Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-14

scene of war and in whose unfortified
towns German bombs made deer
wounds. On the contrary. the worst
lnvective Is used to prove the malice
of the victors and the nnexampled
baseness of the peace treaty which this
prince calls criminal and the birch of
bind vindicatiyeness." seeming to for
get what terms his family and generals
had decided to impose on the enemy.
The political contents are a mere
repetition of what already has been
said ii thousand times in Germany's de-
Tense and are not worth contradicting.
Ministers are scolded in the tones of a
general. yet they were appointed by
the noble kaiser and during the war
were only puppets of the military die
tatorship. They are blamed because
peace was not concluded at the right
time, before the great disaster. as if
peace would have been acceptable to
L~udendorff or to a nation taught to
believe certain victory always was at
tainable.
The fault always is put on others
and his own blunders are nowhere rec
ognized. He ever holds ministers and
generals responsible for the flight to
Holland of kaiser and wal lord bv d.
vine right. By his own confession the
all highest war lord, who has sent mil
of Germans to the firing line. fled
because he might be in danger for the
first time-in much less danger. of
course. than any real trench soldier
who would have been shot as a desert
err if he had tried to flee. The physi-
cally courageous row prince has so
little moral courage that he follows his
fathers bad example. fleeing over the
/ DIItrh frnnfJne hv ntrh% onI ,tarr-~t
TO call an old military man a miserable
devil and to swear at him because
he complained that his officers were
well fed while he himself was starving.
The prince relates this proudly. not
realizing the incongruity of the de-
serter who had not suffered a moment
rom the war. but dared to preach TO
he old half-starved warrior who.
.hough complaining, leastways was do
ng his duty tending cattle.
About Prince Gutenberg
He also boasts of giving his father
Information about the conduct of
Prince Gutenberg and other friends of
he kaiser. This information was taken
rom my articles which pointed gently.
avoid scandal. TO their conduct. The
prince new my information was
rue uIu ne now relates that the kaiser
vas almost Immediately convinced and
him tremendously. Despite
his, the kaiser summoned ministers
nd lawyers to have his friends iail
ne as a slanderer.F He buIlied me for,
ears with lawsuits, declaring the
aths of Gutenberg and his friends
'ere authentic testimony and succeed
d in having me condemned. was able
0 protest only when far from the Rar-
n court.
The crown prince was silent before
his abominable farce of justice. He
ell NEW an innocent man was being
rosecuted and was daily in danger Of
IS life for doing what duty and neces-
,ty demanded. The crown prince.
atching this shameful business silent.
:. calls the kaiser who pcrpetrated it
noble in the highest sense" and
roudly relates after Is years that he
had done what undoubtedly was
le duty of those in official position. .
And this intellectual blind man dares :
, reproach the German people for :
.istakes and blunders in an arrogant !
me. His cleverly written book which .
YES food to ~nationalists can only do )
The Germans are still so cred .
|ous that they imagine they've scored, !
tremendous success in the Rapallo |,
eaty and have recovered their former I
INK among nations. On such soil this :
evil seed will thrive as the adj I
lnce sale. outstripping the MASTER /.
eces of centuries. amply shows. !, :