Show J Harden Flays forI for I I Washington Flag Incident Berlin Did Not Intend to Hurt American Feelings But Should Not Make Ambassador By fly MAXIMILIAN HARDEN I Germanys Germany's Foremost t Special dal to 10 The EX Copyright 1 by the Consoli dated da toil Press Prees Association Feb 9 ln In book or of oD BERLIN B there Is la a a thor thorough thoro thorough ough description of or how the tha scapegoat shall be bs consecrated consecrated ed laden with all the th sins and misdeeds of the people or of Israel and then sent lent Into the desert The Berlin govern govern- ment merit ment Is quite as a tree from Jews and also quit quite ss as pious M as any Imperial government ever was and Is 10 not less In- In Inclined In Inclined dined to load the guilt on oth- oth other other oth other er persons pt who must muot boar bear It like the fettered goat scat From the th case cle down to tb the otter offer ot of CarranzA to ally himself with Japan and seize Arizona and Texas there thore always has baa been b n the same Barns easy eMY method o of un unloading un- un Unloading loading the guilt tot for mistakes of executive organs and nd always there thre has been the same Mme clev clev erne ames In supplying now new ea pons for tor foreign prop propaganda propaganda a- a ganda blind awk awk- awkwardness awk- awk just at the moment when sentiment nt In favor of Germany was slightly It was not difficult to pre pre- preserve pre preserve serve such ouch a glorious tradition In the th episode of the flag On the German embassy at Wash Wash- ington sine eloc supporters of the Cite regime rt occupy the th higher government posts Nev- Nev Nev Nevertheless although the writer cannot with goo good a conscience either praise or defend the tit Berlin government he must declare loudly that It certaInly had not the all slightest t Intention or of Injuring Americas America's feelings feeling Everybody here hers knows In what friendly manner the United States has hu treated Ge- Ge many Ge mn many lately and what thanks this country owes America for forthe forthe forthe the help given n to the German Gt poor The hatefulness of the situation created by the occupation pation pallon of ot the Ruhr and the th French furthering the wild separatism In the had sympathy for tor Germany I and then then- then fling Ding The flag incident The writer does not know whether Ambassador feldt Weld Weld- I feldt feels eels that he hu baa h the tho tal- tal talent talent tal talent ent and disposition to play the therole therole role roie of ot scapegoat An attempt II 2 being made hero horo by bg the government nt and the tho greater part of ot the press pra to lay all nil the tho blame upon the tho ambassador and a young oung secretary of the Prussian military nobility Even It the tho matter mallor wore were so 00 the government would be re- re re responsible tor for staffing starting this Im- Im Important important Im Important post with most mo t un tin suitable lable men Rut nut It I 1 not so 00 Mr has hown himself everywhere a as ILl a clever man and he be never belonged to the raging nationalism Hie appointment to WashIngton was at long solicitation al- al although although al although though he wanted anted anted to return In 1925 to his conning bridge el a ela asa a captain of or Industry That he asked aked Berlin hat abet the embassy should do after atler former President e death proves ho how well he still knows the Germ Germin atmos atmosphere phere phero although he ho i la Is on the tho Potomac Ambassador Weld Weld- Weld Weld-feldt could not help realizing that it was wO-a duty to make mAko the embassy y attitude conform stith Ith the government with aith Ith which ho he was accredited and end not to bo- bo become come bo-come come conspicuous by variance from the tho gestures gt of ot others other of the diplomatic corps corpa But he plainly did dM not want to expose himself unnecessarily to the cO of at the rowdy na nationalists ne- ne or a responsibility responsibility responsibility which belonged else else- elsewhere elsewhere else elsewhere where The same sante people who re- re reproached re reproached Count Von Bern Bern publicly with not car car- carIng ear earning ning Ing on enough would have loudly about lack lack of national dig dignity dig dig- dignity dignity If it on his ac ac- ac account account count had Joined the demon demon- demonstration demonstration stratton Fear of or the nationalist tar ter- terror ter terror rot also drove the Berlin gov- gov gov government government to the foolish answer that the d death Stath of or a citizen clUzen II was as 00 no occasion for lor official mourning The few iolIte words warda which the gov- gov government gov government ed ad after the Dix Dix- Dix mude catastrophe brought Its sharp harp rebukes and frightened it 11 Into making unbeautiful ex- ex excuse ex excuses cuse Woodrow Wilson whose purity of soul not eton en Ills 1118 opponents den deny vas as exhibited to Germans many for lor years aaa asan as aa a an n arch enemy a very Ie deil de II who had enticed Germany Into the trap of or hit hl his 14 U points and betrayed her Tim Tim- Timorous Timorous Tim Timorous orous Souls fouls eager for ap- ap ap applause do not dare data defy such childish Patriotism mad Ideas IdeL Patriot Patriot- understandable ism appell appears appear self understand able to politically riper nations Lloyd George was not called a 0 wildest traitor even after atter hia hla hi wild wild- wild est eat bluff But In apostolic Germany too many still stilt be- be Jlove be-Jlove love they thoy must muot dally prove themselves patriots by loud shriekIng and conduct ao that they cannot be ac- ac ac accused of treason treason to Ger Ger- Ger Germany German man many dominated Our whole politics politic Is la dom dorn dom dom- mated and the tho la Is often otten ruined b title this fear tom mp-tom The Tho flag Incident was as as a II emp- emp a mp- mp torn tom of or this evil vII which could be called an infantile of of remembering France or of the 1871 the post war psychosis It Is certain that only an Un- Un un unimportant important number of Germans to hurt the feelings of the Americans American It la is an agreeable duty to say toay ay this at the grave of the great groat I citizen who anted B anted to lead the tho peoples people of or the earth to harmony He Ho was not able oble I to complete his bythe work but by the fervent power of his noble desires he brought isto iti his land is to a 0 splendor never nover before seen Instead of ot quarrelling about whet what rank among statesmen Or what hIm wo we mourning will vill willand and J salute must each Is due In his hla own allour alt all our aim forces to attain the aim shown shon ho to humanity by Wilson |