New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-14
Suffrage and Fewer Births
synonymous, Worse Wars
Probable, and Microbes
Final Triumph Certain
i'm Cultures March TO
Self-DestructiOn.

calls, is given high degree of education by
the public. and he naturally wishes to justify
his existence Aided by this education the
sole g specialist is particularly well titted tor
following his own head into the tent OF the
public mind. In that fact he is always men
ace to peace as we'll as defender OF peace.
A dominant varietal hybrid group OF men
commonly includes in its nation many other
kinds OF people, differing perhaps in language
and religion or even racially. These people
are all rendered more or less monochromatic
in a political way through the influence OF the
dominant group.
For example, the South Germans give the
name "Preussen' to cockroaches; in Prussia
cockrosches are called "Schwaben.' Socialists
do not like Prussan methods. The Magyar
had no love for Prussia, nor had the Austrian.
Germans who had flown to other lands Mapped
their wings joyously in freedom.
When the Puritan-like Prussian in COM
mendabc basic spirit began his efficiency cru
SADIE in 1914 with the idea of buttoning up the
world neatly for school, it became necessary
to unite ali Of these people who called each
other cockroaches. How could Prussia &C
complish this? BY means of principles OF ap-
piled psychology Efficiency again! The psy-
biologists were set to work in a systematic
manner. Their task consisted first in bringing
about confusion of ideas 1t seemed desirable
to confuse the idea Of love Of fatherland with
the idea of love for the military class. This
having been accomplished, the next step re-
lated to the transformation of idea into feeling.
Women were chosen for the purpose because
of their facile response when engines are to
be liberated freely in emotional expression
German women everywhere were asked to ex-
change their heart-close gold rings for iron
rings at a time when there was no need tor
any such sacrifice. They were asked to ex-
change their home-close copper utensils tor
iron utensils at time when Prussia had cop
per to burn Women followed their gold and
copper emblems of heart and Of home and
carried the men right along with them-mag-
nets by induction! All Of this had been care
fully planned in advance by the psychologists
among dominant Prussians who were exercis-
ing supreme control over divers national ele-
ments in Germany.
PATRIOTISM A DANGEROUS OBSES-
SION
II really makes very little difference who
wins in this war All OF the countries have
records of past performances which are about
equally bad and equally good. There is moth
ing bu, mean little primal spirit called pa
triotism-the herd urge-which would lead
cosmopolitans to put aside the brotherhood-ot-
man idea in favor Of success Of any one party
OF gunners
Patriotism is not nasty little prejudice. as
some OF the sociologists hold it to be. II is a
dangerous obsession, relic Of primitive life
and fatty opposed to the intellectually con-
ceved ideal Of the brotherhood OF man. Patriot
ism represents one OF the early instincts given
to man apparently for the purpose OF keeping
him we'll assembled in herd form-in other
words in the form of nations.
individuals OF a warning nation may pass
over into condition of hypnosis to greater
or lesser extent.
Medical friends of mine who have recently
been studying the situation on the battlehelds
OF Europe say that most of the soldiers in all
of the countries now appear to be in state
of hypnosis to some degree.
They have no clear idea of just what they
are fighting about Even the higher officers
apologize for their respective countries being
in the war at all. My friends were impressed