Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-06

Copyright, 1919, by the Press Pubilsh-
ing Co.
(The New York World
Especial Gable Dispatch to the WORLDLY
Berlin, Aug. 5.--Gen. Won Bernhard
prophesies another war. In remark
able letter written exclusively for the
Albuquerque Journal and New York
World, he analyses the peace treaty
and its consequences. The old fire
eater is busily engaged with his we'll
known brand of literary work in his
ho.ne, villa Bernhard, among the gi-
ant mountains of Silesia, where he is
in pensioncd retirement.
BY Gen. Friedrich A. j. Won Bernhardi.
| consider it absolutely right, from
the stapdpoint of France and Eng
land, that they should wish to get the
greatest possible advantage from
having won the war. France and Eng
land are acting quite naturally and
properly in trying to do us as much
harm as possible Such a process
alone can secure them against a re-
currence of the Teuton peril
One must always bear in mind that
there are only $4,000 600 French and
about $4,000, 900 Engl.s1 and that
both people made great and uneXam-
pied sacrifices to win victory which
was not gained at the swords point,
but victory they would never have
won had we not beaten ourselves.
One must consider also that against
these figures there exist about SO,O00,-
600 Germans in compact mass, in ad-
dition to he Germans scattered
throughout the world. 1t should also
be considered that we Germans were
not actually conquered, and that I'M
respect to population we are at any
and every moment in position to re-
sumo resistance.
Why He Condemns Treaty.
1t is quite understandable that inI
these circumstances our enemies
should seek to secure themselves.
Whether our enemies have not drawn
the bow too far is another matterj and
from this point of view / must decid-
edly condemn the peace treaty for its
terms, both military and economic
are unfulfillable.
With the military force that has
been granted us, internal order can-l
not be maintained, and it will be inn
possible for us ever to meet the econo-
mic conditions.
old enemies must have thought it'll
to their interest to impose conditions
which would surely lame us for a long
time but which would yet leave ourl
existence possible. America has a par
ticular interest in maintaining ourI
purchasing power. for we were one of
the best customers of America before
the war.
AS conditions are now, there is dan
ger that in one way or another wei
will withdraw from our obligations. |
Then new war will be necessary.
Can't Tell What Nation Will Do.
In such a new war, to be sure, all
the prospects of success will be on the
side of our enemies, but one never
can know what desperate nationl
is capable of doing.
Then there is always another con-
sideration. Does new war actually
lie in the interests of our enemies ?
France and England have been most
grievously hit economically. TheyI
long for peace and for the undisturbedl
development of their economic forces. |
For years to come they will not bel
in position for another war. This ap
pears to me indubitable.
In the circumstances, I consider the
present peace unsuited to its purpose
from the enemy standpoint. 1t is the
product of hate and a spirit of re-
venge, and it will bear fruit accord |
ingly. 1t seeks to make it impossible
for us to wage war in the future, and
it will achieve exactly the contrary.
What think of this peace from the |
German standpoint / need hardly dis
cnss, after the foregoing. 1t can only
spur and incite us to strain all our
strength and force in order to make
ourselves, to some extent. again equal