pas
prebila skozi, dasi je bill isti zavit
ter je morala krogla It'll skozi vec
plasti. Krogla Sc ie ustavila ravno
pred srcem, kar pOmenja, ee bl ne
bilo pasu bi danes lezal Sheffner
nekie V Franeiji pokOpan.
Ma tenn dogodku nj mic pOSeb-
mega, da bi ga bilo .ravno vredno
ohraniti spominu. Toda ia do
godek mas Spominja ma razne GIN
live povesti, katere smo eitah IN
slisali, kjer Sc je pripovedovalo o
cudezni svetinjiei, kjer je bila u
tisniena pOdoba kakSnega nebeS-
kega prebivalstva, ki je resila tu
pa tam kakSnemu elOveku zivlJe-
ME. Vsak tax dogOdek Sc je opi-
salo kot bozji 6udez, da morajo
cello neverniki videti delo bozje
previdnosti.
Kadar pa Sc pripeti, da je me-
sto svetinjice pas, ali ura, ali kak-
sna zepna knjizica Sc vedno feee:
zares nenayaden siueaj.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
UPLJIV KINo GLEDALIsGA.

Stirinajstletni Aubrey Rosen
berg je umrl s kroglo CLAW, kel
je hotel pokazati kako Sc streljaje
Cowboys, kot je videl V kline
gledalis6u.
V sredo zveeer je on spremil '
l1ino dive svoji prijateljici. Ko SC
Sc vraGali domov, so Sc med poto-
ma ustavili in zaceli obravnavat1
potankosti drame, katero so vide
Ii.
Poglejte, tako naredijo, kadar
streliajo V "movies" je dejal in
ker so Sc deklici smejali je poteg-
nil IL zepa revolver. Deklice so sc
zaeele bati in ko je Aubrey name
I'll cev revolverja ma syoje desno
sence, so zavpile: Ne smes spro-
ziti, ker morda je nabasan!
Aubrey Sc je smejal in smehu je
sledil pok. Zgrudil Sc je ma tia in
IL desnega senca je zacela teci kri.
Matt neprevidnega deeka je O.
medlela, ko je zvedela o smrti ne
previdnega deeka.
Skrivajte orozje pred otroci!
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24

General Won Eberhardt, nasled-
nix generala Won Goltza, je oblju-
bill polkovniku Bermondtu, po-
veljniku ruskih Get V oblizju Rige,
da ga bo podpiral z vsemi svojimi
mocmi. Nenske vojne potrebScine,
Sc trdi, Sc pomikajo proti Baltiku.
Sile generala Eberhardta so ma
padle letiSke cete blizu Jakob-
stadta. Druge nemske cete Sc po-
mikajo proti vzhodni Prusiji.
Tristopetdeset zivljenj je bilo
izgubljenih, ko so Sc potopile dve
boljseviski krizarki blHu Kron-
stadta, pravi brzojavka prejeta IL
Helsingforsa. Brzojavka Sc glasi:
Boljseviki porocajo, da so izgu-
bill dive krizarki V Kronstadtu, ko
sti naleteli ma pomorske mine. Po-
topilo Sc je tristopetdeset oseb.
o umikanju boljSeviskih moci
okrozju Petrograda naznanja
Leon Trocky, boljseviSki vojni mi
mister. Njegovo porocilo je slede-
ce:
Umaknili smo Sc ma visine Pull
kova. Ako Sc umaknemo Sc dalJe
Sc bono morali biti "a zidovJem
Petrograda. Boljseviske eete so
zacele sedaj rabbit vojne tenke.
Trocky apelira ma Ruse, ola or
ganizirajo notranjo obrambo.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24

London, %. okt. = Sledece off
cijelno porotilo boljseviske Wade,
je dospelo IL Moskve potom brez-
zicnega brzojava:
Ustavili smo prodiranje Judeni-
ceve armade in smo napredovall
IA cell 'front.'.
London, %. okt. = Boljseviske
Gete Sc zbirajo blizini Petrogra-
da, da branijo mesto in velika bit
ka Sc vrSi z "belo" armada gene
rala Judenita. Tako Sc glasi poro-
clio, ki ga je izdal vojni urad da-
nes popoldne.
Vojne potrebsGine so bile magic
poslane po zeleznici hamburg, ka-
tere so namenjene Judenticevim
slam.
Kavalerija generala Judentica
potem ko je razdrla nekatere ze-
leznice, je bila poklicana zopet ma
bojno Grto, katera danes tece juz-
no cd Ligovogorlova, zapadno cd
GaGine in Pavlovska, namanja po.
rocilo prejeto IL vojne zone.
SredisGe Judenticeve armadt
prodira vzhodno Cd Duga. Use
povsod je naletelo ma mocen od
por boljseviSkih Get.
Ukaz, ola Sc odpoklice nemsk(
eete IL baltiSkih provinc, je bill "a
drzan, poroca vojni urad.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
MATT 27tih oTRoK.

Mrs. Dora McCants il Shasta,
Cal, ie prejela castitke cd svojih
priiateljev in prijateljic kot nal
boil znamenita zena zdruzenih
drzavah. Ona je matt 27tih otrok
in ako bi ne bilo ME, bi Solo V
shasti zaprli. Najbolj nenavadna
stvar je, da je dala zivljenje dvoj-
ekom v svojem u letu. Men moz,
kateri ie komaj 80 let star, je re
njen cetrti soprog.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24

lilo vladne zastopnike, ola S po-
mocjo drugih sredstev poskuSaJo
prepreGiti veliko stayko,
Ponudba govori, da Sc premo-
garsl1im delavcem poviSa plaza "a
toliko kolikor znaSa razlika med
poviSano place cd julia 1914 in
povisanjem Gene zivilskih potreb-
S6in od istega casa.
Da to povisanje stopi V veljavo
takoj po sporazumu in traja do
81. marca 1920.
Da ostanejo pod temi pogoji de
lavci ma svojih mestih ter NADIA
Ijuiejo z delom, dokler Sc ne DO
sprejelo move placilne leStvice,
kar Sc bo zgodilo po 81. marcu
1920.
Washington, D. c., %. okt. =
Zelezniearski delavci Sc priprav-
liaio "a konGni boj z zelezniSko
administracijo, "a poviSanje place
6asu in nadGaSu in "a izboljSa-
ME delavskih pogojev predno Via
da izroGi zeleznice V kontrolo pri-
vatnikOv.
Thimoty Shea, clan bratovske
drrrzbe kurjaGev, je dejal nedav-
no:
Ako ne bo mogoGe naSim zahte-
yam posvetiti paznje tedaj, ko bo
priSel cas-, da vlada izroGi zelezni-
ce zopet V roke priyatnih druzb,
zahtevamo sedaj prednO Sc izpre-
memba izvrSi kot pogoj place, ki
nam omogoei dostojno ziveti, o,
semurno delo, cas- in pol "a mad
cas-, kar nam je vlada obljubila re
med vojno in je pozneje nastalo
| kot nekak del mirovne konferen-
&c, dasi nj vlada tega do danes u
dejStvila.
Dasi Mr.. Shea zaStOpa samo bra
tovS6ino kurja6ev Sc razume, ola
Sc niegove besede ne ticejo same
| kujacev ma zeleznicah, ampak, da
pomeniaio, da bo.morala vlada po.
viissati place, ozir. ugoditi zahtevam
vseh ki so zaposleni pri raznih ze
lezniSkih kategorijah, da ostane
med mimi V tenn oziru nekaka e,
InakOst.
Peoria, H., %. .okt, = Govorica
Sc Siri, da ,bo V pomoG stavkujo,
elm ieklarskim delaveem sklicana
generalna stavka. Ia govOrica je
priSla ma dan potem, ko Sc je ma
konvenciii illinojske delavske fe
deracije razpravljalo V metodaf
kako, pomagati stavkarjem. kon
emo je bila poslana brzojavka ma
! AmeriSko Delavsko FederaciJe '
kateri Sc zahteva, da Sc sklice sku
pna konferenca vseh delavskih re
presentatov V Zdruzenih drzayaf
in Canadi.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
Delavski polozaj.

Groznia voditeljey jeklarskih
delavcev, da bodo poklicalI K So
delovanju zelezni6arje, da TEN
prepreeiio prevazanje jeklene ru-
de in ieklenih produktov, je zaee-
Ia postaiati meso, ko\ je petdeset
premikaGev ma Chicago, West
Pullman & Southern zeleznici cd
korakalo S svojega posla kar Je
popolnoma prepre6ilO nadalJeva-
ME della V napravah Wisconsin
Steel Co. V South Chicagu.
John Fitzpatrick, voditelJ ma
rodnega stavkovnega kOmiteja, je
naznanil V WaShingtonu, ola Je to
seIe za6etek ter izjavil, da so u
niiski sobratje ma big Four" ze-
leznici pripravljeni vsak cas- zapu-
stiti svoja mesta, da prepreelJo $
tenn vsako ObratOyanJe V Jeklar-
skin okrozjih.
Tako Sc je izjavil tudi De
Young, tajnik Gika$kega Strajkoy-
mega komiteja. On je dejal, ola ee
bo potrebno bodo zaStrajkah vsl
zelezni6arji V dezeli, samO da pa
raliziraio ielleno industrijo.
Kako neosnovana so rama laz-
njiva poro6ila o divjaStvu in raz-
biianiu Iastnine jeklarskih druzb
Sc vidi ze DO slede6em pOrocilu,
V napravah Wisconsin Steel Go.
50 bill V onem caSu, kO so preml-
kaei zapustili svoje delo plavI ma
polnieni z raztopljenim jeklom,
Vodstvo tovarne je naprosilo de-
lavske voditelje, da pridrzi DELAY
ce tako dolgo pri delu, da Sc to je-
klo odpelje, ker V naSprotnem
slu6aju bi Sc shladilo V kotllh,
.kar bi povzro6ilo druzbi ob6utno
skodo. Brez vsakega ugovarJanJa
SO Sc delavci vrnili ma delo IN de
loli dokler MISC bill ognji pogase-
nj.
IL tega Sc vidi, da III anafhlz@a
V srcih delavcev kOt bi kapltallStl
tako radi dokazah. NjihOv bog Je
posten.
Washington, D. c., p. okt. =
Med tenn. ko sta Sc komiteja pre-
mogariev in operatorjev posled,
Mic sesla, da Sc prepre6i stayka
pol milijona rudarjev V distriktih
mehkega premoga ma l. noyem'
bra, ie posku$al delavski taJnik
Wilson pridrzati ODE strankl ySaJ
do drugega dne, da bi predlozlI
novO ponudbo "a poravnavo.
Ponudba ignorira unijsko zah,
tevo "a trideseturni delayni teden
Zastopniki druzb kazejo vOljo po-
nudbo spreieti, toda nikakor Sc ne
vjemajo znjo delavski voditelji, :
Ako pOnudba ne bo spreJeta' be
konferenca kOnGala, kar bo prlsl
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24

Oni, kateri Studirajo teologijo
vedo ravno toliko povedati bo-
GU kot oni, kateri MISC studirali.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24

Ljudje redkokdaj poslusajo do
bre nasvete, izvzemsi, &c so zanje
dobro plaeali.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24

"Vedeti hocem, verjeti nocem, >
to je parela misleeega cloveka, Y
tenn lezi napredek in bodocnost
ljudstva.
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
vse jugoslovanske delavce
Sc vabi ma
vELIKI NARoDNI sHoD !
XII Sc vrsi v nedeljo 26. oktobra
obI2 uri popoldne
v Pilsen Auditorium.

1uScu fAuuuVoAAuA'
Blue Island Ave. in lS. ceste.
Shod prireiuje glavni odbor
stavkujocih delavcev jeklarske
industrije. - Pozivamo yse Jugo-
slovane, ola Sc stevilno odzovejo
temu klicu in pridejo vsi kakor e.
den ma shod, kjer Sc jim bo razlo-
zilo stanje stavke V podroeju Chi
caga in okolice.
Sklicatelji shoda
Glas svobode. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1902-1931, 1919-10-24
L Rusjijje.

the Chicago Illinois, October "a,
1919 as required by Act of October 9th 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-23
Slow or Quick-Take
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position to regain the American and British
to manufacture wooden toys as cheaply as
Germany can make them, or to sell them
at German prices. In connection with
future prices it is the general belief on
the toy markets that owing to the changed
conditions Germany will be forced to ask
higher prices than formerly for her prod
ucts. Great Britain and France have
already introduced toy exhibits in imitation
of the Leipsic exhibition of last June, and
the United States will probably follow this
example at an early date.
Comparisons
"In 1914 the United States imported
S9,0S4,019 worth of toys. In these imports
German products figured to the amount of
$7,718,854. In 1912 and 1918 imports Of
toys were twice as great. In 1915 the
corresponding figures were $8,O65,363 and
S6,787,275. In 1916, owing to increased
production in Anglo-Saxon countries i'm
ports fell considerably, dropping to $3,217,-
044. Of these imports German products
furnished $2,375,996. In the five months
of 1917, before the United States took part
IN the war, Germany delivered only $19,045
worth of toys. Imports from Great Britain
and France in 1917 increased over the pre-
vious year by $S41,04S and $1,423,122 re-
spectively. 1t is interesting to note that
Japan has gained the greater portion of
the German trade in cheap toys.
Exports of American toys during late
years have steadily increased; for the year
1917-191S they have reached total of
s3,0Oo,O00, as against $1,8O6,174 in 1916
1917, and only 100000 before the war. In
1914 the United States had 200 toy fac
tories with capital of $1O,464 900 and
these gave employment to over 1887 work.
men and employees. 1t is to be expected
that these figures will double within the
next two years."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-23

been guilty Of international crimes or
that the Allies need to take precautions
to avoid a repetition Of them" Accord
ing to the Paris correspondent of '"The
London Daily News" Marshal Foch
"feels that the Germans are beginning to
forget that they are beaten. We
are demobilizing fast; they are not con-
tinuing to demobiize."
Moreover, there are signs that reno
bilization and not rehabilitation is the
thought occupying the minds of German
leaders. Commenting on the speech of
Count Brockdorff- Rantzau, the German
Foreign Minister, "L'Intransigeant'' of
Paris remarks: What is disquieting in
the menacing tone of Germany is not the
eVentuallty of the resumption of hostil-
Internationally impossible on her part
but the certainty it gives us that
her spirit is unchanged"
Indeed, there is no lack of evidence in
the German newspapers that a general
revival of militarism is on the,way. Thus
the "Vossische Zeitung," which last
December still supported the National
Liberals in their disguise of the German
Peoples Party, but has since swung it.
self on the side Of the German Demo-
Gratis, allegedly the most radical of Ger
man bourgeois groups, conducts an open
propaganda for the reestablishment of
powerful army on the basis of the
democratic principle of universal SER
vice." an army "imbued with the good
old traditions of the Prussian army"
Even the "Frankfurter Zeitung," recog-
nlzed with the "Tageblatt" of Berlin as
the furtherest going Liberal organ of the
bourgeois classes, pleads that whatever
were the faults of the old military svs-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-23

Thus, although Italy and Portugal later
actually Joined the Allies, the German
shipping seized by them would have the
same status that seized by the nom
belligerent Peru and Uruguay. A number
of ships were impressed in a similar man.
ner by Argentina and Chile; in these cases.
however, the exact amount Of tonnage seized
has not been ascertained so far.
This would leave, according to the Ger
man writer, something like 100000 tons
of German shipping untouched" in coun-
tries which preserved their neutrality to
the end and refrained from the practice
of impressing.
The final balance sheet of German ship
ping may, then, be drawn up as follows:
In safety: Tons
1loHie PofSS. 1000 600
Neutral ports .............. 100000
New construction during war 900, 600
Aotal ...... Observation-Disclosures. 1850 900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-23

VK YHAT has become of the mighty
NA merchant marine Of Germany
second only to- that of Great
Britain until July 81, 1914?
melancholy view of the events that befell it
IN these four years and half is given by the
"Kolnische Zeitung." According to it, out
Of the five and half millions of the total
German tonnage about three and half
millions of tons were, in the moment of the
wars outbreak, in foreign waters. Of this,
again, two and half millions were, for the
time being, rescued from the enemy by
seeking refuge in the nearest neutral
port, whence, however, the ships could not
emerge without running the risk of being
captured.
This tonnage of two and half millions,
lnterned in neutral ports, was divided
among the different countries as follows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-23
The Teuton Way of
Carrying Defeat

"THE moral backbone of the German
Il people is broken" said CORE
spondent of "The London Times" who
left Berlin at the end of January.
There IS no dignity in the way they
carry their defeat" Comparing the way
in which the Germans take their loss
of the war with the way the French
acted after 1871, the correspondent con-
tinued:
The \Germans seem to have lost all
spirit of enterprise. Only the most neces-
sary work is done, and even that is badly
done. Nobody seems to care. Nothing is
done to transform the factories which had
served the purposes of war into factories
Tor peace production. In some of them the
workmen are kept and paid, though the
works stand still. The workmen pass the
day playing cards. But do not think they
arc satisfied. In one factory where not
stroke of work had been done for months
the workmen, or card players, even asked
for an increase of pay and six-hour day.
When this was refused they threatened to
strike.
"Capitalists do not dare to invest their
money in industry, mines or commerce, but
try to smuggle it out of the country out
OF reach OF specialization and taxes Sew
eral people whom l did not even know came
and offered me large sums if | would
smuggle their money and securities into
neutral country.
When Germans discuss defeat, as thew
often do even with strangers thew never
H1oi hot tbo,y
sense One often hears the expression our
invincible field grays.' They admit two
causes of defeat, the British blockade and
British propaganda; these together shook
the morale of the people and prepared the
revolution. That even decisive battle
was fought between Cambria and St.
Quentin they ignore, as we'll as the fact
that the final blow of Marshal Foch's Of
fensive was to be delivered by General
Castelnau in the south about November IS,
which, of course, was known by the Ger
man negotators and prompted their de-
cison to accept unconditional surrender.
ut seems to me that only the Socialists
in Germany understand that the basis Of
the armistice was an unconditional capitu-
lation; the others seem to imagine that
the armistice was a kind of preliminary
peace in which Germany obtained certain
guarantees ON the basis of Mr.. Wilson's
fourteen points. Only the Socialists admit
that the situation is such that the Ger
man government will have to accent the
Allies peace conditions, however hard thew
are. But the Democrats still make an at
tempt TO snow some national pride, or per-
maps keep up the national bluff dear to the
old government. They often say that if
the peace conditions 90 one single inch fur
Their than Mr.. Wilson's points the Ger
mans will have been cheated, and the gov
eminent may refuse to sign them.
"The Socialists hate war too sincerely
to think of revenge, even if they also would
resent diminution Of German territory
and heavy indemnties. But the Conserva-
tives are chauvinists, and preach revenge
whatever may happen"