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What Will
Political
Future ot
Huns Be?
GERMANY SHOULD SETTLE
FOR HERSELF QUESTION
OF FUTURE POLITICAL
STATUS, THINKS SIMONDS,
BUT IF TRADITION IS TO
DETERMINE FUTURE SHE
WILL GO BACK TO STATES
FUSED BY BISMARCK IN
1870
By FRANK h7~SIMONDS.
(America's Foremost Military Writer.)
(Copyright, 1918, N. Y. Tribune, Inc.)
Special Despatch to The Herald.
New York, N. Y„ Nov. 28.—N0
wise man will venture to forecast
the immediate future in Germany
on strength of such evidence ,
as is available. Yet it will sur
prise ho cne that there should be
disclosed on the morrow of the
great defeat separatist tendencies
in south Germany and anti-Prus
sian sentiments in western Ger
many. Both have their founda
tion in history.
The present German empire was
founded upon the fact of military
victory. At the outset of the
Franco-Prussian war both the
French and the Prussians' calcu
lated upon the aid of the south
Germans. Napoleon 111 was wrong
and Bismarck was right; but there
was basis for the French belief
that the states, which had only a
little more than a half century ago
been members of the confederation
of the Rhine, and had sympathized
with Austria in the recent war,
would stand with France rather
than Prussia.
Bismarck, on his part, reasoned
that real unification of Germany
. could only take place when the two
sections had been participants in •
a great and victorious campaign.
He procured the war, as he boast
ed in his recollections, by editing
the Ems “Despatch.”' south Ger
many did march with Prussia, and
after Sedan and Metz came the
great scene in the hall of mir
rors at Versailles, soon to see the
peace congress, when William I
was crowned Gefman emperor.
t
But even after victory it re
quired all of Bismarck’s skill to
bring the south German states to
the point. There were personal
jealousies and there were, historic
rivalries. Bavaria had once aspired
to the leadership in Germany; the
Bavarian dynasty was far older
, than the Hohenzollern and between
north and south Germany was the
great religious difference of opin
ion, which in the past had con
tributed to Bavarian alignment
with France and with Austria
rather than with Prussia in previ
ous centuries.
After 1871 there was an unmis
takable march toward unity; the
two sections of the new country
lost their old rivalries. Prussia
steadily acquired greater and
■greater ascendency as Prussian
military and expansionist ideas
laid hold of the mibds of the Ba
varians*, as well as of the younger
generation in Baden and Wurtem
burg. Yet there remained a cer
tain measure of antipathy.
The great question now is
whether the defeat and the com
plete upset of the Prussian mili
tary gospel and prestige will abol
ish what was only possible be
cause of military victory. Be
tween Prussia and Bavaria, as well
as the other Southern statdh. there
remain great differences. The Ger
man Austrians who have just pro
claimed their separation from the
Hapsburg empire and their desire
for union with Germany, are far
more closely related in history and
in character to Bavaria than to
Prussia, and a union between Ba
varia, Baden, Wurtemburg and
German Austria, either in a single
state or more probably in the fed
eration of states which would fol
'low in the precedent of the old
confederation of the Rhine would
be logical.
The South is more apt, too. to
cling to conservative ideas. Re
publicanism, which may be swept
aside for the Bolshevistic ideas in
Prussia, is far more likely to pre
vail in the south, and if the north
becomes Bolshevistic while the
south elects the republican forms
then there will be a'new line of
cleavage. Religion, political re
forms, and the traditions of a his
tory which is only relatively re
mote, may easily prove stronger
than the influences due to Bis
marckian policy and derived from
military 1 victory now become mili
tary disaster.
At all events, the possibilities
must be in all minds now. We
may see a south German state,
numbering between 15,000,000 and
25,000,000 inhabitants. Roman
Catholic, as contrasted with Prus
sia, which is mainly, save for the
Rhine districts. Protestant, conser
vative where Prussia is tending
holirly to become more radical.
Such a development would re
store the balance of flower in Ku
rope, broken when Germany, hav
ing defeated France, suddenly ex
panded in population and indus
trial strength so rapidly as to be
come not merely greater than
France, but capable of defeating
both France and Russia with Aus
trian aid, if Britain did not inter
vene. Prussia would remain, if it
did not undergo further reductions,
born of additional upheavals, a
state with the population of France
and an area considerably greater
than that of Italy or the British
Isles.
It is manifestly Improper for the
nations which have defeated Ger
many to seek to partition her save
hi the case of territories right
fully French. Polish or Danish. It
Is for the Germans to settle the
question of their future political
status, for them to continue or to
abolish the edifice erected by Bis
marck. But it Is unmistakably a
fact that the separation of north
and south Germany would greatly
lessen the possibility that the world
would again have to face the Ger
man tribes in arms and united in
the pursuit of world power.
Separatist traditions have always
been stronger in Germany save in
the last century. If tradition is to
determine the future, then we may
expect a new resolution of Ger
many into the various elements
fused by Bismarck In 1879. On
the other hand, it is not impos
sible that we shall see a revolu
tion Hite the French revolution,
sweep the whole country and de
stroy all local and provincial bar
riers and compartments.
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Now Thought Kaiser Can Be Extradited
Bavaria Splits With
Berlin Government
LONDON, Nov. 28. —Bavaria has broken relation
ship with the Berlin government, according to a Munich
message transmitted by the Central News Correspondent
at. Copenhagen.
Feeling Against
Ex-Emperor Is
Becoming Bitter
Paris.—William Hohenzollern ran be extradited, in the opinion of
Prof. Bartheiemy, of the Paris Law Faculty, who explains that his quid-'
ing principle is that when there is an apparent conflict between law and
common s ense the solution is always found by following the latter.
The theory that a political crime is any crime inspired by purely
political motives, the professor declares hits long been abandoned. He
notes that Belgium ii\ 1856 classedregicides among common criminals.
Crimes such as the assassination of President Carnot of France and King
Humbert of Italy were inspired by political motives, he points out and yet
lie authors of them were executed.
Atrocities ordered by former Kmperor William, the Professor con
tinues are condemnned even in a state of war by international law an.l
constitute common law crimes. To maintain that they are not, because
the object for which they were committed was political, is, he argues, an
absurdity.
Washington. —Popular demand In Germany for trial of the former
kaiser at Berlin is growing, according to diplomatic advices from Benue.
The recent Bavarian-disclosures concerning the Prussian responsibil
ity for the war has given considerable impetus to the Socialistic demand
that Wilhelm and his war lords be made to answer for their crimes, the
cables stated.
"The decisive character of the Bavarian disclosures are beginning to
be generally understood,” the ad vies s declare.
"The Germans no longer attempt to deny that the government of Wil
helm II not only wished the war to break out but that they also prepared
and planned it. The revelations do not allow any doubt to be preserved
that the Geriphn government is indeed responsible for the war and for
the invasion of Belgium.
The national Zeitung of Basel, terms the disclosures "an event of
historical as well as universal importame,", and slates that “other publica
toins relating to those unlucky days of July will surely follow but the re
ports of Count Lerchfeld are sufficient and indisputable proofs of tne re
sponsibility of Germany and Austria in the origin of the war. The guilt
of Germany appears to he even greater than was believed.”
DETROIT WORKMEN
WILL STRIKE IF
IH HANGED
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Detroit, Mieh., Nov. 28.—Detroit Is
faced by a strike of union men on
December 9, unless a pardon or rfew
rial is granted Thomas Mooney, labor
eader, facing execution for the San
Francisco Preparedness Day bombing.
Upwards of 150 delegates of the De
troit Federation of Labor voted al
most unanimously last night to call a
strike of the twenty thousand union
men here if some change is not made
in the status of the Mooney case by
December 9.
William D. Mahon, president of the
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Kmployes and
member of he executive board of the
American Federation of Labor, said
today the strike action was without
sanction of the national body. The
street car men will have no part in
the Walkout he said.
Billy Sunday’s Thanksgiving Prayer
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SPAIN APPROVES -
NATIONS LEAGUE
Madrid, Friday, Nov. 22.—80th
chamber* of the Spanish parliament
have approved in principle the propo
sition for the formation of a league
of nations and will name a Spanish
representative in the organization. The
government wilt soon introduce a hill
repatriating Spanish subjects who
have fought under alked flags.
39 POUND TURKEY
AT WHITE HOUSE
Washington, D. C., Nov. 28.
President Wilson attended Thunks
giving service this morning at the
Central Presbyterian church. Re
turning, the White House family
feasted on a 39-pound turkey, the
usual annual contribution of Scott
Trimble, clerk of the house of rep
resentatives.
The rest of the day the Presi
dent planned to spend in quiet
rest, preparatory to his peace con
ference trip next week.
For at Worth, Texas. —Billy
! Sunday, working here to beat
i Hell, paused today long
enough to tell the United Press
what he thinks America has to
give thanks for this Thanks
giving.
“We are thankful,” Sunday
said, “that the white winged
dove of peace has at last burst
through the storm clouds of
war.
"That the Prussian beast
and his whelp.i have been
caged and we will check their
baggage at St. Helena.
“That Christ is mightier
than Krupp.
“The cross of Cavalry has
triumphed over the cross of
iron.
JTHE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES!
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 28, 1918.
ALL NATION
IS TODAY
GIVING
THANKS
. - •
Washington, D. C. —Deep Feelings of
gratitude and thankfulness, greater than
can come to a nation through material
prosperity, pervaded America's observ
ance of Thanksgiving Day. Peace with
victory after 19 months of war gave the
day much added significance.
The declaration of President Wilson in
his Thanksgiving proclamation “that this
year we have special and moving cause
tc* he grateful and to rejoice," appeared
to express the true sentiment of the Am
erican people. Successes of the nation’s
military forces on land and sea made the
occasion a “victory day" as well as a
Thanksgiving Day. There also came a
i ci.nation as expressed by the President
“that a new day shines about us in which
our hearts take new courage and look
forward with new hope to new and great
er duties.”
Many celebrations of the day centered
directly around the soldiers and sailors.
Community song services and “victory
celebrations” were held in many parts of
the country. In tHe training camps in
this country, in ihe navy and among the
forces over-seas all efforts were bended
towards making the day a memorable
one. In this country opened
their homes to men in uniform while
abroad and in the nnvy preparations ha.d
been made to bring as many home com
forts (o the men as possible.
Washington observed the day quietly
and in accordance with the I’resident's
proclamation In the churches were held
services which were attended by high
government officials and government
clerks.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson at
tended Thanksgiving services The
Thanksgiving dinner at the White House
was a simple affair, only the members of
the President's family being presented.
Muny of the envoys of foreign coun
tries and especially those of the South
American nations attended the annual
Pan-A merit An mass at St. Patrick's
church. Cardinal Gibbons presided at
the mass.
New York Celebrates.
New York.-~The observance of Thanks
giving in New York Pity which actually
began yesterday and will continue
through the week-end found every as
sociation, society arid individuals eager
to honor soldiers an sailors. Dinner for
the fighting men were prepared by hun
dreds of housewives while at hotels and
restaurants rimmlhl menus were offered.
Most notable of the events of the day
was the “Victory Sing" this afternoon in
Madison ttquar Garden, where ten thou
sond voices will join in the choroaea At
the Hiime moment precisely 4 <Yek>ok this
afternoon, the entire nation Joined in the
“Song of Victory.” in every city un«l
hamlet, on board ships at sea. In ramps
and Domes, the national anthem was be
ing sung at the same hour.
Pershing at Service.
• Paris, Nov. 20. -The Bishop ’of Brest
will conduct a special Thanksgiving serv
ice at General Headquarters today, which
General Pershing and his staff will at
tend.
All PariH homes have been opened to
American soldiers. Special food and en
tertainment will be provided at the Am
rlcan hospitals.
MORE VICTIMS
OF THE OTRANTO
Washington, D. C.—-An additional
list of enlisted men lost In the sinking
of the tranaport Otranto In foreign wa
ters, Oct. ft, was announced today by
the ’war department as follows:
Privates Arthur Butler, 109 May
street, Jacksonville, Fla.; Ch&rlea 1a
Campbell, Belton, S. C.; Henry J.
Freeman, Zelgler, Oa.; Plumer U. Hen
derson, Greycourt, 8. C.; Bernard A.
Ixovell, North View, W. Va.; Floyd
Paxton, Charlotte, N. C.; William H.
Talley, Atlanta.
That at the darkest moment in history, God is with the
American nation and sent her into the fight with legions of
angels and battalions in khaki and saved the world for
Christian civilization.
"That from now on we will occupy a loftier position
in the council of nations.
“That the flags of the Allies wave over Jerusalem in
stead of the star and crescent of the Mohamedan.
“That the tension and starin which have tugged at the
hearts of millions of fathers and mothers for fear that their
sons would sleep somewhere in France, is over and soon the
boys will come marching home, singing ‘My Country, ’Tis of
Thee.’
“That we have cattle and sheep enough on our hills and
hogg enough in our pens and grain enough in our graneries
to feed the hungry world.
“That we have been able to dig this grave and carve
this epitaph: ‘Mere lies buried Prussian militarism and Ger
man Kultur, slain by thcvholp of Almighty God and the army,
the navy and marines of Uncle Sam.’ ” -
Buffalo, N, Y. —“ Deliberations of the coming peace
Vienna to Try All
Who Caused the War
LONDON, Nov. 28.—The Vienna government in
tends to bring to trial all persons responsible for the war
including Count Berchtold, Austro-Hungarian foreign
minister when the war broke out, and Count Czernin,
foreign minister at a later period, according to an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today.
Says British Navy
Has Thrice Saved
Freedom of World
London. —"Nothing in the world, no
argument*, however specious, no ap
peals, however seductive, must lead
you to abundon that naval supremacy
on which the life of our country de
pends,” declared Winston Churchill,
minister of munitions and former first
lord of the admiralty, In a speech here.
“For the third time in history the
freedom of the world against a mili
tary tyrant lias been preserved by the
British navy—against Philip II of
Spain, against Napoleon and ugainHt
Kaiser Wilhelm. Without It, not only
should we have been lost, but all the
world would have been cast back for
centuries.
“I am a hopeful and sincere advo
cate of the 1 eague of nations. 1 will
do everything in my power to make
Real American Thanksgiving
For Our Fighters Abroad
With the Americane Advancing To
ward the Rhine, Nov. 28.—Two and a
half million Americans throughout
France, and in Belgium. Luxemburg
and German Lorraine, oday observed
the most solemn and heartfelt Thanks
giving since the birth of the nation.
In thousHnds of camps, scattered
from Germany to Spain, there were
reUgious services, feasts and games.
Those in the front line along the Mo
selle and Sauer .rivers, awaiting word
German Soldiers
Are Being Released
merlcan Army of Occupation.—(By tht
Associated Rre»«). —All German soldiers
with’the exceptions of the clusses of 1898
and 189!) are lining discharged as rapidly
as possible, according to reports reaching
the American third army. These two
classes will he held In service until Field
Marshal von Mlmlonburg sees fit to dis
charge them.
AMERICAN PRISONERS
EXAMINATION CONCLUDED
American Headquarters In France. —
The exetn&lnatlon of American prisoner*
released from German prison camps and
reaching Identification rampn virtually
has been concluded under the direction
of army surgeons.
The examinations indicate that the phy
sical condition of (he men In general la
as good as could be expected although
some cases are rwporled where men com
plained of bad trfeatmeni. bad ahelter
ami poor and insufficient fond. Of sev
eral thousand men examined no evidence
has been found of responsible cases of
Inoculation with malignant and contagious
disease.
(UNITED PRESS)
HUch an instrument n practical, pow
erful reality. But the loague of notions
Is no substitute for the supremacy of
the British fleet.
“From the battle qf Trafalgar to the
end of the nineteenth century—nearly
100 years—we were absolutely su
preme ut s oa. All other nations to
gether could not have faced us. Did
we abuse our power? Did we misap
ply this enormous advantage? On the
contrary, we were the only notion
whose ports were open to the whole
world; whose markets were unre
stricted by an. tariff; whose coastl
wise trade was qpt held as a national
monopoly.
"Our British way of doing thins is
nowhere more admired thun among the
nations we have overthrown.
to march into Prussia had a holiday.
Many of the messes lacked turkey
and "fixings” hut Halvatlon Army and
Bed Cross girls made pies and dough
nuts and the quartermaster sent up ex
tra rations.
Discipline was somewhat relaxed
during the day. The villagers where
the Americans were quartered also de
clared a holiday, decorated their homes
and shops with evergreen, and gave
receptions to the officers.
No Censorship
on Peace News
Washington.—At PreHldent Wilin’*
porno mi I requeHt the Brltinh and French
government* will relax all cennomhip on
newH dlapatchee coming to the United
•Staten on the ftubjejet of the peace con
ference.
It wua officially announced today that
diai/atche* to American no wh paper m In
forming them of the progrenw of''the peace
negotiation** will take necond place only
to official government. bunlne**.
Under the government’!* newly acquired
control of the cable line*, official bueirie**
will rime find, then new*, and then com
mercial butrine**.
PROTEST HUN ATROCITIES
Waehtnoton, D ©*—Rumania ba* for
mally pruUwted again** German fctrocl
tie* by the retiring force* of Von Mack
t iu>f>n .according to cable* from Jaeey.
It wa* declared that the German* have
violated the armistice term* in every
manner, blowing up brjdgea, burning
building* and pillaging and plundering
generally.
conference should be guided by principle and justice touched
with mercy to the weak, and not by passion or emotion, said
Secretary Daniels, speaking today at Buffalo’s community
Thanksgiving service.
“We are here today,” said the secretary, “to render
thanks to God of nations for the widest victory ever achieved
by the forces of freedom—to take council how a peace won
by so much valor and sacrifice may long endure-—to acclaim
with our spirits the brave, dead youth who lie under the
white crosses in the plains of France and Flanders and those
who found sepulchre under the sea.
“The allies and the United States having won the war,”
Mr. Daniels said, "the theory that every man in the world,
high or low, rich or poor, shall have a chance to make tho
most of himself is now the fixed philosophy of all nations.”
“It now remains”, he continued, “to make democracy
safe for the world by defining its ends, clarifying its pur
poses and enacting into law its essential ideals. And where
in lies the path to just, honorable and enduring peace. W«
have won the great war. Let us now proceed to win th«
greater peace.” M gK- . A
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EDITION
THE WEATHER—Georgia: Rain to
night except fair southwest portion colder.
WILSON AT!
WORK M
CONGRESS
MESSAGE
r I
Washington, Nov. 2S- With all arrange
ments completed for his trip to Kurope
next week. President Wilson worked sev
eral hours today on his message to con
gress which, many official* believe, will
contain the first announcement, of the
delegation selected to attend the peace
conference. In some quarters the Im
pression sill! prevailed that the names of
iii delegate* would be made known this
week, but it seemed more probable that
them) would be givn first en the address
the President will road before the joint
session Monday or Tuesday.
The President Is expected to discuss
with Secretary McAdoo on his return
from the South the appointment of the
latter’s successor as head of the treasury,
to take office at once. As Mr McAdoo
will continue in charge of railroads un
til the end of the year it is understood
there has been less haste in naming a
director general, although the appoint
ment probably will be announced before
the President’s departure from Washing
ton.
NEW AMERICAN CARDINALS
Rome, Nov. 28.—Apjioinl ment of the
successors of the late Cardinal Farley
and Arch Hishop Ireland has been post
poned for several weeks, pending the ar
rival of supplementary information rela
tive to the candidates from the apostoiio
delegate at Washinipion.
WAR COST LIVES
MILLION BRITONS
London, Nov. 27. (British
Wireless Service.) —It in offi
cially announced that during tho
the war tho forces of Great
Britain actually lost nearly 1,-
000,000 men killed or dead
through various causes.
* Recently It was alated thart
the British losses totalled 658,-'
704, hut this number dW not
take Into consldexutton men who
were reported missing, \who
actually lost their lives, but of
whom there is no trace, nor did
It account for men who d(ed at
tho front from sickness.
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