South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-29

the British Immediately secured control Of all
cables going to America and by their clever
dispatches and their knowledge of mob psyche
logy dashed the American people into perfect
frenzy, so that the most absurd stories. that
would not even pass muster among intelligent
English people. were readily believed.
For instance. when the report sent out
that the Kaiser had forbidden mourning to be
worn by women in Germany that was not
haphazard invention, but evidently written
by one who not only understood that wearing
mourning the normal outward expression
Of grief on the part Of American women, but
also realized fully that America is a woman's
country. In a thousand and one ways the
British showed that they could play the master
touch on American foibles and prejudces. Ii
is nothing new; 1t has for many years been
we'll understood that when Great Britain at
tacks 1t is not only by her navy and her land
forces but by the news agencies and the press
as well. Yes, as political psychologists they
are wonderful
Although my sympathy has always been with
the Tory party as the party of the aristocracy,
realize that Lloyd George is an idealist, and
that he and the masses of the Liberal party
would not have supported the war had it not
been for the violation of the neutrality Of
Belgium.
Recent admissions by Liberals regarding the
neutrality of Belgium not being an absolute
controlling factor in the war clearly indicate
that they wish to counterfeit the growing feel
ing. We'll, if we only went to war on account
of Belgium about ready to quit.
~ can see nothing ahead of the Liberal party
ton. My sympathy has always been with the
Tory party in Great Britain, not merely be-
cause it is the aristocratic party, but because
it is really Nietzschean party, although the
masses and many of its leaders are not
intelligent enough to know it."
To the question, are there any men who
have been prominent in American history
whom you would consider supermen? DR.. Levy
replied:
"Most decidedly yes There are two, George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln. George
Washington was an aristocrat to his finger
tips; he never craved the applause of the
vulgar or the numerous. No personal ambition
prompted him to bring about the freedom Of
his countrymen from British misrule Not a
man of mental warmth, he yet had the tender.
ness that springs from due consideration based
upon knowledge of others
Washington and
Lincoln Supermen.
Abraham Lincoln, in spite of his humble
birth and his lack of advantages of ordinary
education, was one Of the worlds greatest
aristocrats, because he belonged to the highest
aristocracy of all-the aristocracy of the mind
One of the masses, he had mind that lowered
above theirs-as the ever snow-covered peaks
of the Hmalayas tower above the plains that
lie around their base. Abraham Lincoln had.
TO the greatest extent, the tenderness which
leads to due consideration based upon an
absolute knowledge Of others. Lincoln was
not merely a superman in America, he was a
king in the mental aristocracy of the world"
How about Theodore Roosevelt? Roose.
welt could not be called a superman, unless it
were of the obvious. Up to the time that his
desire for political office became so strong as
TO partly obscure his mental vision he was
very skilful in finding out the average
American thought and then announcing it as
his opinion. In America such a policy would
inevitably lead to success but it carries with it
a silent valuation of the adoption of such a
standard"
How about President Wilson? That is
question that / am not prepared as yet to
definitely answer. There are questions that
President Wilson has yet to deal with that will
have great bearing how it should be
answered President Wilson is not only man
of high intellectual attachments, but he is
man of remarkable mental power and force.
He is bit of a philosopher and has great viii
power.
THE United States has been very fortunate
in having had in all crises of its history the
very man at the helm who mentally best
fitted to deal with that particular situation. The
time will come when there will be need OF
creating a mental aristocracy in America.
whose aims and ideals will be far above those
of the masses. There is and always should be
great amount of mental mediocrity in the
world; this is necessary for civilization. but
why extend its area beyond reason?"
asked Or. Levy why he lived in London
and ne said: Because, while the world over,
thouqht is free and unshacked, in Great Britain
the spoken or written expression of thought Is
freer than in any other country"
Ethan in the United Ststes?"
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