Show t f Boasted Strength th GERMAN G. G ER IAN N officers and soldiers quitting Strassburg g under the terms of the armistice fail t to reckon with iUt the future complexion of the world 1 as they promise to fo to bo be back in ill five years ear s. Tune The prediction is is timed ill-timed serving ser as it does to reveal re the spirit of the defeated Germans Boasts of this character whether made in a whistling or a threatening ng spirit serve only to increase the vigilance of the allied authorities The reforms which are to come of or this war have not yet ct entered the German heart The German troops are subdued d but hut not reformed They rhey have hae quit the fight 0 be hc- cause they were defeated and not because they have ha teen been the folly of or their scheme 1 The desire o of con conquest J and l Jill pillage ge is still there lacking only the mater material al wealth Ito o C 1 it t strength They hey promise the he I S residents of Strassburg another c j war in five fi years O Of course their heir promise is based on the conditions in Germany of yesterday It cannot mn- mn e when the allies have completed the he task before eforo them As these men return to Germany they will wiH find finda I a n. different atmosphere The rhe old environment of preparation prep prep- oration mation for war will be gone The German people will bo be interested in their own welfare fight fighting ng their own struggle As time goes on ou they will see a n new light They w will ll be he en engaged in the the struggle of making Germany the equal of other g nat nations ions The desire desiro to own and direct everything in sight i ht will be be e wiped out The Strassburg prediction is ig made on the belief that Orm Germany will be left to herself with the dc declaration dec of peace In Ln this it fails to reckon with I ci tion Never Nc ain again again will the world turn tho the eye of suspicion away from Germany Never Ne again nin will her diplomats I Ib be b bahle able ahle to lo betray the thc hospitality of t the he nations which receive them Never Ne again agnin will Germany be left to her herself herself I self elf to prepare e for war in iu the thc hours houn of the tho night The I ahead of Germany is not how to conquer the I world but hut to preserve what is na i l left ft of the fatherland Inthe In Inthe the light of tho the future boast is is but the halfhearted half half- halfhearted J hearted apology y for the defeat which has come como to them oi f With only a n. few scattered precincts to hear bear from we are arc assured that Dr ha lies been decisively decisively de dc- de- de defeated in his campaign to elect himself general gen gen- eral cral manager of the public health POI JU JI F-JI Judging from the way the French arc are preparing tho the golf b links one would think Taft was going to the peace conference Pil n x as P 3 The kaiser would ha have difficult time e a 1 packing an any jury which might sit in his case casc RIt R Ra a It is becoming more and acid lI more apparent that a vice president has no call caB to fame Bi 1 Pa 1 Pa PaThe The Thc kaisers kaiser's letters from home borne must read like re rejection rejection rejection re- re slip slips Mi rn isa r a J JHoM Hold HoM onto your yonI purse l I They're o g-o going ng to C remove restrictions on n coal prices r wit l Pa Perhaps the kaiser kai is is no not better satisfied with his lot than is is the remainder of the world fc rr hi Pa n i Id Jt Evidently Germany believes it is is a a piece picco conference tei Si Evidently E the kaiser kniser is in in Villas Villa's class Pa Ma I u P-u u 4 A |