The Washington times., 1919-04-30
PAN-GERMANS ASK
IMPERIAL LEAGUE"

COPENHAGEN, April 3O.-Wlth
! Germany weltering in the chaos of
revolution and the gloom of defeat,
the irrepressible Pan-German clique
again comes to the front at Berlin
with a declaration" which is both
pOmpOus and grotesque. 1t was pub
| lished as a supplement to the militar-
ist newspaper Deutsche Tagezeitung,
and if il were not for the horror into
which Germany has been plunged it
would furnish an element of wierd
amusement.
The Pan-Germans want the res
1 toration of the monarchy under the
ex-Kaiser and are looking forward to
another war. The declaration" is
signed by about fifty miIitarists. pro-
| fessors, judges and professional men,
most of them bearing titles. Among
the signers are General Won Gebsattel
and General Leibert.
1 A copy Of the text was received
here today. In part il reads:
| I'm consequence of the ignominious
collapse of the German empire the
Pan-German League sees the Father
/ land not only deprived of the success
| full aims of a heroic war carried on
during four years. but also reduced
to extreme military, political and eco
| nomic impotence. The lPan-German
League regards it as a duty of the
German sense of honor that the ma
tional assembly offer the Kaiser and
his consort place of abode on Ger
man soil.
Deny PrOIOngfRE War.
''The Pan-German League repudi-
ates the charge that IL was an ac-
complice in starting or prolonging
a -
lapse we retain the belief that the
German people may still be saved.
1.-The first prerequisite for this is
that the government organize an
army that inwardly and oUtwardly
offers the Fatherland adequate pro-
lection and in which the officers as
sumo the position to which they arc
entitled.
'"The Pan-German League wishes to
express the conviction that our Faith
erland will require a navy also, in
the future. II is important that we
create it as soon as we are eco
nOmically able.
THE Pan-German League can have
no confidence in the present form of
government as suitable for the Ger
man people. Events since November
9, 1918, have proved that a people |
political sense as do the Germans is !
unfit for the so-caIIed free state form |
Of government For that reason we |
particularly cling to the Kaiser idea, |
which. we are confident, even after /
this calamity. will preserve its old |
strength. Our countrys disgraceful |
downfall in the last instance was due |
to lack Of patriotism.
Would Blot Out Disgrace.
They must be inculcated with the |
viii to blot out the disgrace of this
downfall that the nation may once |
more be worthy of its name. We de- !
manded the war be conducted along
lines that gave us an opportunity to |
bring every form of German arms |
into action for the purpose of foiling |
our enemies evil designs. because we !
knew exactly from history and the
inclinations of our principal enemies !
that they did not strive after an un-
derstanding OF the Germans, but the
destruction OF the German empire !
and the German race
IF our enemies compel US to make |
territorial concessions, they must |
realize that the demands Of the Ger
man people, which are based on the
achievements of the Prussian king
dom through a century and a half,
cannot be rendered permanently i'm
potent through the present helpless |
condition of the empire.
Oppose Equality Doctrine.
The maintenance of our peoples 4
adequacy and our popuIat-
ed areas require urgently that all of
German Austria, including the Ger u
man section of western Hungary and 4
all Of the ancient German territories n
in the Baltic states, be incorporated II
in an imperial league.
I'm order to forestall the fact that II
our racial existence is threatened, we
demand as early as possible an immi-
grafton law that will protect US II
against the incoming of alien races
We regard the doctrine Of equality of
all human beings as a dogma the II
realization of which would be a crime n
TO our people"