The sun., 1916-02-27
By MAMMALIAN HARDEN.


whom. according TO my conviction
rooted in knowledge. his ju,lsmen;
errs or allows Itself to be led through
political sentiments. anger. hatred. re-
vengefulness. into "A shameful, manner
OF speech that caters to the applause
of the mob. Let that be- excused by
the war psychology which has taken
possession Of nlne-tenths OF good
society" in all lands.
Cnpardonable. however. are the in
suits. the slurs. the hesmirchings ~
whole nations: the deliberate blind
ness toward the best--and the eXer-
ton Of the best-in others and the
deification Of the own beloved self
The furious disgust of Germans who
are called barbarlans and Huns IS
comprehensive. but they must not
smugly nod their heads when II COM
patriot slurs other nations a. p"dlcrs.
takers. liars. Tatars. robbers AMI
bandits And our everyday l:fe hears
shriller things. At recent general
meeting Of a large business concern
one OF tho stockholders spoke OF that
pack OF buns In America"--end the
chairman did not cali him 70 order
! That Is shameful. Is a step toward re-
Naturalization.
Such relapses into the wildness ot
tho primitive past should be COM
bated like n pes. by the intellcctuais
by the moulders OF the national mind,
az the historian and Ambassador.
Bryce. In England and NJ. Holland ana
many others Of his kind in France are
combating the desire ~ war-mad
lunatics to dissolve al, lDnJs OF
civilization and TO take away from
/ the enemy every merit for the evo,u-
ton OF mankind.
We have often read ~ Paris parc-S
that Kant was n nnncntity, Goethe a
! man Of neat mediocre talent. Bismarck
q shrcwd Canuhil. Nc,zschc "A
Treitschke OF philosophy; hey only
forgot TO mention that Schilior drama
,Ized episodes from the history Of
Franco. England. Russia Switzerland.
that German reality served him for
, tho creation of hut ono drama, en-
titled The Robbers" and that the
noble creature he ilnmortalized in rs
"Eucrgcr,ra yocd!c" was an English
woman. Mary stuart.
Arc We too going 10 descend to such
m,rc" Already II has been Suggested
10 mo by an Intelligent and educated
gentleman to show that Frances 80"
has never borne n great mtn. "F"r
was not Napoleon n thoroughbred
} Italian" Nevertheless he was French
, iaod through and through, THAT
| through Rismarck's veins there
! courscd many a drop Of Slavic blood
I !s prolnhlc that his ancestors nam"
was originally bismarck is claimed
! not only 10y czech cranks on racial
s,udesN ArI what about l'asra ,
! Turcrnc. Richclio'i. M"li"rc, Eahrlais,
! Mon'aignc. Corrcii,. Racine. \olta.ro.
I:ousscsu. Carnot. I.amarck. 'uv'er.
I.avnisicr. Tallcyrand. I"u~sin Fra
/ sorinrd. Houdon, Ra,2ic. Nr"gli".
Man,t. frauhcri, Ingrcs, l.lmar,Inc,
! !.cNan. Eod,n"
! do We grow ny hc'ittllnS Frcnch
. genius"
Yesterday German o'hcer wrote
from the trout.
We are often dscustod wen We
! get the new spapcrs from home.
! There's the same fa'ilt IN all ~ 'ncn'
They encourage the reader ~ every
dangerous prejudice. why TINS nate
funcss. Ibis blindness. seeing only
good In US. only bad IN tn" enemy
God knows what "" nave don" ana
are doing IS not small. NhN. there
fore. you mario" 'nindei on"s' S''p
into the tracks OF our "n"nn"s
Heaven FORBID mat We 700 sh"nlh
lose all measure of me 'nndancnti'S
Of civilization and humanity
| To save ourselves from tha', ou' of
own moral strength, that ~ our dn'N'
Not tho peoples have made 'liiS
war. All OF them would nav" been
glad TO work on IN peace. fa"h ma
ton heard one s"lnhre morning IN"
voices or its guardians: our c"uh-
try, onr honor are a, stake III d'ath
peril To arms
Each nation believed wNh r"rk'lNe
faith that 1t WAS forced int" tn" war;
and each believed that 1t was forced I"
hsht, IN SHINING armor' f"r the right
t.a'h has great noble men ana good
fornothings. fne fellows ana sooun-
urelS