The Washington herald., 1914-09-14
GERMANS Plan
END OF PEACE ON
EARTH FOREVER
So Says Anthony Hope, TAX
ing Another Fling at Prus-
sian Generals Book.
TOCRUSH SMALL NATIONS
Teuton' S Steam Role" De-
signed to Stamp Out All
Culture Not Their Own.
WAR TO BE IDEAL OF MANKIND
When Kaiser Comes Into His Own.
Writes ENGLISH Novelist. Angel of
TO CRUSH SMALL NATIONS
WAR TO BE IDEAL OF MANKIND
When Kaiser Comes Into His Own.
Writes English Novelist. Angel of
Peace Will Fly Away Discredited.

The hrst instaIIment of q graphic
special article by the famous English
author, Anthony Hope, anHlyEinE and
attacking the defense of miIitarism
made by Gen. Won Bernhardt I'm his
book. SGermany and the Next War"
was published yesterday by the Wash
InEton Herald. The second InstaIIment
foIIOwsI
BY ANTHONY HOPE.
written especially for the Washington
Herald).
London. Sept 13-Of the German spirit
and German culture of these later days,
which have produced and inspired Gen
Won Bernhardts political philosophy for
Germany, so far so good.
We understand the answer. 1t is
frank and plain. and it does not take us
by surprise
What is the answer for all other ma
tions? For the small nations we have
seen It already. They are TO he stamped
with the impress of the German spirit;
their ''pitiable existence Is to be ended.
We may borrow a phrase current in
another connection. The steamroller is
TO be passed over them: the steamroller.
not OF the Russian troops. but of the
Prussian nation; the steamroller, not of
a campaign, but Of a conception and a
generals philosophy and the Prussian
military system.
No Independent Voice to he Henrd.
Thus Germany would put an end TO
their national existence and their ma
tionaI ideals, to the rich diversity OF
civilization and culture TO which the
world has owed so much and hopes in
the future. No independent voice is to
be raised from the land that was the
home of Ibsen. no independent dreams
Of beauty are 10 come from the country
that gave us Maeterlinck. when the
steamroller has passed.
Nothing is TO be heard but the accents
OF that culture which has produced
the generals German philosophy and
the spirit of the Prussian military sys-
TEN.
What is the answer for the great ma
tions-for France? But we may leave
France out OF the case. The general
himself. thus gives the answer.
France must be completely crushed
so that she can never again come across
our path"
France is TO be steamrollered and. at
least pretty broad edge Of the machine
may be expected to pass over her allies
also. But what shall / answer for the
great nations not engaged in the war?
Or are all to he engaged and is the whole
world to be stamped upon and stamped
out? Even the general can hardly ex-
pect that.
Well. then, what is the prospect for
these great nations and for the lands
they people and administer.
The generals philosophy. though in
vented and patented in Germany, can
hardly be limited to those regions, IL It
be successful. Other nations will help
themselves to licenses for its employ
ment; they. too. will recognize the bio
logical law" They, too. will seek by
that might which is the supreme right
biologically just decision. They will not
neglect their moral obligation nor suffer
this indispensable factor in civilization"
to lie idle.
War to Be a Necessity.
They. too, converted by the generals
philosophy, will seek war and pursue il
because, to the generals converts, war is
not a calamity which must be faced
sometimes, which must happen some
times owing to human fault or frailty. 1t
is a thing which ought to happen normal
~ III lne luItTGSIS VI Hdllondl spirit anu
Gu .ture.
Behold. then. the prospect that lies be-
fore the world, II the generals philoso-
ply triumphs in the schools and in the
military system which IL inspires In
the field-for small nations, extinction,
political. intellectual. and spiritual: for
great nations, endless strife, with genera
ton after generation of mankind locked
in deadly struggles.
And no end to the strife. no hope. no
dream of end to it; for the war will not
merely be a thing which must happen; It
will be a thing which ought to happen
War will not only be a necessity, II
will also be ideal, and he who prays to
give US peace in our time. o. Lord"
will be singing against his country and
his own soul, whereupon that discredi-
ted creature. the Angel Of Peace, will
spread her wings and soar to heaven to
report the failure OF her mission and
leave the earth to enjoy forever the
blessings Of war.