Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-02

raj and commendable measures by which
| foreign element seeks to keep green
| in its heart tender memories or the
| mother country is the manifest pGr-
pose to create here solidarity WITHIN
| racial lines, an open resistance to as
similatioP and an aVowed hatred OF
| AngIo-American leadership. Here: as
| in Germany itself, education is the bull
wark of propa ganda. An urge. and In
certain places a very successful urge,
to incorporate the study of German in
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES schools is a
prime factor in this Germa nization
| movement. The hyphenates are living
up to Bernhardi who said in Germany
and the Next War" that the future
importance of Germany will depend on
two things-''frstly, how many NIL
lions of men in the world speak Ger
man: and secondly. how many of these
are political members of the German
empire" He argues for united bands
of Germans compact blocks of Teuton-
ic influence. in foreign countries to
act as political centers of gravity in
our favor.
Coming up to the present, Mr.. Ohling-
er narshals an arresting array of spe-
cifc facts concerning the attitude and
activity of the hyphenates in respect
to the European war. The book makes
no new disclosures Its contents are.
in essentials. matter of common
knowledge. But not before has one
had opportunity to see these facts as
a Soll0 DOGN OF revelation mat is the
value of the publication. The really
important question rising out of this
study bears upon the effect of the Ger
man propaganda upon the development
of a republican United States. If
French and Russian and Italian i'm
course. if Greek and Lithuanian. Slovak
and Croat, could and would follow this
plan of persisting in true and faith
full allegiance to the mother country,
II 1A Gov -
ship, surely the vision of a great peo-
pie. unified and free, would never
reach its fulillment
on BEING HUMAN. BY Woodrow Will
son. New York. Harper e Bros.
In this essay Mr.. Wilson reflects on
the human quality that animates. or
does not animate hooks and men. This
animating spirit he defines as human
because it moves us, quickens a like
life in ourselves. makes us glow with
a sort of ardor of self-diScovery. 1t
touches the springs of fancy or of ac-
ton within us and makes our own
life seem more quick and vital" The
source of this art of being human,
either in literature or in life, Mr.. Will
son traces to the practice of being gem
uine in the pursuit of that which the
best standards of the world have test
W
are assured, will bring serenity, and
this, too. is an element in the art of
being human. Poise of knowledge and
calmness of vision lie in serenity. as
does also the noiseless heat of supreme
mastery. Luckily" for u.s. Mr.. Wilson
says 1--WE are not the first human be-
ings" And from this point the writer
goes on to point out the lessons we
may learn in being human from the ac-
cumulated experiences of those who
have practiced this art before our
time. experiences that enable US to
forge ahead in the business so that our
human quality and efficiency in the use
of this quality may meet and match
the demands that a very swift paced
world is making upon us. I'VE should
school our ears to hear the voices that
are genuine, our thought to take the
truth when it is spoken, our spirits to
feel the zest of the day. The best Sc
lected human nature will tell in the
making of the future, and the art of