The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-25
Germany Fighting
for line Hoping
Escape enlistment


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for response which this agile Welsh
man seized skillfully. Instead CT di-
vfding British public opinion, there
fore, the Germans once more, as SO
often in the war. deprived those Iacst
kindly inclined toward theni. of a
single leg to stand on. Lloyd George
found himself in just such position
a. Mr.. Wilson. when, in 1917. the Ger
mans Suddenly declared their uni;m-
1ed submarine warfare thus giving
ne lie to all their previous pledges
AMI AL of Mr.. Wilson's early asser
tions.
III is not said Mr.. Simonds, IAN
exaggeration to say that in the last
analysis il is to the United States that
Germany looks for that decisive aid
| which shall enable them to escape
from the consequences -of defeat and
the cost of their crimes Seeing the
iinmlstakable Anglo-Americal rivalry
OF the hour. watching all the various
incidents which have arisen in the re-
cent past. Germany hopes by clever
propaganda. by constant appeals TO
American self interest to American
credHliiy, to the Anglophobia in GER
tain quarters, to bring her step By
| step to the point where America will
Intervene in Europe on behalf of Ger
many" 1T is essential for Ameri-
cans. said Mr.. Simonds. ito perceive
that in any case we are only at the
hrst stage of the campaign" Al the
moment there is discussion as to
whether Germany shall pay up in 80
years or in AZ years. but in either case
We must see that for decades Ger
many viii still be seeking, striving.
planning, maneuyering 10 escape pay
ment. For 30 years, at the least we
are 10 have these ever recurring cris-
Sc: for 30 years Germany viii remain
outside the circle OF nations Even re-
notely content With their position
during all this time. her policy will be
concentrated on the effort TO turn ma
ton against nation, to stimulate in
ternational diseefd. Elm a word. Ger
many means To make the collection of
the debt expensive beyond all concep
/ tion OF her eonQuerors. while looking
always for the propitious moment 10
throw OFF the debt altogether. = II is
not less patent that the end of all
such German campaigns must some
day be actual resumption of the old
war, prosecution of that war TO its
logical conclusion, which must be the
real defeat of Germany. Ii is not
peace, but form of warfare stretch
Ing Indefinitely into the future which
present German policy portends. and
IN the end such a policy can only
lead to French action To finish. with
or without assistance Ii NAV be that
the Germans, preeeiving their appall-
ing blunder. win bow once more. as
they did at Versailles. - But in eth
er case present submission viii have
only present value and the next time
a real, or an apparent opportunity ar
raves that We shall look for nav Ger
man defiance. OF peace there is
as yet but little promi4 and will be
until Germany at last accepts the re-
cent defeat or invites and suffers an
other"
! Planned Attack on New York
| We can get some little idea in this
country of what the war might have
meant in reading the story in the
March issue OF the Geographic Maya
zine, which describes one airship that
i was being built by the Germans for
TIE express purpose of attacking New
York This ship had a fuel capacity
OF about IL 900 miles and was design
ed TO be able TO maintain itself al a
height OF 10000 feet, with crews pro-
vided with oxygen, and the engines
arranged 10 be kept warm at this
height, which it was then impossible
Tor air planes to reach. Had this shin
appeared over New York and bonn
/ Darded that city. there would have
been absolutely no defense against
her whatever and this ship could have
como down TO any height desired. The
french now have this airship and are
allowing their engineers To obtain all
the technical data from ii with view
to building new ones.
The Geographic Magazine very
properly adds: when q nation or or
ganization has developed airships of
this kind and work for years on them
lt IS very difficult matter for any
fother organization to catch up with
them and be able to construct as good
ones for many years. Had this air.
ship reached New York and dropped
It's bombs and its deadly gases over
that city we should have had one of
tthe most terrific tragedies ever known
so appalling that the mind is stag
gered in the contemplation thereof
But il was this deadly scheme of ar
lacking New York with its millions of
! people. numbering women and child
rem by the thousands which GERMANY
was planning when the war ended
we must face the reality that the ma.
ton Which brought on the war. which
organized such hell-born schemes of
! destruction which couia u, ola -,