El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-31

tain points OF resem blance IN the sit
nation in Germany today and in that
Of Prussia after Jena which should
not be ignored.
While much is obscure, and inspired
impressions must be heavily discount
ed, IL is al least perfectly clear that
no idea Of contrition, no remorse for
the greatest crime in history, has
penetrated the German mind There
can be little doubt that hopes Of
revanche are cherished by the classes
which viii continue TO direct German
thought
II may be wen that Germany will
be reborn more speedily than people
think and much more speedily than
the British people realize The Ger
man population, with the Austrian
addition, which, on the principle Of
self determination, the conference is
unable to refuse, will number nearly
9O.ou0.OQ0. Only a visionary would i'm
agine that the proposed league Of ma
tions, which viii have TO undergo
severe notifications, viii be able TO
control developments in the expert
mental Europe which is TO be created.
Hopes For Repetition.
The prediction OF Won kuhlman is
apparently based upon his hopes Of
the achievement Of BOlsheTism- II,
he may perhaps reason, this deadly
disease spreads. and If Germany can
government, chen Intelligence and
hard work win quickly restore the in
dustrial position Of Germany.
There is another chance in her
favor. The virus OF Bolshevism was
successfully introduced INTO Russia by
German agency and the Russian Pol
shevilzi are engaged in furthering
German aims by destroying the class
which might IN time have rebuilt on
the ruiz moral and material that
Lenine and his accomplices have
wrought There are many thousands
of trained Germans ready TO exploit
the vast resources Of Russia and 10
turn them to the enrichment Of their
country
And If general strikes. instigated
By the Bolshevilz minority in our
trades unions. were 70 lead TO the con-
ditons, food shortage and wholesale I
employment, which make revolution
posi- bic. while the Germans disposed /
Of the Spartacists and settled down 20
regular work, the reDirth TO which
Won kuhimaun looks forward might
be unexpectedly rapid
7 do not for a moment believe that
q German occupation Of Paris in 1875
viii be possible (and since the publ
cation Of the letter, Won Kuhlman Is
said 10 have declared that the part Of I
tho letter about the Germans being IN
Paris then is ''an absolute fabrication
at least certain that IN six years Ger
many cannot build a navy which
would be any menace 10 Us But the
anxiety Of the French that the enemy ]
should be disarmed for as long a I
period as possible is absolutely iusti- I
fled
No treaty and no league Of nations
can indefinitely restrain the activities {
Of q great and Warlilze people, who, in 4
spite OF present happenings may be I
consolidated as a result Of the war. /
The future peace Of the world de- I
ponds upon what permanent effects /
disaster viii produce on the German /
character and what kind Of state VIII I
emerge out Of the present disorder
Only a very foolish person would at 4
tempt TO forecast either eventually. I
1t may. however, be said with GER Z
tainty that the commercial and indus /
trial future lies with the nation which /
can bring the best brains to bear upon !
an alliance Of capita1 and labor, while 4
5ealously guarding the public health I
and securing a fair return for all hon 4
est work and a full share in the gen l
eraI prosperity and advancement