Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-29
GERMANY, EXPONENT Of PEACE, !;
FIGHTING TO Defend HER PROGRESS
Liberties Menaced by Entertainments Of Jealous and
Greedy Neighbors, She is Battling for the Cause
of Humanity, Great Poet Declares

It Is with great pain and bitterness
that pronounce the name England"
belong to those barbarians upon
whom the English university Of Ok
ford bestowed the degree of doctor
honoris causa. have friends in Eng
on the intellectual soil of Germany.
Made Regular Pilerimages.
Haldane, former English minister of
war, and with him numerous English
men, undertook regular pilgrimages
to the small barbarian city of Wei
mar, where the barbarious Goethe,
Schiller, Herder. Wieland and others
have exerted themselves for the hu-
man1ty of the whole world. We have
a German poet whose dramas have
become national property as the
dramas Of no other German poet. His
name is William Shakespeare-the
same Shakespeare who Is England's
prince Of poets. w.
=. Emperor's Mother English. -.
The mother of our emperor is an
Englishwoman: the wife of the King
OF England is a German. And vet
this congenerical and conEenial ma
tion has sent the declaration of war
into our house.. Why. heaven only
knows. But this much is certain
the sanguifiuous world concert now
raging on the European continent has
an English diplomat as impressario
and conductor. The question is
whether the finale of this horrible
music still will see the same conduc-
tor. -.
Iron Ring Broken.
While am writing these words, the
day OF the solar eclipse has passed.
the German army has defeated, be-.
tween Metz and the VosFes, eight
French army corps and driven them
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country feels 1t had to come this way.
Our jealous enemies forged an iron
ring around our breast and we knew
our breast had to expand. That 1t
had to split asunderi this ring or else
we had to cease breathing. But Ger
many will not cease to breathe, and
so it came to pass that the iron ring
was forced apart -
Victory Warrants Independence.
If heaven ordains that we come off
regenerated from this tremendous
trial we will have5ao solve the holy
task to be worthy OF our regeneration,
Through the complete victory Of Ger
man arms the Independence of Europe
would be warranted" The next point
would be to make the national fam.
lilies Of the continent understand that
this world war has to he the last.
Upon common. deeply cultured task.
which would seek to render impossi-
Die all Misunderstanding. they would
then go to work.
Much Done Before.
Before the outbreak of the war
much had been done In this direction.
The nations tried each others strength
IN peaceful competitson and were pre-
pairing to vie with zach other again
during the Olymntes s9sanses. at, Berlin.
l recall the flying machines, driving
matches, racing matches. the inter-
national activity of art and science
ana the great supernational prize
foundations. go ;
Showed Others Way.
The barbarian country of Germany
has, as everybody knows. shown the
way to all tho other natl ons in regard
to magnificent organizations for social
work. A victory would enable US to
continue vigorously to do so and to
spread the blessings of such work all
over: the world. Besides this. our VIC
tory would: guarantee the existence OF
the Germanic circle of nations for the
blessings of the entire world
Stimulate Each Other.
More than ever before. for instance,
the scandinavian intellectual life dur
Ing the last decades has proved to be
the great stimulant for the German in
tellectual life and vice versa. How
many Swedes, Norwagians and Danes
during this time. have shaken hands
with German brothers at Stockholm.
Christiania. Copenhagen. Munich, VII
enna and Berlin, believing themselves
sons Of one great nation! How much
homeltke solidarity has been created
py the three great and noble names of
1Dsen, .B5oernson and Strindberg!
Not Favorable for Fiction -
hear hat-abroad they are manu-
facturing scores of fairy tales at the
expense Of our honor. our culture and
our strength. Well. those, who. are
manufacturing this fiction should con-
slder that this colossal hour Is not
very favorable to story-tellers. Our
offspring Is lined up on three from
tiers. I myself have sent to the field
two of my sons. All these fearless
German warriors know very well for
what they rallied under the coiors.
Mono is nlterate.
Not one tlliterate person will bo
round among them. But very many
will be found who. besides the gun In
their fist. are carrying a Faust, vol
ume ST schopenhausr. the bible OF. q
Homer in their knapsacks. And those
who have no books In their :knapsacks
know Just the same that they are
nghting for fireplace which grants
any stranger protection. For nobody
IN Germany has up I'LL now touched a
single hair on the head Of any French.
English or Russian civilian or has.
like the brothers and sisters Of the
representative Maeterlinck, attacked
defenseless victims, plain, ordinary
German male and female citizens,
committing most cruel. most cursed,
most contemplate. most bestial assas-
sinauon! at the same time assure
IN Germany will ever permit himself
to become inCited tol frnifa fionn AZ s,,,h