The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-30
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1919.
THE GERMAN GAME.

Evidence continues to accumulate that the German government is creat- ing anarchy throughout Europe so that it may frighten the peace confer ence into favorable terms. As never before in the worlds history war by intimidation is being waged. When the military conflict was in progress Germany used the terrorists to stir up revolutions in enemy countries and they readily lent themselves to the cause of Teutonic imperialism. Even in the United States the I. w. w. fought for the kaiser and kaiserism.
 Having been defeated in the open field Germany has fallen back on secret propaganda. Her agents have gone abroad into Hungary, Austria, Bavaria, Spain and other countries to foment revolutionists and set us Bol- shevistic misrule. At Barcelonia twenty-eight Germans were arrested after it had been established definite ly that they were responsible for the revolutionary strike.
 Is it possible that those who rule in Germany are ready to turn the country over to the Reds if the peace terms are unsatisfactory? Professor Delbrueck says so and declares that the Rhine will be the western border of Russia.
 The classes still ruling in Germany are the war profteers, the junkers Z and, indirectly, the .militarist. They will not surrender the nation to Bol- shevism unless they are convinced that it is futile to continue the fight for their wealth. #g5" E. with a fiery ring of Bolshevistic states. Her agents have set the Bol- shevistic fires burning in Hungary and in Bavaria, which practically is detached from the German state. They tried to give the Bolsheviki con- trol of German Austria, but failed be- cause the people there knew that they would starve if the allies refused to feed them.
 At home Germany crushed Bolshe vism so that she might say to the al lies: Give us peace terms that will permit us to retain our wealth and that will cause us no great economic > hardship. If you refuse all Europe east of the Rhine will go to Bolshe yism. Then collect if you can."
 The threat means that all of Europe east of the Rhine will go into volun- tary bankruptcy. By active resistance if possible, by passive resistance if they can do no better, the Germans will seek to prevent the allies from collecting their just debts. Mean time the Germans will hope that Bol- shevism may rend Belgium, France, Spain and other countries of western Europe to pieces and thus bring down the whole European structure of civ ilization into one general ruin.
 It is threat that makes new European war imminent.
 If President Wilson had not insisted upon intervening his league of na- tions with the peace pact this second war which looms like 8 world -envelop- ing cyclone in central Europe would not have gained headway. We can imagine either of two situations as having prevailed.
 Either the Germans, two or three months ago, would have accepted the terms of rejected them. If they had accepted Bolshevism would not have had a chance to acquire momentum. If they had refused Foch would have marched to Berlin and thence to Po- land and Bolshevism would have been without power to resist effectively.
 What is the situation now? Will sons acre covenant has drawn out the peace parleys so long that Bolshevism has already begun what may amount to another world war. In that war we may be involved by the very nature of the covenant.
 How long will this war last? Who shall say that it will not endure in varying phases for a generation?