Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-24

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giving way to the old superstition that
human beings could be "like God. ~
And whilst be rpecOmcnds me to be
careful how to throw stones, he himself
docsn I take pains even to read to the
end the paper which he cHticises, or
at least not to mediate about its prin-
cipal views, before uttcring SO mislead-
ing opinions about its contents and
giving so absolute uniustifiej com
ments
The leading idea of my address was
this: Underlying the present war in
Europe is the two thousand years old
fight of German spirit against Latin
spirit. which has ite Headquarters in
Paris. Whilst this fight is necessity
and will not end before the one or the
other is defeated-for there is no pos.
sibility of harmony between them-the
other struggle. that between England
and Germany, il is not only unnecessary
but is misfortune which to stop no ef-
fort should be untried In this regard |
said: May you not, my brethren,
through the awfulness Of this struggle
of brothers be led on to blind hatred
against England? Collect all your
nerves, sharpen all your wits to find
an honorable compromise with the de-
luded cousin. Who could do that bet
ter than the American people, in whom
Teuton and Anglo-Saxon is nodded to-
gether to a great unity?
Why does not my American German
brother not discuss this view before
he charges me to noursh hateful feel
ings toward the enemy
And even when this and the others
of his objections point to the Arch.
angel Mich0cl's - struggle against Mar
iarme, or the Paris spirit, which un-
fortunately today. as in 1870 and in
/ Louis NIN's times controls the French
nation, so he might with some good will
have realized that | don t fight the
French people but Just this one prnci-
| pie which rules that noble nation and
which cannot be severed from the Lat
! in civilization, whilst it has no place
among the principles of Germanic cul-
turc. | think, when the anonymous is
really an "Amcrican German" then
he ought to understand what | mean.
not only by the rest Of German spirit.
that he might have inherited, but by
the American thought as well, that he
ought TO have adopted
| dop't hate the French people or
the Russian people or.the Servian peo-
pie. | have met in my life and many
fold travels representatives of nearly
all natiOnalities and races of the globe /:
have had and have yet personal friends
among the French and the Russians:
have lived with the poor Polish and
Italian laborer, with the American In
dian under the same roof. / have al.
ways kept my eyes and my heart open
for their virtues and their miseries, and
meditating on and discussing their fac.
ulties, never forgot that they are my
brothers and that 1 could learn from
them, as they from me. But Just on the
ground of these my studies and Observa.
tions on the living subject, / cannot
agree with the view which at present
seems to be predominant in this coun-
try, and which underlies the argumen.
tatiOn Of my anonymous COMMUNICATE:
That brotherhood means equality. that
when we consider all humanity to be
composed Of brothers and sisters. we
have to consider them to equal each
other. Not only is this mistake. but
it leads to the worst Of all human
faults-hypOcrisy.
There is no greater mistake than
this in the world Before God all men
are equal. Only this is true, that God s
judgment about men apparently is diff.
ferent from mems judgment about
men: ''Thc man lOoketh on the out.
ward appearance, but God looketh ON
the heart" That Is all there is in it.
But never can you sweep away the diff.
ferences which exist between individu-
ais, between nations, between races
differences not only in nature and
character, but also in value. | believe
in the superiority of the Germanic race
and in Scandinavia and northern Ger
many as the cradle of this race, from
where she spread out, cOnquering the
Roman empire: Italy and Spain Goth
and Lamgobardsl, Gaul (Francs). the
British islands anglo -SaxOns), and had
Russia and other eastern territories
under their rule, and from Holland n
England started to conquer the whole
of North America, South Africa and
Australia. They fought the Moslems
and the Huns and drove them out Of
Europe, back to Asia and Africa. They
now start to fight with the Mongols
about the mastery of the Pacific, and
they have no foe who could defeat
them except the theory of equality of
men and nations. This degrading theo
~, which is in conflict with the facts
is good for nothing but to make the
mediocre the commanding power, an
aim which surely would not be to the
benefit of the progress of humanity.
To those who preach equality Of mer
we must ask: Do you practice what
you preach, and even: Can you pTac
tiee what you preachi And when not
\ What are your words worth when moi
endorsed by deedsl What would ever
, Christ's words be worth for us wher
he wouldn't have acted accordingly
, What effect would have on us III,
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