Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1917 — THINK REVOLT FOE’S TRAP [ARTICLE]

THINK REVOLT FOE’S TRAP

British Warn Against Attaching Undue Significance to Acts. London, Oct. 12.—Itwould he a big mistake for America hastily to conclude that the German mutiny means the beginning of the end. Intelligent students of German affairs, with exceptional “inside information,” warned against attaching undue significance to the revolt of a few, sailors, which rebellion was immediately repressed-with iron-handed discipline and which was doubtless caused by bud or insufficient food, oppressive discipline, monotonous canal life, etc. ' As antisocialist propaganda, Admiral von Capello and Chancellor Michaelis are shrewdly utilizing the incident to bolster up the government and dis? Credit the minority socialists. Incidentally they seek, to create the impression abroad that the spirit of the revolution is much more widespread than the facts warrant —hoping thereby to lure the allies, especially America, into relaxation of their tnili- ■ tary efforts.