The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-08

LUX lip 20 Ihuranete the
ether day. On the outgoing 4rir. i
!, travelling third class, z I rnsts III
dfers was silent. but they tafFhd1
talk:
= The revolution has NOT 49,
of any beneft to us MflitarfaSS
e Is sttff alive fosKe the mini -
ter Of national defense) d 4 prina N
oner IN the l1Anda Or ArmysN X M
ficers. The government III
oner In the hands Of oApi{ s ~
We poor devils are At7ye
devils, Well, II II canno{s Z II
otherwise, we shall at lea1f ~ n
Il that all others will .hAssnS0S
devils. too OF course. IN r. i 5
mean the spiliing Of mucA niog
blood n rs Ss'sss ssass M
"on the return trip travelled n U
ond class and met many rich nsantaf n
turers OF Central Germany. Tk 4
view. as represented in their cesss "a
satfon was: ER M.
The government is too weak. a
hesitates. too long before 1t orders IL
soldiers to shoot and does not give IT,
order often enough. Every RuSstan
who agitates against our government
should be shot. Every communist todG
should be stood up against wall But
Scheidemann does not dare and
Noske, who probably would hike 70 d.
so, does not permit it. Under WILLIAMS
the Second things were much better.
HATED UNTO DEATH.
"Of. two nations within one peopf1
Disraeli once wrote: The two ma
lions within our people hate one an
other unto death, To kill one another
is pleasure to them. The K!eubep.
affair at Halle. the Neuring affair M
Dresden, on the one hand and the
murders Of Liebknecht and Rosa
Luxembourg. OF Jolitches. Of thirty-twss
sailors and the many unarmed personnl
in Berlin. ON the other hand, giv1
bloody testimony Of the state OF mind
of the German people The mass naur-
der OF war has not taught them AnNs
lesson. or had any deterring infiueu1H
upon them. 1t has merely heated
their lust for blood to the boilinm
point VI
Our rlenipotentiaries went e.
France, Slowly they travelled thruuafS
the desert which VAS once the mot
fertile part OF France. II had NeeaS
made waste by our ruthless mxtt~
DDS of warfare. Hate accOmpanio&s
them: hate received them; hate NJ
dictated the conditions Of peacs
hate and fear. Hate OF a Germans
that has become pacifist only ~ ~
matter OF opportunism. hut remafnAs
militarist at the bottom OF her heart.
Wilson is free from hatred axatStaAE
us. A peace dictated by him shonIAa
have been acceptable TO every rexansi-
able German. But he had no sfpeel
hand in making his decisions HIN
whose hate and fear he had to cVsIl .ss
promise. It was thus that the pAarS
treaty acquired = form 80 tAYrthfas
to us. N
The German people are inAirnnsSx. I
amazed at what is demanded az m
We cannot comprehend the worldsaa
hatred of us. Did we not HAYS mnGSa !;
more cause for hating our fuAeAs$d y
France longing for revenege'; sper1l1!&s
ious Albion traitorous italy .fntffS.ss
less Roumania,' hypocriticAi Aud M
cam & S yS sst 53
What I consider the xreAtaGk GoSa
OF our government Is its failure NJ .Si11h
eur people the truth ana to dis0el N VI
clouds OF ili-smetling gAs sent 1iIts y N
the official lie factory for thu lhnE ter
years to ohstruct the peoples wtsta
All the World Knos .ssIs, NH 11s'
''All the world Knows tkat 1SS ss rs
many caused the outbreak AN N sS &
: WI ~ WoA NuAA W. ~
Bile for militarism In Europo. #
cause we defeated disArtnam& INT III ~ u
the Hague; that In July III aSs n
frustrated every atternpt ~ evSi14 NJ
cliation: that by saii0Wing flf6Is 4
Austrian ultimatun TO be seat u 81
Serbia we applied the torch s
the gunpowder barrel: that vl0s
based our declaration of Na1
against France upon false ciAtn "
and that by our breach Ok nNGS2
trality against LuxemDoure &x u
Belgium We proved onrt41x1G 4 H.
Be morally uMscrupulon& rs +
only the German people nv
majority OF thein--tio not ~ yo&s
this. They still believe 1cti6 4 I
policy, at = var
us. OF Belgipm'a uMneutrat
"Ali the world NhoW1 t1Nk
d to blame fpe TIN A1A l
ton u thu waS: ~
1Drin3 ~ ALL Z!