Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-18
MOLOCH AND KLPLLNG
By r. l.. OrcheHe

black because one sees nothing but red
J The inevitable results Of modern wal
waged in the most scientific and ener
getie and intelligent way in the en-
envy 5 country are converted into black
atrocities" by her foes-who have
not a single positive achievement to
show. The conviction Of this truth
that must at times steal over such
reason as is left in the lands of the
allies, produces in turn that Unbalanced,
impotent fury that finds no outlet save
in coarse abuse. or brutality against
the helpless, or in frgstful torrents Of
slander that bespeak the illness Of the
nausea Of a nations soul.
When the inky pail that hangs before
the eyes Of these nations shall be lift
ed and the clean cool wind of a sweet
reasonableness blow once more over the
kissing lava Of their bewildered minds
the true character of the Germans,
that grandest of all modern peoples
I will emerge stainless, serene and strong.
White will be white again, and black
black The damnab,v attempt to hold
up the most cultivated, peaceful. kindly
industrious and law-abiding people in
the world as Molochs and monsters
merely because the same superior intel.
ligenee they display in the pursuits Of
peace, guides them in the conduct of
war. will collapse like a rank, uprooted
weed.
The Germans kept the peace of Eu-
rope for A. years-so they were accused
Of lusting and plotting for war.
They are the kindest, most humani-
tartan folk in existence-so they were
described as bloOd-thirsty demons.
Their love of home and children is
historical-so they were called destroy
ers Of the one and murderers of the 9th.
er.
There is no land that displays
deeper, more sentimental love for an.
tiquity, art and literature-so they
were accused Of destroying cathedrals
and libraries
Germany was the only land that had
never waged war upon small nations
for the purpose of aggression-so she
was charged with a des,ie to dominate
the world.
Germany has shown herself as one
great inspired organism-she is there.
fore always described as a, blind and
ruthless machine" "
Germany furnishes to the world
model Of justice, order, clean govern.
ment and democratic efficiency-she is
therefore aspersed as harsh autoeracy.
Today she stands mistaken upon the
granite plinth Of her righteous cause.
calm, noble.browed, ,uagnanimous, in
the face Of her delirious enemies-she
is therefore painted as "Te Mad Dog
Of Europe "
But quite apart from conventional
morality, there is an immortal tenaeity
in Truth. And because II is immortal
it is terrible. This iron law is the ever.
lasting Nemesis that hangs above the
paper tents and naked tongues of the
armies Of falsehood and Hypocrisy.
Can they bind the cluster of the
Pleiades or loosen the bands of Orioni
Perhaps the latter quotation may come
home with a peculiar light to the soul
of Mr.. Rudyard Kiplng with his
" flair" for the biblicall Perhaps he
will recall the sentiments of his ere.
cessional' and give us a new defini-
tion of hyprocrisyl Perhaps he viii not
refrain from claiming a gift for true
prophetic analysis when re.reading the
warnings Of his "Islandersl" Perhaps
he has not forgotten those days when
he lay, i'll in America with n fever
from which he seems never to have en-
tirely recovered, and Moloch inquired
after his condition in hourly telegramsi
One Of the fatal signs Of the dark
ness that has overtaken the English
soul is the peculiar blight that seems
to gnaw at the minds Of her foremost
thinkers and gifted men. Their ton.
gues are dried and what they utter is as
sand and gravel, their brains ring as
hollow as the vibrant leather Of the re.
ceiving drum For all this is the fatal
dreadful and inevitable result of the
attempts to defend cause begotten in
iniquity, delivered in darkness and
nursed upon lies.
| am sitting her in the clear German
sunlight, amidst the rustling of the
German linden and the song and laugh
Yer OF heathy, beautlrul uerman chill
dren playing in one of the splendid.
flower-deckcd parks Of this bright and
peaceful Bavariau capital All about
me / feel as though il were an electric
current, the gigantic throbbng of the
heroic German heart, the mastery
deep harmonious rhythm Of this peo.
pies soul. \ thousand evidences Of
their innate kindness blossom up De
fore my eyes-the kindness to children,
to dogs, to the aged, yes, to their very
enemies, as saw yesterday at Dobcrita
with my own eyes, This deep sollcitude
for the poor or helpless, sparks from
that wonderful and impcrishable fire
that towers TO Heaven as love OF Faith.
crlaud. Here are soldiers that fought
IA Belgium now playing with the chill.
dren OF lost IN sentimental rhapsodies
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