The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
LONDON PRESS
MISINFORN1S AMERICAN PUBLIC

against Germany was the result OF the
wounded vanity of France, beaten at
Sedan OF Russia, beaten by Japan on
the plains OF Manchuria and the field
OF diplomacy by Austria. and England,
beaten by Germany on the field OF com
mercal expansion. These things linked
with the vanity OF Servia's and Bel
GUMS Kings, who wanted TO play the
part OF world Powers" made the war
possible.
This same London press has dnned
into our ears the 'Prussan oligarchy."
There 10 no Prussian oligarchy. There
Is a strong Prussian aristocracy. whose
influence, however. has been steadily /
waning, AZ the records Of the Rechstag |
abundantly prove and whose power Will
he sull further weakened when the
Governments promise has been en- |
bodied in law. according to which the
three class system of voting in Prussia
for tho provincial assembly will be abol- |
ished.
The empire itself was founded on man |
hood suffrage and the cities OF Ger ,
many have more independence and moro
democracy than New York and are in.
finitely better. more cheaply and more
Justly governed. Prussia IN, in fact,
only one of the confederate States, with
Bavaria, Wuerttemberg, Saxony, &c, as
sister States. bound together as our
| States are by a constitution and a SEN
ate (BundesraSh), and the Emperor has
In some respects less power than we
| have given the President, and the rub
ing ecvereiens OF the confederate States
are his allies. not his vassals, To talk
OF any oligarchy in Germany is TO dis
play sross and inexcusable ignorance
what men in London dislike IL not
imilitsrfsm, but German efficiency. Lord
Roberts was and Lord Kitchener Is. far
more OF militarist than Bernhard ever
aspired TO be. VIII England give up
her navy and Russia and France their
armies II Germany abandons her "ml-
/ Itar.sm"? Russia was bullying France
into a three years military system. and
/ France was insisting that Russia raise
her army to eight millions and rebuild
her navy as condition OF tho peace
mi alliance" And England has had her
two Power standard" for her navy
These are nice angels Of peace 20 talk
piously OF German mlitarism!
How many who are Mortified at Bern
hard or Tretzslte have really read either
OF these men and really know what they
etand Iots lneN are Nueeu DTee from
some OF our ingrained homage our
vices pay to virtue" but there is not
an opinion expressed on force and war
that could not be matched with
hundred quotations from English Hnd
American sources. including such apos-
/ ties OF peace as Mr.. Roosevelt, DR.. Ly-
man Abbott and Lord Roberts. Both
men. however. knew what they were
talking about and do not pretend that
pagan world abou- us is really gov
erned by Christian principles
Can any sensible American listen with
patience while the London press teaches
us that an army made up OF the flower
OF Germanys educated manhood I'm
which professors OF worldwide fame
serve as privates and non-commis-
stoned officers and in which there is
no illlteracy and no intemperance IL q
7 horde OF barbarians' in comparison
10 an army OF Turkos. skins, London
down and outs. Gurkhas, Cossacks, Tar
tars from the Amur River, japanese,
Tunislani Arabs and negroes from the
Sahara? And that civilization depends
on the victory of Russia's illlterate and
drunken peasantry under the command