Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-21
INNOCENT, STILL
GERMANY'S POSE
Teutons Blame Plight of
Nation Upon Entente
Countries
EXPECT u. S. AID
England and France Regarded
as Remorseless and Unre-
lenting Enemies
EXPECT u. S. AID

Washington. March 21.-Germany is
not repentant. The hardships the coun-
try Is undergoing are attributed to re-
lentless enemy The United States, how
ever, Is looked upon by the people as
their savior. An official report on the
situation in Germany received here
stated:
'The public feeling regarding the En-
tente is very mixed. From the public
journals one Ngains the impression that
there Is a more or less spontaneous
propaganda on to make France the vii
lain in the play. with England the close
second. There is also a great deal Of
bitterness againc. the Belgians, who are
accused of committing many depreda-
tions in tire districts they occupy.
THE United States is. in the public
mind, rapidly assuming the character of
savior Columns are printed praising
the high qualities of our troops in the
Rhineland. Trade papers write with un-
concealed malice about the probability
of American trade crowding out British
trade in the worlds markets
One gathers. perhaps wrongly, that
has vanished. One point here is dis
tinctly noticeable Notwithstanding the
fact that the recent disclosures must con-
vince every individual in Germany that
his own government was entirely to
blame for commencing the war, one
never reads Of single hardship that
the German people are undergoing that
is not ascribed bitterly to the ruthless
and relentless enemy.
,sr.1 L.
misfortuhes carries to incredible lengths.
Aaame Over Rolling Stock
"All Germany is afame with indigna-
ton because the Allies had the hardi-
hood to demand that the rolling stock
that the Germans had stolen from Bel
GUM and France be returned at once
Dozens of similar cases might be de-
scribed. While most papers admit that
Germany suffered a crushing defeat.
signs Of repentance are conspicuous by
their. absence.
1T is noteworthy, probably tho most
significant fact Of ALL that thu Allies
are seldom called by that name or the
Entente but the enemy or our enc.
mics II there is any spirit of recon-
ciliation extant, 1t is not noticeable. The
Peace Conference has to deal with a
cut of a justifiable victory by superior
numbers ard their own stupid diplomacy,
not by the fact that they were defending
wrong against right.
THE Rhenish- -westphalian coal re.
gions are handicapped by continuous
abortive strikes, which are fomented by
bands of Spartacans. who are going
about terrorizing the Catholic workmen.
There has been a distinct tendency on
the part of the most influential men
to seek to attach themselves to France.
Some time ago the Berliner. Tageblatt
attacked the Koelnische Zeitung, the
latter the great organ for the district,
most savagely pointing out its extreme
chauvinism during wartime in contra
distinction to the Francophile attitude
1t Is assuming at present When one
takes into consideration, however, th"t
this region Is strongly Catholic, It's
antipathy towards Berlin becomes quite
comprehensive.
Would Evsde War Burdens
THE Separatist trend, particularly
noticeable in Rhenish Westphalla, Ba-
varia, Upper Silesia and North Schles-
wig. probably gains much OF its strength
from the desire to escape as much as
possible from the postwar financial
burdens. Berlin points out that this
scheme will not work, and indicates
Galicia Is to form an integral part OF
the new Polish republic, but they have
been given to understand by the Allies
that 1t Will have to share the war bur-
den imposed upon Austria.
"It appears that Germanys only hope
TO prevent utter ruin is the formation OF
stable government, and the resumption
Of peace-time industries and commerce.
1t also seems clearly evident that the
spirit of the people towards the Allies
is such that 1t Is necessary that Ger
many De crippled permanently in mill
tary affairs in the interest Of world
peace. While the new democracy Is
vociferously hailed in many quarters,
there is no doubt that in case of Ger
man victory. practically the entire Ger
man nation would have willingly re-
manned loyal to their autocratic mon-
a.thical form of government.
1.-THE Germans are as insincere and
unfair as they have ever been, and their
egotism makes them feel that since they
cried for peace-rather than continue
the war on their own ground-they
should be treated with the most tremen-
dous consideration and kindness, and
they feel themselves justified in blaming
present his on the Allies"