The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-02
Germany to Send to
Peace Congress Her
Brutality Specialists
Contempt for Her Opponents
Usually Spells Defeat OF
Fer Plans, Says Former
French Premier.
ny RENE VIVIAN.

Parts, April i.--Reports from Ger
many printed in the French press con-
tain the names of innumeraole German
many Is calling to her bosom all the
specialists available whom abe intends
to send rs the representatives. OF the
brutality Of her national policy,
Germany always has a plan; she al
ways has method to apply TO 1t. and
she always has agents to execute IL
But invariably she fails to include in
her plans the slightest bit Of psychol-
ogy. 1t Is her contempt for her op-
ponents that ruins her.
But will her latest plan go through
owing to faults on our part In other
words will Germany be given the time
which she desires? One fault--the
fault OF allowing her to gain time
already has been committed by us. We
can only hope that 1t win not be re-
peated.
The thing that might stimulate Ger
many is the idea that the entente pow
srs will be unable to resist the pres
sure exerted on each component gov
ernmen. by the internal situation in
Zach state. Each country has suffered
through the war. and in each there
prevails the desire for rapid demobiii
cation It ie this desire which appears
TO Germany AH ca pa BILE OF causing
trouble unless il In satisfied
Did not the German press, mad as
usual. announce yesterday that South
ern France Is in upheava1. and that il
required American and British troops
to restore order7
It Is TO be expected that Germany
viii not put her cards on the table
until after long hesitation then with
draw them and then reflect. we can
~ W
IL conquered. This terribic word II
applied to us would have a terrible
meaning In her mouth. She would not
have given us an much time to recover.
HAUGHTTLY REFUSED.
In isTf. when the French govern
ment was hesiegcd In Paris. II asked
Bismarck for an armistice Of eighteen
days to hold an election. This brief re-
spite was haughtily refused, when II
same brutality we say that we are not
doing so for the sake of revenge. but
merely to protect our own interests.
We have now been at war for Ave
years, for the present state Is still
war. Numberiess cities. towns and
villages have been destroyed: millions
OF men have been killed or crippled.
all markets have been unset and
Thousand billion Of the worlds total
fortune has been lost.
Each hour lost .hefore we resume
normal activity Is fatal. fatal for the
entire world Compared with the in
terests at stake. Germany does not
count.
Evidently everything depends on the
allies solution Of the Russian question.
But II IL no longer the Russian aues-
ton alone. The Hungarian revolution
reveals far flung Botshev.st propa
ganda and draws attention to tire
chfldishness Of the policy hitherto
pursued The very idea that by estab-
fishing a quarantine around Bolshe-
vism one can kill II by its own poison
shows a depIorahle lack of knowledge
Of tho situation.
Hungary has been thrown into
anarchy. What viii become Of the
other peoples whom we have support
ed and some Of whom we have set up
A. nations. Rumania. too, Is headed
for IN avalanche: SO n Poland: go In
Bohemia. and so IL Jugo-Slavia. They
haven't come to life sufficiently to pro-
tect themselves Where are We at!
Undoubtedly We shall know before
many moro days have passed.