Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-22

three passages. THIS Is the IlFs'
quotation:
at Ia necessary that we
should learn TO understand
that we live in n warlikc time,
that struggle will remain for
ever for the single individual
as for the state, "a natural phe-
nomenon, and that the struggle
is equally on the divine order
of the world
an the same book Marshall Lu.
dendorff produces these terrible
words of De Molcke on the 18th OF
December, 1913:
Eternal Peace a Dream.
Eternal peace is "A dream.
1t Is not even beautiful dream
and war is one of the parts OF
the order of the world, such
as It has been created by Gcd.
1t Is by war that arc developed
the noblcst virtues OF man,
courage, disintcrestedncss, de-
yotion to duty and spirit OF
sacrifice, up TO the abandon
ment of ones own life. With
out war the world would sink
in the morass of materiallsm.
And further-this is Marsha
himself speaking;
att is for the political edu-
cation of the German people,
and 1t is an indispensable no
ton, with the knowledge of
this fact, that in the future war
will be the last and the only
decisive means of policy, that
thought completed by the viz
lie life of war, the entente
shall not be able to forbid the
German people to entertain 1t,
although they are trying 10
take It away from US. war Is
the cornerstone of all intell-
gent policy. 1t is the corner
stone OF every form of future
even, and chiefly of the future
Of the German people.
land lastly, Marshal Luden-
dorff says: The warlike quail
tiles of the Prussian and Ger
man army have been put TO
the proof on the bloody battle
fields. The German people
need no other qualities for their
moral renovation. The spirit OF
the former army must be the
germ which will allow this
renovation to take place
Confidence of People,
"Such, gentlemen, are the words
used by the highest German au-
thorities who have preserved, anu
[ can quite understand 1t, the full
part, the great part at least, OF the
of the German people,
and that is what we are listening
TO now. After a war that has caused
the death of millions of men, after
the sore wounds inflicted and that
are still bleeding in the sides OF
the countries of Europe, that is
the sort of thing being taught al
the very door of France. How can
you expect France should close hel
eyes to such words.
II now come to the physical as
poets of diarmament. / can quite
that somebody might
say it is not sufficient to harbor
evil designs; to make war one
must have appropriate means, be-
cause when 1t is question OF war
electives are necessary;
you must have the officers and
non commissioned officers, you
must have plentiful material
rifles, guns, machine guns, artil'
lery, etc.--and Germany has nc
longer any of these. Germany
from the point Of view Of effectiVes
Just emerging from the war, from
a war where her men have beer
fighting for four years-and
should be the last to underestimate
the valor of her soldiers-our sol
diers have had to face and to figh
the German soldiers and they know
to what point the German soldier
is able to carry his heroism; buj
Germany Just issuing from the wal
still has seven million men oVel
there in Germany who have maze
the war. OF course, you Will say
they are not actually serving un
der the flag, they are not living II
barracks. Certainly. Have these
men any officers and non-commis
stoned officers ready TO be mar
shaled to the field? 1t Is possible
to mobilize such an army tomor
row.
German Police Force.
ITO this question, | answer yes
and / am going to explain 1t. since
the war, since the moment peace
was signed, Germany has consti
tuted a force, a so-called ponce
force, which was intended for TN
maintenance of public order. Tina
force is called the reichswehr. i
is to include 100000 men, and II
fact does include 100000 men. Bu
what men? They are nearly az
officers or non-commissioned OIL
GERS. / mean. gentlemen, regulars
all having served in or having pc
longed to the old army. Therefore
the cadres are ready there, the oil
Officers and non-commissioned OIL
ficers are ready to marshal thu
army OF tomorrow.
To Train for War.
"And what is that army? Is
in conformity with the require
ments Of the peace treaty? Is
only for purposes of public order
No, there are a certain number o
those on which I have to expires
the state of facts as they are.
According to secret instruction
issued by the military authorize
the reichswehr is to prepare no
only for police purpose but ais
for war, and is to train for war
with the necessary rehearsals an
maneuvers.
"There is something more. Ger
many has another denomination
there is another group called In
wohnerwehr. This group include
almost all the men Of good vii
who are ready to serve the coun
try in time OF need, and instea'
of using 1t only to preserve IN
ternal order. 1t might be used TO
other purposes. .,
THE danger was so real tina
the allies were obliged to send a
untimatum to Germany to deman
this force should be disarmed.
AT another moment, under a
organization called the egescf
which is the organization of wal
the einwohnerwehr acquired sue
strength and became such a threa
that the prime minister Of Bavaria
animated by a spirit Of revolt. in
formed the world that he had a
his disposal and he could raise |
a. short time, an army of 10000
plentifully provided with rifle