South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-24

historic triumph of the Germans themselves
which was achieved by starving a great city.
the next great war before il, the Americas
Civil War. was settled by the sweeping SOP
page Of food imports; and the who did II
whose name was abraham Lincoln. has NOT
left the reputation OF a Nero or a Herod- An
equally strange fruit of historical study may
be found in the ChancenoTs statement thai
Russia Is threatening Europe with the fate Of
Poland Our coarse objective may here. per
haps. move US to inquire what was the fare Of
PoIand
Poland was. at Prussia's particular and
urgent request. divided between herself. Aus
tria and Russia, the other parties. and eS
pecialIy Austria, being comparatively reluctant
in tie matter. Mere logic would therefore lead
us to suppose that Russia is now trying to give
two-thirds of Europe to her two principal enc
miles, keeping only third for herself, which
goes rather beyond Russia's really high record
for unselfshnesS in foreign policy. Mere hiS
tory happens to record that Prussia has not
only always kept up the persecution of Prussian
Poles. but has always gratuitously in4erfered
to urge Russia to the persecution Of Russian
Poles It is not merely the pot calling the ket-
tie black, but the tar brush reproaching the
tsrred fence for its blackness- But neither
logic no history, nor even the ordinary use OF
human language. is anything to the Subjective
Mind.
The truth is that, in reading orations Ike thu
Chancelor's, feel as If I were eavesdr0pping
These things are not meant for us Most OF
them the Chancellor means for his country.
men, and some of them. think the Chancellor
means merely for himself He is being sub
iective. and trying to forget what sort OF
object he is The Prussian really thinks II
good exercise to work himself up into a psy.
Geological intoxication. towering passion of
selfapproval, at which boiling point so Ia
speak he give of the fumes Of confidence
Tor the intOxicatiOn of others. PERHAPS II in
not just literary criticism to judge as a speech.
VI even TO Judge as a poem, something that Is
really rather in the nature Of an Incarnation.
For the Prussian in political history is pri
marily almost as little the soldier as he is thu
SAINT What he is primarily or approximately
Is the wizard-or, in modern language. the
hypnotlst And he is a hypnotist whose power
over his subject is slipping. Il is exactly at
such moment that his self-assertion must
become most violent. It is OF the essence OF
every kind Of bluff, and not least Of mystical
Dun that it must be more confident till II &C.
tuaIy breaks down. The bankrupt may be
wildly extravagant; the one thing the bank.
rupt dare not be is economical.
The Prussian egotist cannot lower his Claim.
He cannot spoil his credit with breath OF
common sense. or the most distant rumor OF
his being reasonable person The hypno1ist
must be omnipotent, if he is not TO be
imDotent Hence the wild repetition of
mere words OF power-or. rather. poly
syllables Of omnipotence-rolle like ponder.
Gus rocks upon the people; phrases like the
hammer blows of a strong and Unconquerabla
people, repeated until its adversaries are weary
strong blows on the battlefield" "a spectacle
of -~ntic historical greatness" One can al
'st feel the hold slipping; one can almost see
ne eyes OF the mesmerist standing { OF his
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