The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1920-11-18
By FRANK E. MASON,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent

BERLIN, Nov. 13.-Germany's
jingeos and chauvinists who are talk
ing of a war of revenge against
France and Poland receive scathing
treatment at the hands of a German
General Staff Officer, who ridicules
the fairy-tale victory which these
armchair strategsts win on paper or
over their beer. 1t would be bad
enough if this loose attitude of de-
feating the French like an amusing
game of chess played on the map OF
Europe were limited to civilians,
comments the writer, who regrets
that any retired army officers are
spreading the jingoism.
"On the day of the declaration of
war between Germany and her for
mer enemies, airplanes will appear
over Berlin, Magdeburg, Hanover
Halle and Hamburg and lombard
these cities and their railroads
without meeting any opposition
worth mentioning. The enemy will
have unlimited mastery of the air
from the very first With their tanks
armored automobiles their heavy ar
hilary and their aircraft the enemy
columns will set in motion breaking
down any resistance like mere play"
This is the picture which the German
Staff officer writing anonymously in
the Weltbuehne draws of the inevita-
BILE results of any possible attempt of
Germany in alliance with Russia at
lacking the French to drive them
from occupied territory,
After War Opened.
"The campaign of lies would inn
mediately be reOpened. The day
after the declaration of War, the
press of the world would be swarming
with the atrocities the Huns had
committed on the members of the
Entente missions in Germany. A few
German radios shot into the air adj
dressed to whomever would pick
them up, would be powerless to com
bat the propaganda.
"The enemy army would take their
own sweet time pushing along the
River Mainz to the Fichtel Noun
tains to seperate Bavaria from north
ern Germany. The army would push
from the Rhine to the River Elbe;
Hamberg and Bremen would be occu
pied, later on Kiel, Stettin, Danzig
and Koenigsberg, The blockade
would be carried out with a com
paratively small effort of naval
power.
at would be thankful if someone
would explain to me how all this is to
be avoided" continues the officer.
"The crop of amateur strategsts who
during the war opened their trades
with. If Hindenbury would simply do
so and so-Is again causing mis-
chief The writing-desk hero of the
Hamberg Volkszeitung announces
that never has the situation been so
opportune for a coalition with Russia
to defeat German capitalism and En-
tente militarism.
Fine Plans on Paper
"These strategists develop gigan-
tic plans Army in arm with Russia
they attack the Entente, of course,
at first defeating Poland They raise
an army of millions by the simple
process of striking several naughts
from the census returns The army
will be armed and fed from-nothinl
these are details unworthy of the
attention fou wild strategists Al
especially beautiful sentence thes,
people love to use it; We must Lent
a helping hand to Russia, Tha
sounds so fraternal and rounds on
the resolutions adopted at any NEE
ing
at would really be worth while
these communists and pan-German'
MILITARY as well as civilians, VIII
couldn't successfully conduct pan
ade of eigh men across a curbstonC
but who use up endless paper wit
the operations of armies of million
would investigate the subject littl
would investigate the subject a littl
more closely.
whether the army is called re
army or white, or even green, it NJ
only needs money to conduct q W;
but also men who must be traine
clothed fed and armed. To be mobi
the troops need airplans and hors,
Armies require roads and railroad
that daily and hourly will be busiC
forwarding requirements, ratin,
ammunition and SUPPLIES Of all sort
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