Show GERMANS FOR PEACE A most hopeful letter comes from I H Simonds the American historian who Is In Berlin studying Gelman Geiman mind and analyzing the situation there as it bears on the future peace pence of Europe Mr Ir SI SImonds has reached the conclusion that the Germans have hase had enough and are committed to the ays of peace He lie a ago he visited London Paris nd Geneva and there found a II de- de desire desire ire de-ire sire for enduring peace I I have the same view slew as to Ger Ger- lany Ger-lany man he sa s I do not believe belleve E the presence of exceptions the German people are mill mili militaristic or revengeful I do not be- be belIe leve be-leve lIe e that their leaders are secret secret- secret y preparing a new war or are less honestly eager for tor peace than those of Prance France and and England England and I mean peace not a truce In fact I think that in Germany also the Is over Giving his Impressions of ot Ger Ger- any Ger-any many 3 obtained first handed banded he says I have talked with men of practically practically every political party In Ger Ger- Germany Germany many and of most every station I have asked them questions and have had frank and answers and I must confess that I have no Impression of a bitter reo re- re revengeful militaristic Germany of ofa ofa ofa a Germany resolved to make new struggles for old objects or resolved to make war ar on any basis I have rather the sense in all my talks of public men who are honestly eager I to arrive at peace and to find some settlement with Prance France who seem mostly agreed that that- thata a new war in Europe would be the end of Eu Bit Europe rope Germany Included I have the sense In talking with many Germans that they have not only suffered but still suffer acute acutely ly Iy from the moral blockade of Ger Ger- Germany Germany many that they feel themselves rather prisoners in their own coun- coun country coun country try because they aro are not received in other countries who feel pro profoundly profoundly profoundly the fact that they have I long been cut off orf from the papers the books the cultural life of the I rest of the world But the Impression Impression sion slon in all this is one of sadness not bitterness I have hase encounter encounter- encountered I ed no eagerness to argue as to the Ibe I causes of the war as to war reo re- responsibility re responsibility I no anxiety to de de nations I To To be quite honest as I must I my my Impression is not in the least of a warlike Germany It is of II III I Germany in which there has Mas been been I i to me almost incredible ph physical suffering but not perhaps greater than that of several allied coun- coun countries coun countries tries save as it was as longer and there has been in addition a moral suffering which has been unlike I an anything in any allied country I Ido Ido Ido do not mean moral suffering due to consciousness of guilt but grow grow- growing growing ing out of almost ten years of Iso iso- isolation Isolation lation from the rest of the world I accompanied by the sense of world condemnation at least In the coun- coun countries coun countries I tries which in the German mind counted as the world There is 1 I think a II very terY ery wide conviction that Germany is not go going goIng going ing to be allowed to live that in inthe inthe inthe the end France will stay on the Rhine and make German recovery reco ery Impossible and this belief breeds despair but assuming that evacuation atlon takes place reasonably soon I belle believe e that this danger will van vanish ish bh vanI I The people of all countries 1111 that there is left lert in fn Ger- Ger Germany Ger Germany I many no spirit of revenge and no desire td renew the conflict which devastated Europe 00 |