The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-02-20
GERMAN AMBITION UNCHECKED.


triumph is to escape payment for the devasta !
ton Of Belgium and France.
To accomplish this Germany has far-reach- /
ing and effective propaganda, its chief purpose
being to gain the sympathy and support of /
America That propaganda is gaining many
converts in this country
Germany has skfully prepared its plea that
a new order of things has been established IN
that country the power of the former rulers
destroyed and every demand of America met.
The argument is then advanced that under these
conditions it would be unjust to burden the Ger
man people with the enormous indemnities asked
by France and Belgium
The true facts, however, prove German duplc-
ity unchanged Instead of a beaten and repent
ant nation, the world has to deal with a Germany
unswerved in it's ambition to rule the universe.
At the signing of the armistice Germany was
seemingly crushed, deprived of power and meek
~ supplicant. But Germany has already begun
to question the right of the victors to impose
terms. She has thwarted the restoration of Po-
land averts that she will not yield Alsace-Lor-
rane and protests the levying of indemnities.
She has turned from meekness to insoence al
most before the peace negotiations well IN
der way.
The basis for Germanys change of front is
found in her astounding accomplishments of the
whose German empire was on the verge of col
lapse; the spirit of the people was shaken and
Bolshevism threatened in many of the larger
cities.
But in three short months Germany has found
herself and has made unbelievable progress in
bringing order out of chaos.
The Bolsheviki has been suppressed, the conf
dence of the people restored and an election held
which returned the old political parties to power
The world deceived for time by the gains
of the Social Democrats but it develops that
they not permitted to obtain majority and
that the power in the new national assembly
rests with members of the old reichstag who
were affiliated with the parties which endorsed
and supported the war.
If Germany is permitted to evade restitution.
she will become the complete victor of the war.
AS matters now stand, with Alsace-Lorraine re
turned to France, Germany's gain in territory
and population will be great-more, IN fact, than
Prussia ever gained in victorious war The col
lapse of the Hapsburg dynasty makes it newt
able that large portions of Austria be added to
Germany with a net population increase of more
than 100000.
Germany has never lost hope of being the ult-
mate victor and is now playing at the peace table
for the prize it failed to win on the battlefield.
If Germany wins she will be greater world
menace than ever before. There will be rs ,OOO-
900 Germans to face in the future instead of TO-
100000. She will make extensive and valuable
territorial gains and, if she wins, France and
Belgium will bear the cost of her conquest.
Past experience shows what Importance she
will place upon the obligations imposed by the
peace treaty If she is left in her strength only
such of the terms will be obeyed as will enable
Germany to strengthen her position for another
world war, which she unquestionably hopes to
wage and hopes to win.
Her big card in attaining her ambition is the
sympathy of America and her propaganda is
directed to that end.
The American people must not be longer de-
ceived. They must awaken to the fact that the
men who endorsed and supported the are
still in control of Germany, that their ambition
has not been lessened one iota. They are deter
mined to eventually rule the world.
Germany does not deserve sympathy. She is
the mad but crafty murderer who processes to
have reformed. What Germany needs restraint
SO strong that she cannot break forth agani.
! Otherwise, the fought in vain.
England is preparing for a celebration next