The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-15
AN AMERICANS LETTER.
Addressed to the PropsgandIsts OF
kultur In This Country.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: The
German University League" whatever
that may be. pays me the doubtful honor
Of regarding me as a fit subject for ~
propaganda writes me of those Ger
man ideals that have contributed to sucf
a large extent to the development and
to the progress Of the world" and ex'
presses a readiness 70 send me such In
formation as I may desire on the Ger.
man problems OF the day"
/ crave the hospitality OF your col.
umns for my "
"The German University League.
DEAR SiRs: need no more 'infor.
nation since I have. among other trust
worthy documents, the report OF the
Bryce committee.
THE German ideals Of which you
speak have contributed to the worlds
history only needless war n 'schreck.
lichkeit.' The less said about them the
better.
The German problems OF the day
appear to be how best to sink harmless
fishing smacks or vessels carrying Amer.
ican passengers: how to kill innocent
women and children through the bonn
bardment Of unfortified coast towns and
the dropping Of incendlary shells on
inland cities. With such things occur
ring under German approval. with Ger
mans even here rejoicing at the Lusi-
tsnia murders, II Is amazing that any
outsider should or could be expected to
have sympathy with the monstrosities
Known as German Ideals
"When Germany Is licked into proper
penitence Tor her many crimes, begin
ming with the tearing up of a solemn
treaty as a mere scrap OF paper when
she prays to be allowed to lead the sim
pie life OF Goethe's and Schiller's time
when she abandons her prcposterous
cry OF 'weltmacht' when she repairs,
as far as she can, her unspeakable atroci-
ties in Belgium, &C. non-Germans may
gradually be brought to look with less
suspicion and more favor upon her
ideals now so CHASTITY and demoniac.
Germany has announced her prob
Iem' as 'weltmacht oder n~ledergans.' A
Germanized world. by the way, would be
as pleasant a place to live in as Dante's
F~legetonte. Christendoin r%ejoices In see
ing doomed to 'niedergang' a nation
which, In spite OF its windy, arrogant,
unfounded claim to prominence In sci
ence and art. has never yet produced one
great thought or invention has invari-
ably battened on the brains OF others,
All original that she has don for man
Nnd might be eliminated and the world
be none the poorer.
W wv a'hf "'f' "a 80, =
cans to presume to tell Americans wha.
they should think and how they should
interpret acts OF common knowledge IL
"A piece OF im~pertinence possible only 70
people OF kultur who are. ipso fac;o,
wholly lacking in culture.
81 should not send you these lines
which | wrote the other day for my own
amusement. had not the firing of the
Minnehaha. the ~dynamiting OF the Ia
tional Capitol n the attempted muir
der of Mr.. Morgan occurred to show
that the pro-German propaganda In this
country. whether designedly or not you
know better than |. IL 50 diabolical IN
Is results that IL hould be stopped a;
all costs. You and your colleagues can
10 no better service to your W cause
thar in putting an end to a movement
which has proved itself futile. Be!n-
stupidity conceived and pursued Wit
characteristic German tactlessness, II
has created more enemies thar converts
Il do not expect you to enjoy my
words. but they are regrettably true
Neither do | expect or desire a reply"
New YORK. July 10. ". Y. Il.