The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-04-14

Zimmerman, the German torelgn Se- rctary, had conducted the correspon- dcnce with Heinrich Won Eckhardt, former German minister in Mexico, looking to an alliance between Japan, Germany and Mexico if the United States entered the war. German news papers were cautioned never to use "the unfortunate expression 'Zimmer- man" because it was believed this might lead to severance of diplora- tic relations between Berlin and Washington.
 After the United States actually had entered the war the censorS per mitted such statements as "the dam age to German ships lying in Amcri- can harbo's has been carried out to our satisfaction. For example, the giant steamship Vaterland has been made wholly unusable. Even the sketches of the turbine construction haze been destroyed.
 An interesting Sideijght on the psy- biological view the average German was permitted of the American situa- ton is shown in the following sum- marization by Dr. Muehlon; "At the beginning of the war America was in- imical to Germany. But this situation was improved. After the Lusitania things got worse again. Then an inn provcmcnt set in because America had such cause for complaint against Eng land. At the time of the breach of diD- lomatic relations the impression pre-. vailed that the people did not want war with Germany.
 "WilSon has more strongly auto cratic position than any European rul- CT. Since he iS English in his upbring- ing he knows little or nothing about German things and has no use for Germans. Undoubtedly he has been against Us from the outset. Often, however, he has had to guard the in- terest of American high finances. Will son himself has an unbribable char actcr. He did not labor to bring about war with Germany, since there does not exist positive desire for var.
 "The impression in America is gen eral that his peace intentions were serious and honorable. He wanted to become the peace President, but the breach of relations was necessary for him for the maintenance of American prestige. In the war between America and Germany the financial support oe the Entente by America will be very great. In warlike way, however, the Americans can never become danger ous for us either on land or on water.
 Lansing is an outspoken Geman hater. He k the great friend of Eng land and always was for participation in the war for America. His voice can never mean much for us. Negotiations with America are no longer possible for Us. It wanted the war and that is it's affair"
 The mesmeric spell which had been cast upon the people as a result of reading daily "an unbroken chain of victorious announcements, Or. Mu"- hlon points ont, was dissipated wher Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann de- clared publicly that the war could not be won "militarily." It cost von Kuchlmann his post but it awakened the German people to the fact that they were on the precipice of national disaster Thereafter the censors per mitted less optimistic and bombaStic news reports.
 Loss of the war charged by the former Krupp experts to two grav3 mistakes by von Ludendorff, descri5- ed as the brains of the German army, in his failure, first, correctly to estimate the wonderful possibilities of the American troop transport and his false assumption that Marshal Foch's reserve army had ceased tc exist in June, 1918. Lu,,endorff, he cold o,opohIed with the eyiStance a Germany. He was like a jockey in 9 long race who forced his horse far ahead of the rest of the field and who, toward the end, when the others be- gan to gain with their carefully re- served strength, used "whip and spu's in desperate effort to win, virtually killed his mount and yet lost after all"