The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-19
SAYS ALLIES FIGHT
IN A HOLY CAUSE
Sir oliver Lodge Writes That
War l. Between Christ
and satan.
ss,cai Correspondence 70 rur spS.

I.oNpoN. Sept. THE new o ok
written by Sir owe Lodge on 'h.
preseu, war has created quite a stir il
Is a small volume entitled The VA
and After" a'I contains q strong de-
u|uuc.at.ou 81 the Germans and tho
methods and aims. Tho writer is cope
vIuccd tina, this is a war between goo.
and evil, between christ and 'N, dCy'
He does no. doubt for q minute 'rr U.-
innate victory g. the allies, h'''g~'. N
SAYS. they are the servants o. 'Ir -
and are .ight.us Tor q righteous cause
He states his simple falth without amy
qualifications or apology. II i. ~" says,
a war against municipalities tUl pow ''
ur spiritual ]wickcducss iu high places
Il myself" ne adds, believe % ass.s'-
nnco from on high In this ru"uo ''o'
he SAYS:
I'VE. utw"rtNy. are agents of higher
powers in this conflict w ar" cenu-
inoly and - ~~riously fighting fur th'
right. We have no other object tnlN (
keep humanity from falling below IN"
state it has $50 far attained, AND sinking
back into the miro ~ animal material
ism and brute force. "" stand against
the powers of evil. one 81 the cham
pions Of Christendom. resisting d"ca-
dencc and UNFOLDING spiritual faith.
That is our strength and may yet l." our
salvation.
'.rhcrc is no false pride in this state.
ment. and there need he no false mod
es.y. The day Of trial has shown ~
both our faults and our virtues. Lam
entahly deficient in wisdom as We arc,
we do as a nation earnestly long for th'
triumph NJ the good.
"Hcruisnl. virtue and strength Of char.
acter really do appeal 20 ms, and arouse
not ~perfunctory but genuine enthusiasm.
We have a sense Of persona
honor, and have a healthy horror OF era
tuitors cruelty and savage revenge. :
Virtue victorious and vice NanQuishod is
what really appeals 80 the heart of Tho
people"
sir oliver Lodge has no hesitation
whatever in loudly prlisiuE German
achievements. As = philosopher ne has
a very keen appreciation Of the Cor.
man teachers 81 the days before ~,
Prussian domination. PRUSSIA, he says,
that gained her power over Gcrmlry
because she is more utterly WOrldl'
than any other nation. w" ard the
French have been worldly enough, hUt
we have always known that th"ro was
another world. Prussia has never known
that. or. rather. the other world Tor nov,
If it exists nj all, is just the samo ms
this one, except that 1t is moro favor
able 10 Prussia. And tho Germans,
different, waVertug and cr,dulous l0
matters Of the world, hay" been over
awcd hy her narrow certainty. They
saw that the Prussians, far more stupid
than themselves, had gained power, and
they went to Prussia to learn the Sc
Cret Of II.
"The kuItur Of his new Germany Is
the antithesis Of culture,
civilization without morality. with
no wide outlook, no elevation Of pur-
pose, no loftiuesS of soul, no perception
Of beauty, no v%cneratiou or recognition
Of anything higher thar the state II
Is blank atheism. organization az an
end in itself, devoid Of religion and w.th
all the culture Of life isuorod-it is Ike
the old s%oulless political economy based
on self-intcrest with human nature
omitted-it Is the old temptation of
Genesis We shall he as gods
"Whcu "A nation behaves ~ the Ger
man nation has behaved We ar" lusti-
fed in sharing with the highest a blaze
OF righteous anger, and we are sum
pRny such anger, Wherever tyranny
and vice are rampant, virtue means
protest and strenuous activity, As tho
sword of the Lord and In the power OF
His might we must STAY and extirpHtc
the evil men who ARE responsible for the
%outrages to humanity and who have
dragged the nation down till they ap-
prove them"