The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-25
ACCUSES BERNSTORFF OF
PLAGIARISM IN SPEECH
Writer i'm "NatiOn" Finds Exact
Language Of 1909 in Eng
lish Book Of 1908.
SAYS CREDIT NOT GIVEN

A writer in the Nation Of yesterdays
date gives some interesting parallels
between the matter and language Of
Ambassador Won Bernstorff's Grafton on
The Development of Germany as a
World Power" delivered before the
American Academy OF Political and
Social Science on November 6. 1909, and
later published by. the academy. and
william Harbutt Dawson's book, THE
Evolution OF Modern Germany" pub
.lished in London in 1908.
The quotations comprise. sentence
after sentence and whole paragraphs
which are Identical in the German Am
bassador's grafton and the Englishmans
book of a year or so before. Where Mr.
Dawson has quoted Or. Paul Rohrbach's
"Deutschland unter den Weltvoelkern,"
giving proper credit 20 the German
work. the Ambassador. according TO the
Nations article embodies the quotation
word for word. but without giving credit
20 his compatr.ot.
The writer in the Nation, amor &
many passages quotes the following in
comparison:
Impartial students Of Germany's
position will find themselves con-
fronted ny economic facts which
alone sufficiently explain why Ger
many has to turn its attention to
the expansion Of its influence
abroad. ,Bernstorff, y. IL
Tho candid student Of Germanys
position finds himself confronted by
economic facts which alone suff-
ciently explain why Germany is to-
day turning its attention with in
creasinE urgency To the expansion
of It's Influence abroad. dawson,
PIP. 335-336)
: cor this. on the same page" he con-
tinues. after the orator has borrowed
few statistics and estimates (un-
credit.d) OF the tremendous growth of
German population:
the question which th.rSe facts
raise is primarily economic: how
will this large population be en-
ployed: how will II live? bern
I storm, y. III
The questions which these facts
raise are. OF course. primarily ply
steal and economic. Where will this
! large population live: how will il
be employed; how will It be fed?
dawson. p. SS6D
cor this, on the same page:
canno. bu; think that II this
fundamental fac, Of Germanys
enormous annual increase Of pop
ulation were intelligently grasped.
much OF the unfortunate polemlc to
which my country's industrial en-
pansion still gives rise in certain
quarters would be moderated.
(Bcrnstorff, y. IL
one cannot bu; think that II This
fundamental fact Of Germany's
enormous annual increase Of popu-
lation were intelligently grasped,
much of the unfortunate polcmic TO
which that country's industrial eX-
pansion stlll gives rise in certain
quarters would be moderated.
dawson, p. 1881
The rest OF page IL comes almos
bodily out of ia wson. with the differcnc
that ii is word for word long quota
ton from DR.. Paul Rohrbach's 'peutsch
land unter den Wetvn'ktrn.' Dr, Rohr
bach receives due credit by MIR. Dawso
OF the enemy. but no credit or men
ton from Count Won Eernstorf. hi
compatriot
, Page IL Is similar. except that hi
. Excellency skips payfully back an
. forth over pages 33a. $40. 3+l and "a
of Dawson. II is practically all clippe
from Dawson, sentence by sentenc
Compare:
+ Between present national ratio
OF 800 persons per square mile and
the ratio OF Saxony. Rhineland and
Westphalla there is n difference
which represents population Of
some I000000O, and within that
! limit there is clearly a very consid-