The Washington herald., 1915-06-07
SURGEONS WAY TO STOP WAR
Man a "Red-handed Glutton Because
of Brain Impressions"
He Saws.

Or q. W. Grille. n surgeon Of Cleve-
land. Ohio. in an article in this weeks
Nation discusses the present war from
gives theoretical suggestion for the
possible prevention of future wars Dr.
Grille has been over part of the French
and Belgian front and has observed
the fighting men and countries under
war conditions
In the Elasticity of the human brain
and the adaptability of man to his en-
vironment DR. Grille finds the possible
cure for the war evil Man is a red
handed glutton." he says. the action
patterns of whose brain. through the
ages. have become facilitated for the
| killing of his own and other species.
But animals. evolved to be life de-
stroyers even more than man, for ex-
ample the dog. have been modified by
man so that the space element predom-
mates over the killing element in his
action patterns. And although war
patterns predominate in the action pat
terms of the present generation. DR..
Grille suggests that these may be so
changed in the next generation that
peace patterns Will predominant.
I'VE must begin in the nursery, In
the school, I'm the university. in our
literature, In our daily papers. maga-
zines books" DR.. Grille writes. I'm
all OF these war should be mentioned
only 10 he shown as anti-social: to be
condemned. Battleships. forts, guns,
armor. all the trappings of war should
be taken from the web of life. both
from the physical and the symbolic side.
Literature and art and song should
l,a n
children should be those who have
made possible the conquest of nature
through invention and discovery. those
who have striven for and achieved
great ideals OF government. OF educa-
tion and of morals, and those who have
advanced the lot of man by the price
less gift of adding fact to the
worlds knowledge. As means of in
vigorating ourselves through struggle
and contest we should increase the
resources of sports and games: in
crease the struggle against natural
forces.
Germany today stands as an example
of the vitableness of action patterns
We cannot blame her. we should under
stand her"
Taking the suppostion that the United
States is situated similarly to Germany.
and that during "a years the acton pat
terms in the brains of the children Of the
United States have been facilitated for
the purpose of killing surrounding rivals:
that during this time the United states
knew that to defend itself II must have
efficiency and wealth. and that for the
people as a whole to survive they must
renounce their personality. must surren-
der themselves to the State, to be used
by the State. to the advantage of the
State and SO Indirectly to the advantage
Of the people themselves. DR.. Grille says
that the State would strive to It's utmost
to effect self preservation and the people
Of the state. seeing themselves as
collective mechanism prospering beyond
their rivals. would believe strongly In
their system and more and more would
be willing to surrender themselves to the
state.
German KuItur has been made pos
sIble only by the powerful rivals which
surround her," he s1s. 1T Is only
real danger that has transformed the
German Individual into state machine.
has eiven him the - ist verboten reac-
ton. BY virtue Of its sheer enaeaency