The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-02-21
WITHOUT HONOR
GERMANY UNABLE
TO PLACE FAITH
MOttNtS Nu Ntt\t. I'M.
PRESENT llt y G.ONtlt<-
ME\T A\N.l/LD ~
tRt\tu E\- PREMIER
n RENE VIVIAN
tf'ormer Premier ~ france

Paris. feb se-Ne have come TO-
the tarning point Of the peace con
ference
oermsnys attitude since the eles
tion oi Ebert as president OF the Ger
man republic appears 60 be. from an
tie news reaching us. that she hopes
70 make a speedy recovery, thAasa 10
lack og unity In the allied camp
The iron discipline which the Ger
mans are wont 60 endure wlth a sort
Of vclupiuods abandon. allow PLAYED
out" men and dlseredltei parties tenn
porarily 20 disappear giving way TO
other men and other parties IN order
10 deceive the world by an apparenl
renovated" conscience
At the bottom of lha new game
i The same old policy. the same old
Imperialism and though ihe title 81
the corporation Is ehaused as in the
case q some business firm. the mer-
chandlse remains the same
German Methods Away, the same.
Tae isolence thar starts from many
OF the interviews and speeches hy
German leaders deserves attention
One may call IL intimidation hut
speaking more bruiaily Il looks Ike
blackmaii
Thre lusoicnce thai start from many
the same-teuify your man in order
TO obtain your ends The psycaolos-
icai error Is always the same Wlis
a people Whcse minds can grasp onl,
system and has lost all sense Of per
speciise
Before the war Germany counted
upon ciyil Mar in England She rcrk
oned on mutiny IN the English colen-
les She believed these things woald
keep England from putting her cuaro
strensth into the struggle
But whas scrnany did was 90
solidify England rcuniiing All parts
INTO a single body sao made the
same error with France She anilci- =
paied revolution IN France What
happened was iaat all of the children
OF French soil Joined In the most per
feet reunion OF the republics hlsicr,s
Made Same Mistake With America.
Another mistake she made with
America The United States seemed
too distant land detached and lm
modified 10 be OF scrious consequence
But the enormity OF the German
crimes clicted sirulont protests from
America even before her hand grasp.
ed the sword
Il + therefo.r. iut natural ilst
the same German error should rc
appear What does Germany hopey
What does she expect?
She watches tho Paris confer,ne.
She sees day after day pass wiihou,
a direction being reached Chuc.linK
she hears rumors ~ divergence. of
open dissension. She hopes an actual
conflict of interests may arise She
figures with opposing interests among
the allies and sc tells herself that
every day that Is lost TO rs victorious
entente Is a gain TO her. Germany.
Pescntly the idea of raising her
voice-of MAKING nolse-enters her
head I, has always the same system.
the German System
wiihelnn's heritage in Coed Hands.
Though Emperor wilhelm cowardly
new from TIE battlefield. his herit
age is in good hands
However. after sizing up this time
worn German game. one canno, fail
10 derive from II useful lessons. We
know that organizing peace confer
ence Is a huge and difficult enter
prise. To reunife free men Of dlf.
fereut origin and different culture
and TO plan. throsgh gathering to-