The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-05

leniency for themselves. Germans who fought loyalty for their country are de- livered up by their government to the enemy, to serve for his triumph. That is the depth of our humiliation, which fills one with shame and disgust at the Gerfhan people.
 By the revolution the Germans have made themselves outcasts among the peoples, incapable of making allies, heIots in the service of foreigners and foreign capital, and deprived of all self-respect.
 'In twenty years time the German people will curse the parties who boast of having made the revolution" A true word and terribly grave. spoken by a social democrat to his fellows.
 The present fate of the German peo- pie is concluded by the peace. The future lies dark before us, the only bright spot being the acts of the men of Scapn Flow.
 HIS THREE COMMANDMENTS
 All delusions have vanished, mob sug gestion begins to fail. We look into nothingness Self-deception, empty words, hops from others or hope in phantoms, lip courage, bringing vain promises for the future and weakness
 in the present; all these will never help us as they have never Helped us in the past.
 Something different is needed. Fearless thinking and manly actions from each one of us, and at the same time unselfish submission and the sink ing of the ego in national discipline, are what we require. That alone can re- store our national dignity, whose re- covery is a condition precedent or the renaissance of Germany. That is the first commandment.
 Love of home, love of the daily task, devotion to work and tireless energy actiity for our economic life, coupled with consideration for ones neighbor, the cooperation in full confidence of rich and poor. of hand and head, in the same duty to work, and freedom TOT honorable work, are the basis of Ger man wealth and the condition of our re- vival That is our second command ment
 Devoted to duty, honest and sincere, | and in full courage must the German work once more and moral earnest must be his guide; that is the third | commandment. The saying or Fichte, l that to be a German and to have char acter are synonyms beyond controversy | must again become the truth. Only so l can we recover our self-respect, wnlch alone can win us that of others. LEARN AGAIN TO BE GERMANS | Tn national character and education, l in Cerman work, in hard labor, and in human dignity, looking clearly into the l hard reality of our bare and discon- solate future, so and so alone VIII the Germans find themselves again. Such action will help us once again to win | ourselves country, and to Ill our selves with the old selfless patriotism. which gives us strength to live-and' I if fate demands to die as the heroes l of this great struggle have dled-Ior our ideals, for all that is Germany, Tor the prosperity and security or our Ger
 nan home, and for her restoration 10 strength. aid mighty deeds, an eloquent testimony l to their indwelling strength, that today l has been destroyed by the revoiulioi' 1 A people of such achievement has the
 right to live. May 1t now have the 1 strength to throw off the letters that q, |, bas laid upon itself: may it now ind I rnan Nreioicing in their responsibility iira inc generals at the front, to lead ' # firm If will and tenacious of their 1 aim and to restore the sunken national ! life and inspire it with fresh and pow | erful enthusiasm, men who. followed py all that is best in the nation, Will untle
 aii ,,,,- creative forces in gSeat creative
 action. l., ,,,sr, ory of inc heroes who have fallen Tn thsir trust in Germany's greatness the heroes whom the country now so neeos, learn once again to be Germans ana ! to he nroud that we are Germans
 ! God grant it.
 1 The rext irstaIIment from i.uden- | dorff's book deals with the beginning l os the great WAT and throws light or
 hts attitude before the struggle and
 the infIuen~e he had In shaping Ger
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