Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-08
DARWIN AND GERMANY.

Unless the allies meet poison gasea
with poison gases equally effective
the Germans aud Austrians win beat
Great Britain, Russia, France ana
Italy in this war. with the indemni-
ties collected from the vanduished
nations for Germany would strip
them 10 the bone MS she has already
stripped Belgmm--Ayhat might not
happen to the rest of the world
America ineludedR
II was the bombs loaded vita
poison gnses that hurled back the
Russians in Gallcia. IL was the
poisoned gases that caused the Brit
ish. during the operations OF last
week. to lose nine hundred officers
and twenty thousand men ON a short
line OF thirty miles and without any
really important battle. -Four hundred
and seventy British soldiers of one
battalion we're killed without mark
OF bullet or shell or basonet. The
poison gases did IT.
For the attitude Of the Germans
ana their wonderful and mcrcilcss
method of carrying on war of their
own making, there are two causes'
German philosophy and German sci
encc
Charles Darwin IL often, though
wrongly, DESIGNATED as a philosopher.
4 philosopher constructs system of
thought to explain phenomena and
the mind. Darwin WAS not even the
Enthusiastically English sort Of
philosopher whose system excludes as
impossible any rational explanation OF
The mysteries
But while Darwin was not himself
IA philosopher, he furnished the start
ing point OF philosophy that has
Stripped the human mind az but few
other mems work has done In all of
The history Of the human thoughi As
Il scientific investigator IN the field
of biology he discovered aud suited
new laws which have more radically
and profoundly influenced mankind
than perhaps any since men COM
monced to think
His laws not only resulted IN the
synthetic Philosophy" of Herbert
Spencer, but were responsible for the
agnostclsm of Huxley and Tyndall
ana the great works of Ernest Haekel
Of Jena university on the origin of
life.
Here NE lind the difference be-
tween the British aud the German
mental processes. The English think
ers RETAINED from pushing Darwin
ianlsm To It's nnhi consequences in the
domain Of morals and politics. Pos
Hibly they did not realize those con-
sequences. Both In England aud
America, Darwlpanism Is generally
recognized in the realm of science rs
truth, It never has been vigorously
applied outside that realm,
But the peoples OF continental Eu
rope are more logieal Logic is the
virtue ana defect Of the French mind,
and the thoroughness of the German
method comes 10 the same thing, Tha
Germans especially. have followed
through to the fnalilies the Darwin
ian principle Of the survival OF the
nitest-~ with them maviva! being proof
~ fitness They have absorbed Oar
winianism. elaborated il and applied
IL to their lives, their Industries and
10 their mllitarism. which is the
state.
A Darwinian philosophy, Darwin
ian ethics Darwlnian politics DON'T
nate Germany. and the undoubtedly
sincere plely Of the emperor does not
contradict this statement, Indeed. re-
llgion having utilitarian value. Is Of
flcially encouraged by the German
government on purely Darwinian prin-
ciples. as we'll as on the principles
Of afith, just as Frederick The Great.
skeptic aud free thinker was pleased
to have his peasants pions
Therefore, those who insist upon
postulating philosophy 20 explain
the marvellous determination OF the
German people 10 ariiepe destiny.
10 become the master OF Europe and
The overload OF the world--a deter
mination that does not halk az burn
ing Louysin. az torpedoing a Lusi-
tania. at quarterlng million boss on
the starving population Of helsmm
To be fed without recompense Tor the