The sun., 1909-05-22
: ENGLAND AND GERMANY.
the Cause OF tho Trouble Between Them
and or German Progress.

ENGLAND AND GERMANY.
Tne Cause OF tho Trouble Between Thssu
and or German Progress.
To TIE Epiron OF TIE sus--Sh: Ihavt
Just fnished reading Mr.. Golfers book
reviewed In the Sunday Sun by M. W, H..
and while I agree with HIS estimate OF
the book speaking generally, ! cannot say
that l And MIR. Collier as free from Anglo
mania as does your reviewer. / think his
opinion Of the basic difficulty between Ger
many and England. as also the view OF edu-
cation which he takes. indicates Anslomania.
even II only In mild form; and his statement
that Enslishmen are not dull seems In light
Of some OF his findings illogical.
As I read the book Mr Collier finds Eng
lishmen abomlnably selfish, as In their ram
ming the opium trafio down China's
throat: he fnds them abominsbly unfair
| to their women. as Ia adultery on wom-
| ans part emitting the man to decree Of
| divorce. whereas the woman must prove
adultery plus cruelty bsfore she is entitled
to a divorce; he finds. them supremely I'm
mune to ideas not emanatins in themselves,
In fact he declare that they are only receptive
to outside ideas when introduced to them
hypodermically, that is. through their cuti-
Gle as result OF q thrashing. as In our revo-
lutlonary war and the Boer war: and last
but not least. he finds them ignorant in re-
spect OF ability to govern their equals. as In
| their experience with us and with Ireland.
How q man or nation could Justify any or
all Of the foregoing findings and not be dull,
! In American thick. Ia beyond my ken.
Mr.. Golfers diagnosis Of the basic trouble
between England and Germany Is as far
from the facts as Is his absol,ltion Of English
men from the charge OF being dull from his
findings In respect OF their other traits
mentioned above. Germanys navy is not
conceived In hostile intent. Mr.. W. II.
Germany" shows that, 1t is based upon
adequate protection to dermany's vast and
ever growing commerce. Comparison Of
onesn Hf %s T.s Ss
shape Of asSS viii
The basic trouble between England and
England 10 the raes i9r tie vorlds mari Lets,;;
par partiy n beesns. eesu sniS Ensssnen are what Mr.
Golfers Affirmative findings disclose them
TO be. u Englishmen were not dense this
sot would have become sppsrehns pa, h 70 them
parent to them demonstrates In concrete
form their dense densenees, 90 to speak.
Mr., Golfers opinion to the contrary not
:, Even 4 Esss.!.hmsn x.r. al the different
things which Mr. Collier hnds them 70 b.,
Germany could nSs t have optSssnRped nsl:na
less s nds fs the EnslIssmen IR 70 o BE- incidentaiy
this demoPst5ates that they are not dense. ss
( the lack Of It . painfully Apparent In eell
but q small minSfity, Of Ensltshmen the
eonsequsines Of this lack !! shown IN o,,1s shs
withstandins. . good thing. at least when
lier's T% Book d indicates to me tEat be- hasn't
mixed much with the really bright element
se bsS.on sss sns t.. e SSses sss Gha
Roberts, Mteh hener and Lord Charles Berss-
ford among the military and naval clasees.
Thf sfsi s's%sa' aSse s IN lais, icy es
explain that her selfshness In refusing 70
keep standins Army Y o what s.I;hs di;,neiSss Rss
earsnsr. csnse - navy 0G oily s
vSluable to that partnsr he's very few
FTsacs. Who would pay fst ihs asstrostions
Of Germany's navy by England In event
Of ar. ,0'eS essmb.;r,.la NIB; sad Mr; Dawson tell
their countrymen plainly that they have. got
aerfaany,s methods; that a. educ, sdn,oation
dent that At least these two exceedingly well
posted Engishmen believe their country
men 10 be dense; that inordinate selhshpees
Is another form OF density Is no secret to
ana Nj: cerner q ools%SSs: oSio. psseti:
rsmy,dy y dS foe The trouble 5 @ 6etWes Ensi.1d @ and
Germany IN the Saturday SVN and to, ind
ssCsf6on's c. eommupicastop nm W in ys:tsssdsy;,
the The remedy ed Viii. cannot SP ssy posisisslS,
I suspect that Carbon is one 9f the brikht
EnslishTen; X, that .. be h.. has G6sSeryed ST th.
tries, that Ia. the commercial aspect.
stes ssensi.s ii England and Gsrmsny Tor
sAs ns sSous II ess Sis &
". II. Dawson. why his fame extends be-
yond Yesterday and will last beyond to-
:, % using .h. word protection IN connec:
tion with education ! had reference TO-
conveys. had reference to the policy fol.
lowed in Germany at Bismarcks Initiative,
which 10 sometimes misnamed State So
Siss% e.med pef{ based ash Il os!ssa spon
its being a function OF the Christisn State
to protect the weaker against the stronger
words Bismarck cosnized the fallacy and
inherent danger to the state Of unrestrained
individualism. He had had an object lesson
That was the seat OF Germany's trouble at
the end Of the eighteenth and up to the mid.
die OF the nineteenth century. Goethe was
its high priest: II is In essence much like
the doctrine Of free trade. that ts, 1T is q
beautiful theory, but my. doesn't II hurtl-
As regards the baleful consequences to
6e apprehended from the lsek q initiative
handsome does; n theory ne German
1864. 1900 and 1901 did not evidence that
lack In the concrete. Tho growth Of Ger
man commerce since 1871 has not evidenced
the lack of initiative among German civil
ians, at least not to any alarming extent
Nj. Collier and rampant indi yiduAllsts gen.
y. H. Dawson's books on Germany, but
especially his Bismarck and State Social
ism, and his last book. Evolution Of Mod
ern Germany" Believers In real as COM
pared with bogus education will rejoice in
these books. MANUFACTURER.
BUFFALO. May 20.
simplincation OF Interstate Commerce
Law.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sr: Would
IL not accomplish all lust ends and abolish