Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-20
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.


Correspondence of The Star and the Chicago
Daily News.
PARIS. France, January 20.-There
are three essential factors in waging
war successfully: Men with high
morale, armament and economic
preparation. The treaty of Versailles
allows Germany an army of only 1o0.-
900 men. 1t provides that Germany
shall have only a small artillery
t*even regiments) and no air force
If the Germans were to keep strictly
to the terms of the treaty France
and her allies would have nothing
20 fear from Germany. But they do
not intend to observe the clauses of
that treaty, which they consider a
dead letter.
Germany has bodied, brave
men who can fight. The reserves of
1918 demoralized and separated them.
To bring them together again was
not easy, but. thanks to the schemes
suggested by Gen. Won Seeckt the
unity of the German nation so far as
ii relates to relations with France
Is an accomplished fact.
Germans are not all of the one race
South Germans are as different from
The North Germans as are the Scotch
from the English. The great bond
that ties them together is their Ian
suage. When the government set
TO work to bring about a union of
Germany it had to adopt various
means of propaganda, according to
the pecuiiarities and the nature of
the Inhabitants of each section of
The country.
Nature of Bnvarianx.
Bavarians have lived "A long time in
9,
have acquired, consequently, a GER
tain eNcitability which is unknown in
other parts of Germany. School teach
t'S. priests. lecturers and journalists
ven the BaVarian people: You have
not been defeated. We were compelled
/" accept the armistice because we
could not fight the whole world. In
rTder to avoid useless bloodshed, we
Ia down our arms, believing that
EhG Americans were going to bring
US a Just peace. We have been de-
Cefved."
This is believed by at least so per
cont OF the German people. a strict
censorship, even after the revolution,
prevented the real truth from pene-
l.atlnE into remote German villages.
German soldiers do not quite realize
that they were beaten, and a few
years after the defeat willingly join
The chorus of others and shout: I'VE
bear witness that we have never been
defeated"
The propagandists then turn TO an
other chapter and say: Our real and
only enemies are the French. They
have not even kept the Ubiquitous
their former allies. the Americans
The British and the Italians. have
abandoned them. Today France stands
alone, but not content with occupying
German lands, she is trying to starve
our children. If You want to live as
independent free citizens, YOU mus,
he ready to fight when the time comes
The struggle now is between only
them and US, and as long as we are
united there is no danger of losing.
This kind of talk eNcites Bavarians
sometimes almost to frenzy, and in all
say: I'VE must fight in order to
make life possible for our children.
the past have overcome more difficult
Situa tionS."
a German university professor. we'll
known on account of his close asso-
Citations with socialists and the inter-
national pacifSts, said to me: The
duty of every enlightened German is
to prepare the nation for the coming
struggle"
Feeling in Prussia.
The Prussians are less boisterous
and less communicative. With them
the work takes another form. They
boast that when a PrusSian wants
something he will get it, in spite of
obstacles.
In Koenigsberg the narchist idea
IS as strong as it was in the time of
Frederick the Great and monocled Of
1icers-the genuine pre-war type
still flourish. They have precedence
everywhere, and German civilian
feels highly honored when an officer
sits at his table or condescends to
walk with him in the street, Three
times a week the guard is changed
At the schloss, the former royal pal
ace, with the same pomp as in the
old days. The military band precedes
the detachment of Steel-helmeted SOL
diers, while thousands of people gath
They watch with eager eyes the
goose-step of the young German sol
der.
Conditions in SaxOny.
The situation in Saxony and other
states in central Germany, where an
intense industrial life has developed
during the last forty years, is some
what different. The industrial popu-
lation was never much in sympathy
with Prussian ideas and methods, but
in 1918 and 1919 supported whole
heartedly the disarmament movement.
AS long as the German workman
made a living the republic could
count on him as valuable asset for
peace. All the monarchistic move
ncnts failed on account of his deter
mined attitude. No propaganda and
no promise could lure him to tolerate
q return to pre-War conditions
Since 1921, and especially since the
occupation of the Ruhr, there has
been change in this part of Ger
many. The propaganda agents say:
I'VE share your point of view of