The Washington herald., 1909-02-14

Herr pon Heyn1ePs Views on Conditions as Seen
in His Natipe Land and America

7 when zeppelin's airship exploded and
4 became a prey Of the flames all Ger
many was precipitated into the deepest
7 mourning: il was looked upon as a ca
/ lauity almost equal to that Of Bismarck $
I resignation. Everybody rushed TO the aid
Z Of the veteran inventor and soldier. and
I the contributions became so vast and
such great sum poured in that the
I government had 10 stop the cOntinua-
( ton OF the collection Money came from
I every section Of Germany and the col
onies, from the north and the south,
+ from the rich and the poor Germany is
proud Of Zeppelin and his invention"
/ Speaking Of The growth Of the German
navy and merchant marine. Herr Won
+ Heymel said that a German School
/ ship Club" with branches in all parts of
the land had been formed, and that any
/ one could become a member by. paying a
small admission fee and dues. The
GraEd Duke Of Oldenburg'' Is the presi-
/ dent Of this club. whose aim il IS 10
train young men to become efficient sail
Ors for our merchant marine. which IS
I growing with marvellous rapidity. A
/ schOolship has been secured for the
q
I instructors in the science OF sailing a yes
sci and handling every detail about a
merchant ship. have been engaged More
ships viii be added as necessity arises.
This club is doing for the ever-growing
merchant marine or Germany. what the
fatherlaRd's Navy League OF "Flotten
Ferein. IS accomplishing for the En-
peror's navy. The south OF Germany and
. Bavaria is as deeply interested IN the
success Of this undertaking as Prussia
and other northern parts. and the in
land and mountain towns are working
as enthusiastically as those communities
which are washed by the waters Of nav
igation- And that is because to-day we
have a united Germany There IS no
south, no north, no Prussian. no Bava-
rian; we are all Germans, all Reichs-
deutsche.
TIE poorer classes in Germany. ac-
cordi1g TO Herr Won HeymeI. are pri-
vided with entertainments. which tend
TO promote their nobler sentiments The
Goethe Verein, a national organization.
which has branches everywhere. attends
% this matter
The Goethe Verein." said the Ger
man, provides concerts. lectures, the
atrical performances. recitals. readings.
and everything else in the line OF higher
education TO the poor people. Only first
class artists appear at these entertain
ments. and a nominal charge Of adrnis-
sion is made. which is even within the
reach Of the cOmmOnest iabOrer. The
Nereine at Munich. Bremen. and Weimar
are particularly active and hOurishing.
Everybody may become a member of this
organization by paying small fee
Speaking q disarmament. the Kais-
er's army officer said. that. though war
was horrible in every respect, there was
no prospect Of eliminating il. He argued
that war even makes fer progress and
that a peace which lasts too long Is La
bic to weaken the physical prowess Of
nation.
War brings on suffering" said he.
and suffering. pains. aHd sorrow makes
character, and in nations il begets great
ness. The United States has not suffered
enough Never has a nation been greater
than when il has lost a war War has
been reduced to science. and humani-
tartan principles underlie the whole sys-
TEN Of warfare The principle OF nod
ern warfare Is not so much 10 Kill as to
incapacitate-
There is much senseless talk in this
country about the practice OF dueling.
which they claim prevails in the Ger
man army. 1 speak from facts and per-
sonal knowledge when I say that there
IS very little dueling going on now. and
thst only in the most extreme cases re-
course Is had 20 the saber or revolver.
Courts OF honor, composed OF officers
OF the army 70 whom disputes are re-
ferred for judgment, exert every effort
to prevent dueling in TIE army and 20
provide other means Of settling differ
ences."