The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
VOICE IN WORLD
PLEA
OF BERNST0RFF
Mutual Understanding Is
Coal of All Germans,
He Asserts.
NEW SPIRIT EXISTS
Peril Seen In Dictatorship
of the Supreme
Council.
u. S. MUST JOIN LEAGUE
Former Ambassador Urges
Concessions Be Made to
Move America.

BERLIN, Oct. l1.<Count Johann
Heinrich Bernstorff. former German
Ambassador to America, informed YOUR
Berlin correspondent on the present
and future political ambitions Of Ger
many as follows:
above all. mutual understanding
is the goal we want to reach. 1t would
inaugurate q new political era. Mat
tiers look as If the old imperalistic
world is still in existence, only the
factors OF power have changed. Look
ing around We detect everywhere the
Same nationalism. Even Russian Boil
shevism Is clad with an imperialistic-
nationalistic garment, thanks to Polish
mad ambition which will not satisfy
itself to make order in its own house.
After the great war has ruined the
biggest part Of the European continent
the creation of a new political era can
be expected from the victors alone.
The defeated nations can do nothing
else than refer over and over again to
the, new spirit which has come over
them and to the danger to which the
countries of the Nctors are inevitably
exposed II the new spirit will not
prove throughout VIGOROUSLY In the
end.
Lord Grey has made speech lately
at meeting concerning the League of
Nations and he said the most Important
lesson the great war has taught us was
that a catastrophe is inevitable II the
nations are thinking national without
at the same time thinking interna-
tional.' Everybody who really desires
reconciliation and understanding among
nations must agree with this statement,
but the rulers of the Entente during
and after the Versailles treaty had diff
ferert views.
National egotism OF the statesmen
of the victorious nations caused them
20 deprive the defeated nations Of the
necessities of life beyond reason until
they were smashed under the pressure.
This policy led to the actual state of
affairs showing no real peace two years
after the end Of the war. Lord Grey's
prophesled catastrophe must inevitably
come II the dictators of the world. as
represented by the Supreme Council,
continue In their methods of governing
the world. There Is only one way to
secure peace to the world. One of the
leading statesmen of the Entente sug-
gested that representatives of all nations
should meet and discuss a cooperative
plan OF reconstruction. The Suprsme
Council ought to transfer Its full power
to the League of Nations which Is to
permit Germany Austria and Russia
joining II. All necessary conc SESSIONS
must be made to the United States Of
America inducing them to join the
League of Nations. International
economic. work of reorganization must
set in Immediately based on productive
labor. The utmost capacity of each
producing country must be attained.
Germany Must he Neutral.
IF at Versailles. or soon after the
conclusion of the treaty, such policy
had prevailed the Russian-Polish war.
which proved of such serious danger.
would never have come. Germany must
leads TO her destruction. We. who work
for a peaceful reconstruction II Ger
many on a democratic basis. must keep
in check our own Bolsheviks, our
national Bolsheviks and the few who
are prepared to fight for the Entente
against the Bolsheviks. II is easy for
US to abide in this case by the neu-
trality of sentiment, as none of the fight
ing parties is entitled to our sympathies.
The Poles by the peace OF Versailles
have annexed districts which they can
never claim from an autographed or
cultural point of view. they disregard
the right OF self-government sacred to
US. and moreover behave like unfriendly
neighbors.
Our Foreign Minister has compared
Bolshcvism with Islamsm. which on Its
point fought with fire and
sword for its dogma. Just for this
reason any political contract with the
Bolsheviks Is impossible to every demo-
crat To us dictatorship OF a minority
Is as much hateful as dictatorship OF a
single parsonage. Therefore we must
never copy the mistakes OF the Poles
and attack the Bolsheviks In Russia.
Every people has the government II de-
serves. II the Russians are pleased
With bOlSneNlsfn u 10 lueiE OWn JUST
ness They must only leave their hands
of our country and not try to bring US
a rulership which in our opinion is In
capable of tho work Of reconstruction.
This must not prevent US from making
now and then economic arrangements
with tho Bolshoviks and TO recognize
the present Government OF Russia.
bismarck used 20 say recognition Of
n foreign Government does neither
morally nor legally Justify It's rise. but
only shows the intention 20 take UP reg
ular relations for mutual interest. There
was a time when all demQcratic states
could have used severe measures against
Boishovism. IL was after the conclu-
sion OF mo Versailles Treaty. At that
time ! emphasized the opinion to repre-
sontatives or the foreign press that II
the Entenpc would support the demo-
cratic Government In Germany no re-
action was 20 be feared. either from the
Left nor from Right radicals.
Democratic Basi. Lost.
To-day our Left and Right radicals
have 30 many followers, owing 20 the
n a ri preauttra NJ fha Enfepta that the