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another German philosopher. Xietzsche,
whose views have so tremendously
*.influenced Germany throughout
, these last thirty years. Even more
fiercely than Treitschke he glorifies
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war, going even to the extent of denouncing
Christianity as a religion
?of the weak; in his view ;t is fit only
for "shopkeepers, cows, women, and
Englishmen." Here is his doctrine
> * . as given in his own words:
"What is good? All that in
creases the feeling of power,
the will to power, power itself,
in man. What is bad? All
v that proceeds from weakness.
What is happiness? The feeling
that power increases, that resistance
is being overcome. . .. Not
contentment, but more power!
Not peace at any price, but war!
Not virtue, but efficiency! ....
~ : v The weak and the botched must
t perish: that is the first principle
of our humanity. And then they
should be helped to perish! . . .
j I am writing for the lords of the
earth .... You say that a good
cause hallows war? I tell you
that a good war hallows every
4 "cause!"
Thero is vour wild, intoxicated dei
41 ification of war?that deification for
- which militarist-mad Germany
stands: the doctrine that strong: nations
must crush the weaker ones,
and glory in the crushing like a
? j. drunken man rejoicing in his murder.
Nietzsche himself does not
shrink from the most brutal avowal
of his principles. What means life?
he asks in "The Joyful Wisdom," and
he answers: "To thrust away from
us everything that wants to die; to
be cruel and inexorable towards
everything that grows old and weak;
: to be murderers all the time."
Let us be perfectly frank and admit
that the everage German in his
mind does not wholly accept the
doctrines of these writers. Nevertheless,
one has only to study Belgium
and the Lusitania to see that Treischl^e
and Nietzsche are the true exponents
of official Germany. Not
4. only is it true that in no other nax
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' 'wop popular approval, and not only
1 *is it true that their brutal cave-man
doctrines have been accepted and
translated into action by the German
. government, but we must also acknowledge
that the German people,
though ordered as soldiers to execute
these principles in ravaged Bel..
gium or on pirate submarines, have
. not yet rebelled or made one historic
protest against a government so constrolled.
They have not differentiated
. themselves from their government.
Force, then, is the German ideal:
- military force, and force seemingly
unrestrained by moral scruples.
Moreover, force is limited by no sense
of the government's responsibilty to
' the great masses of the people. Over
and over again the Kaiser proclaims
the medieval doctrine of the divine
rights of kings; over and over again
he declares that he is anointed of
God to rule Germany-as he pleases.
The American doctrine that the people
have a divine right to choose their
own rulers has no place in German
thought.
In saying what we have said, we
intend to draw no indictment of the
masses of German people. They are
naturally a people of many admirable
qualities. But in submitting them-j
selves to the autocratic government
of a ruthless military despotism, they
have been mesmerized into a character
out of keeping with their natural
tendencies. I knew an old man born
in Germany long ago who just prior
to the outbreak of the present war
, in 1914 lamented the tragic change
that had come over his Fatherland:
the change we have suggested in the
in the paragraph we" have just quoted
from Dr. Lowell. Nearly every
year he had' gone back to his home
land. "I don't want to go again," he
sighed. "The Germany I knew and !
loved has been transformed by the
ruthless Force-god of the Prussian."
Let us keep these facts in mind,
therefore, all through the present
war. There is no excuse for any
man quoting that somewhat repellant
maxim, "My country, right or wrong."
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to enter the war. We cannot afford
to live in a world dominated?as the
world would be dominated if Germany
should win?by the doctrines
we have indicated. These doctrines
are:
1. Militarism.?German triumph
would threaten every country with
war at any time, and make every nation
thereafter an armed camp.
2. Autocracy.?Xot only does the
Kaiser hold that he and not the people
should rule Germany, but he
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countries in order to keep its spirit
from spreading to his country. It i
was not without reason that the I
President summoned America to war!
with the battle-cry, "The world must
be made safe for democracy."
3. "The state can do no wrong."
Not only would all diplomacy and
all international relations be thrown
into to chaos by German victory, but
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j the ideals and principles of humanity
would change. If the dominating
governments of the world were to
act on the theory that promises might
be violated at will when this observance
" becomes inconvenient," how
long indeed would or could private
morality endure? How long would
it be possible to enforce in business
and in ordinary human relations the
principles of the sacredness of contracts,
and Jehovah's stern high doctrine
that he who would dwell in his
holy hill must be a man "who sweareth
to his own hurt and changeth
not?"
"But what about our allies?" some
one asks. "You say it is a war between
democracy and autocracy; and
yet is not our chief ally?Great Britain?itself
a monarchy, governed by
a King? il is important, we mum.
that the facts in this case be clearly
stated. England, ih fact, is probably
a truer democracy today than the
United States itself. The king is a
mere figurehead, stripped of all real
power. He doesn't even write the
speeches or messages read in his
name. The real ruler of England is
not King George, born to the purple,
but Lloyd-George, the Welsh lad born
in poverty and reared by his cobleruncle
and made Premier of England
by the power of the common people!
Some Englishmen advocate the abolition
of the kingship and the substitution
of a president as in our case,
but the sufficient answer is that nobody
in England wants to give a
British ruler as much power as an
American President has!
AnH then there are our other al
lies?France, glorious immortal
France! the land which glorifies sentiment
and honor and the things of the
spirit as Germany glorifies force and
blood and war! Some say that already
the French people have made
such sacrifices, have offered up so
many gallant sons on the bloody altars
of this war, that they can never
again be a strong nation; that they
are irretrievably weakened. Yet
even if that be true, she is nevertheless
immortal: and when men have
!
forgotten Thermopylae they will still j
remember Glorious France standing,
beside the Marne and throwing herl
own bleeding body against the advancing
Huns and thus saving the |
future of mankind for a higher civilization
than would ever have been
possible but for her self-immolation!
Moreover, it is our faith that Russia
will yet justify the high hopes of
her friends. We shall not be surprised
to see established within her
borders the most advanced democracy
this world has yet seen?Tl government
intent on establishing a more
genuine equality among all men than
any other nation now enforces. And
when that is done, we cannot but
believe that something of the same
leaven will begin its work among
the German people;' that they will
free themselves from the hypnotic
spell of a brutal autocracy unworthy
of them, and that out of it all will
come at last the realization of the
poet's dream of the time when?
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and the battle flags were furled
In the Parliament of Man, the Federation
of the World!"
It is in service to such a high and
holy cause that America today summons
all her sons and daughters.
Millions will answer the call to the
colors, but to millions of others at |
home there open up opportunities i
for patriotic effort hardly less defi-;
nite and no less real. Let the embattled
farmer think on these things
as he entreats the fruitful earth for
its utmost yield of food for
his home-land and its allies! Let1
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the housewife think on these things!
as she does her part in conserving
the nation's food supplies in her own
home! And let boys and girls, young
men and young women, think on
these things as they set themselves
to their own not unimportant duties
?the duty of avoiding all idleness
the duty of using every possible hour
in some really ' fruitful service to
America and to humanity in this
hour of need!
In the language of President WilI
son's own concluding words in his
| wonderful war-message to the American
Congress: '
| "It is a fearful thing to lead
this great peaceful peaple into
war, into the most terrible and
distastrous of all wars, civilization
itself seeming to be in the
balance. But the right Is more
precious than peace, and we shall
fight for the things which we
have always carried nearest our .
hearts?for democracy, for the !
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right of those who submit to authority
to have a voice in their
own governments, for the rights
and liberties of small nations,
for universal dominion of rights
by such a concert of free peoples
as shall bring peace and safety
to all nations and make the
world itself at last free. To
such a task we can dedicate our
lives and our fortunes, everything
that we are ana everything
that we have, with the
pride of tliose who know that
the day has come when America
is privileged to spend her blood
and her might for the principles
that gave her birth and
J happiness and the peace which i
she has treasured. God helping
her, she can do 110 other."
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! BLEEDING GUMS.
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If Troubled With Sore, Bleeding |
Gums, Use This Mouth Wash
The Dentist Uses.
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GOOD FOB CUTS AND SOKES. i
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Any person troubled with sore,
bleeding gums, which ol'tinies are al- ;
most too sensitive to touch, will be !
elated after rinsing the mouth with '
a half-and-half solution of water and j
natural iron, known as "Acid Iron j
.Mineral" which may be secured at i
most every drug store.
Dentists use it to stop bleeding i
and as a mouthwash when extracting j
| teeth and it is perfectly harmless. It j
! acts as a germicide and antiseptic as ;
i well as a splendid healing agent.
For cuts, this same natural iron is j
I fine. Pouring a little on the spots
| stops bleeding and prevents soreness
| and festering. Thousands of people
I troubled with old sores never healing
j have found the solution in Acid Iron
Mineral, which being a highly concentrated
form of natural iron makes
a superb external remedy.
Go to the nearest drug store and
ask for a bottle of Acid Iron Mineral.
If druggist hasn't it, send $1 to the
Ferrodine Chemical Corp., RoanoKe.
Va., for a large bottle.
NOTE: For piles, ulcers, sores
and skin affections, the Ferrodine
Chemical Corp. has perfected an ointment
consisting of this highly concentrated
natural iron and soothing
medicinal elements, which combined j
makes this ointment unexcelled. Ask '
your druggist for a fifty cent jar of
"A-I-M Ointment" or send direct. Ad.
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SIX WEEKS EARLIER. I
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three weeks quickly and actually eat;
less than others. If all would fatten j
like these, the entire drove would bej
! ready of the market six weeks;
earlier and to save six weeks feed isj
an item that you fully understand.
The hog that fattens easily must1
be in prime physical condition. TheJ
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system clean and healthy and enables
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agency because it enables you to feed
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