BEWARE OF GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 170, 12 April 1919, Page 3

BEWARE OF GERMANY

UNBEATEN AS REGARDS MANPOWER. "I am of opinion that tho German republic will not bo pormanent," wrote an American correspondent in January, after a jLrip through Germany. "Germany is"now beaten, as far as resources are concerned. She will bo unable to renew tho war for many yeavs. But 6he is unbeaten so far as man-power is concerned. I have talked with hundreds of German people of high and low degree ill tho past three weeks, and I am convinced that an inborn subservience is certain to result, within a generation or two. in reinstatement of the royal family. Some member other than Wilhelm, of course, will sit upon the throne. "The Allies have got to protect tho world's future by keeping the bocho nose against tho grindstone, elso troublo will break again. 'JJlie only method for keeping Germany harmless is the iin position of heavy damages and of severe restrictions on raw ' materials. Tho world must beware of crocodile tears, because tho German people are unrepentant. They have fed on lies so many years, their iimnediato conversion is impossible. "So far as I have lieen ablo to discover, Army demobilisation is progressills: as rapidly as possible. However, millions of soldiers continue amenable to the old-time discipline. I saw it among the troops wbich arrived daily in Berlin during my stay there. Ami'd remarkable scenes and demonstrations, monocled and clanking Prussian officers still maintain their overlord attitude. Militarism was rampant to such an oxtent thjit I thought as I watched them, 'How quickly they would acclaim a royal prince should ono appear.' "I believe Germany is hungry, but I do not believe she is starving. Berlin is worse off than the rest of Germany. I found plenty of food, and inexpensive, in tho small towns en route to Coblenz. The farmers are hoarding immense stocks of food, and I am convinced there are supplies of meat and eggs hidden in cold storage, for when I became acquainted with tho ropes I found obscure places where 1 could purchase everything I wanted, even during tho meatless days, without tifekets, though the prices demanded constituted highway robbery. Tho poor people nro out of luck, though they seem to obtain food somehow. So bowart) of the food sympathy gag."