The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-06-13

ADcit BOfCluucuts uuo puuhAohCu al
raticle in which he tells the German
people with remarkable frankness
Just why they are hated by all the
world. This keen analysis Of the in
herent faults of the German charac-
ter and system of dealing with other
nations has caused tremendous
sensation
Baron voc Gerlach's article fol-
lows.
I'VE have hated; We hate; We are
hated.
Hate among ourselves: Hate of
other nations; Shall there be no end
of hate?
II took a trip to Thuringia the 9TH
er day On the outgoing trip, travel
ing third class, I met soldiers. was
silent, but they talked. This was the
substance of their talk:
"The revolution has not been Of
any benefit to u.s. Militarism is still
alive. Noske (the minister of ma
tonal defense) is prisoner in the
hands of army officers. The govern
ment is prisoner in the hands of
the capitalism. We poor devils are
still poor devils. Well, if it cannot be
done otherwise, we shall at least see
to it that all others will be poor dew
lis, too. OF course, this will mean
the spilling of much more blood
ION the return trip travelled sec
ond class, and met many rich manu-
facturers of central Germany Their
views, as represented in their con-
versation, was:
'The government is too weak. It
hesitates too long before it orders the
soldiers to shoot and does not give
the order often enough Every Rus
J sian who agitates against our govern
ment should be shot. Every com
munist, too. should be stood up
against a wall But Scheidemann
does not dare. and Noske, who prob
ably would like to do so, does not per-
init il Under William the second
things were much better.
"of two nations within one people
Disraeli once wrote: The two ma
tions within our people hate one an
other unto death. To kill one an
other is pleasure to them The
Kiueber affair at Halle, the Nuring
AFFAIR at Dresden, on the one hand
and the murders of Liebknecht and
Rosa Luxembourg. OF Jolitches. of
thirty-two sailors and the many un-
armed persons in Berlin, on the 9TH
er hand. give bloody testimony of
the state of mind Of the German peo-
pie. The mass murder of war has
not taught them any lesson, or had
any lettering influence upon them. II
has merely heated their lust for blood
to the boiling point
PIeFipotentiary Went to France
"our plenipotentiary went to
France. Slowly they Travelled
through the desert ~-hich was once
the most fertile part of France. II
had been made a waste by our ruth
less methods of warfare. Hate ac-
companied them; hate received them.
Hate has dictated the conditions of
peace-hate and fear. Hate of Ger
many that had become pacifist only
as matter of opportunism but re-
mains militarist at the bottom Of her
heart
"Wilson is free from hatred against
us. A peace dictated by him should
have been acceptable to every rea-
sonable German. But he has no free
hand in making his decisions. His
hands were tied by his allies, with
whose hate and fear he had to COM
promise. II was thus that the peace
treaty acquired a form so terrible to
us.
"The German people are indignant,
amazed at what is demanded of US.
We cannot comprehend the worlds
hatred of us. Did we not have much
more cause for hating our foes-a
France longing for vengeance per-
fdious Albion 'traitorous Italy,
faithless' Roumania, hypocritical'
America?
what I consider the greatest sin
of our government is its failure to
tell our people the truth and to dis
pei the clouds of ill-smelling gas sent
out by the official lie factory for the
last four years to obstruct the peo-
pies vision.