Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-01

see nothing but armies. me the Wa,
! was still going on people said this "ouiu
| be the last war, but Germany's mill
| tarst spirit has been acquitted d! Ihe
| peoples who overthrow Germany Eu
rope is alive with proposals OF conquest
with eagerness to hoard raw mater1ais.
1--WE always declared we were not
| waging war against the German PEG,
| pie, but against German mllltarlsm' anu
still now that the German empire mas
| fallen and now that militarist Germany
| is wrecked. we have not changed our
| attitude Germany today is in an IN
| tolerable position, still undergoes all
| sorts of odious Investigations and is SUD
| hitting to all sorts of humiliations. Ger
| many has no ships. has not sufhcc;en,l
| raw materials and has no colonies, White
the exchange rate is SO un1aVo.ao'e sno
| cannot buy abroad. Germany, Whiie
| suffering hunger, is condemned TO pay
an indeterminate indemnity for an IN
determinate number of years
Duties of Victory.
TT is true the victory confers GER
tain rights, but it imposes also GER
tain duties. Nobody more than my
self, who am firm believer in democ-
racy and peace, hated German I'M
iperialism. Is the American democracy
really pleased with the turn events
| have taken? All Europe, with It's
large population. was the great mar
ket for the exchange of goods. Ger
many was the greatest European cen
ter of production.
| Now, all this is upset and smashed.
| The world never again will have the
former low prices without Germanys
! fruitful work. We hated German
militarism, but admire her indus
triousness and perseverance, which
have given her first place among the
worlds producing nations. Why
should we do without Germany's work
hnu GERMANY TO
| pay any indemnity in the present
state of affairs? My words often have
! been misunderstood by the Imperial
! list press, but so long as l have
single breath left 1 shall not passive
| ly assist in the waste OF SO much
energy Can we expect permanently
| to control Germany in the way we
are doing now?
"Regarding Russia, think our poll
| cy has been all wrong. The entente
must make up it's mind to look upon
Russia, not as an enemy. but as
fallen friend, who has overtaxed his
strength, waging war on our behalf
and has succumbed. Russia now is
communist, but it's economic system
| is absurd, and bound to fall Every
one who has been to Russia has re-
turned Mortified. 1t is a regime of
labsolutism and violence, which gives
rise to great poverty and lmpossl-
bility of production.
BoIshvism to Fall.
"Bolshevik Russia soon will fall.
| but with what right do we talk of the
| immortality of the present Russian
government, when for so many years
| we have admired the government of
the czar. which added tyranny to vio-
Hence? When the communist govern
ment has drained the cupp of misery
| to the dregs, it will fall. or rather
1 ho fra c formed into q democracy with
marked traces of agrarian socialism.
1.-THE entente now is following the
policy likeliest to induce people to
sympathize with Russia by sending
arms to the generals fighting against
the communists and refusing to
recognize the Moscow government.
To take up relations with Russia
again, we ought to ask only one con-
Observation-Disclosures in all civil rela-
guarantees that the
with the internal politics Of other
countries. We must distrust the
soviet government SO long as it does
not give sufficient guarantees. but we
must also remember not to behave to
Russia as If we were a reparations
commission. Russia is not con-
lauered enemy. but a fallen friend.
I'm conclusion. Germany. and also
many countries which formed ancient
Austria cannot live. Russia Is con-
sumed by communist tyranny and vio-
Hence, and the Mussulman world Is in
| a ferment not entirely justified. II
| America, which is the greatest cred
fitor, and having the greatest reserves
jof raw material, wishes to exercise
useful action in the world, 1t must
exercise it in favor OF justice. Whlcn
| is indispensable for prosperity and
peace. The restoration of Europe IS
dependent on the reconstruction OF
JGermany and the return of Russia
among the free countries.
War Duel Between Races.
1.-THE European war has been a
great duel between the German and
Slav races. Italy, allied with the 1or-
finer. passed to the latter for the lofty
IDEAL Of Justice. Italy cannot, there
tore. prepare a new conflict with the
Jugoslavs. who are soutnern
branch of the slav race anxious to
have an outlet to the Adriatic. we
have no intention OF sunoeatl cam t hone
cordial relations with them For TINS
reason. 1 have always favored ol-
rect accord between Italy ana Jugo-
slavia, since any solution imposed py
one side would be the cause TOT war.
.The situation in Italy is not happy.
but what European country energy
from the war with happy SITUATION!
The discipline of the popular classes
lin Italy has been affected by the oao
IeXamDle of the DOuTSeoiS SlaSSSS'
/ When officers, even if inspired by pa
| riotic ideals, disobeyed, the people
/ also considered they had the right TO
disobey. (Signor Nitti alluded to the
expedition of d'Annunzio to Flume
wear ago). Exaggerations with re-
Il gard to her Adriatic aspirations nave
| been the worst evil for Italy.
| II cannot believe in revolutionary
movement in Italy. Revolutionaries
here can only be mad or irresponsible.
| Italy has an average of 332 inhabit-
ants to every square mile and 40 to
every cultivated square mile. but she
has no coal, while her hydraulic pow
! err has taken ten years of constant
work to develop. Besides, she needs
about 5000, 900 tons of wheat yearly,
las well as iron, cotton. wool and 9TH
er things. If Italy experienced rev.
olution one-third of her population
would die of starvation.
Only Country Without Revolt.
I'm twenty centuries Italy has been
| the only country of Europe that has
| not had a revolution. l firmly be-
liieye italy will soon overcome all her
difficulties if she solves two prob
lens, namely, the Adriatic question
and the bread question, on both OF
which her financial settlement de-
tpends. I do not believe in revolu-
ltionary danger, because the present
!situation of Italy is not much differ
lent from that of England after the
INapoleonic wars.
4 "Italo-French relations are very
dedicate subject The Two countries.