Show r I j I Other Points of View I TUG There Thier seems Reems to bo ho a misunderstanding in Germany German amid perhaps in son some parts of ot America too loo about what hat the United States Slates means when it talks about the German Gernan Ger- Ger nan man people It seems to consist in tho Idea that we e regard the tho German Gennan G people as us an aggregation ag les alion of 0 saints who ho have gone one wrong because e the they had wicked ed leaders That is not nt ot all the view we take of or the tho lie people who struck off oct an and wore ore medals to commemorate the tho sinking of or the or of oC the lie people to whom the vessels of churches churche were boxed boe up and sent home Ome as acceptable loot We Ye are not so enamored of or the German people that we shall give he them carte carlo blanche lanch to start another lava Inva Invasion Invasion sion sion of oC Belgium as soon floon as they recover leco from this war It will not hot suffice for theta them to Ka say nay in III Justification atLon of or such an invasion In Its It all II right d don't dont nt you Oll see aee seeve we ve are not lot an autocracy but the thrice blessed German Gorman people Neither Nelt r are arc wo we e or ci our om allies a at t all inclined to let the German people adopt a a. responsible parliamentary govern govern- o ern nent ment which shall I o for tor Its lis aim the building building- up UI of or a system of or militarism which shall avoid old the tho mistakes of Lf tI tho thu autocratic system become infinitely more dangerous and be Irresistible wh when n. n say sar It sets eels forth to colonize and conquer Brazil Wo 0 shall not be lie much more more- pleased b by the In Individuals l whom we ma may have to meet on future occasions than thane we e should he be if Jr we had to meet the Potsdam conspirators tors for we are well aware that the German Germani people ly applauded the tho Pots Potsdam am conspirators conspirator Imagining Imag Imag- ining luing vainly that the plot of or Jul July 1 P. P 1911 I would woul make malte everybody in Germany German rich and we know too that the German people so 80 far Car as the they could made haste to mal make e I themselves cli in tho plot But nut wo we would rather deal teal with them than with the Guy who lurked about tho the Potsdam palace on that July JulJo S Sand Sand Suid and turned tho tue world Into a shambles because we shall then know now with whom we aro arc dealing The rue German government is given on to walling wailing over o what it believes to be the fact that In insisting Instating on talk talk- In lag ne about tho form torm of or the lie Germ sn government we arc are tr trying to Interfere with the Internal affairs of Ger Ger- man many and to protesting with anguish that Germany has hag the a same s a me right to self determination as other peo peo- ples But nut we and the allies are arc not profoundly II Interested interested inter Inter- ested in the tho particular form o of government that t German Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many has hns now or may havo have tomorrow except In o far faras farns farns ns as it comes Into contact with us No o German can recall that before the war var any citizen of or an any other country was waH ever er eagerly proposing the downfall of or it was not a tIming thing which concerned such citizen citizens citi citi- zen zens and it does s not concern them now OW except when the they come to tb do business with It It is Immaterial to them if It tho Germans see fit tit to have them themselves elvel governed by It a sultan 61 om t a khedive or by h the tho devil lIe himself That ThatIs t Is for Germany German to say a Only Onh we are not going Joing to do 10 business with the devil or the tho kaiser alser either because we wo have hare no means meang of or holding them to their contracts I and we do dD not tru trust t their words word That Is the thc Interest wo vo havo ha in iii tho the matter mattel we wo certainly have ha not acquired such a vast love o e for COI the German people that Wo we are making mal war ai PO so o that tho they can taste the time delights of or a better government o We e are making war because whenever when ever cIO their masl masked ed plotters o of Potsdam think fit to make malce a border Cora foray lie the time German people obediently folio follow fol fol- low io the tIme signal Rig of or boots and saddles Whether hether the German people or on the German kaiser rule in Germany German there c are arc some things the they have hav got ot 10 do 10 Mr 11 Balfour told them a I long bug time ago ao what shat the things were Reparation restitution guarantees for tOt the thc future en York Times |