The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-05-02
NEW REVENGE WAR
TALKED BY BOCHE
By FRANK ]. TAYLoR

tha-e who tried to understand why
German thought as he did The
world is due for a still worse baf-
fling, II II tries to understand what
Coes on In the German mind today.
Mentally the German mind, sud
Genly thrown upon its own resources
by the fall of the old system which
fed people thoughts as well as food,
has gone wild Under the strain Of
the war and due to the sudden
changes, the Germans have become
chi,dIike pyychologicallyy This is
t~king Germans generally.
Thoughtful, serious Germans,
r-scn you occasionally find them, re-
Z ize the temporary insanity, If it
Cnn be called that, under which the
Germans as a nation are struggling
II is the only way of understands
ieg the lack OF realization as to the
cpl condition of things, a wave OF
which has swept Germany. No one
l7shs farther than his nose, and
every man and woman is interested
entirely in his or her immediate
alf There Is little broad vision ex-
pressed in papers, in speeches, or in
erscnal opinions aG you hear them
in Germany,
TO cite specific cases The peace
and why it was signed is one of the
German delusions. Practically every
man, woman and child believes Ger
many was not defeated militarily,
but simply got hungry and sick or
war, and therefore accepted the En-
tsnte conditions. This belief pre-
walls in spite of the public state
ments Of men like Erzbergor who
have told the Germans their armies
were defeated militarily.
Perhaps this belief fosters the
talk regarding "the next war" Not
only occasionally but frequently and
by all classes of people you are
asked, "Well, when is the next war
ccming?' Often Germans go farther
than that and speak specifically of
the next war with France to get
revenge" There is war talk en- all
hands, Though Germany is in a state
OF collapse that is almost hopeless,
and is entirely dependent upon the
win Of the allies for her future.
How much the German believes of
what he says is another matter
Probably he is out of his head, but
this same disinclination to realize
actual conditions as they were, led
the Germans to support the military
class during the first four years of
the war The German apparently
does not think things out any more
than he did
In his attitude regarding the En-
tente, the German manifests about
the same breadth Of vision. Papers
are filled with indicative articles,
much Of which is furnished by bu-
reaus established for the purpose in
Holland and Switzerland which
carry sensation rather than news.
Whether this campaign to stir up
hatred is organized or not is not Ger
tain. But the fact remains that Ger.
mans are being inspired with a
hatred of France that never existed
before, and that makes being good
neighbors the more difficult. The
feeling has become vindictive over
the blockade and the non-arrival of
food which all Germans expected.
Internal questions get about the
same amount of logic in their treat.
ment While the Government IS at.
tempting TO establish order that pro.
ducticn may improve the condition
Of workmen, the latter through their
scJiets are declaring waves OF
strikes, most of which are for sym.
pathetic reasons
It is no mcommn thing fer half
dozen or more strikes to occur be-
cause one group of people demand
better pay, or because a law is not
passed as quickly as a certain class
wishes No doubt the conditions are
bad, but the strikes for sympathy
just make them worse Employers
nnd that workmen who have come |
from the front are only half as ef-
iicient not because they are out Of
but because Of the abnor-
NAL psychology under which they
live now Mentally they have be-
come bolsheYik. erratic and lazy
This wave of irresponsibility is
'ne Of the greatest dangers Germany
-aces and makes the establishment
If the new republic extremely diff.
sult The Government claims it is
lue to under-rourishment, which is
)artly true, but not entirety since
groups of men who have been well
ed are subject TO the same germ OF
loose thinking
One of the results Of the uar hos