The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-06-21
LIEUT.. LONG
IN GERMANY
WRITES ENTERTAINMENT OF
GERMAN IDEA OF THE
PEACE TERMS
HATE TO RETURN STOLEN cows
Because the Babies of the Huns Need
The Milk of Belgian and
French Cows.


Chemnitz, Germany.
May %, 1919.
Dear father:
By the time you receive this let
ter, suppose the peace treaty will
have been signed, an dthis letter vii
sound like ancient history. At the
present writing, however, the peace
treaty is still unsigned, and there is
much discussion in Germany as to
whether or not it will be signed.
The German press is adopting a
conciliatory attitude toward the
terms, and are even discussing what
will happen if the conditions are ac-
cepted and actual peace comes.
The German people cannot realize
what the civilized world thinks of
them. They have been fed for so
long time on the lies of the Kaiser
and the military caste, that they are
ofrthe opinion that the world will be
unable to move along without their
commercial help. They know now
that they were defeated in the war,
but they think the Allies will forgive
and forget, and treat them as former
ly in business dealings. Of course
there is another awakening awaiting
them along these lines. Their egot-
ism, caused to some extent by the
propaganda of the Kaiser, makes
them think that the other nations,
especially the United States, are in
ferior to Germany, especially in COM
merce. l was talking to a German
bread manufacturer the other day
the subject of our conversation was
America as commercial power. /
asked this man if he intended visit
ing America after the peace treaty
was signed. In answer he said, ''No
/ can learn nothing from you Ameri-
cans, because all you know about
business was learned from we Ger
MANS" One finds this spirit of ego ,
tism among all classes, they consider
themselves above other nations, in
military way, in "kultur," and in a
commercial way. Even yet you will ,
meet Germans who will tell you that
their armies were never defeated up
on the field Of battle, but simply had
to retire because of the shortage of
food and supplies.
The German press is just now ,
venting its spite of President Wilson
claiming that the terms of the peace
treaty do not follow the lines of the
famous Ia points. The chief bones
of contention are:
1. The Saar Coal Fields.
2. The Territory in the East Civ
en- to Poland.
8. The return of 100000 milk
cows to France and Belgium.
On the first point, the Sarr coal
fields, however, the press does not
say word about the wanton produc-
ton of the French fields around
Lens. 1t will take the French prob
ably ten years to get this field into !
shape to rework it, as the Germans
destroyed or stole the machinery,
damaged the shafts, and flooded all :
The galleries. Before the war this
field furnished France with about one
fourth of its coal. The Saar coal.
The Saar coal fields are therefore on
y loan to France to replace the ,
,oal fields wrecked by the Huns. t
On the question of the return of 3
PARTS of West and East Prussia to S
he new republic of Poland, there is a
10 doubt whatever OF the justice of G
his grant. During the past two hun I
red years, Germany has robbed Po-
and of these territories and has
lade very attempt by propaganda, t
orce and other means to Germanize
hem. German migrants were sent {