Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-22
JUNKERIsM
An English lsuTaaI on the Master Evil Of
hsrth 6srmaay-A Caste that
Is Peculiar.

Gefn0any lL5eI comes out more strong
Is every day. Its first effect has been
to develop what is called I'm India
and America STAND huug-r-fhe
thirst for territorial acquisition ire
spective Of the uses to which the ter
ritOry can be put; In other words. a
spirit wholly inconsistent with the
permanent maiuteuaUes Of peace, the
first condition Of which .mulvabIa
frontiers. Nations must fight If their
frontiers are threatened, for otherwise
they cease to exist. The second re-
ly the power DttEg armed caste l.l.
under the name OF JulEar5s has ..r
two centuries governed Prussia E.5
caste is absolutely peculiar % North
Germany, and has no equivalent Ia
any European country, or 10 any
phrase ever employed iI English poll
iUics. NOmiualIy the JulEer5 are The
landbOlders- practically they Gre chat
caste TO which time-n1ucr=i pre-
scriptiOn and the policy Of the
HOhenZJllerns have limited M.-
ilary command. This caste
comprises all persons o.. rr-
Bile or, as we would say, gentle
birth all descendants OF persons made
gentle 5y the king aud i- practice
all persons whose fathers have owned
land or done high service two .-Irree
generations ago. This CASTE -rH
very numerous, has bT custom,
though not by law, en- absolute mo-
nOpOIy Of officers commission -lE-
is, under the Prussiau system OF re-
cruiting, q monopoly of command
over the entire people for all pur-
poses in war time and for many pUE-
poses IL peace. Theoretically the
Kingcau grant commissions 20 whom
he pleases, bus practically mo- man can
become an officer without the con-
sent Of the Officers o. l-= UaL--
which is never given ul. the augl-
cant is noble, or is specially protected
BY the royal family. The este has
done its business so wei that its own
theory of its own position Justified
in its own eyes, and Of course. being
justified, it grows lu.a-r & man
ike DR.. JacOby, who Objects I'D -
tain objects Of the war aalIs @" q
high officer and JulE.- Ike faZ-.
Won FaIkensteiu q c-lal--rluE kind Oh
corporal, who wants few days 1|tle
guard-rOOm, so Dr. Ja1JaE is arrested.
A paper like the CsE che Z.T.
which seems tired OF the war. -gu
pressed, TOR soldiers, IF tired, ought
still TO await the word Of command.
Members of Parliament who ---a
the HOhenZJIIerus are imprisoned, t-r
after all the use Of that committee - TO-
help the commandments not ll
impair his authority. IL --Cala.a
$1,000 EF L.~--Hs.-mL ...r."L L..H
their tongues lest they comfort the
enemy. Soa strong official pressure
is eEerIed In Berlin to secure aHul-
rent unanimity in the press l- rr
lament and in society," rE.----- r
strong that even the extreme dislike
felt by perhaps athiId OF the
ate to the new constitution Of Ger
many cannot ind % voice. Above
all, let the real private. the filler aL
the ground, shut his mouth and await
orders. He, at oh events, can have
no other duty. Lately writes the
welLiDtOrmed Berlin C.Er=r-uIau
Of the Scotsman. son the market
two peasants were exchanging r-.--
ions on the war, from which 7 doubt
not they had suffered and were
ing vastly, saying the king the
great mau-shCUld stop It now. q
constable prOWliDg about overheard
them, and the consequence was the
one gets six month and -.- other
nine, for being uupatEIll The
official who passed, the higher u-
cial who indOrsed that horrible =-r-
tenCe, DO not mean Oppression. SD
much rs the maintenance OF Cf-E.u-
line Of the PEISsi8I system. which,
as the House OF -QGlEa-, In Its recent
address, informs the King, ought TOD
be extended through Germany. That
system is, as they truly imply, one FL
which the King and the GeELE
Princes are all i'm all, and The
people nothing. "Ihe PruL
Of Lords has faithfully aided
and supported yOur Majesty as -L
Intimately connected with
the land, it knows no other aim than
to promote the welfare of your Ma
tv, and what is the same, the welfare
of the country" "LIEe PrUS7
they add, the new German empire
originates in the uaufuL defense OF
our rights by our s0vereigEs. Tire
truly German and m0uarcllraI spirit
has contributed to crea-e &c win
sustain it. United with the German
sOvereIgns and free towns, your Row
al Majesty's wisdom viii know how
to establish Institutions securing for
the new empire the guarantee of a
genuine German, Prus-iau and mon
8rchicaI development That is not
the language of a~risl1crals, OF even
.Oyalists, but of officers cOCgrGruLltilE
their leader on an event entirely con-
with his welfare, which IS that
Of the army, and with the uaiul-
nance Of sound discipline. This IS
the spirit which the HOheuZ1Ierus
love, which Bismarck admire ami
I~tilizes, and which makes of one of
he most frugal, just and efficient gov
srnments in the world i'm some depart
nents OfIifean insuppOrtabletyrauly.
This, the master evil of North Ger
many, has been, as we said, e11E-
nOusly intensified by a war the first
fleet of which has been TO justify the
Iystem. You say, argue the JuuEarE-
hat we are slavishly loyal Our 10y
llty has made the empire you desired.
You protest against our milItarsuus-
lut without it the TurCCs would have
been ravaging your homes You de
our caste arrangements. what
IRE they but bonds Of the discipline
has done what aly0ur auarChi-
al chatter has for ages failed to d02
There is lust enough truth in those are
,ument5 to make those who use them
positive, ard those who deny them
lesitate. and for years to come IL can
be questined that unless the
Should abandon the J1ukars
hey must prevail. Liberty in Ger
many, if the Empire continues as vie
as the Confederation VIII De
of than ever. But if it does
lot? Then we conceive the nrst OF
he many things that must fall VIII be
North German Juukerlsm. a great
q raising of the siege OF Paris,
retreat without Metz and -las-
Ourg, and Junkerism VIII have
eeeived its death-blOW. Like Ma
OleOnism, its only Justification is
ornament success. For the repres-
of all freedom, the extinction of
individuality, the denial Of all
quality, the sitting of all true uatU-
Of life, it has but one cOmDeu-
alton to OfCr, efficiency in war, and
hat compensation wanting. viii no
lOre be borne than a Uniform would
e permanently borne at nightdras5
{ was becoming intOlerable before,
nd now, when it has been raiuvir0-
tied, when every band has been
1Iled tighter and every garment Gus
tOregulatiOn, when the Kaiser
avOWedly commandments and
diplOmatist apologies for mastering
urOpe by bOasting that his highest
tie is that of Major Of dragons,
but Success magnificent, uu-
-Oken, 'unmistakable, can give it con-