Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1914-12-22

/ protest against the HnlpmCnt or
armorcd motor ears, guns and am-
munition to the European belliger-
4 cnts when the military bin comes
I before the House Of Representatives
/ after the Christmas recess. He says.
I'm tired Of having this nation
/ pointed out as q lot Of dd hypo-
critics. The President asks us TO pray
for peace, and we do it feryently.
! But. hypocritically we turn about
and furnish the belligerents with the
means Of carrying on their war And
we are the only nation under the sun
that can do this"
We are not alone the only nation
under the sun that can do this, but
, we are the only nation under the sun
that is aiding some OF the belligerents
I by selling them war material. Hol-
land, Denmark Sweden, Norway,
italy Roumania. all have forbidden
the expectation to their belligerent
ncighbors Of material that is neces-
sary to carry on war, ana some, for
instance Roumania, have even stop
ped tho expectation Of grain.
The President asks us 10 pray for
peace, and we do It fervently. But,
hypocriitically, we turn about and
furnish the belligerent with the
! means Of carrying on their war,
says Congressman Kahn. Double
standard Of morality? Not at all.
We mean II, when we are praying
for peace. But that peace must come
IN certain way. We want that
peace be dictated by the Allies. Con
aeQuently ii Is perfectly in keeping
with our prayers when we sell guns
and Dun-Dum bullets to England.
And the neutrality question?
Easily answered. We are deadly
opposed to German Militarism",
that sort Of preparedness to defend
country and home which IS so ter
rible efficient that it is impossible to
successfully attack Germany
III We prolong the war, il we make
II so much harder Tor Germany TO
keep her enemies off Of her back ~
WELL providence wanted it that way
We did our duty toward mankind
as we saw It, And besides who
is not q least bit selfish? ~ we have
made q tremendous profit. WE,
ofcoursc, means biz business the big
business which is engaged in the
manufacture Of material that is i'm
tended to destroy man and property
Ofcourse, small business and honest
business will suffer meanwhile, but
then, when was the day when 1t did
not suffer2
There Is a saying in German which
reads. Die Gelehrten, die Verkehr-
ten. Fortunately not all great men
Of learning look at everything
through the spectacle OF the profess
cor. Other sayings In German arc:
"Er list ueborstudirt' Ell list Won
lauter Studiren uebergeschnappt"
This seems 10 be Professor Franklin
III. Giddings' case. The learned
gentleman fills the Chair Of Socio-
logy at the Columbia University and,
by the way, was the successor Of
Woodrow Wilson as Professor OF Po-
litical Science at bryn Mawr.
In the New York World OF last
Sunday Professor Giddings is quoted
as saying:
''Ii the Allies win they win adopt
German ideas;stop tinkcring with
ignorance and unemployment, and
prevent them, as Germany has; dis
card all sentimental muah about ill-
fed school children and see that they
are well-fed and healthy as becomes
the future of an efficient nation, as
Germany has; develope government
as an instrument OF social welfare,
az Germany has"
"lf Germany wins, the world VIII
be Prusaionized; World power Will
be welded by g nation that has de-
vclopod along materialstic lines that
believes weakness tho essential cvil
might the essential righteousness
and compassion the only sim Il viii
be our turn next"
Has over anybody read OK heard
tho equal OF such utter nonsense
lf the Allies win they viii all adopt
German ideasl Why. in tho name
OF sense, ia IL neccessary TO conquer
Germany FOR tho rest OF tho world to
be able TO adopt German ideas?
n Germany wins, world power will
be welded by a nation that has de-
vcloped along materiolistic linea
Pray how has the mighty empire
Of Great Britain developed? Was
not the development of this great
void power entirely on matcrlallgtic !
linesg For What reason did England !
talko New Amsterdam, Canada and I
the Cape Colony2 For what reason
did England destroy tho Danish fleet /
l07 years ago whom both countries
we're at peace with each other? Foi
what reason did England conquer
India and tho Boer republics? And 1
for what reason is England making I
Egypt y province OF the vast empire /
Great britain? Has England ever /
known anything else but materia-
listic idealsy Has not the greed for /
gold made England the terror of oil ]
weaker nations2 There is no use /
trying to deny these Insertions. for
history stands thero as an unm- /
pcachablo witness for tho truth OF
them
The Baltimore Nows said in its I
leading editorial on last Sunday: I
The British Empire today contains \
thirty-soven units OF territory which /
II has taken by capltulation, con
quest, arbitrary annexation Oh forced \
treaty III we differcntiatc between :
tho several Indian States as do /
her own historians she has taSon