Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-15
Had NoEscape From
War Says Hugo Muensterberg
Distinguished German s
i Scholar Of Harvard University Present.
Interesting Analysis.

Hugo Muensterberg, the distin-
pushed German professor of Harvard
University, in writing for .4The Faith
erland" has given the following very
interesting analysis Of the situation.
II f0ll0ws in part:
No! this time every effort was in
vain, and all good will for peace was
doomed because the issue between
the onrushing Slavic world and the
German world had grown to an over
.powering force. The struggle be-
tween. the two Civilizations was i'm
'minent, and where such q historic
world conflict arises the will of individ
uals Is crushed until they serve the
will Of the nation. The Slavs of the
southeast, the SServians, had defeated
their oppressors, the Turks. 1t was in
evitable that their new strength
should push them to ambitious plans.
1t was necessary that they should
aim toward a new great Slavic en-
pire which would border the sea and
embrace Austria's Slavic possessions.
That had to mean the end Of Aus
ytria, the crumbling Of its historic
power. Such an inner, passionate
conflict, such an issue of existence
must lead to- explosions. Seryians
kill the a%rch-duke. That was Aus
trials opportunity for an effort to
crush the power which aimed toward
its downfall But 1t was no less his
torically necessary that the largest
Slavic nation, that, the Russians
should feel that Servia's cause was
their own. Russia knew we'll that
while 1t had recovered from the
wounds of the Japanese war the
Slavic strength was still unequal to
that Of the German nations, but it
knew also that 1t could rely on
Frances latent longing to revenge
itself for Alsace and on England's
grumbling jealousy Of the great Ger
man rival In the worlds markets.
At last the chances seemed splendid
tosstrike the long delayed blow Of the
Slavic world against the German. The
Gear was unable to resist the gigan-
tic pressure Of the hour; his govern
mepxI mobilised against both Austria
and Germany.
No Sense In Blaming.
SIS there really any sense in blam-
ing the German emperor for actually
declaring war;-when the Russian
hostile preparation was evident, be-
fore its slow mobilization was com.
pleted and before Germany by such
loss Of time had been brought to Ger.
tains destruction. -Four times he urg-
ed the Gar to abstain from the NOV
ing Of the Russian troops to the from
tier; most willingly he undertook to
urge Austria to new negotiations. But
this world contrast of the two civil
cations was too deep; Russia could
not forego its unique chances, and SO
it continued ~passionately its arma-
ments, trusting that the French guns
would start of themselves. The Ger
man Emperor would have shamefully
neglected his duties If he had quietly
waited until the Russian armies were
brought t%ether from the far East.
He had to strike as Don as the wal
was certain. He therefore had to 60
through the formality eof declaring
war. but II, was Russia which made
the war. and il, was part Of Russia's
warsmaking that 1t forced Germany
to declare the war first. America I'm.
dertook without such a deep inner
conflict punitive expedition against
Mexico.s not unlike that Of Austria
against Servia. II at that time Japan
thcd doc1a raA SHhnt ~ co,,la M +nJn,