The Cordova daily times., 1919-04-10

CuTTou CO luc IcIuldHS tAdL OA SA0 other side of the fence there are fairly good arguments to support Frances retention of these provinces.
 The junction with Austria provokes an almost equal enthusiasm, and it would almost seem as If half the speakers insert 1t in their speeches for that purpose alone. A countryman from farthest East Prussia can be sure of "bravo" if he mentions the brethren in Austria yearning to be- come the tail end of the German kite.
 The Schleswig- -Holstein question has come to the front lately and Germany is filled with propaganda to show that Schleswig should and must remain German.
 No speech is complete without at least a reference to Poland and Czecho-Slovakia, and the longer the reference the more braves. Yet not one of the speakers but knows that these questions will be settled, for good or ill, by the peace conference.
 The failure of the German to change materially is in no way better to be observed than in his attitude to the question of the conduct of the war. It is only rarely that a criticism of 1t i is heard in the house, and the general feeling seems to be that, if anything was wrong with it, that is all in the past and should be forgotten or over looked by Germany's enemies.
 The prisoner of war question is as puzzling to the student of German psychology just now as anything else. Virtually every speaker touches upon the prisoner question before he leaves the tribune Tell German, first, that the armistice made no provision for the return of German prisoners, and, secondly, that while Germany begs daily for food, she attempts at the same time to saddle herself with 800,- 900 more mouths to feed, and it has no effect on him. It cannot be sheer pity for the welfare of the prisoners, because plenty of Germans know only too well how slim the food is. .
 The assembly has had it's fill of speech-making that consists chiefly of party programs that everyone knows, or more frequently in attacks, often personal, that show how bad the feel ing is beneath the surface. Now it proposes to do some real work in com mittee. The press may not attend but gets what the committees care to give out, unless some member tells tales out of school.
 Listening to delegates to the as- sembly, and talking to Germans out side of it, the correspondent finds that the old German viewpoint he learned to know so well during the war until the breach with America, is still abroad in the land, though in less truculent form:
 The German thinks differently from any other human being in the world, and therefore does not understand why he now should suffer, why every thing cannot be placed on basis of status quo ante, why anyone should hold against him a conduct of the war which he claims he had nothing to do.
 He complains bitterly that some or the troops of the armies of occupa- tion force the Germans to bare their heads when an officer passes, or walk in the street. If the answers are made that the Germans did just that in Belgium and northern France, he replies that one indignity does not warrant another-and overlooks the part that human nature plays in the way of reprisal.
 It crops out every day and generally several times day in the assembly