The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-06-10
FINDS BITTER
SPIRIT AMONG
GER|M|ANPE0PLB N
Propaganda Busy Adding Fuel
TO Fire-War Spirit Still
Alive
WHAT REPORTER FINDS
Interviews with People in Berlin
Reflect General Feeling of
Man in Street
WHAT REPORTER FINDS
~ MILTON eRoNNER

~ MILTON eRoNNER
! Berlin, June 10.-The next war!
You might think that Germany, de
feated on the battlefield, burdened by
reparatiOns, staggering under taxation
would dream Of anything but another
conflict. 80!
But II l can Judge by conversations
| have had with all sorts and condi
tions OF people in Germany, there
Is a burning hope for revenge upon
France for all the humiliations of the
armistice, the peace treaty and the
aftermath which we, together with
Great Britain and Italy, helped bring
about by our common victory.
The Germans don't say much about
us Americana. They have feeling
that their submarine war did force
US in. Besides they have millions OF
kin in America who are once more
sending them food and money.
They don't revile the English, be.
cause they dream of the day when
England will see in France a nation
that is challenging British trade on
the continent.
But France 10 Thoroughly Hated
But ! found an almost universal hat
red of France. 1t Is CALLING to Ger
man pride to see nation of % mil
lions dominating over nation Of over
60 millions. W'.
French occupation of their towns.
the French flag flying over their fort
resses, Alsace-L0rraine once more q
French possession things are
never out Of q Germans mind for an
instant. One night in Essen talked
to a young officer Of the police. !
mentioned France and his eyes blazed.
Said he: lt ....
"The allies led by France say we
may not have an army to exceed
100000 men and that we may not have
conscription. They limit US in the
matter of schools for military train
ing. Are they fools enough to think
they can down US that way? I @
There are hundreds of thousands
of fathers in Germany who have had
smilitary training. They can train
their boys. They can also teach their
babies to shudder when the word
'Frenchman Is pronounced. We will
even up scores some day."
But With France II Different"
talked to a. railway porter In
Bremen railway station. He said he
was an ardent Socialist. He didn't
believe In wars.
How about France" l asked.
''Oh, that is different. That would
be another kind 1of war. We were
tricked into peace that is making
us slaves of France. l would be for
a conflict that would break our
shackles.''
On the dead walls of many German
cities / have seen posters with hide
GUS caricature of one Of Frances
black soldiers.
During the war these cartoons were
used to keep the fighting spirit OF the
people to burning point. 1t was rep.
resented that most OF the French
troops were black. Now 1t Is repre-
sented that the bulk Of the French
army of occupation is black. They
have a name for this French army
of occupation. They call it '1Die
schwarze schmach"-the, black taint
or the black shame. The comic pa
pers are always harping on this mat
ter, Propaganda about 1t is used In
every conceivable form.
Propaaandists Are Still Busy
In the movies / saw flashed on the
screen a map of the German Rhine
territory occupied by the allies; then
the statement that the French pro.
posed to increase their army of Occu-
patton from $4,000 to 10000 then
that this would cost Germans $50 mil
lion marks more each year.
; When was in Hamburg all the
street cars bore placards inside invit'
ing the people to great meeting of
protest.
The city government, probably
through fear of international conse-
Quences. had forbidden the meeting
and locked the hall. But one OF the
leading preachers Of the city, who. had
been announced as principal speaker
at the meeting. denounced before the
disappointed crowd the action of the
government.
1t was in Hamburg, too, that / saw
how the vaudeville theaters are used
for anti4F'rench propaganda purposes.
One performer sang songs Of his own
composition. The refrain of one Of
these songs was "have patience" y
The verse that brought down the
house came when the singer said Ger
many would pay the French indemnity
in a thousand years, have patience"
Poets Look Forward to Reckoning
A poet on the same bill declaimed
his own poems. The theme of one
was that no nation could be ground
to dust! Germany, too, had right
to live.
In a shop window in Leipsic, near
the famous university, whee thou
sands of German youths get their pro-
fessional education, saw book on
the cover Of which was picture Of
l&gadnuod on DaSs y