The Washington herald., 1919-06-08
GOVERNMENT IN GERMANY
STILL DISTORTING TRUTH

heit after six months. has 20. .ual
more subscribers than Norwaerts. the
National Socialists attach themselves
more firmly than ever to the bour-
geoise parties. who write democracy
10 be sure. on the signs over their
stores. but VINO cannot Civ. prac-
tical effect to democracy because of
fear for their profits and money bags.
Slain or Imprisoned.
DIR. Liebnecht. Frau Luxemburc.
t.lsner. bandaur. the finest heads of
the Communist party. have been kill
ed, and perhaps nameless thousands
have followed them TO the grave. The
prisons are over-tilled. Ledebour. the
old MarNist. now near -. is under
| arrest and accused before a Berlin
jury. An army of $1,000 mercenaries.
| costing 100000 marks day. is sup
posed to be intended to defend the
republic against so-called BoIshevism
which bears only vague resemblance
to the theory and structure of Lenine.
| Some of the circumstances which
have served as hindrances to interna-
| tlonal understanding have created in
| germany an atmosphere which an
honest man must call counter-revolu-
tionary.
| Where is the way out of this
| thicket? What can happen to give
| the world the peace for which il
thirsts? Since the soul of the German
nation is deeply shaken bv its OK
perlences and the bodies of the people
nave for years been insufficientIy fed
there can be no overnight change to
the thing desired. One must for the
present abandon hope of idealistic and
metaphysical cures.
Common Sense Now Needed.
1t must be ciearl;. proved to the
people. in such state and Iootin-
out only for their own Immediate adj.
vantage that only common sense and
gracious adaptation to the will OF
the world can be worth while. lin.
people:
We grant you our good will. our
lueat ana spiritual credit. without
| whlch YOU cannot think of recop-
| struction. barely ekinr our an ex.
istence under the ruins. II Won sa,
you recognize the heavy blame n,
your former housekeepers. disayow
their acts. and prepare to atone 70,
everything. If we hear such confes.
sion from honorable spokesmen ",
cannot only spare you from the nm.
limited sovereign power of the repa.
ratlons commission and from the cut.
ting OF all your commercial connec.
tons. but We will give you ali nos.
stbie help and will take YOU as ea,IsI
comrade In the league of nations p,
sure. however. that our coincidence
cannot be gained by ruses which 90 :
J bring harm only to yourselves W.
Will not permit ourselves to be do,
ceived by appearances"
Faith Alone Not Epouph
The community or mankind so,i-
darity of nations can spront and
ripen only through faith. AS tod
II is the most important duty NJ m.
classes OF society heretofore most
! Favored through their social measures
and the manifestation of their broth.
eriy feelings. to gain the Confidence
OF the sunless. living in the monotonv
or machinery so also can confidence
alone Close the gate of the Janus
| temple.
Let there be free plebiscite amon,
the peoples who. according 10 The
entente will. should choose TO which
| nation they will belong, with ouick
! admission to the, league OF nations
and let these equal concessions he eY,
tended to German peoples.
Such concessions would 60 far to-
ward reconciling Germans to hard
| conditions otherwise. and they could
only benefit and not harm those who