Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-02-13 | Page 20 | Hatred of France Grows Apace in Germany

HATRED OF FRANCE GROWS APACE IN GERMANY Teutons Said to Be Dreaming Dream-ing of Time When They Can "Get Even" BERLIN. Keb. 12. Recrudescence of the war spirit of the C.erman people, which even as late as six months ago apparently had been completely banished, ban-ished, recently has assumed a new and noticeable aspect, particularly In relation re-lation to the French, who generally are blamed for most of the postwur ills of the (lerman nation. Civilians and former soldiers alike frankly express the, most Intenss hatred for ihe Preni-h and again are TTreuthinic of a day when they can even up In war what they have lost in peace. There is no evidence of ill feeling against the English, and toward the Americans, of whom much Is expected, commercially, there is every indication of good will. WHYTHI3 IS SO. Kngland, on the whole, has been credited with a desire Rr ran- play In Ihe execution of the pence treaty, but in many sources the opinion prevails that France Is destined to have her way. even at the expense of the Integrity In-tegrity of the German nation. for an independent south Germany, probably under the domination of Bavaria: Ba-varia: the alleged pro-Polish attitude of the French military in the iipP'r Hlleslsn xone; the insistence of the Krench that Ihe "einwohnerwehr" and other "protective organisations" shall at once disarm: threats f a military occupation of the Ruhr district, and use of Krench negro troops in the occupied oc-cupied xone, all have contributed to this revival of race hatred. Delivery of milk cows to the French has. in view of the milk shortage In tJermuoy and the increase In infant mortality, intensified the feeling among the civilian population against the Krench people. AN OFFICIAL VIEW. A-lerman government official with whom the correspondent discussed the situation did not agree with some men army that "another struggle with France is inevitable," but expressed the opinion that "hatred of the French is & natural consequence of French conduct." con-duct." He believed, however, that superficial su-perficial aspects had led tn exaggerated exagger-ated opinions of the war spirit of the tie rm a n people . "For example, German army uniforms uni-forms may be seen everywhere," he said, "and especially in the universities. universi-ties. The stranger Immediately Jumps to the conclusion that this is an exhibition exhibi-tion of the militury spirit. The facts are that many soldiers, and this applies ap-plies particularly to students, are wearing wear-ing uniforms to conceal the fact they have no shirts. They are too poor to buy other clothes." However, he thought, "that other things being eouai," the Germans would be willing to promptly bo about settling old scores with the French,