Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-27
AS seen IN germany
BY CARL w. ACKERMAN
United Press Staff Correspondent.

Great II the events OF lne nlet gOoA Va
the war appeal as wildly to the i'm
agination of future Germans as they
do to the generation that IS living
through the present world conflict
Frederick the Great held Europe at
BAY and saved Prussia through seven
years of strife His descendant, who
now holds the Hohenzollern throne,
has more than equalled Frederick's
task because Frederick had England
with him, and there was then no
United States to furnish Gerulany's
enemies with munitions Nobody ex-
poets the present conflict to run
seven years, but if the allies can
stand a war of that duration. SO can
Germany, with the Kaiser at the head
of affairs. When the war started the
Emperor William had fallen into dis
favor with many of his people for
number of reasons. Some believed he
was too autocratic. others thought he
was too well disposed toward the
English. and still others thought he
was afraid of the military machine
Germany had developed and was too
prejudiced in favor of peace at any
price ever to permit the machine TO
test itself The early days of the war,
when enemy after enemy took the
field against Germany. people talked
disparingly of the Emperor as an in
competent, who had played his cards
boldly and had overestimated Ger
many's strength.
But when the victories began to be
won. and when the enemy first here
and then there was rolled back. the
populari opinion of the Kaiser began
to .h Drr.t,1r rnnfrurnd fhrFr had
misiudged him. The bitter criticism
of Germanys enemies directed
4 against the Kaiser. and the comments
OF neutral nations. added to his popu-
larity at home, until now the Kaiser
is the idol of his nation. He is re-
garded as the most embodied Of Ger
man virtues. the representative Of
German might and power. The ma
ton agrees he has not abused the
: absolutely autocratic power he has
welded since last August. but has
used his authority to meet every
b. crisis confronting Germany in a man
ner that wins unanimous approval. II
the war ends under conditions sub
stantially as they are now. Germany
will have saved herself. and will have
demonstrated her powers so convinc-
ingly that the Kaiser, who is now re-
sponsble for all things in the Empire,
must be given the title of 1.-THE Great.
The Kaiser in particular. has in
spired Germans with confidence in
the outcome of the war. His calm as
sertions of victory have been followed
by deeds substantiating his words so
often that he is not only the ruler but
also the prophet of his people When
the war began few Germans. deep
down in their hearts, believed the
Teutonic Empire had even "A fair
chance of succeeding. That is why
there was so much hysteria last Aug
ust, and why the departing subjects
OF the enemy powers we're so fire.
quently insulted That is why alse
the Germans lost their heads in Bel.
GUM and adopted a system Of terror
% ism. That is why. too. the hymn o.
hate directed against England was 81
popular.
Now. however. after year of strife
Germany has recovered the conf
.dence and believes in the Kaiser. Th'
fear of last summer has departed anC
the Germans are no longer saying
"God punish England" Instead o.
the former hatred of England there Is
now. developing a curious kind of con
NtMUls AlluEltu Win hNlA-aAAc GU
that the Germans should so boldly
have misjudged the English. Nothins
more remarkable has happened in
Germany durins the past year thar
the change of popular opinion con
corning England The might of tbs
British Empire was magnifed quite
out of proportion to its actual power
the Germans now are saying.
This was worth tho 6qhting eo ea1
the Germans if only because il ha
pricked the bubble of British strength
England will never again occupy he
old place in the world The ancien
spirit of the English, which the worlI
has long been accustomed to takini
at its own valuation. has been founi
10 be no longer existent. England ha
lost the war for the allies, in tn
opinion of German militarists and b.
doing so. has irreparably stained he
own prestige
The past years events. say the Ger
mans, have provided a complete ties
of the comparative merits of Ger
manic and British civilizations Ger
many has revealed her possession q
organization ability of initiative, q
austere patriotism, of inventiveness
Of an unbroken spirit under adversit!
of discipline. of an ability to NEE
every new problem the war has thrus
upon her
Where Germany has succeeded
England has failed The English Il
the opinion of Germans) have prove
themselves to he boosters. mnddler
and uninspired in any of their work.
They have been revealed to the worl
as people undermined by disconten
unpatriotic. so preiudiced that the
cannot even now accept the undoub
ed fact that their demigod Lor
Kitchener. failed them in their hou
of need The upper classes hav
shown bravery but no qualities of II
tellectual and masterful Leadership
and their lower classes are taking az
Vantage of the perplexities Of the wa
to strike for higher wages!
The Germans are asking what III
past year of warfare has shown III
English to possess which the worl
4 would be the better for the keepini
What can the world better be rid o
ask the Germans at this anniversar
time, the qualities the English ba,
shown since last August or the DUAL
ties the Germans have shown? HeI
is a Germany. beginning the secon
year of her war against the worl
q full of confidence. with increase
faith in the destiny of the fatborlan