The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-20

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Press)
Berlin, Feb. 26.-(By maiD Three
months careful study of Germany,
following the signing Of the armis-
| tice forces the conviction that Meth
er war from without nor revolution
from within has worked any psyche
| logical metamorphosis of Germany
as a nation, or of Germans as in
dividuals. Neither the strength nor
| the weaknesses of the German peo-
| pie evidences any transformation.
| The minds which accept and apply
| the terms of peace will differ but
little from those which steered the
successful course of the German en-
pire up. to August, 1914.
The revolution has changed the
form of government. 1t has not
changed the governed, The war has
| brought to Germany defeat disaster
and destitution. 1t has not brought
despair nor humiliation. A half
dozen speakers at the national as
hembly at Weimar voiced the gem
eral feeling of the people when they
said, in effect:
"We have not been defeated mill
.arily. Hunger and thu revolution
forced us to quit. We accepted
President Wilson's Fourteen Points
ind demobilized voluntarily, accord
ng to the provisions of the armis'
| sice."
The foreign Offices policies and
he attitude of its individual secre-
taries are unchanged; its personnel
Is practically the same as before
the revolution, though the officials
all profess to be democrats. Now
they claim they opposed the war, es-
necially employment of "frightful-
ness"
Count Bernstorff is considered by
many well-informed Germans to be
the man who is really running the
foreign office, with his cousin, Count
Brockdorff- ff-Rantzau, chief in name
only. The Germans feel that Brock
lorff- -Rantzau's speech outlinging the
nations foreign policy marked new
era in diplomacy because he stated
frankly what the Germans consider
modest. These included retention
If the German colonies "a plebiscite
Tor Alsace-Lorraine, repatriation OF
German war prisoners and repara-
ton for damages only
Ostensibly, the censorship was re-
moved with establishment of the
present government. Yet priority Of
news dissemination is still pre-
served as an exclusive and mon
opolistic privilege of the Wolff bu-
reau, which was the semi official
propaganda agency under the old
regime. Foreign newspaper cores
pondents' dispatches are held up
six hours after the same information
is obtained by Wolff. This guaran-
tees to that organization the oppor-
tunity of giving the world its first,
and therefore its strongest, impress |
sion of any internal German situa-
ton.
No German making the first pre-
.ense at frankness will attempt to
create the impression that the
disastrous results of 1914-191S have
created any deep-seated aversion to
among the German peo-
lie. Men and women, both in and
'ut of government circles, talk very
usually of another war of revenge
gainst France if Alsace-Lorraine is
aiken from Germany. They refer to
his possibility as though it is to be
ccepted by everyone as a logical
natter Of fact
Imperialistic, even monarchistic,
tterances during the national a.
embly meetings have stirred up r.
pposition from the delegates, exec,
he radicals. For instance, Cou-
osadowski, conservative leader, de-
ended Bismarckism. He advocated
the old regime which
e called the most benevolent and
dvanced government in the world
he delegates, save for a few radi-
ais, listened blandly while Posadow- II
d, declared that a monarchy is the
est form of government
In addition to the Wolff bureaus
Ifluence on foreign propaganda, 7
Iere is now new government de-
lrtment which is daily furnishing
e people with inspired opinion
rough the press The theme of this
is There has been no
volution in Germany-just a. new
rm of government" With the ex-