Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-29
WAR NOT YET OVER;
HUN TO FIGHT AGAIN
German Mentality Still to be Con
qucrcd; Great Danger in
Present Situation.


less an object Of horror. rs IN her suppliant,
complaining attitude, begging Tor mercy
which she refused 10 give she ~ an object
of contempt, Germany today orpuches
before the world defeated. but unre-
pcntant and unrciormed And who can
say that she s not cruuchlng Tor spring,
~ some more opportunc and convenient
tunc2
francp apprchends this President
Wilson. IN hls alluston To- the pcri I"
France. ~ his speech to the frcuch son
ate on Monday. placed emphasis en- ,n'S
anprrhenslnn addressing the President
ii the Rrpuhhc. who had touched upon
thc suhirct hc said There ~ new
,uakcncd world Il - not ahead of us.
hut around us II knows that IFS dearest
interests arr involved ~ its standing
togsther for common purIo~e H.
knr,,s that the pcul uf france, II u con
tin,lrs will hc the peru ni the world IL
mons that not only France must or
p,n,tc against this perl, but that the
world must organize against u
llut hnW much about this peril docs tho
world know how much about Il docs tho
uhcd States know. how deep ~ the
tpahtatiou vt u hv either? Military Ger
anany. autocratc t,ernanv. inhunian
Germany was tut the expression oi -
turinau concept military, aut"ctairc.
mhuman Geruwu, la, hCcu NnnGHshed.
hut IS there ~ ~ight ans eSidcucc to prove
that the conccpt II has cherished has hc0n
DESTROYED ~ abandoned N"nc ny
Slnallv Germany has hccu vnndu@hed
mentally. Germany = unrVnGuercd gwen
opi,nrtunitv. she Can no marr hc trusted
rhan "A torpid serpent warmed INTO ~
ncvrd vitality ~ friendly hearth
IN arti,lc IN Tho current Outlook, Of
New York. by Ernest ilamlm Abbott,
with the tulc. Have the Germans W IN
iho War b, - tho pnint ! nless tho
,meucan people appreciate Il contends.
he fact that the professors CnElnceTs
inerhanlcs. sehaoi teachers, tradcsmcn,
and laburcrs ~ Gcrmanv attcr dcvasta-
tur and frequently running town. city
uj celntf, Ia France aud liclgum, were
I,ft free - march homo - i trcsh and
beautiful GcrmanN. possibly uncnnvinccd
81 thc ANIc- victory, oven persuaded that
German, vas stdl nVlnclhlc and free 10
10 Ill, Same thing again. there - great
danger in the present situation
II l. suggested that the tmcrcau
people nr,, golng to slecp 10 the real
situation over, ~cnsc oi the German atroc-
ttlr~ II + hold, ma, hc III the process "
being dradcnrd ~ tho point wherr .
ncnnle once iullN awake a. them and
thorked Nv thCm become 50 dulled IN
pcrcrptlnn IS a. fnil ~ remember and ~
rralirr ti.a' the harhartlcs pvactlrrd hN
the Germans put hcn IN class hN ihcm-
srlves marked q people not ~ hC takc
INTO friendship pr into hrothrrhond until
they had tlsplaycd AZ lcast some svmp-
toms of repentance and Information, ~ q
nC0pls with whom fhC free mon ~ the
world cannot associate On equal terms,
with whom hhcrty-loving and honorable
men cannot adori Ia enter INTO negaiia-
tions or make treaties.
his Is ierrl.IV buf fTfe hC war
not over. II the csisc 81 the war and
Germany acts ~ tho war arr - hc FOR
aiten "a condoned lot not the AlloS
.,er tho ulted states hc deceived by the
4atteruc ructton that GERMANY IN her
sroscrt mental attitude Comedies any
hiuc fa thc righteousness ot the alhCd
ausc " hat Germany admits and the
,ulV hing she admits aud tho onlN thing
she apparcptl, regrets Is that she was
.,vert, helmed She = evidently not $orrN
ter outraged pulagci Bci ciglun and North
.n France for tho hrutahncs prsrtcCd
81 her military dictators fnr the millions
II i've lnst ~ opposing her organized
RAIDERS and plundcrers. or even Tor tho
terrible osSvs on her OWN SIDE, openly
once huf srcretN nov tor the sake at
policy she seems rather proud than
~hsmesi hv the record ~ her | boats the
usitanla medals arr nut away for the
timc bclne buf are theN not put away be
callSe the wearing ~ them now might
increase the seventy ~ the srmistlce
terms
The rea Germany. ~ All who know
thc German near and the German men
All a.N 10 lffa.f
with the counterfeit Germany Is the
Germany that crouches hers FOR better
terms and talks about founding re-
pubhc oFven ~ the worldwide opinion
that fhcv have suffered dele.t says the
writer rcfcrrcd 70 the Germans have
found a force favorable 70 their own Sc
,urlfy from enduring the consequences "
fhcir deeds Among themselves they still
sing Deutschland ubcr Allc- but IN
addressing Others they appeal icr sym
nafh, Their old bandit leader II gone
Ia; the gang that he led gang Of O.
noO Op0 DeOrle ~ recognising and Is
hlclV to bc all the stronger II II succeeds
IN managing 20 select its own bandit
leaders The ancient TcutonIc tribes
uere both predatory and self-govermng.
What ls 70 prevent the modern German
tribe from changing their form of govern
meft INTO republic and stlll remaining
poWer'e' ard predatory
Nothing prevents, # the world forgets.
AT the present time IN the United States,
propaganda II actively disseminating
such view u~ that Germany being down,
shr should NOT now bc jumped on I,
that Germany herself has suffered
enough should not tins satisfy her enc
ME- " D, uof forget and iorglveY
GERMANY mado mistake and she knows
it thai 'It Gcrmany's fault,
hul the fault .caders nov that they
ar out oi power Germany will be- diff
fercnt CountrS Why should the United
states do ANYTHING 70 rctard Germany
recovery wp not Germany always
America fncnd9 and finally, The
Germans undcr 4 republic viii be as free
i people "a, any on tho face II the earth"
These are tho pcadings ~ or IN behalf
~. the criminal public sentiment that
las not once Expressed sorrow for its
crimes that has not Is q single instance
volunteered 90 make rrparaton for
them that docs not even acknowledge in
the presence 81 overwhelming evidence az
IT. guilt that lt committed them and that
rives M assurance that should the on
portunitv come its way Ii would not r.
peat them
Civilization viii be Wis II II shall ~ m
no hurry to liberntc this crualnal nation
until there Is certainty rather than pre-
sumption that Il may b. trusted with free
dom 10 act on its own account The peril
that France apprehcnds and that Pres-