Omaha daily bee., 1919-12-21
Germany Expects America,
Who Turned Tide of War,
To Relieve Her Suffering
Only Americas Unsellfilsh Devotion to Cause of HUI
mainly Can Save People From Disaster, Declares
Famous German Editor-Complele Disinterest-
edness After Changing Prussian Victory Into
Defeat, Would Be Sinking Moral Duty, He Says,

leaning toward the conservative
and the urban element OF wealti
y (''democrats,") joined hands witt
that part OF the social democrat,
that had approved o; the war, hat
voted the funds for il and had ever
/ consented TO submarine warfare, il
order to form an emergency govern
Tnent.
/ The latter is being sustained b,
an army OF Inercenaries, gradual,
drilled. continues the state OF siege
permitting all sorts of encroach
nents and violence, and will prob
ably last until the people are calles
upon TO elect new central parlis
nent.
| And the party Of Ebert and Nosk.
will either return to radicahsrn o.
break into two factions. This il
presupposed on the situation as il j.
and on the chance that II will las
through the winter.
Longing for Change.
II is bad, this situation, bad
enough to drive to despair. Nc
wonder the people suffering thi:
state OF affairs are longing for :
change of system and are dissatis,
fed with the balance sheet. Tor ID.
first year presented by the republic
although they might be willing &c
concede the good intentions OF tbs
present government.
The first year cost &c, 000. 000, 00
marks, expenses of the "reichswehr'
tarmy of national defense1 amount
ing to 100000 marks pc,
month. The national debt will reach
the figure of 204 900, 100000 next
March (beiore the war IT hat
reached 5000, DOC, 900 marks.
As yet no one can tell how much
the victors, under the cover OF rep
arahon," will exact from US, al
though everybody anticipates :,
filed with terror.
We have no raw materials, no
coal, no houses TO find shelter IN,
There has been no building 70,
years and there is no material for
construction work now.
Unemployed Army Grows.
Unattainable prices Of al neces-
sites OF life led to erer-increasing
demands for higher wages. As soon
as they were won, after strike, Geo.
nonie loss and unbearabie overbur-
dening OF industries, prices would
Immediately climb higher again. Cir
culus vItiosus (vicious circie).
The same circle affects our rate
OF exchange question, SO terribly Sc
rious. Indefatigabiy the money
press is running, turning cut paper
currency.
The army of the unemployed is
increasing, is being pauperized by
the prevailing system OF giving them
money which is only q little less
than the average wage. instead OF
handing food, fuel and clothing out
to them.
Nor
Militarists and rionarchists whose
wheat refuses to grow on republican
soil are shrieking day IN and day
out.
at is the result OF your revolu-
ton, Repent and return TO the
abundance Of military monarchy,
TO the venersb Bile tradition OF Prus-
sian Germany, and the sun OF youT
former happiness viii shine again!'
Much Worse TO Come.
silly prating? Certainly. But in
view OF the masses misery, this sort
OF propaganda is more effective than
al the summing OF = Lord NorthcliHe.
Do the western nations, proclaim.
ers OF q new world order, intend to
augment and intensity this propa-
gsnds? This very day, one year
after the armistice was signed, there
are still hundreds of thousands OF
German prisoners OF war languish-
ing in prison camps on foreign soil,
condemned 10 life of slavery.
And what viii De much worse is
still TO come. After the peace IS rat
ihed, the DATE TO be fixed by Amer
lean lists OF officers and OF officials
whose extradition the allies demand
viii be presented at Berlin.
Has Another Chance.
Never-alasHcouid ] deny seri-
ors mistakes committed by Germans
in the war, In the occupied territory,
in the prison camps. mistakes that
in many cases amounted 70 crimes.
And now, az the conclusion of This
dreadful period, this era of the
Dance Of Death, an attempt, strik-
ing like q fash OF lightning, is TO be
made TO drag hundreds and thou
sands Of Germans, hardly reunited
TO the bosom Of their families, from
tier homes and hearths, to confront
q hostile court.
But renounce forever the idea Of
an arbitrary procedure which is al
our military nonarehists are wait.
ing for, haifing II as the most eHec-
tive means to further their plans.
America, always rnagnanimous
and ready to lend q wiling ear &c
those saved by her timely iRterven.
ton, prepared TO listen to them, al.
though their desires had not any toe
often sprung from noble heart
here has another chance 10 provs
her unseihsh devotion TO the cause
o. humanity.