New-York tribune., 1912-06-11
Strength Necessary for Peace.

What the country really needed, he said
was to he strong and SO just that II
any question sros" between II and another
na ation II could ho settled amcah ahlv.
Seth Low was the last speaker Of tho
evening He said:
Outwardlv our political institutions are
q different as possible. vet III the spirit
the two peoples have much N common
Both countries, for example have solved
the problem Of unity through federation
The German Empire is a federation Of
monerchies, while the United States is a
federation Of democratic republics. In the
United States. on the other hand, eff
cheney is sought not only ~ governmental
lines, but in all private undertakings, by
lodging for a short term almost auto
cratic powers in the executive. Germany
seeks the same end through permanent
executives, generally responsible 10 the
government. while We give final power, not
10 the government, but 70 those for whose
benetit the government is created. Both
peoples. in a word, are striving To advance
the national interest by methods in line
with their own traditions: and because
each nation recognizes the power and c..
that sort of good feeling which rests
upon mutual respect Nor do We Of Amer
ica ever forget our historic Indebtedness
10 DISTINGUISHED Germans from the begin
ming Of our national history
In the educational field the influence Of
Germany ~ the United states IS to-day
as distinctly marked as that of England
The ideal ~ the English college IS 70 de
velop man ~ he becomes a scholar, so
much the better; but whether he becoUes
scholar or not, the ideal OF English col
education They want him 10 know
little, a. any rate. of many fields Of hu
man knowledge and b. throwing open the
windows OF his soul IN many directions 70
give him an opportunity 70 determine in
what feld his own powers lie. The ideal
Of the German university, on the other
hand, is 70 make q specialist and when
the moment arrived IN the United States
IN the development OF education, when ~
became necessary 10 develop specialists
the German methods were widely adopted
In our American universities, because
thew we're found ~ be well adapted ~ the
end sought.
Genius, 7 suppose. makes It's own road
everywhere; but exceptional talent, as die
tinrlished from genius finds perhaps an
easier pathway IN the United States than
in any other country. This is why SO many
American citizens of German birth or
not only by accommodating wealth, but by
making themselves serVceable and neces-
sary in the many other channels of the
national life which modern civilization ere
ates As 2 result OF this process, which has
gone on from the beginning, and which IS
Going on still, great nuttitudes OF Germans
who left the. home land both poor ana op-
either in their own persons or through
their children. citizens that carry Just
weight IN the communities n whcn they
i've Therefore II is that these men help
to create in a very real sense. the Pubic
opinion OF the United state, ~ r,.. ,s
II seems 70 me, Mr. Chairman. that " IS
che highest mission Of the United States,
vgh.ther by treaties or without treaties. to
contribute to the mutual undeTstapding gs1 oi
each other by ell peoples. and IN IN, inat es Was
70 70 ,1sA tbe world and to the progress Of man,
Kind. will ask our, visitors. therefore, I re- 20
Interpret IN tss h1sa ~ abe last
80 sstt.ttsrnent- oficial: it is, rather, hand-
Elan of men who already understand eaoh
pretty well anS sstsr SaG s Tln; an2 1 10 ::
eiwavs the best Of friends