The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

whereof he speaks: "Our army ana
our fleet are aristoCratiC Institutions
and no one should disturb these. the
more 50 since our times are getting to
be more and more democratic. This
IL necessary Il for nothing more than
to maintain the balance between aris-
tocratic and democratic influences in
the nation" G'art !. page 1850
In a chapter entitled The Greater
Germany" IIasse discusses a dozen
or so plans for n greater Germany.
as proposed by n variety of writers.
Every one of these expects that some
day Belgium and Holland. as we'll as
Austria. Will be parts OF he Ger
man Empire. 1Iasse summarizes all
these views. and expresses MS own
convictions as follows:
IS a people that believes In its future.
and in competition with the great civil
ICED nations of the globe. we cannot toll
crate any narrowing down of our sphere
Of development. either In a national or
n political sense. Every change of our
German borders must. therefore,. be tan
tamount to an expansion. Before looking
for a Greater Germany in other parts OF
the world W. must create q Greater Ger
many In central Europe. We must make
n virtue OF the misfortune Of our geo
graphical position. We do not i've, like
the Anglo Saxone. on an Island. and 80
We are not Obliged 70 look FOR colonial
territories beyond the sea. On the con-
trarv, We are a continental people and
live on y continent, as does Russia. such
n country looks for colonies on the main
land. In the territory adjoining its own
country. II we look for colonies In con
nection with our autochthonous posses
pion., We only continue the millennial
work Of our foretather., henc. this con-
tinua,ion cannot be contrary TO nature
Part 9, page 49,.
Mind YOU, Il IL not n crime TO con-
auer and incorporate Belgium, Hol-
land. Denmark. because these are
contiguous territories, and so Ger
many would only continue the work
Of it's ancestors. who considered II
their duty to expand into adjoining
territory. This is brutality with a
vengeance. hut Il stands out bril-
liantiv against the apologies OF the
German emissaries. because tho bru-
tally Is not slcklied over With senti-
ment and Is obvious to any one. II
is moral. because It Is selfish, n
selfshness IS the greatest morality
Of the masses. Obviously Hasse has
missed his calling. He should have
been a professor not of political
science but OF philosophy. But let
Hasse speak for himself:
with the exception OF Switzerland We
are badly of FOR our old radiation OF Ger
manisin into tho adjoining tcrritorv. Here
the economic and military power must
h.lr out. The earth Is constantly being
divided vp among tho strong ana the
mighty. Tho little nations disappear they
must r. dissolved IN the n~eighhorins
mass. II we for the present abstain from
provoking the other great nation. TO a
.,rurr. for existence. We fuifl our
problem Of peac. In tho only acceptable
applration OF the idea OF peace, 'or the
-,rugcl. for existence Is natural. sensible
and ,u-tiHed. Hence IN this our lust FOR
expansion tAusdehnunEslustl We conhn.
ourselves 20 the great nations Of central
Europe. A. such We recognize the Scan
dinaviar.. the French, tn. Italians. the
southern Slavs with the exception OF
the Slovcnesi. tho Ruman'ans. the Ru-
-hcnlans and the Great Russians 3
page ife.
II Is not recorded that Hasse and
his kind have lost their university
positions for intoxicating such Tartar
morals. on the contrary. they have
been distinctly Encouraged, lot tNeTt
are men teaching to-day AT Harvard
University who remember liasse as
a violent agitator IN tho eighties Of
tho past century. when Nc was only
"A decent at the University Of Lctps'c.
But this cancerOus book was written
at q time when he was a professor
NJ tho same institution. SO there did
not appear anything abnormal in the
constitution Of Professor iiasse. Rut
hts case is typical. He is suffering
from |parano!a Germar!ca.
In paranoia two distinct stages arc
known. The first is the stage when
the patient thinks ne Is prosecuted on
all sides. II IL Then that ne says
Enemies all around us" Then comes
the second stage, when he IS ohsesscd
ny mega.oman.a. He considers him
self big and all powerful. He can do
anything. There are no limits TO his
activity. What he wants Is right.
The German nation has reached the
stage Of ambitious paranoia.
LEO WIENER.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. March os.