A NEW WAR OF REVENGE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3385, 14 January 1920, Page 6

A NEW WAR OF REVENGE.

GERMANY NVILL TRY AGAIN.

‘ This’ 51.0,}. is -all over Europe ‘ifirrltes Sterling I,leilit-3.’: in‘ 5‘ le‘tt°l' frum '[_a|,l_s-nine, Switzerland, I-0 aNeW _York paper). It is whispered here, beside the League of Nations headquarters, and is talked clonversationally to the United States, Red Cross Societies, engrossed in their works of love. It has been read aloud to President Wilson, Lloyd ‘George, Clemenceau and the others—both before and after the signing of the peace. It has been presoixted, -typewritten, to General Pershing. General Harbord, his chief-of-staft, knows all about it and could‘ add to itflargely from intelligence reports. So could Allied marshals and field-marshals. In Allied countries, deputies, congressmen and sen|3.tors have heard a confidential version. ' And now the entire public is to hear the story. We are told it must be hammered into people. You may think: that you have heard it: read it‘ again. It may seem exaggerated, full I of repctitions—-—never mind; so many ‘first-class men are telling it; it can’t be put aside. ' By the time these lines are printed, the first American speakers will have sailed from Europe and la‘ildcd in New York, to begin their campaign. I can give you -the name of one of them to-day——a distinguished St. Louis specialist, who fought throughout the French war as aFrcnch army surgeon. ‘ ‘ ‘He is Julian H.’ Gehrang, M.D.A., M.F.A.'S.C., Med. Aide -Major 1 Sr Class, Mcdicin-Chef and inventor of the Ophtalmo-Rhino treatment for the eyes, nose, throat and lungs, and the Mobile -anti-gas outfi/t. Men like these who were four years in the‘ hot of it, are hot ‘about the‘ whole load subject. ‘OUTLINE OF THE STORY. Here it is:— They are going to. try it again. . -Last February, von Kuhlmann, ex-Chancellor of the German Empire, said that the Germans would take Paris before 19.25. . Shortly after, Michaelis, ‘who was his successor, said that when Presidentpwilson had “made the mistake of sugniug peace with this irresponsible tntake-shift g.overnmen’c‘.” ‘they’ would “re-'r3St:lb.Lish =3, monarehiall dict-atorship.” When asked if -the Hohenzollcrns would be placed on the throne, he said: “The mlomcnt is not‘ opportune to answer that.” 4 Two days later, the European papers reproduced ‘an interview with- the‘ Kronprinz in which he said: “I have I not labdicated, nor have I been asked‘ to abdicate.” I At the same time, an unnlamed So-' cialist leader allowed himself to , be I quoted that “Germany is lost, whether she signs the peace or not; and our only hope is to stir up Bolshevism in the Allied, countries.” Before America. entered the war, the Kaiser declared to Gerard, the American Ambassador to Germany, that he had “a great army in America, and that after he had smashed France, England, and Russia, he would attack America; and America would pay the expenses of this war.” ' In 1915, Baron Von Wlagenheim, German Ambassador to Turkey, said to Mr Morgenthau, his American confrcr: “We know that we cannot win the war, and are therefore ready to re-establish ourselves; and when we are in shape we will continue again.” THE GERMAN SPIRIT. ‘ Mr Mergenthau recently visited Germany, and found everywhere the] same spirit—it being sedulously taughtl to all the thousands of -school chil-‘z dren. So much for the past, says this talk, which is everywhere. Does it paint the future too black? is asked. Who would have. thought in July, 1914, that we would have had a terrible war for five years‘? In the actual state of affairs, and considering the past five years, no one can doubt the terrible things which can happ,en .’,-to tga,emAlli'od nations—even to fa,r,;oli,;Arn,eriea——on the de-cla.ratior2,:._.tg,§,-_—§:rl,lt\3 new war which these new “al,ahr_.3rg._is’g.,s,{_,’ §orgs,eje, Admit the deterrent3eit;q.,ct§g;:;t;Lfat‘igue and dread of sacrifigefig l}:fiJtL_:a:§l,lnit. also, German jpropaga’nda;l—f3erman manipulation of Russia, and; Bolshevisin, still increasing‘, in spite of losses here and there! These memorials said to the Peace Conference before peace had been Signed, “ATO you sure that you are not wmmitting a serious error in signing a. definite peace‘! Will it not tie our hands, worse than pr-isoners——— prisoners of our word? The Germans count on it perfectly. A aeclm-ation of war on the part of the_Allies to en. force the peace conditions will be very diflicult. Would it not -be better, with a. small present effort, to prmtent the future war tlyan to wait. unm Hm calamity, assails us?” _ THE BOLSHEVIST PERIL. A great present. remedy, they no“, say, is. still'intervention in Russia—-—-tq help Russia, at once, against Germany and B_olshevi§‘m. ‘The Bolshe-_ vikg have announced their purpose to spread poison tlirough all other

countries. Present interference xvtjgll prevent this: “and as we know from terrible experience that the battlefield in another man's country is 8 wliole lot better than in our own, it win" pay to finish witth the Bolsheviks in Russia rather than in France, England, Italy, and America later on!” ‘

“It is agreed in principle (I continue to quote) that we. ought not interfere in -other peo-ple’s politics, but on eiondition that they are honest, home, polities. not expressed, moulded, to blast our own. All would subscribe to Russia settling her own a.ifairs——if in so doing we were not leaving,» Germany a free 11'-‘lll‘d :0 53' tablish a pro.-German Governm-snt there, put masses of German ofliaers to the training of Russian troops, as they did notoriously with Turks in Turkey, and tranquilly to mobolise all Russian resources_ So true, then, it will happen in Russia, if we do not prevent the repetition of the GermanTurkish programme. Shall we hesitate on the point of ‘delicacy? Be sure the Germans will not do so. WHAT GERMANY HOPES TO DO. “German education of the past forty years recognises force only. They told us, frankly, they would sign anything, but would not keep their covenants. In their counterpropositions they said that they will 11ot pay any money before seven years ——in 1926. We may Well belie.ve it, because they expect to crush France and the Allies before that time!”Our only safe guard against this menace, the memorial presented to the Peace Conference before peace was signed, would have been a simple prolongation of the armistiee—itself,a meresuspension of hostilities, with the threat of reeoinmen-eing war -on twenty-four hours’ notice. ’ I go on repating what I hear everywhere. __

It is lan ungrateful lllstory; but is is a. national and humane duty, they say, to put the truth before the publie—to make it frankly known to all people that the Allies have tried by every possible means, ‘by unfailing patience, to give Gel'm°auly a chance to show her honesty and good faith," and that Germany, as a result, looks On. the Peace Treaty as a joke, has resorted t 0 tilne—wasting ‘m'£Lnoeuvl'e.S, and is diligently ptifiing herself in a good position to recom-mcnee war. “They count on their propagancla and international -BolSllC\‘l.\‘m to separate the Allies, ancl‘ev(-n exicte combat between them.” \

The Peace Conference heard -all this fully—-and used its own judgment. Now, it is said, there is still time to prevent. Germany from os’r.ab]i.<lling herself in Russia. Repetition, repetition, you say. All right, they an:<wei-; you often hear repetition when the house is on fire. GERBLANS IN RUSSIA. I It iscomnionly known in Switzerland that great numbers of “demobi-lise-d” German oflicers have gone to Russia.“ They are ‘spreading dangerous propaganda, land works against the Allies_ Immediate steps should be taken, they say, to have such German oflicers sent back from Russia; and tlley,nlust not be allowed to become Russian sitizens. b Here, they repeat, is the knot -of the great danger: A

“If we are not effectively in Russia before the Germans they will‘ lay hands on" the raw materials found so plentifully there, establish means of commun.icai"lon between Germany and Russia for the quick mobilisati'oll of materials and men, and create facfories for the making of guns and other war material in. Germany; but we canhot at present fox-bid them to do it in Russia, as Russian citizens,

unless we take the proper measures. “Before three years are. up (they Say) Germany will have amassed sufficienf reserves and materials to force 'a_. new war on Fra.izce——and then ‘on Ellglahd and America!” ‘ »