The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-03

in. n the German himself doesn't COM
prehend what Is for his best interests It
is not our place TO thrust this com
prehension upon him. We would not
relish advice to Americans abroad to
overthrow our Government. 1t is sedl-
zion SO to advise, either here or there.
MANY suppose that the Socialist Ger
man IS proof that there IS a strong
movement to throw down the present
royal system. This is a wrong conCep-
ton of socialism i'm the fatherland. The
fact Is German socialism is nothing
more than a form q German patriotism.
II is the cry Of the man FOR a share
in the good things Of his own Govern
ment under the present royal system.
He would like to be in n position
from the lowest to the highest to serve
his country in all capacities cJnsulships,
ministerships and anything else that
may represent honor and honorable re-
spOnSibllity. lie wants the restrictions
removed so that all sorts Of govern
mental service may be taken up 10y any
subject
About the merits OF the war? No.
we won't discuss them. II is fact
however. that Germany really made the
present France. France was PROSTATE
at Germany's feet in 1871. What could
she have done If Germany had decided
to consider her, or most Of her, as an
annexed part of the German empire?
Consider the constant presence of large
German army In and about Paris and
the provinces.
"Of course it may be said that some
I ,,1,f .urnl1fH l.Nra arisen and freed
her, but looking at 1t in a practical
way. it would have been a hard task To
do so. The Germans felt their prestige
What nation would have championed
France?
In 1887 Germany refrained again.
In the Morocco affair she clearly would
( have gone further had it suited her
! purpose at the time. She was not
afraid to do so. Diplomacy said, wait
while and she did. After the Franco
Prussian war Europe became Disguised
with the way France went about like a
Child showing a sore finger all the time
and crying for sympathy. This, how
ever, is only Renaissance and has
nothing to do with the particular merits
| OF the present conflict.
aside from the good or bad fea-
lures of the German military system
we should have our own army and
navy recruited up to better standard
| or figure of efficiency | remember
/ during civil war times the troubles that
went along with drafting and Conscript-
| ing. We need 10000 more men. We
should do this-and in fact our entire
military system should be so arranged
so that we can do away with the
! pension plan. Pensions are the bane OF
our republic. Mr.. Bryan says We can
get million men in a day. we'll
Prof. Sloane shook his head as h
rose. He might have been going tc
say something more, but I murmured
"Lese majestic and, at any rate. there
was no further sound from him bearing
upon the Secretary of State.
Understand me" said the professor
IN parting, I'm a dyed in the WOO
American, Find me more patriotic
| American and Ill--but you can't finC
him, Put me down as an aggressive
American, an opportunst American
who wishes to see mis- country grasI
this magnificent chance to end a bloody
war and to increase it's wealth beyond
the dreams of the present American
merchant,
ut should he for us to say what Is
contraband. Yes. sir, for us. The very
final say on it, And in three months
after we take a stand on gripping the
world trade and defining contraband and
planting the American flag on American
merchantmen there will be no European
war"
We got to the front door. The pro.
fessor after his last period looked at m6
fixedly and repeated: "A dyed In the
wool American"