The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06
Calls Allies Cry of German
<MHartsm' Poisoned Fiction
German Writer Compares His COuntrys Culture With
That of France and Observation-Disclosures French Use
Churches for Military Purposes.


This case is typical. The French
misuse their holy churches for military
purposes. calculating that the Germans
viii respect these great architectural
monuments. but when the German
leaders protest themselves they rates
n cry OF murder" Who is the bar
barian in this caseo Our troops pro-
claimed martial law in Antwerp over .
criminal mob. but they protected the
City Hall and ST. Peters Cathedral from
fire, while the inhabitants fired upon
the protecting sold'ery. To the Ger
mans culture IL taken in dead earnest:
1t is matter Of inherited and in
grained feeling. possessing their souis
The ancient culture Of the French and
English enjoys its full need of respect
from us. u has certain fixed tradi-
tons which we may never attain.
These traditions point 10 sureness of
form. and not only the form, from
which We have much to learn undo
niaply. But all this goes far toward
the limiting OF individual effort and rec
movement
La Gioire." fame for var. has never
/ inspired or controlled US. II we fought
it was actually for liberty and culture.
! Tho triumphs Of the father.and have
! been chiefly Oh the field OF culture. not
I on the battlefield. The German wars
| OF the sixteenth and seventeenth GEN.
turtles were OF enormous value for the
/ esta olishment OF the RICH: to think
! freely. Out OF the horrors Of ne
Thirty Years War grew All Iteration
| and refinement Of German culture
which Went far deeper than ordinary
! historians have perceived.
| No less one :han Goethe truly .
man OF pcace. attributed the reoirth Of
! German literature 70 the deeds Of Fred
erick The Great. After 1870 came q
| wondrous technical and scientific de-
Velopmen;. T. is folly 20 set in oppo0-
ton "m.!itarisn." the organization q
| the warlike spirit - the Germans, ana
I their scientific artistic and moral cul-
, ture The German power lies really IN
/ the unity ~ these sides.
The idea works for us Germane
spiritually ana 10y war German UNI
vcrsalism. German cOsmopolitanism n
rooted IA the idea. The idea is the foo
Of egotism. and for this reason Is Il
bound up IN The German war where
all personal considerations vanish be-
for tho welfare o. the fnt1erland, and
by this all souls are purified long after
the battle l. over j is the idea which
purity. truth. and tha: real liberty
which il no personal detachment. but
notwithstanding all individual desires
ycarns for the bond Of common cul-
tura and individuality
Tho idea 81 revenge, vhic!, seeks only
the outward result ana dcries oil truth
Is thy very opposite cf q fruitful dea,
Ana among the tneS, tho idea. ~',ca
: the pppu-it" # oKptsm. carstiad littls
place. The systematic. Nrutl. C,tlurn-
mating 81 Germany. ne iaisifylrg ard
alisrepr. SCI ;atiuI of German views and
methods. a. rract.sed n England by
every ono from the head OF the Minis
Try &, the Lowest individual, IN all IS
INSCRIPTIONS agitation, can hardly
claim a page in real world history.
- il possible then to form a concep.
tlou Of the rea' Gsrman idea? Can 1,
ne raIs d oIt ~ the sphere 81 feeling
and impression 10 clear presenta ton
Tie same j. true 81 +, ar OF the con-
ceptioa OF human individuality, huniau
unity.
But the real folk deal Is appreciabls
Going - our literature He may learn
ther"from that ~ is included in the
words Brave faithful. true
Powerful shocks such u.s. tll.s MAJ
tcar away the yeii from the heart In
th- wonorous simplicity ana unity on
tho national feeling is now expressed
"very voice cries Faithful. true. do.
voted - the G"dth' as the CHOSEN and
original idea, ~ the German people
We are fighting with truth agains,
f1lsehoud every day. and by This are
We iighunG ror the most vital elcmen,
Of culture east ana west. We are
ana We stand by them through all the
trials ana sufcrings OF this awful strug-
gle. The idea must triumph