Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-26
Teutons Believe Vic
tories Prove Their
Kultur Theories.
Kaiser Superman.
pr oARt W. AcKERMAN

BERLIN, July p6-Germany looks baot
upon her accomplishments Of the drst
year OF the war with satisfaction mo
| Germans believe the events of the lass
10 months have demonstrated to the world
that the Teutons are the mlghtiebt race
of all history. No other country eoul5
have withstood the combination Of world
/ Powers which Germany has kept al nav
since last August, declare the Germans
I and no other country has ever SO despIy
stirred the imagination OF the world
Germany has won her claim to a plsea
in the sun. The German Empire haa
added brilliant chapters to the history Of
| Teutonio might begun under the HohAn-
| zollerns OF the Kingdom of Prussia Tba
Kaiser himself has earned for himself
| the title Of William the Great which
posterity surely will bestow upon him
These are the dominant beliefs of the
German people at the close OF the frat
year of the war.
Germany has shown up the world in al,
its littleness, and all It's boastings of false
greatness Only the Germans themselves
| have withstood the test of blood and iron.
| for only the Germans have gained viz
tories during the last fateful 10 months
Germany believes she has changed the
whole future course of history. German
influence upon the future of civilization
for generations to come will be far be-
yond the influence of any other nation
Germany will not dominate the world br
her armed might but by her virtues
which have given to her a greater capac.
ity for organization and discipline than all
the rest of Europe combined possesses
When the Germans look back to last
August and recall the threats that then
were being made against them, and the
penalties that were imposed by England,
France and Russia In advance of the
trial by battle, the nation laughs tbs
world didn't understand Germany Last
summer 1t Is beginning to learn now
that the Hohenzollern Empire has pro.
gressed during the years since the
Franco -Prussian war In ways unsuspected
by the rest of mankind. There is moth.
Ing in the German Of today that wasn't
put there by the discipline and study that
the world knows under the name OF Teu-
tonic Kultur.
The increasing respect paid to German
Kutur Is. not one Of the least victories
the Germans declare they have won for
themselves during the last year. Nothing
came as greater shock to the Germans
last year than the way In which their
Kultur was everywhere derided. The com.
ments passed upon Germany for her
strong belief In her own destiny, as rep.
resented by her Kultur caused more re.
sentiment than anything else that hap.
pened in the early days of the war The
German Indignation at last changed to
contempt as the idea grew that the world
laughed at Teutonic Kultur because the
world had been left so far behind by
German progress as to be unable to tn-
derstand the German point of view.
This opinion has grown as Germany has
shown her ability to thrive on misfJr.
tunes, and to rise to heights Of attain
ment capable of meeting every new task
imposed upon the nation. Each new Yio-
ments of internal organization has been
regarded as one more proof that the
Germans really are the worlds supemen
German Kultur is now firmly believed TO
have conquered all opposition and to have
established its pre-eminence among ad-
verse conditions such as never before
have had to be encountered by the as
plrations of any nation in all history,
Germany has shown no spirit in the
past year of revolt against her form OF
government. Democracy and absolutsm
have been in combination against the
German system of a mixture of the two.
The result is declared by Germans to be
such as to increase the faith OF the Teu.
tonic Empire In its own governmental
methods.
The German people believe they owe
their existence as nation TO the un-
precedented capacity for organization and
discipline they have developed during the
last year. The feeling has developed
that British democracy Is incapable Of
reaching TO the heights attained by Ger
many, and II the Germans had been gov
erned according TO the British system
they would now be crushed and at the
mercy OF their foes. The world said
during the early days of the war that
Germany would emerge from the con-
aiet demoeratised. The Germans are
now laughing at that prediction They
declare the prophecy. must be read back'
ward and democracy will have to Ger
maniae itself II II is to keep pace with
0ermany'B progress in the future.
Another early prophecy OF Germany's
enemies, which Is now being recalled vita
mirth, was the one protesting to see the
certainty OF a German revolution befofe
the war had gone very long AS a matter
OF fact, the Franco Prussan war did not
solidify the people OF the empire as much
as this conflict has done. All Germany
is now a unit and has been increasing
In solidarity from the first shot. Prussia
has not dominated the nation at ALL The
South German States have shown no
jealousy OF the powerful northern nu-
cleus OF the empire The Prussan regi-
ments, In fact, have not been the prize
ones OF the war. Catholic Bavaria has
been the stanchest supporter of the Prot
estant HohenzOllerns.