The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-10-28
Sees Germany
as Dynamo


a perfect dynamo of strength. Her
human military power is practically
as great as ever and her 65,000,000
people have been SCORED and hard
ened by trials. They have learned
economy and self-denial.
"The nation has been compressed
into a concentrated mass, which is
surcharged with energy and moving
with centripetal force, while Ger
many's ,neighbors are spreading them
selves out thin, and quarreling and
moving with centrifugal force"
Thus spoke Henry Morgenthau who
headed the United States investigation
commission which has been at work
in Poland, in discussing his observa.
tons in central Europe.
"And what will be the rcsult?" Mr..
Morgenthau asked. Replying to his
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IF disintegration keeps up among
Germany's neighbors, there can be
but one result. I doubt whether Ger
many fully appreciates her own
strength. As she sits, calmly watch
ing the dickering going on between
the new states, which are losing sight
of great principles and fighting over
little strips of territory, she must
take grim satisfaction in the battle
her enemies are waging in her behalf,
and Germany, encouraged by such
discord among weak and struggling
states, undoubtedly will resort to arms
within few years and regain her lost
territory.
what will prevent the military
clique from regaining control in Ger
many if Europe continues to offer
such tempting prizes to various ma
tionalities? Such situation will not
encourage Germany to regain her
trade by peaceful means and to pay
indemnities.
at will not satisfy the militarists
Of Germany to return 70 the factories
if their war-worn ne:ghbors weaken
themselves further and deliberately
offer themselves as prey to the Prus-
sian spirit.
What is to encourage the demo-
Gratis in Germany who are trying to
get away from. militarsm? Europe
rapidly is driving on toward 4 situa-
ton which eventually must result in
a coalition between Russia and Ger
many and the absolute destruction of
many of the newly-created powers
unless steps be taken to prevent it.
"Opinion is tsrong that the League
of Nations is the only means for pre-
venting such a disaster And it must
come soon and have the loyal support
of both great and small powers.
Greece, Italy, Jugo-Slavia, Czecho-
Sloyakia, Poland, and other European
countries which have been fought
over and are in sadly weakened con-
dition need the support of some or
ganization which win afford them the
proper tribunal for their disputes and
assist them in winning their publics
way from the idea that war is the
only means of getting justice.
ut is impossible to create barrier
states against bolshevism and mill
'arism, and if these new states con-
tinue their quarrels and weaken them
selves they can not resist any enemy,
much less a great untouched power
like Germany.
Germany intelligently refused to
fight to a finish with the United States.
She withdrew in good order to peace
Of safety, where the war had not
ruined her factories, and where every
thing was ready for the resumption
Of peace industry.
Germany has gone to work. but
work is impossible in many of those
districts where the Germans destroyed
machinery, and the people have not
the raw materials with which to work.
But these ruined countries must not
make Germany's economic restoration