Evening star., 1944-03-19

a war indemnity. The rest of Germany
should be united in republic called
the German Confederation" or some
such name. with the former Reich
capital, Frankfurt, as its center.
This division of Germany would not
create a national uproar, as the Prus-
slams are disliked everywhere and hated
in many places. And 1t would be
means of crushing the power of the
Prussian general staff that led to this
war and to all German wars of the last
three centuries. Once Prussia is sepa-
rated from the rest of Germany, 1t will
lose the power of mobilizing 100000
German soldiers with one order. Prus-
sia would have only 100000 soldiers at
her disposal. Not enough to begin a
world war
(The advantages of such division OF
Germany will be discussed in detail in
next weeks article)
Future of Jews.
5. All German inventions which were
unavailable" after Versailles should
Immediately be confiscated by the oc-
cupation army. Some specialized in
dustries, such as the chemical and opti-
cal ones which use fewer workers than
other industries, should be taken en-
tirely from Germany and transferred
to Allied countries.
6. Jews should return to Germany
only if the German nation in free
and secret plebiscite, not only consents
to their return but invites them back in
a way that formally restores the honors
that were shamefully torn from them.
If this plebiscite should be negative, the
Allies should constitute special courts
to give back to the Jews the value of
the possessions stolen from them by the
Germans.
7. An Allied court should formulate
the general principles for judging and
Furnishing the war criminals. Those ac-
cused should then be tried in the diff
ferent countries where the atrocities
were committed. (How these trials
should be planned and conducted will
be discussed in later article)
8. For 10 years, no German should be
allowed to leave his country without
special permit from the occupation au-
thorities, given to him for reasons of
health or important scientific or politi-
cal business. In this way, German
propagandlsts (who, after Versailles,
sent agents with loads of money all
over the worlO will have no chance of
obstructing the peace treaty. At the
same time, the generation growing up
inside the sealed doors of Germany will
become aware Of national guilt that
has to be atoned for.
8. Martyrs and other Germans who
are known to have suffered through the
Nazis should be given privileges in the
enlistment of labor and should be
granted permits to travel abroad. They
should be honored according to German
customs, namely, by decorations and
titles.
TO- The old national symbols should
be done away with. The national an
themS and the flags of the last three
governments-Kaiser, Republic and
Nazis-should appear.
We propose white flag, everybody
will understand its meaning. And as an
anthem, Beethoven's last chorus in the
Ninth Symphony" would be most ap-
propriate. 1t has an easy melody and
only few of the verses need alteration.
Beethoven and Schiller, most popular
in Germany, united in creating this
hymn of world brotherhood, which
would be promising anthem for the
new spirit of a newly educated German
nation
All monuments and street names that
remind the Germans of military glory
should be obliterated. There are enough
famous names in the history of German
culture to replace all the Hohenzollern
squares, Adolf avenues and Wilhelm
streets. The old holidays in commemo-
ration of military victories and Nazi
triumphs should be replaced by the
birthdays of Goethe, Schiller, Beethoven
and such.
Would Return Seized Art.
IL. The works OF art and other treas
ures that the German armies looted
from museums and libraries in the coun-
tries they invaded should, of course, all
be returned. But since irreplaceable
monuments, such as cathedrals, have
been destroyed in dozen foreign coun-
tries by bombs, artillery or wanton de-
struction, the Germans should repay
these nations with works of art which
came to Germany from these very coun-
tries in former times and were in Ger
man possession before this war began.
Apart from those works stolen in this
war, all Dutch, Belgian, English and
French pictures in German museums
should be sent to the countries of their
origin as an indemnity for the fireplace
able treasures destroyed through Ger
man aggression. Only German art
should remain in the museums of Ger
many and visitors looking at empty
walls should be reminded, by printed
placards, of the reason the missing pic
lures were sent away.
II. The education of German youth.
the most important task of the Allies,
should be given into the hands of Ger
mans, not foreign teachers, as children
90 not respect foreign accents. The
teachers can be found among the sup
pressed German minorities. But the
schools and colleges must be vigorously
controlled by an ever-vigilant group of
Allied educators to see that there is no
repetition of what happened after
Versailles, when the schools of the new
republic were poisoned by nationalist
and militant books and by teachers
preaching revenge and war.