South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-05
WAR IS DISCUSSED
BY FRANK Herring
Tells Teachers at Institute 1t is
Duty of Every American
to Support President.

10 support PreS wilson IN ms plan Oh
national preparedness" said Frank E.
Herring in hts address on The Funda-
mental Causes OF This War" before
, the ST. Joseph County Teachers insti-
tute, which opened a two-day session
at the high school Friday morning.
Every teacher in the county is here to
attend the lectures that will be given
by DR.. w. A. Jessup, dean of the
school of education of the university
of Iowa, and DR.. l.. d. Coffman, dean
Of the school of education of the uni
versity Of Minnesota
In his talk Mr.. Herring pointed out
. causes of the war that have rarely
been discussed by public speakers. He
said that many of the nations now in
vOlved in the European war had gone
into it for purely ethical reasons,
wanting TO get all of it's people into
groups. Mr.. Herring said in part:
AT the opening of the last session
of congress Pres't Wilson told the
members that it was not necessary to
plan a military program on large
scale. He said that, because he really
believed that ii was not necessary.
This mornings papers report his
speech at New York in which he uses
two words to give his views TO the
| American people. In nine months he
| has had the courage to change his
| opinion and come out and say Get
Ready Nobody can call Pres't Will
son a jingoist. He is a patriot and
when he asks us to support his policy,
it is our duty TO do it.
Two Causes Given.
Two big causes have been given
| for the European war. One is Frances
idea Of getting back the territory of
Alsace-Loraine, and the other Is the
shooting c an Austrian prince and his
wife in obscure Serajevo. 1t is plain
to see that such tremendous effect
could not have started with the kill
| ing of a man and woman. There are
more fundamental reasons.
1--WE understand that there is no
religious interest in the war. In the
| last 90 years there has gone through
the world the feeling of nationalism.
| 1t is fact that If we have Irish, Ger
| man, Scotch, or any other blood run
ming through our veins we can not
help but have an interest in what
| people Of that same blood are doing.
| Athenians, Spartans and Romans
| boosted that they were full-blooded.
| Every Japanese one talks to firmly
| believes that some day his country Is
going to be the greatest in the world,
Z whether that Japanese be of the intel
| lectual or coolie type.
| IN Austria LneTe are GVtVUVtVVV
Germans who, If they had their ways,
would make themselves a part OF
| Germany. Germany would go to war
| to get them back. France went into
| the war to get back Alsace-Loraine,
with its thousands of French inhabit-
ants Italy went into the war to get
! back a little state somewhere in Eu-
rope where there are many Italians.
Servia Feared Annexation.
about 10 years ago Austria took
over Bosnia and Herzegovina, which
are next to Servia. Servia believed
| that If the Austrians would take those
two states, they might go step far
| Their and try to annex Servia. Ger
many wanted to spread out. In about
45 years the population OF Germany
was doubled. Germany couldn't get
! South America or South Africa which
is now the United States OF South
| Africa under British protection. She
couldn't get anything by purchase,
Heligoland, little island in the North
/ sea being the only thing Germany
has bought for years. But she had to
keep the German people ethically to-
| gether. That is why she went into the
war.
Frances reason was along the
same lines, but still different. The
| population of that country, instead or
| increasing normally since the Franco
| PruSSian war, has remained station
airy. France was afraid of Germany.
1 The people knew that Germany want
| ed colonies in northern Africa and
! they also wanted Alsace-LOraine back.
ENGLAND is an industrial country.
/ If England were unable to get any
! food supplies into the country for six
weeks one-half of the population
would starve. She has to keep the
seas open. Germany started to build
up her navy in 1904. In 1908 and
! 1909 English statesmen saw that Ger
many's navy was increasing so rapidly
| that by 1922 that country would be
/ able to dispute England's title as
| Empress OF the Seas. II the war
were to end right now with the allies
the winners. all England would ask
would be the disarmament of the Ger
man navy.
The Women Suffer.
mo one is less a jingoist than /. 1
I do not want war. 1t is not the men
/ who fight that suffer. 1t is the wom-
| en-
DR.. W. A. Jessup's talk Friday
morning was Introductory to his two
| lectures that Will be given at Satur-
| DAYS sessions on Scientific Methods
| in Education" He pointed out the
/ scientific methods that are used in
| other lines, such as farming and busi-
ness. showing how things are done
| more economically and efficiently. His
/ subject Saturday will deal with econ
omy in the teaching of arithmetic es-
/ pecially. Following his talk. DR.. Jes-
/ sup left for Cleveland, where he will
/ deliver a lecture tonight He will re-
/ turn to South Bend in time to talk at
! the morning session saturday.
problems OF Administration and
I Supervisors was the general subject
I OF DR.. L. D. Coffman this afternoon.
His two lectures Saturday will be on
the same subject. treating it along
various lines. In his talk this after
noon he pointed out the achievements
that have been made in the super
| vision OF educational work
/ Following the session this after
noon. the executive committee of the
| ST. Joseph County Teachers associa-
ton met for a business discussion.
Ralph LOngfeld, county superintend-