South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-22
1t is Impossible to Separate
SO-CalIed MilitariSm From
German Patriotism, he AS
SertS-sHOId it Privilege to
Fight for FatherIand.

WASHINGTON. Dec. -. - There
was a look of pride Of power in the
gray eyes OF Or. Bernhard Dernberg
as ne talked Of the German naval raid
on the English coast and the smash
ing victory OF German arms over the
russians.
A great thick bulk OF a man he is
the former German colonial minister
broad shoGldered. deep -chested. with
"a massive head and strong head.
manteled with a big shag Of grizzly
beard.
There is something in the rough.
plain outline of the man that at first
suggests phlegmatic slowness. but as
ne spoke Of the German victory today
ne lifted his great head high. his big
fat teeth showed under the moustache
and his cOuntenanCe ShOne with pa
triotic enthusiasm and confidence.
The great victory OF Germany IN
Poland. "A victory so great that per-
haps the general public cannot yet APP
prcciate its full weight shows that
mere numbers. mere military masses,
cannot insure success in this war; he
said.
The tremendous victory which Ger
man arms have won in the eastern
field of war is due TO militarism back
ed 10y German love Of country
The heavy figure paced the room
slowly. and the powerful hands We're
locked behind the back. head down
and brOws close knit
MiIitarism and Patriotism.
Indeed" he said. lit is impossible
10 separate German militarism from
German patriotism. one is simply the
expression of the other and the world
mas in the great victory one illuStra-
ton of what German militarism
means-that is, the organized strength
and patriotism Of the German people
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land which practically every German
soldier considers a privilege rather
than mere duty.
For instance, no criminal is per-
mitted 10 serve in the German army
today. in spite of the extreme emer-
gcnVy created by this war. This Is a
particularly understandable illustra-
ton of how the German nation re-
CARDS the right to fight for Germany
as "a privilege rather than a mere OBJ
legation.
THE tremendous and very real pa
triOtism animating the sO-called mill
itarism of Germany is also shown IN
the fact that more than a million and
a half OF Germans exempted by law
from military service at the present
time, have gladly and of their own
free will reported TO the cOlorS and
taken up arms in defense OF their
country and IL must not be forgotten
that more than 10000 of these vol
unteeTs come from Alsace- Lorraine
Masses Can't DO IL.
Dr. Dernberg stopped pacing the
room and folded his arms over MS
powerful chest. His heavy face was
lii up by the thought that possessed
him. The heaviness was gone, he was
all enthusiasm.
MASSES cannot do it," he said. at
the beginning of the war we were told
that as soon as the Russian army was
perfectly modified, an army which
would number from 10 TO , million
men. it would by sheer weight of num-
hers break down whatever forces Ger
many. fighting ON two frontiers, could
oppose and would rush on lrresistably
10 Berlin. where they were 10 be not
later than Christmas. Look at the
situation today. There viii be quite
a number of Russians serving as un-
willing guests in Germany at Christ
mas time. no less than 100000 IN
wounded prisoners having been taken
SO far in the Poland campaign.
"In this rush upon the German east
ern lines of the greatest armed force
ever assem- bled in human history has
not only been checked. but IL Is fact
that the Russian army Is actually
shattered and in rout at the present
time.
German training backed by German
patriotism means.
surely Il must be plain that Rus
STA has no cause that can evoke an
intelligent patriotism since she IS
merely a brutal aggressor
Neither in Own Cause.
eft must be remembered that at
the present time neither Germany nor
Russia Is lighting in "a cause OF its
own
Russia started out 20 support Serv-
ia merely TO serve her scheme of bru-
tai aggression against Austria, which
she was attacking through Servia.
which is a mere finger on the greedy
Russian hand.
1T must be plain that Germany has
been forced 20 support Austria as n
matter Of her own national defense
for with Austria crushed Russia would
have thrown her armed strength half
way around the German empire.
"All Americans who I've RnG sup
port the Monroe doctrine will he per-
haps able 10 understand the meaning
OF this for 10 would be IN many senses
the same thing ~ the United States
should undertake a war with an
European power in support or tho
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