Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-22
WORLD TO PATTERN
GERMAN CULTURE,
SAYS NOTED WRITER
Gerhart H a u p m a n n
Praises Germany and At
tacks England for Calling
Japan to Bite at Europe's
Heel
BY GERHART HAUPTMANN


:
NEW YORK, Sept. 90
I We are an eminently peaceable nation.
/ The shallow Partisan feuiletonlst Berg
son may call us barbarians as much as
| he pleases. The great poet and deluded
gallomaniaC Maeterinck may impose
upon us similar nice titles after having
/ called us the conscience OF Europe"
The world knows that we are an old
| civilized nation.
. Nowhere is the idea of cosmopolitan
( rooted deeper than with us Look at
our literature Of translations and name
NE a nation which is trying just as hard
as we 10 render justice to the spirit and
the originality OF other nations so as
10 thoroughly understand their soul. Did
not Maeterlinck win most of his glory
and his money with us? For a parlor
philosophaster like Bergson. Of course
there ls no room in the country Of Kant
and Schopenhauer
say it frankly. We have and We had
no hatred against France. We have idol
ICED the plastic art. sculpture, pictorial
art and the literature OF that country.
For the worldwide recognition Of Rodin
the way was paved in Germany We ad-
mire Anatole France, Manpassant. Flau-
bort and Balzac are read In Germany
like German authors, We feel n deep
affection for the national life Of southern
France Enthusiastic admirers OF Mistral
can he found even IN small German cities
among the poorer population.
SHOULD BE FRIENDS.
II Is n be greatly regretted that Ger
many and France could not be political
friends They should have been. since
they are the administrators Of the Con-
trnental productions Of the mind and
since they are the two great thorough
cultured European master nations Fate.
however, wanted it different. In tho
year 1870 the German tribes through
fiEhting obtained for themselves the Ger
man unity and the German Empire
These achievements guaranteed TO our
nation an epoch Of peace for more than
10 years, q time Of budding. of growing
of strengthening. OF thriving Of fruit
bearing unparalleled.
out Of a population becoming more and
more numerous there arose more and
more numerous individualities. In
dividua! energy and general elasticity
created the great achievements of our
Industry of our commerce and of our
transportation systems do not be-
lieve that an American. English, French
or Italian traveller ever believed himself
among barharisns while visiting German
families, German cities, German hotels
German ships, German concerts. Ger
man theatres, Beyrsuth, German libra rles
or German rauseums We have Travelled
In other countries and we have always
Gs 80 a''' o,,r Tsogrsrbic,I s,,r.,,,,
,rlrh rrrestanirr powers i'm The Easr and
West compelled us 10 look out for the /.
ard for This reason orI, our srr7y and /
gI- rs,.,. ,ysre orpanized Trro tEfz ~.
-s-,zarior The current Of German ,r5us-
~. afE~+aroy and inventive povsr ,vss
directed M a Great extent. Al the mes
ar- rtr-s ,e know better than We have /
CO. ,sr~wo hafore that rhis r1ess,,r, /
VA. q 80. rerassar,. one
Fy- Kaiser Wilhelm supre7,a Irfors-
49, - he E-70nfre did iot-a ,ts I,,-s
s--7, 10 ,.zr,- norror, on his so,ji ard 5i5