New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01

fountain In the court, the Dell-rope so nlgn
had to stand on tiptoe to reach it. How the
cold stone corridors made me sneeze! In
France it would have been museum Of "Pan-
Glen regime" In England it is the home of
Bishop.
The red rose of the Bishop stands in my
glass and the book of the Bishop, "A Day of
God" is before me. MAKE your interview
from that" he said, WORD for word"
The Vatican hath said, THE position of the
Holy See must not be confused with the feel
ings of the highest patriotism animating the
clergy in a belligerent country"
The logic is simple: "The Pontff is the rep
resentative of God on earth, and God desires
peace The Pope can only desire and preach
peace"
And the Bishop?
He has church and a country "Love of
our country" said the Bishop, sis implanted
in US by God and if we look at our duty to
our country as duty to God we put 1t on the
very highest ground. If | strike at once the
note of patriotism, ! believe that | strike a
divine note. | believe that God implanted the
love of country in US, and, therefore, it is the
us, not only is there no British Empire at all,
but our home of freedom becomes a German
province. | would rather die than see Eng
land a German province.
IF forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right
hand forget her cunning" The Bishop has
precedent for his feeling.
Now comes the duty of the Church to the
country.
1.-The Church must not only try to mobilize
the spiritual resources of the nation, but no
one can base a clear call to patriotic effort
and devotion upon religious grounds, as the
Church of God can The Church has saved
the nation again and again in its national
history. 1t is for the Cabinet to settle the
methods employed or voluntary
service or whatever may be preferred-0ut 1t
is for the Church to stir up the right spirit"
All which would be maligning the Bishop if
his cause were not Christian-but fortunately
for the Bishop he knows it is. God or Odln,
that is the ISSUE" he says in England, with
many faults and many infrmities and occa-
sional lapses on behalf Of some of US, we have
held in the main to the religion of the lncar-
nation. But in Germany Nietzsche cleared
away the accumulated rubbish of 200 years
under which Germany lay, having been van
oushed by the vanquished, having adopted
Galilee and Rome, which she conquered, and
for thirty generations struggled and wrestled
TO see with eyes that were not her eyes, and
to worship god that was not her God, to
live with world-vision that was not her
world-vision, and to strive for heaven that
was not her heaven. (All this the Bishop
quotes from Professor Cramb.)
Then Nietzsche himself speaks: I'VE have
heard how in old times it was said, Blessed
are the meek for they shall inherit the earth;
but say unto you blessed are the valiant, for
thew shall make the earth their throne. Ye
have heard men say, Blessed are the peace
Makers but | say unto you, Blessed are the
war makers for they shall be called if not the
children of Jehovah, the children Of Odln,
who is greater than Jehovah.
This new gospel that might is right has
shown itself in utterances which could not
have been made by those who believe in the
God revealed by Jesus Christ. If it is crime
to trample Belgium under foot, when you have
pledged yourself to protect her, then we are
fighting Gods battle for them; the lines of
heaped up dead are the lines Of martyrs in
righteous war; it is fight not only for the