The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-09-26
LOOKS FOR WAR LATER.
HOW THE TEUT0N SIZES UP|
THE DISTANT FUTURE
TWENTY YEARS MAYBE
at Will Be Real 0ne." Declared
laxative German To
Correspondent
EDWIN w. HULLlNeER.

EDWIN w. HuLLINGER.
With the American Army of oc-
cupation, oblenz-[By Mail. i
Germany will begin another war
perhaps within twenty years, GER
tainly in the following Sdecade-to
win back the territory lost in this
war;
The old regime will be back in
power in Berlin in few years"
These two predictions express the
almost unanimous conviction of the
German population in the American
occupied zone along the Rhine. They
were repeated to me time after time
by citizens of every class, occupation
or grade of life.
They are almost the only two is
sues concerning which there is alb
solutely no difference of opinion in
iUncle Sans Germany" For on
most matters the Rhineland presents
a distressing bewilderment of thought.
Spoken BY Quiet Farmers.
Thus spoke quiet farmers, lean
ing on their hoes in their fields, and
obsequious shopkeepers, eager for the
fruit OF the proyerbial American
spending palm. Walters, hotel port
ers, liverymen, well too do merch-
ants. bankers, ex-officers, ex-pri-
Yates, university students, laborers,
pro- governmenters, anti government
ers, monarchists or republicans-all
answered as one man.
Many were unable TO conceal their
surprise that the question should even
be raised.
Some gave answer gladly, as if
resigning themselves to the newt
able; others, triumphantly, like a
prize fighter promising a comeback.
Manner of delivery varied according
to mood or temperament of speaker.
But in what was said, there was no
variation.
Habit of Obedience.
-The habit of obedience and sub
mission to authority Is too deeply
drilled into the German mind to per-
NIT anything else-in this generation,
at least" a well bred, thinking young
char explained. He professional
with convincing sincerity-a hatred
or militarism and Prussianism from
bitter personal experience. He hoped
10 61c1De e hT going to America. IS
81 J.|s today s !. i
SADDLE of democratic self govern
u,ent, he continued 1.-The nation is
not accustomed to choosing for itself.
1t knows how to accept and obey
commands from above. II does not
possess the initiative necessary for
self rule. You cannot change AMI
grained national trait in few days.
II will take a generation or two oil
education in a new school OF thought.
"The junkers will be back in con-
troll in two or three years-hye at
most.
"The average peasant reasons on
" in material results. He Knows ne
was prosperous under the kaiser. He
was told everything. He was spared
the trouble of thinking for himself.
Freedom and Hard Times.
Now he has freedom-and hard
times" He may enjoy his new lib
erty in way"
My companion pointed to the yer
boten" sign,- lying face down 'on the
turf of the beautiful Luisen Anlagen
on the Rhine.
"That sign \was upright before, he
smiled. well, the peasant is glad
it's down now. He enjoys walking
on the forbidden grass.
"But when 1t comes to balancing
these slight freedoms, accompanied,
as he will be told, by adversely,
against the sterner but more pros
porous paternalism of the old days,
I don't think there is much doubt as
to his choice.
THAT is the way the junker agi-
tators will put it up to him."
Regarding the Monarchy
Few. however, thought the mon.
archy will be restored. All admit
ted such a step would involve dan
gerous international possibilities.
The general idea seemed to be the
junkers would come back. but wear
ing the formal costumes of republic
ans. although the net result would
be the same.
The certainty OF the next war"
was equally as deep seated in the
minds of the Germans.
.Ali agreed II must come sooner
ar later As a natural course in hui
man events.
line GSTItdu TdCc 10 loo IChnSiOoS
to remain down long" merchant
declared. at has been crushed re-
paatedly, always to rise again.
Will Be Real War.
I'VE are down now. Have lost our
colonies and large strips of purely
German soil. (All insisted on this
point-that the regions sliced from
the Fatherland by the peace treaty
were genuinely German territory. }
We will rise again. And the next
war will tbe a peoples war. This one
was government affair. The people
simply obeyed.
"The next one will be fight de-
manded by the people themselves as
a means of winning back their right
full heritage The motive force will
come from below, not from above.
Zach, it will be real war;
Paris, August 31.-GBy Mail TO The
-Tncanh Erin