Evening star., 1919-02-02

! lieye it as know that am stanolns
on this foor-have no nceptlons OF
the feelings of other nations toward
them. They have no feeling of humili-
alton or remorse. not one bit. They
are sorry that they have lost the war
! but their ideas and their ideals are
purely materialistic. There is no trib-
ulation of the spirit.
My opinion is that Germany in
military sense is absolutely PROSTATE
today; that she cannot possibly re-
new the war. Her whole fleet is gone,
a large proportion of the rolling stock
of the railways, a large proportion of
the airplanes, a large proportion of
her guns. a large proportion of her
motor trucks. She could not move an
army qualified to compete with either
the French. British or American ar
mics as they stood on November II.
She is PROSTATE in a military sense.
1T depends upon the conditions con-
tanned in the terms of the peace how
soon Germany can recover in a mill
tary sense. do not know what those
terms will be; / think none of us
that the Germans themselves exhibit
no sign of sorrow or remorse or hu-
initiation, that they still continue to
view this whole matter from the most
materialistic viewpoint. They made
bid for world power and they used
every weapon. no matter how savage
it was, to get it, and having failed to
get it they regret the failure, but not
the use of the weapons and unless a
and the soul of German people, if
they are led again as they were led
in 1914, to start another war. 1 be-
lieve, if their present spirit continues,
they would wage it in exactly the
same way.
when we come to discuss terms of
peace, when we come to discuss the
treatment that is to be accorded to
the German people; and these things
were done by German people, if we
are wise, We will take into considera-
ton the feelings of the French peo-
pie and the Belgian people. Since the
days of Julius Caesar France has
stood in dread of the hordes of bar
barians that have poured from time
to time out of the northern forests.
Since the days of Julius Caesar scarce
ly century has gone by but what
she has been called upon to repulse
those Teutonic hordes. All she wants
is security. She wants something to
be brought about in these peace terms
that will make il impossible for the
German hordes to repeat this trag-
edy. and that is all. :" - a. -
Senator Johnson OF California has
a paraphase OF Gen. Grants remark,
Let US
Wants American Army h
to Get Out Of Russia. The wax
Senator Johnson puts it is. let us
have peace-and get out of Europe"
He is especially anxious that this ma
tion should get out OF Russia.
why did we enter Russia? I an
swer, for no very good reason; and
We have remained for no reason at aH,"
he said.
What is our policy toward Russia?
answer we have no policy. We have
engaged in a miserable misadventurS,
stultifying our professions and set
ting at naught our promises. We
have punished no guilty: we have but
brought misery and starvation and
| death to the innocent. We. have
garnered none of the fruits of the
victory of war, but suffer the odium
and infamy of undeclared warfare.
We have sacrificed our own blood to
no purpose. and into American homes
have brought sorrow and anguish and
suffering.
Bring the American boys home
from Russia"
In the opinion Of several of the re-
publican leaders at the Capitol the
time will soon
Fear Great Flood approach when
the industries
Of Foreign Goods. of this coun-
try may be menaced by a flood of for
eign goods. coming in through the
low tariff and no-tariff bars let down by
inc UeIuOCrdlic IdIHI law. EnSianQ mas
given notice of entering immediat tely
| upon highly intensive program of
| manufacturing: she is keeping out
| foreign products, so as to supply her
own people with home-manufactured
/ wares, and undoubtedly will soon have
a surplus for export. The rich Amer
| lean market would naturally be the
| first one invaded, additional attrac-
ton being furnished by the absence
| Of tariff restrictions and by the high
| labor cost prevailing in this country
in the production of all commodities.
1t is not expected that the English
manufacturers will pay their work
men anything like the wages paid Amer
| leans.
/, Everybody admits that had it not
been for the war the tariff question
would have come to show down"
| in this country long ago. 1t cannot
be long postponed, legislators say, as
they observe the tide of events in in
dustrial affairs abroad. England be-
gan as long ago as June. 1916, to get
ready for the trade war which was
sure to follow the war with the CEN
jtral powers. Conferences were held
lin Paris with the French and Italians
Hooking to better working agreements
for the future. In London, January
IS, 1885, the council of the London
iChamber Of Commerce adopted series
of resolutions for trade relations
which would do credit to the most
hardened tariff standpatter.