New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-02-12

nonuS'3 GILL AIAAtS VudO VIC gWOISlllD VI
God was being replaced by that of
man in these our times, and all this
BODIED no good for the stability Of
thrones; but they were ashamed
to interfere before they saw signs of
sedition. And they saw none.
When professors and students, off.
GERS and tradesmen, had bewildered
themselves with beer, pipe smoke,
and metaphysics III the brauereis,
they would totter home singing Of
the grand age Of Reason that was
coming, but quite content, means
while, to let existing institutions be.
Why should they have been dissatis.
fled, seeing that these small duchies
were all pleasantrplaces to dwell in,
having their universities, gym ash
ums, free libraries, and museums, to
say nothing of theatres and musical
societies, which the dukes took a
pride in patronizing lafishly. It was
sad day for the populations of the
duchies when, after Sadova,, they
saw friendly" Prussian garrisons
enter their gates; for they must have
begun to feel then that the halcyon
days of home rule were coming to an
end. Matters of course became
worse after the Franco German war,
for then Prusian generals came to
GUST native officers from all posts of
command, and at the same time to
keep an eye upon newspapers. The
press has been growing less and less
free since then and from Darmstadt
to Lichtenstein writs of the Imperiz
al Chancellery have been flying a..
bout-and are now fying-to i'm
plead for high treason the editors of
journals no bigger than sheets of
notepaper. One need not dwell on
the discomforting picture further
than to say that Particularism has
not yet said it's last word in Ger.
many. Although evil times have
fallen upon the land, the populations
Of the once happy duchies can still
look back gratefully to the good
years that are past and with hope
fulness to pleasanter epoch to come,
when the Socialist agitator shall
have ceased from troubling, and
when, perhaps, good-natured grand
dukes shall no more be bullied by
kaiserliche. kenigliche functionaries
in spiked helmets who exhibit per.
emptory orders from Berlin or Var:
zin.
A very great question is being
forced upon the attention of the
people of Europe, and in another
sense Of the world at large, and in
Germany particularly at the present
time, very thoughtful minds are
directed to the conflict between the
relations of the producing and non.
producing classes. The conflict has
received the name of Militarism,
which is only true so far as it midi
Gates the animosity of politicians of
a Liberal cast to the prevailing order
of Government. The politicians
who see deeper into causes, and who,
above and beyond all excitement of
hour, look for the seat of the disease,
find it not in the military spirit,
which is merely the outcome Of the
situation created by the great and
cucsessful wars which German, has
waged. The seat of the disease
which has now practically caused
German cities to be placed in state
Of siege is to be found in economical
causes. The maintenance of a large
army is a tax for which it is imros.
sible to conceive any economical
compensation. IF half million of
able. bodied men are to be fed, cloth
ed, housed, and paid at the expense
of the State, it is obvious that the
funds for such charges can only be
derived from taxes laid upon the
people, minus the half million able
bodied laborera Europe now ap-
pears to the observer as one great
armed camp. We have five millions
of men each man capable Of produce
ing say the value of two hundred
dollars at least, withdrawn from in.
dustry. This vast body of men is
animated by only one spirit, military
glory. The soldier cares little for
the arts of peace, the progress Of
Science, unless it is in the form of
an extension Of the science Of de-
struction, or Of literature and the
fine arts We have FIVE millions of
men withdrawn from agriculture,
from manufactures, and from dis
tribution, all Of them devoted to idle
purposes in peace, which, bad as it
IS, is happily better than the war,
to which the military spirit is de.
termined always to lead. A soldier
in his trade looks for profit, for pro-
motion, for prize money, and for
glory. All the families interested
in the army are equally likely to as.
sist in a development Of. what IS call
ed national spirit, which may tend
to get up war. 1t does not neces-
sarily follow that such attempts are
wicked, because they are only natur-
lal. As however we have SO many
armies in Europe, all Of them offc-
cred BY men Of good families, it fol-
lows that there will be from time to
time an appeal to the statesmen Of
the day for increase Of pay or more
beneficial regulations ia some form
or other. The existence Of 4 great
army IS = source Of disquiet toa ma
ton as well as . protection. Il is q