The daily Alaskan., 1914-12-01
Gives Opinion on
 European War
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French army was so armed. Furth' CT, the disclosure made in the French senate this spring as to the umprepared state of the French army. made Germany think she could not choose a better time for attacking France. Thirdly; That Great Britain was virtually in the throes of civil war over the Irish question and could, therefore, take no part in a continental war. By the same rule of thumb and pre- cision that has made her army the greatest fighting machine the world has ever seen, so Germany, to her own satisfaction, decided that things were as she thought they were and, therefore, thinking thus she decided that for her own ends NOW>was the right time to wage war. and so by mechanical reason ing she just started it.
 But there is just one thing Ger many forgot to take into account and that was human nature. Highly educated as her population is, Ger many is not civilized, and so long as the great bulk of her population is content to be ruled by privi- leged class she never can be ciyiliz- ed and acquire a taste of the higher feelings that embody honor and the mate love. of keeping ones word. Her habitual abuse of the word culture shows that Germany ,has no culture in the same sense that the other nations at war have French, English, Russian, Belgians and Austrians. Hence, Germany did not know that nations would prefer to be eXtinguished and blot teT out forever, rather than lose their honor or break their pledged word, and just as a tiny piece Of grit in the oil of Q perfect machine will prevent that machine working, so did little Belgium, by her heroic resistance at Liege and elsewhere stop for time Germany's great war machine and gave the much needed time for France to mobilize. NO sooner was the small piece of Bel gian grit removed and Germany's war machine set going again, when another piece of grit in the shape of the "coutemptible little British army" again stopped the perfect mechanical machine. Once more was Germany's plans for 2 military promenade to Paris upset, and this once more gave the French the needed time to bring further rein forcements into line and turn the stide of invasion back. And once more did human nature-in Uhe shape of Tommy Atkins-who against all the rules of war did not know when he was beaten-upset Germany's rule of thumb calcula- lions and spoil the face of Germany pretty first line army. Then again diS the German rule of thumb take no account of the human nature governing Italy. Because there wa q defensive alliance, Germany thought Italy would surely take the advantage of joining the side that Germany thought must bethe win ming side, but Italy refused to join in a war of aggression, or fight against England and France. Thus, did human nature spoil the smooth running of both the German me chanical machines-the military ma thine and the diplomatic machine and let the world thank God for that. Besides Germany's big mobile guns, one of the surprises of the war is the apparent unanimity of the German people, socialists ana all. in supporting the despotic Em- peror and his Junker and military class. But we all know that in time of war the German press Is only part of the great machine and that. therefore. the German people. only derive their knowledge from what the government chooses | O impart to the public, and the government only chose to impart to the public the myth that Germany strove for peace to the end, and the people, simple souls having for years been ruled, got into the hab- Sit of believing all that these rulers told them. They thus believe that the German nation is fighting for it's existence because: -.
 1st. The Russians personally hate the Germans, and besides Germany bars the way to Constantinople
 End. That the French hate the Germans and desire revenge and want to regain Alsace and Lorraine torn from France in 1871.
 9rd That the English hate the ! f, ,,,,,,,,,z cd ,ro ;aa1pu. of Ger