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An honest man is as honest in the dark as
under an aic light.
Who's Being Mulcted?
EITHER the railroads uro being cheated In
rw Joracy or tho public Is being
mulcted in P-nnsylvnnln. When tho cost of
a trio o Atlantic City and return depends
on vfcether tho paM.ngcr known or does not
know th advantage of nnltlriK until ho pets
to Camden o buy bis ticket, there Is some
thing radically wrong, llercufter passengers
will have to provide themselves not only
with ttiro tables, but with the rulings of
dlffa'nf Stato Public fo"vleo Commlsalons
on well, that they may know how to buy to
the best advantage. vo may e.Npcct to sco
signs on the streets, "Information ns to tho
cheapest way to get anywhoro furnlshod for
10 cents."
It Is obvious that tho Interstate Commorco
Commission must review this anomalous sit
uation and bring o-dr out of chaos, and tho
burden of proof si ould bo on the railroads
to prove that the Intrastate rates In force
In Now Jersey aro not reasonable, falling In
which tho Interstate rates should bo mado
to accord with them.
Scandalous Proceedings
ADMITTING his own iKtioranco of tho
XX record, but citing Senators Cummins and
Kenyan In such a way as to relloct Indirectly
on tho Supremo Court of tho United States,
Senator La Follotto petitioned tho President
to errant a respite in tho cuso of tho Inter
national Lumber gct-rich-qulckcrs, who had
defrauded, and had been convicted of de
frauding', thousands of Innocent Investors of
several millions of dollars. Senator La Fol
lette. It appears, had known one of tho con
victed men a quarter of a century and bo
lleved him "to be a man of tho highest in
tegrity of character, who would wrong
no one."
It Is unfortunato that Senator La Follotto,
A. Mitchell Palmer and others should havo
urged extraordinary Interference by tho
Chief Executive In behalf of men whoso
trifling with tho courts had already bocomo
a public scandal, men, too, who stood con
victed of peculiarly mean and contemptible
crime. But It Is oven moro unfortunato that
the President, on so fecblo a presentation,
BhOMid have Interposed his extra-judicial
authority to ove.Tulo'Hho tribunals of justico
and cc Xer special privileges on avaricious
gentlemen who sought to grow rich by vic
timize., wluowsf and others unskilled In tho
tec.ni.tque of Investment.
The Sure Winner
1INCOLN B&ACHEV gambled with death
J with tho usual result. If his exploits
in tho air had been for tho purpose of de
veloping tho art of flying there would havo
been soma compensation; but ho was merely
a doer of stunts for pay. He was tho opera
tor of an airship willing to risk his llfo to
give a new thrill to tho multitude. Ho knew
this, when ho docldod In May, 1013, to fly no
more. But tho gambling Instinct seems to
have been too strong for him to resist, and
ho finally reached that tragic climax which
he knew those who watched him wore al
ways looking for.
On the other hand. It may bo worth noting
here that tho Wright brothers, who mado
flying possible, never carelessly risked their
lives. Thoy were diligently working to mas
ter tho secrets of tho air, and they resolutely
refused to take part In any competition of
folly. When ono of them died it was In Ills
bed of a fever.
German Diplomacy Fails Again
COUNT VON BUELOW. who was sent to
Home to persuade the Italians to re
main neutral, seems to havo been prepared
to pay a price for It. Ho advised Austria
Hungary to cede Trentlno to Italy at onco
and to agree to the rectification of tho Aus-tro-Itallan
frontier. But Francis Joseph,
who has been despoiled of considerable parts
of his Empire In the past, does not intend
to cede any more of it to foreign states save
under compulsion. lie, therefore, peremp
torily refuses to make on attempt to appease
Italian hostility In this way.
It Is possible that he thinks the cession of
Trentlno would not be enough to keep the
Italians out of tho war and Is determined to
make them pay a heavy price for whatever
they get, with the hope that he can prevent
them from getting anything. German diplo
macy failed to keep England out of tho war,
and It seems to be unable to allay the war
sentiment in Italy,
Justice Can Establish an Alibi
RESPECT for courts and lawyers Is weak
ened by the latest Thaw verdict. Thaw
killed a man and escaped a sentence to
death, or Imprisonment; for a lone term, only
because his shrewd and cunning lawyers
proved to the satisfaction of the Judicial
authorities that ho was Irresponsible. So
?nany men In New York had murdered and
gone free after trie form of a trial In which
the Insanity plea was sustained, that the
State had provided that such men should
be, confined In an asylum for the criminal
Insane nntll they were declared cured. So
Thaw was sent to the prison prepared for
uct as he.
JUa lawyers made several attempts to
oure bin release by submitting testimony
te prove that lie had recovered his reason.
tfut th court, in each instance, rofused to
imm him Tnu Thaw hired several men,
pwjrinf them W, to assist fcim to wrupe.
If a tad ns been a Mo to gain Jbia freedom b,y
w .Jwly preee e be planned to win It by
tu.-irtin;. M MiusfMd, Jait was caught, and ,
camo undet- the Jurisdiction of tho Mew
ttatnpshlre co'irts. After a long legal fight
ho was relumed to Now York to bo tried on
the charge of conspiring to escape from the
asylum. But tho Jury, In Its wisdom, has
decided that the man was guilty of no crime,
because, forsooth, he "had no criminal In
tent.' His lawyers had argued that ho was
sane, and feared that his reason would be
dethroned If he remained longer nmong
lunatics, and that he exercised his rights as
a citizen In disregarding the decrees of the
courts and buying his way to liberty. Ho
snnpued his lingers at the rourts, which had
ordered his detention, nnd now the courts
find that ho Is guilty of no crime.
Tne New York authorities aro not yet
through with him, nnd will try today to
havo him Rent back to the osyltim In another
way. Even If they should succeed, they
cannot wlpo the Rtlgma from our system of
legal procedure which has been placed upon
It by Saturday's acquittal. We uay "legal
procedure" with deliberate intent, for the
skirts of Justice are so clean in this caso
that she lias only to point to tho proceedings,
from beginning to end, tc establish a com
plete alibi for herself.
Our Marine a Common Target
THE belligerents havo put chains and balls
on t ie free commerco of tho United
States. Tho Intereits of neutral Powers havo
been brushed aside as If of no consequence
whatever. The lanes of ocean travel havo
been Interrupted and a few nations, because
they happen to be at war, have assumed
nnd are exercising tho right of veto on any
neutral commerce which they happen not
to like.
They havo not been content to Interrupt
the trade of netitralH with countries at war.
They arrogantly cut off tho trado of neutrals
with neutrals This cargo nnd that cargo
England will not permit to go from the
United States to Denmark unless Denmark, In
turn, gives guarantees of embargoes on her
trado with Germany. And In defense of such
a course London summons up ancient
precedents, although synchronously sho Is
overturning other customs and laws of tho
Bcas and establishing now regulations never
before admitted Internationally. Sho hai
established an effective blockade of German
ports without assuming tho responsibility of
a blockade by declaring practically all articles
of commerce, including cotton, contraband.
She hus put, or Is putting, into effect a
system as onerous nnd indefensible as that
which almost ruined our commerco In tho
Napoleonic wars, but which this nation
would at no time accept or acqulcsco in.
There Is no law on tho seos today except
the law tho belligerents make. Our marine
hns become a target for all warships. Wash
ington writes notes about it, nnd the
chancelleries of Europe answer when they
havo time.
In tho faco of this deplorablo situation,
which must be humiliating to every American
who has any red blood In his veins, our
statesmen nro hesitant nnd undecided. Yet
they must know that our rights would bo
scrupulously observed were wo prepared to
enforce them. But we nro not prepared.
Small as our marine Is, wo have not a navy
Bumcicnt to protect It. Such ships as wo
havo nro cfllclent, nnd it may bo that con
voys will bo resorted to eventually as a
protection against tho sort of arrogant Inter
ference to which our commerce has been
subjected.
Tho war in Europo is a war for trado, a
bone which It Is not proposed an outsider
shall get. That is tho reason of tho out
rages against our marine. Tho wny to pre
vent such things is to have a really adequato
navy.
Puerile Objections
MOST of the objection to revising tho
Constitution at the present timo comes
from men who are afraid that tho conven
tion will b controlled by delegates- who be
lieve in woman suffrage and in prohibition.
They aro afraid to let tho people decide for
themselves what sort of a revision of tho
fundamental law should be made. Somo of
them havo said that business Is unsettled
enough now without still further complicat
ing tho sltuntlon by opening the door to nil
the faddists and reformers to do their will.
This fear is unworthy of believers In de
mocracy. Every man who has given serious study to
tho document is pqrsuaded that it should bo
revised, simplified and brought up to date.
It Is too complicated. It contains too many
detailed provisions, Interfering with tho free
dom of tho General Assembly in ndjustlng
tho laws to tho needs of tho Commonwealth.
It Is a body of by-laws as well as u Constitu
tion. And whether prohibition and woman
suffrage should be provided for in a new
Constitution or not, tho Stato necdi a Con
stitution which will lay down general prin
ciples so broadly that there will bo amplo
room for tho development of tho various
communities In accordanco with tho needs
of their citizens. It Is not necessary for the
Constitution to regulate tho petty courts of
Philadelphia or to lay down rules for a score
of other things which are now regulated by
It. Thero Is wisdom and Judgment enough
nmong the great lawyers and statesmen horo
to lead any constitutional convention In the
path of prudenco and to bring about such a
reform In our fundamental law as has long
been needed.
Who Is tho Daniels of tho Schuylkill navy?
When Bernhardt comes to America to
make another farewell tour It will not be
tho same Bernhardt.
If they go about It properly clean-up week
In May can be so managed as to bo a good
running start for clean-tip day In Novem
ber. The publishers of the German Gazette, who
thought a potato was a; bomb, ought to &end
to Berlin for an expert who knows what a
potato looks like,
There are many things on which the Com
monwealth can economize with greater profit
than on its appropriations' for developing the
Philadelphia port,
Strange to say, General von Bernhardl be
lieves that the Germans will win. Lord
Kitchener believes that the British will win.
Which Is also strange.
Senatpr La Foltette makes haste to stand
from under the scandal In that lumber com
pany fraud case. The great prophet of prog
ress always was a wily politician.
The Postmaster General announces that
he will economize still mora closely, This
means, that Philadelphia will have another
lesson in the way not to conduct a pcstoftlce.
Count Wltte was a diplomatist wise
enough to use the newspapers of the world
In his struggle with the Japanese at the
Portsmouth peace conference. As a result
he saved for Russia much more out of tho
wrjk of Jts Eos Urn policy than tho Jap
anese had planned to give felm.
COUNT WITTE, THE
MAN AND HIS WORK
One of tho Most Important Figures
in Modern Politics in Europe.
His Career Suggestive of Charac
teristics of American Life.
By tho HON. CHARLEMAGNE TOWER
formerly Ambanailor to ttumla and Ambaaeador
to'Oormany.
IT WILL probably bo a generation, It maybe
half a century, before tho llfo of Count
Witto, which has Just come to end In Itussla,
will bo fully estimated nnd ndjudgcdj but tho
world knows enough nbout him now to
recognize that ono of Its most effectlvo nnd
Important figures has disappeared from the
active politics of Europo and from the stage
of human nffairs on tho Continent for
whilst his declining strength had somewhat
relaxed his grasp during theso latter years,
yet he could not fall as long as ho was allvo
to exert his Influcnco upon thoso about him:
and even from his retirement his opinion
and ndvlco had weight With tho men who
succeeded him nnd had to tnko up his nctlvo
duties in tho State.
His singularly diversified career, howovcr,
was made up of services to tho Russian Gov
ernment nnd people, tho results of which
nro so far-reaching nnd complex thnt It Is
difucult to traro them singly nt the present
time, though It has left Its stamp Indelibly
Impressed upon tho progress nnd dove'orj
ment of tho Empire, nnd will undeviotcdly
distinguish him an ono of tho foremost con
structive statesmen whom Itussla has pro
duced. Sergius Yullpvltrh Wltto wns born In
Tints, on tho 17th of July, IS to, nnd spent his
early youth In the Caucasus, so remote from
tho capital or tho Influences of Its surround
ings that It Is n part of his remarkablo
fortune thnt ho over emerged from thero at
all to gain prominence of any kind In tho
Empire. From his rugged nppenranco nnd
his disregard of form In the midst of a court
of great brilliancy, with his largo frame, not
overcnrefully clad, and his total lack of
polished manner, ovon nt tho height of his
political power, nroso tho belief which was
goneral In St. Petersburg that ho was a
peasant, or at least a man sprung from tho
people. Ho was In fart, howovcr, tho son of
Yull Feodorovltch Wltte, who was tho Di
rector of tho Department of Agrlculturo in
tho Caucasus, his mother being a daughter
of tho house of Fadeyeff, related to that of
Dolgouroukl, as well ns to other people of dis
tinction, his connection being that of nn
old and well-established Russian promlncnco.
Ho was sent to school nt Tlflls, though
whilst ho was yet a boy his father was trans
ferred to a Government post at Klshlneff,
whero tho son entered tho gymnasium and
thenco went to tho University of Odessa, in
1866. Thero ho showed such ability ns a
mathematician that ho was graduated with
honors four years later, having decided to
fulfil his strong desire to becomo a professor
of mnthomntics, which, If ho bad succeeded
in doing, would probably havo led him into
a peaceful life at Kleft or Odessa. But his
family opposed him successfully In this, with
tho result that when ho loft tho university.
In 1S70, with a degree as candidate of tho
physlco-mathematlcal faculty, ho was given
a placo in tho service of tho Southwestern
Railway.
From this point his enreer shows many
examples of that unexpected advancement
nrislng out of tho solzuro of opportunltlei
that present themselves under new condi
tions or unusual circumstances which fre
quently nrrests ono's attention In Russia by
Its striking similarity to the characteristics
of American llfo in Russia, perhaps, moro
frequently than in any other country of
Europo, becauso of tho similarity of tho
exigencies and opportunities which accom
pany tho development of enormous stretches
of new territory nnd the carrying forward of
vast public enterprises. It was in this broad
field that ho found tho natural expansion of
tho foresight and ability with which ho was
endowed.
A Good Railroad Man
Sergius Wltto was a good railroad man.
His lovo for mathematics nnd engineering
increased his Interest In their practical ap
plication, while his benso of responsibility
Impelled him to dovoto himself to a thorough
comprehension of railroad management In
all of Its departments. Ho learned to drive
nn engine also to lay rails, nnd thero nro
peoplo still living In Russia who remember
him nt work with tho laborers helping to re
pair a breakdown on tho lino. In a country
built upon a rigid bureaucracy, he was not a
bureaucrat. Ho had tho mind of tho loader
who knows how to apply his hand to any
part that needs adjustment or support.
It was his dominating spirit of leadership
that enabled him afterward to accomplish
tho great results that camo to Russia
through his genius as Minister of Finance
nnd In the awakening of Siberia. It brought
him Into conflict, it Is true, with tho forces
of opposition and reaction which beset him
ns in tho caso of every man of progres-s;
and thero were moments, probably, even In
tho midst of success, when theso embittered
his life.
Promotion cam rapidly In tho service of
the railroad. Ho soon becomo assistant
traffic manager, and, nfter another short in
terval, gene-al superintendent of tho South
western Railroad, at which period ho found
the first great opportunity of his llfo. When
the Russo-Turklsh Wnr broke out the Im
perial Government was under the necessity
of transporting largo numbers of troops in
circumstances moro exacting than had ever
been known before, nnd with a rapidity
until then untried in Russia, Sergius Wltte,
tho superintendent, well equipped by this
time through his experience In management,
accepted tho undertaking, and furnished
with such Bklll the facilities required by the
military commanders for their troops and
their munitions of war that he. attracted at
tention to himself, and pained prominence In
very high official quarters.
The outcome of this service rendered by
him was that Wltte won tho good will of M,
Ylshnegraflsky, who became very soon after
ward Minister of Finance, and remained
always his powerful, friend. When Vlshne
gradsky retired through Illness, In 1892,
Wltte was appointed by the Emperor Alex
ander III to succeed him as Minister.
At tho Zenith of His Power
From the time of his nomination to be
Minister of Finance until about the period
of tho outbreak of tho war with Japan, M.
Wltto was at the zenith of his power; this
was the moment of his most effective In
fluence. Ho found the finances of Russia In
a condition of protracted deficit, of Inflated
currency and unstable credit, which he
chansed completely within a few years by
restoring the currency to a gld basis. Ho
established i. system of tariffs 'vhloh, while
(it Involved htm In ft tariff war with Gtr-
many, protest th Industries growing up
THE SITUATION
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at homo tnd supplied tho Government with
funds for Internal public developments
Indeed, ho so dominated tho policy of tho
empire thnt ho may be Bnld to havo been
tho controlling Influcnco in matters which
1 elated to his Interests In public affairs, if
not In tho Government itself. Ho supplied tho
funds nnd took tho lending part in tho build
ing of tho Siberian Railroad, which ho con
sidered to bo ono of tho great material de
velopments, as timo has proved it to bo, of
Russian cnterprlso leading to Russian ma
terial wealth. It may fairly bo said that his
genius so dominated tho policies of that day
that, although ho lived In comparative re
tirement, quite apart from tho social life of
tho capital, and never went to court except
when tho duties of his official position re
quired him to do so, no step wns taken in
either foreign or domestic nffairs without tho
inevitable questions, In ovcry discussion in
St. Petersburg: "What docs Wltto think
of it?" "What will Wltto do?"
Personnlity and Appcarnnco
A visitor to Russia who naw him at that
time describes him ns being over C feet In
height and a big, bulky man, with a pair of
shoulders as thick through as thos-o of a
blacksmith; his gray head mnsslvo and
brooding; "ho is a figure of tho rudeBt full
blooded force, slow in motion, Incredibly un
gainly In every action, with vast worn hands
thnt swing athwartshlp as ho walks. Ho Is
almost contemptuously careless In nil mat
ters that concern his nttlro or outwnid ap
pearance. Hairy and haid, with n beard Ill
kept, his faco Is stolid and deeply lined;
thero Is nothing of compromise, no art of
grace, no study In tho cast of it. Tho eyes
alone betray tho fact that In this man thero
dwells a spirit not manifested in tho gross
ness and crudeness of his aspect. Shrined
under heavy brows, thoy aro palo and inde
termlnato in color. They aro lambent and
Inscrutablo, tho eyes of an Oriental, wlso
with nn infinite subtlety, discriminating piti
lessly, discerning Infallibly, probing without
scruple to tho coro of each matter that in
vites hint."
Tho portrait Is truo of this Inscrutablo
man. No ono was Intimate with him; ho
lived aloof. But ho had sympathies for tho
people, whoso condition ho sought to Im
prove nnd whoso burdens ho lightened by
better methods of ngriculturo and a moro
productivo system of commeico and trade.
He took their part, though not when they
broko out Into strikes and opon revolt. Called
upon to decido between radical demands and
tho conservative enforcement of law, he
choso tho sldo of tho Emperor and tho con
stituted authority; losing thereby, no doubt,
much popularity among those who looked
upon him as an advanced thinker. Tho truth
Is, that Witto aimed nt national progress,
but ho was not a revolutionist. Ho under
stood hlB people, nnd vs first of all n Rus
sian, whose loyalty convinced him that the
great benefits of tho future must come out
of the stable and natural expansion of the
Russian character Itself.
He had always opposed tho war with
Japan, and yet It fell to his lot to mako tho
peace at Portsmouth which brought It to a
eloso. Ho hoped to mako a road to China
and Japan which shouU open the gate to
Intercourse between Russia and the Far
East, and through Russia from tho Orient
Into the heart of tho European Continent.
Ho lived long enough to see much of his
anticipation fulfilled; and, by far moro than
anything that ho had ever Imagined, tho
wonderful opening of new sources of wealth
In Siberia has Justified tho labor aa well
as the personal devotion that he brought to
that enterprise.
Among modern Russian statesmen none, It
may be said, has had bo thorough a com
prehension or so broad a view of national
questions, regarded especially from tho point
of view of benefit to tho whole Russian peo
ple and their general welfare; nnd It seems
safe to predict that It is In this connection,
when time shall have weighed and balanced
tho acts nnd efforts of hl life, that the
memory of Sergius Wltte will find somo day
Its truo place in tho national thought of
Russia.
FEMINISM AND NATURAL HISTORY
From the Brldfeport standard
deorge Bernard Shaw would have the world
believe that free will In thq choice of a life
partner has always been a myth as a male
prerogative, Warren Blake, lr the Philadelphia
Evknimo Lxnazn, ventures the iuggeston that
Shaw studied natural history and waa therebv
aided to eee the feminine world Jn a new light.
Mr Buvke recall John Burroughs' description
of the candor with which female bird fight for
possession oi a aispuieu ppuute, which naiurauy
awaits their declaion. and conclude that "fem
inism antedate the th century, tven antedate
the female of our own specjea.-
Is one tp Infer that the, femlBUt movement
is promoted by a dsslro lrop)y to throw off tna
nimii of dlDlomarv that tills taasked woman's
4 pesioR of tmstd pawsts f jatuatyt
(1) Ccnturj "Cabbages and Kings.
(2) North American Review "Ethics
Made in Germany."
(3) Forum "Concerning Fatherlands.
(4) Review of Reviews "A German
Economist on Conditions In War Time."
(5) Metropolitan "German France.'
GERMANISM
INTI
tho
THE war of words which lias swept over
United States slnco the first of last Au
gust, Germany may be termed tho Bone-of-DlssensIon-in-Chlef.
German life, ethics and
Kuitur; Nietzsche nnd Bernhardl; tho Kaiser
and his American representative, Doctor
Dernburg, havo all boen targets for volleys
and cross-fires, night surprises and sorties.
The heat of tho skirmish has been largely duo
to tho enthusiasm of tho group of "German
Americans" in this cduntry. Numerous ns
tho German apologists aro In prlvnto life,
thoy nro conspicuously in tho minority in our
magazine press. Doctor Dernburg placed
articles In quito a number of our magazines
during tho early winter, ns did some of tho
promlnont German professors at our uni
versities. It happens, however, that thero Is
not ono nrtlclo defending tho German point
of view in 15 of our best known and most
representative magazines fcr this month. Wo
havo in this country several publications de
voted to tho German cause, threo of which
stand out conspicuously. Tho Fatherland,
whoso editor, Oeorge S. VIereck, of New York
city, has been testifying as a witness In the
recent passport cases; tho Opon Court, pub
lished In Chicago by Dr. Paul Cams, and
Rcedy's Mirror. This last, although published
in St. Louis, n headquarters for tho German
population, Is only incidentally a pro-Gorman
organ, and is primarily a very llvo nnd spark
ling little weokly.
As a nation, froni our President down, we
aro trying desperately to remain neutral, and
In this condition of would-bo neutrality, it is
interesting to read the comments of n neutral
Princess, the Infanta Eulalla of Spain, on
tho Kaiser and Gorman court life. Tho opon
Ing chapter of her memoirs, "Cabbages and
Kings" (I), appears In tho Century this
month:
A great crowd filled an Immense hall of
the gray castlo which tho past has left In
tho heart of modern Berlin. I was young,
and I felt Joyous and happy as I passed up
tho hall In tho Imperial procesalon, with a
page bearing my long manteau do cour. And
every time that I turned from side to oido to
bow to tho people. I cnught a glimpse of the
ICalser at the head of the procession, a silver
figure like Lohengrin, on whose cuirass and
helmet the light flashed. Beforo him walked
four heralds in medieval dress sounding sil
ver trumpets, and when he reached tho dais
and stood before tho throne looking down
the c.iBtlo hall, I saw In his steel bluo eyes
thnt look of exaltation which his profound
and unshakablo belief in the divinity of kings
gives him.
I had known him years before ns Princo
Wllhelm, simple, unaffected, Joyous, Then
he becamo Crown Prince, and I noted a
change. His manner became moro Imperious,
less spontaneous. I felt that ho was school-
Ling himself, holding himself In check, aware
oi ma uuruen ui conunif reaponaiuiiuies, tear
ing, yet longing for, the golden lrksomeness
of the imperial crown. Since ha lias ascended
the throne I have never met him without
realizing that he Is dominated by the belief
that ho is an Instrument In the hands of
tho Almighty, divinely appointed to reign. As
he conferred orders and decorations on the
stream of men who humbly approached his
throne at the Ordenfest I could seo from
their reverence, and from the look of awe on
their faces, that his manner, his regal pose,
his glance, had forced them to accept his own
belief In the majesty und righteousness of
kingship,
Mado in Germany
Briefly, but comprehensively, Bishop Brew
ster, of Connecticut, slims up In the North
American Review (2) his Interpretation of
"Ethics Made in Germany":
Nietzsche glorified the strength,
that "can." In his "transvaluntlon of all
values" ha put on top a force to succeed which
was beyond good and evil. The Christian
morality which kept Common people in their
place was fatal to the strength, of the superior
man. While this fantastic philosophy was
largely repudiated by scholars, its literary
power won It popular vogue.
The historian. Treltschke, taught that "thei
8tat,o Is power" and amenable to no higher
tribunal of public opinion or international
law. This doctrine finds expression In the
declAratlon that the "State is the sole Judge
of the morality of Its action. It is. in fact,
above morality" qermany in recent decades
has set up o,n ideal ot social efficiency, and in
thoroughness of organization has to ft marvel
lous degree raulzed it.
It has been hovever, at a tremendous cost
In things heu. dear by a large, pari of man-
k.ta.rV To the rtt ot tw vauntwl type
avWtlea, mighty though it be. und largely
BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA "1
DIGEST OF THE MAGAZINES
toterSbte.0' "" mlBht' SemS 80meth'
Tho Pies Mother Used to Make J
In a half-whlmslcal tone, but with Sena
purpose, Elmer Davis, who proudly actao.
edges his own German ancestry, assertl?
tho Forum (3), that the "FatherlanWf
which our German-American boasts so m0
ia u ucuon or ins Urcams. like tha
pies mother used to make.
Tho Germans whn rum, tn u. iruji. .'
in tho fifties wore, mnvr.,1 V ii.. !.'"?,
The best of them were the men of '4HM'
intellectuals nnd liberals whose dreanubi
gone down beforo tho musketry of Heresli."
nlmus. and who hoped to find In the nef
country a placo whero they might build!
now homo for their spirits um
dwellers who wanted to evade military senW
and peasants who wanted to become sent.'
tiling moro than peasants. In the mala tit
German-Americans of tho Middle Wet art
descended from South Cwmnn. r m
first half of tho 19th century, than which m'
typo moro different from thoconquerlnjPnfii
sian of 1914 has over lived upon this earth.!
And hero is tho very reason why ttaj
sons aro so headlong In their allegiance'lii
tho Germnnv nt Wllllnm , cnnnj mJif
wcro idealists, thoso men sentlmentallita'
ovon. And tholr sons havo so Ideallied'ttV
Germany bulldod by the men who inn
them out that thoy think it the sameaortef
Germany that their defeated and eillei
fathers would havo built had their dniml
reached fruition. Tho typical German 1j tot)
his pacific ideals on tho Germany 'of Kit
...... v. "M trtJ U lVllUllt ' J MtjMVltAMVMBi
wny no makes himself ridiculous,
Tho Review ot Roviews translates fna
tho Intornatlonalo Monatschrift a revlwcfl
German economic conditions by one of
economists (4):
On tho whole, ho finds tho situation nofi5J
bad as might havo been expected: fflt,
Biiouiu navo inougiu a onu war wouiatwp.
tho economic machinery entirely; But.W
now hod thero ia nn dnncrer nf this. Acd it
is not to bo thought that the future nil
make things essentially worse. The greitMt
Injury wo suffer naturally is the break in est
relations with foreltrn lands. But even till
is not necessarily fatal. In any event'W
1 ... 1. 1 , .1.. .... f. 1lv ft(0
Tho raw material for somo of the mostW-
J1UYU HIIUUKII IUUU III IIIU UUUUUJ tu .,v -
pi
portant Industries
wo can
VW
got through noutrnl States Zh
Swedish Iron ore. Other things sucn ucch
per, wool nnd cotton, wo hope to obtain tu
wnv et timitwil .rnitlna "Presumably. EflXa
land's offortB to havo them declared contra
imnn win do succcssiuuy coniru.i-,
America, who Is so strongly lnterestwjs
their export. S
John Reed, lately returned from the ftV!
gives a pleasant senso of neatness and lj
patch nnd good fellowship In the Gerrna;
army, in an article In the Metropolitan (g
Don't imaglno that Gormnn soldiers art
cruel, nrrogant race. They have donee?
those little northern French towns Mtft
wero so clean, so intelligently or"
Everywhere they have reopened scnoouj
institutions and charities; they have WgS
whole towns, lighted every house wip i
trlcltv tilaced un.to.date hospitals. ?ai
by the fl
rllnnnanl
cruel mockery. This Is a conquered ,V&m
D VU IUUU UUUUV HU VWU.W " ".J,
hatred darkened every faco that TJJ'S
nt... nn.alnr, anlnmnhllAil! nnd tHOSC )
camo last caught tho curses that were If
A cafo had been turned into arg
blerstube, where an enormous lnta"i.'5
in a leainern apron eat uewim -- rtiaSA
Muenchener beer, and deep-voiced ..SnJ
choruses
at Verdun,
nln.laa nt
childlike peoplo. those German .ld'.ei,aSl
welcomed us with a good-natured lAg,
steins, nnd wouldn't let us pay for WJ3
The room was full, of cigar smoKe, a
deep laughter and tho clinking -;;
voice and swelled n three notes to.!,
volume, as half the rm Joined in.
...AHA .i,tn i ...... ..,. tvinlr heer. sJW;
no,v mums, ..licit, uvv. ....... -- .-.
others, with open books before themoH
wet tames, aronea aiouu " iV fl,
oimuui. xnvy ivcto tcuiiiiit ..... --
THE INQUEST
Not labor kills us; no. nor Joy;
The Incredulity and frown,
The interference and annoy.
The small attritions wear us down.
The little gnat-like buzzings shrill
The hurdy-gurdy of the street,
ThA nzx.Mn.An n...aBB nf 4 tl A will
.W WW.... WW.. WW.0 W, .., ..." fltlrt
These wrap the cerements round e
inn n.nA than nil tn InnV AlkailCS.
Of loving souls that cannot 'Jfj
The numbing touch of cu-curos""""
The heavy toll of heritage
It la not Death, but Ufa that ria
The night lens mpuntalnoualy la
Upon qvr lids, than fooUlh day
Importunate futillUaat
mads MoiKJ-l
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