South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-18

terestS that wanted war issued an
order calling for "A general mobiliza-
ton in Germany three days before
the official order was given, that
they deceived the German emperor
into believing that the French had
crossed the German border before
they had completed mobilization IN
consequence of which he signed the
declaration Of war at o'clock IN
the morning after frankly telling
Won Moltke and the other military
leaders who had urged him on, that
they would be sorry for what they
did.
THE center OF the war agitation
in Germany in recent years is TO be
found in the Pane ermanist union, -
said Or. Jordan. Behind and pro-
noting this union were the interests
that would be benefited by war and
by the territorial expansion Of Ger
many in the orient. the yellow
iC- FINALS whose only motives was TO
turn away the attention OF the peO-
pie while they picked their pockets,
and the mobiles and army officers.
who of course saw in war a chance
Of winning fame and strengthening
their power in the government.
Not Commercial Envy.
THE envy of commercial success
existing between the nations did not
play an important part in causing
the war because the great captains
of industry realize that war is never
good business and believe with
Franklin that it is never advisable
to knock a customer on the head.
The forces that were against war
were generally the rulers of the ma
tions and the premiers, the bust
ness interests and the people, but
these elements of the population
were overwhelmed by the noise
made by the jingoists who had them
in war before they realized the
fact"
DR.. Jordan told of what very lit
tie importance the king or emperor
has in Europe. related how ne had
once tried 10 send the king of Eng
land his book on Peace and how
il was returned for the third time
by the prime minister with a letter
stating that the king was never al
lowed to read books Of a controver-
sial nature. He declared that the
queens are smarter than the kings
for they are hand picked while the
kings are chosen by the Lord and
who seems always to select for that
unimpOrtant office the oldest son of
his last failure" He said he was of
the opinion that one OF the kings of
Europe was better qualified TO be a
shipping clerk, another would have
made an excellent advance agent for
carnival another was best suit
ed 10 be a clerk in a habadashery.
He characterized Bernhard as the
only militarist that really had a
mind and declared that Lloyd
George. who when the Americans
had tried to help Belgium. opposed
the plan because he said il would
/ be better for his cause to let the
Germans starve he four million in
habitants of that country, as a dem
ogogue.
DR.. Jordan concluded by showing
/ the advantages which the people of
a democracy have in regard TO be-
\ ing able to keep out of war and by
/ outlining the plan which the lead
ers Of the international peace move
ment have for obtaining a perman-
ent peace at the END of the pres
ent conflict. In this regard he said
that il would be necessary first OF
all to see that Belgium and north
ern France are abandoned by the
/ Germans. to establish the principle
{ that no territory may be annexed by
a country by force. that federation
become more general. that the
rights Of minorities be given more
consideration, that the principle o.
freedom of the seas be established
and the Hague court be made a rea
permanent institution.