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Show I ARE THE GERMANS DYING? How much of truth Ihrrc is in tlx- statement of Prof Max Von Cruebr that ten to fifteen million of the German people will die out, because (iormany no lonpcr can provide for them, is difficult to determine, as the fjrnians are committed to a policy of propaganda which permits the stretchLne; of the truth in order to gain an advantage. advan-tage. Hut there is evidence thai ilic Germans suffered severely during dur-ing the war and toda are struggling to exist. Professor Yon Crueber is full of resentment. Tie speaks of the theft of colonies, of merchant fleet and possessions abroad and of the unfair hunger blockade imposed during the war. It is a peculiar pecu-liar mental process which allows a German to think he was sinned against, without sinning. The allied countries were clearly informed, when the conflict seenn-d to be gomg in favor of Germany, that they would be called on to make heavy sacrifices in territory, pay the cost of the war and yield up machinery and treasures. In fact, the manner in which Belgium and northern France were treated pointed to a despotism worse than anything in modern times Now. with Germany left almost intact, except the colonial possessions which were obtained bj aggrandizement, and with her national existence unimpaired, there should be no complaint as to the harshness of the 'terms of peace. If the Germans during the war suffered of hunger because of the blockade, they had only themselves to blame Their submarine warfare justified retaliation of the drastic nature If the boomerang kthey employed struck back, the effect was retribution. With the war over, we as a people must forget the bitterness of the struggle, and, although resenting accusations such as ema-nate ema-nate from Professor Von Crueber, plan to alleviate extreme distress and overcome unbearable conditions in Germany. There is no desire ito undermine the health of the German people or to impose impossible impos-sible burdens The French are Buffering of the terrible afflictions placed on them by the invaders and a lug part of France may never regain the physical strength of the days before the var But even that sad reminder of brutal nmsterj does not inspire retaliation now that it I is within the power of the allies to bleed German v white, as His-imarek His-imarek had aimed to do with France in the Franco-Prussian war |