The farmer and mechanic., 1915-09-14

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NlNt that The movement - uncon- !
SciouS. fnr they point ont that the
very presence # tn, har2ari> a.,laIt-
~ Of the color display seems ~ indi-
"a IS ihtt nation can never escape
IT." expression II any IF ~ predo3ul- /
mating qualities. ard the m5litarl~m
which ieeryad-S Germany even
AGAINST the VIII and wish If hcr r.al
intelligence i> barharous. and terri
bt% ~ evidence after all Alnlu lt,
'rdri necessity. lts Scat hing danunrla
ION 81 clNIlZ3tl0n ~ failure vet
IN" barbaric note ! still thcr,
And thus ore argues that if the
present movement Were = plraly CON
~c1oGs one. things woull H. dIfl-ranr
and there would -, an efIart " nd
the great blot on the aS,ltt.hear All
~ which is based upon the parh..p>
| l1r4po~Siole theory that mifItarlSn il
partially r"sDons Dl" Tor the color dis
play III the Colo,n, Exhibition
ou did not see all MS clearly III
the moment ou did not realize he
Significance Of the poster which ad
vert'sed th- Cologne Exhibition far
ana Uide-the Hun on horseback
| With attaining torch What has h
! = do with the Werkhund+
Was the dia eolicul clevernesS Of
that barbaric color show with that
| barharlc poster one Of he great pre-
| cauf IONS Was il perfectly con
! celved master stroke. calculated Ia
produce its impression 1t the crucial
! moment All the world knows the
psychological effect Of a violent riot
/ Of flaming color. All soldiers Woilla
respond TO that flaming torch and
| how preSCi"nt II was with the tate
OF Belgium.
And yet these things We're only a
| part Of that ceaseless German pub
1I<.ItN lNI1,
form an exchange profeSsorShip L.
| a picture postcard. You can trace
it, ~ degrees, in other countries but
you VIII never discover anything
which even approaches this stu
p.endous organizatio with its thou
sands of sensitive nerves reaching
out to gather in, its thousands "a
equally sensitive nerves radiatine
the same message. in different forms
over and over again. their purpor
ungueSsed until a nation is Willin.
: to forsake the ideal toward which it
: unconscious march has been leadins
: It for the other ideal which the Gen
eral Manager has always kept beTor'
: it.
: 1t has been no easy victory f0
} him lie has had the constant ten
2 dency Of mans increasing democrati
Y | "a ton to contend with. Socialism ha
S risen to great powers. The illusion Q
T the divine right seems bound TO
fast t-approachi emo. Every know
e force, every human aspiration, ever
: triumph of science seems to be AZ
). rayed against him, and Yet he neNe
: wavers, never falters, this tlreles
sleepless, relentless General Manage
a Day after day. month af:er month
e year after year, he labOrs TO ohscur
n the vision of democracy, the relic
# from nilitarism. the freedom fr0l
q oppressive taxation, the right to dl:
% obey when obedience meant only TT
% acknowledS cement of a master: he IL
J., bored to envelOp these things wit
% the fog Of a dream of phySlca en-
e. pire, the glamour Of soldiers, tf
- ceaSeless diplomatic i'm broglioS Whic
g only excited and tantalized. ma kin
~ food by which it was easy to nouris
if imperialism; to provide the weapon
,r by which to levy, without too great
&c murmur fresh taxes for fresh armie
fresh guns, fresh warships, which
their turn only added fresh appeti
~ to the an-devouring NAV into Whit
ie all Germany was pouring its earning
io into which millions were soon to POI
ie their lives.
ia | hold no brief for a democracy.
ui do not insist that Germans would
ne as we'll governed by an absolutely re
II resentative form Of government. |
" say that it is wonderfully daring
oe nation without keeping it from des
VI ing to be a democracy. But as
as democracy the development of Ge
IL many had no interest for the man
Iy whom ! write.
'e- Who is this marvellous man "a
II again / say that ] am not mentiOni
zee names. All l do know, from long {
ia perience is that such games canr
lor be played by any organization.
10 mere system will ever run such
IN IMPLICATED mechanism. Behind
ay immersed in it, saturated with it a
hg the idea it strives to ADVERTISE the
must be a man. Such a man as I
er- world rarely sees"a Shakespeare a
to a CavOur rolled into one, with
lps dash of Machiavelli, Martin Iuth
ere and Philip II.
OF do not know how we'll his W
APPS has stood in Germany. There
an evidences here and there, that
hour of his greatest trial IS at ha
a. ic nr1x aTI6ancaC