The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-12-17
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reader, but he has read only about
what some one said about what some
body else had said about what some
person who knew said about 1t. In
this way we become parrots and
phrase-mongers.
A learned theologian said that God
had denied the gift of speech to apes
because He knew they would misuse
it."
Let Men Be Truthful.
Let us not be apes. but men. and
tell the truth from man to man. There
is new book just out, of which I
can not speak without praise. 1t
is entitled Germany of Today" by
George Stewart Fullerton, professor
of philosophy at Columbia university,
and published by the Bobbs-Merrill
company. The authors honest aim Is
to tell us the real facts about Germany
without bias or prejudice. leaving US
to our own conclusions. 1t Is book
80 clear and simple, and SO sincere In
tone, that 1t comes as an antidote
to the quick-lunch, predigested stun
gotten up by writer's whose talents
would better be devoted to making
dream. books. fortune tellers and horo.
scopes, or writing essays on "How to
Grind Your Own Axe" or Every Man
His Own Historian"
Professor Fullerton prefaces' his
book with a statement like this:
I'm this little volume I have
brought together collection of facts
that may be easily verified by any
one who has access to public IL.
brary. I have wished to present in
brief outline a sketch which will give
Ia just conception of the political and
social constitution of the German ma
tion and of the spirit with which it Is
penetrated. Owing to various rea
sons there is much misconceptiOn In
this field among our countrymen. The
United States Of Germany is young
and vigorous nation. So is the United
States of America. The better the
two understand one another the bet
ter for both, and the more profitable
will be their mutual relations in the
times to come. 1t is only just that
should say that any sympathy which
feel for Germany has no other source
than an intimate acquaintance extend
ing over many years. l have nc
German blood in my veins. M,
family has been American as long al
there has been an American nation
: May my little book be Of service tt
Americans"
Book Review Follows.
| What here follows is resume Of
this very timely and interesting cook
Germany is as much a nation al
is the United States of America. We
must not be scared by the word "em
pre-" for this empire" is a union Of
states under a constitution the same
as the United States. The United
States of Germany have a nationa
| conscience, the same as we have. Thu
Germans call themselves German al
We think of ourselves as Americans
| Surrounded by powerful and jealous
| neighbors the Germans have develop
ed more rapidly than we. In the very
necessity of circumstances German.
had to unity and become strong or b.
utterly destroyed by France, Russia
or England, or by all of them allied
That Germany is thoroughly United
in spirit is seen by the fact that al
classes stepped forward in this wal
for national defense. That the Kaiser
compelled his people to fight for hi:
own glory.is one Of the grossest mis-
conceptions among sO-called educated
Americans. These people are fighting
for national existence just as W.
fought in 1876 for the union.
The powers of the German fedora
government are the same as ours
and the German people under the Ger
man constitution enjoy the same right
and privileges as the citizens of thu
United States of America. German
"Bundesrat" is the same as our sen
ate. The "Reichstag' is the same al
our house of representatives.
Shows Gross Ignorance.
Well-informed citizens in the United
States have gross misconception al
to the German emperor A high schoo
professor said the other day in pub
| lis address that the kaiser is an alb
| solute monarch whom the German
people would be glad to get rid of.
This is gross ignorance. The truth
is that the German emperor holds hi!
position by the consent of the people
who expressed their will in the adop
tion of the national constitution II
1871. He is virtually the president o
the union of the German states. Hi
official title is German emperor" ant
not emperor of Germany" Thu
states do not belong to him; he be