The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-13

/ ~ ,i'iln~ ri = cricket !uncn
win ,h.' late Lord SnrucCr. 1hcn Lord
Lieutenant q Ireland. III AUGUST. l>''',
when tn" news cam" III that tn"
+ i'raurotirrman war had hrokrn "u'.
! tn" company. consisting m2!nty 81 :"!'
G.rrs. began. OF uuUrSr, ia Gi$CU-5 IA"
chances of tn" issue. There MAS Il
general AGREEMENT that. ~ lLr*i III
least, tho trench would gain inpurlant
: :.l!CC.&Sr%. Though bui Il CIVILIAN. and
cot M Importance in The company |
Nrulug"d 10 maintain Ihat not uNiE
would The Germans win, buj that me
{ result would b" manifest within IN"
first three months. When asked Tor
! liz r"aSonS Of my confidence, | SAM
! tina, HAD had some knowledge OF bulh
German and French frontier garrison
5Iuwn~. ami THAI wh!i" l. found the
German officers hardWOrkluG jealous
professional men. DOING their best to
know III" country around them the
rLiSlanrrS. The obstacles. etc, Of i'm.
irnrtanCn in days Of war had found
! The French, Il few mites off. men Of
| pleasure and idlcr>. That marked dit.
| i"rcuc" was. | held bound Ia tell. Il
not 1T once certainly in the Ions run.
! We soon knew the result. Huj Tor my
present purpose. what i more lmpur-
laNl lhan the result * this, that IN"
war. though every war II cruel. was
carried on in such L manner That WC
could find no evidence ut Il great I'M.
prOvrmCnt in the conduct OF the bel
nGrrCnIS. There WAS little inhuman-
lIy or cruelty: cases Of violence. or
! nt lhH open thiCyinc OF private prop
rriy, were not frequent. We had
IN i.,l. 10
pie though coarse and ovCrbCarlnS,
were Il civilized people. They were
moreover TO Il considerable extent Il
Gud-irarinc people. The appeals OF
the Emperor William to God Al
mighty were neither pr0lane nor gro
trSGUc.
| ask now what has happened to the
; German nation" On careful reflection.
| can see one clear reason which al
: first sight may not appear 10 many
Of much practical Importance. but OF
I which the consequences ar" 50 lar
reaching that it certainly accounts Tor
much OF this momcntnuS d"Grad alton.
| Il is this: that the intellectual classes.
those which in The long run cannot
bur leavcn the whole nation. have
abandoned tho practice Of religion.
! They have proved 10 their own salts
faction THAT many Of The dOCDlaS Ol
! the Christian religion depend on doru.
mnniS which will moi stand tho lest Of
/ their higher criticism. With them.
however. disbelief in the Christian
,G0guaS need not lead IN IN immoral
lfo. They arc too thoughtful 10 ignore
the value Of 4 pur" life. tn" hich inn
pOrianCe Of tho virtues Of honesty,
voraci:y. humanity. even t" wholly
aCcpprical society. Though Ihcy own
not more than one or TWO GERMAN pro
f"sSOrS who wnr" piou; mon. ! have
never mot among them man whcSH
life implied a contempt NJ tho moral
law But in theory som" ri Them wont
- far rs Nint$Ch". whose theories of
iiin were distinctly framed in viola
lion Of ali morality 9ni based on The
worship Of force IT IN" expense nj all
moral or oven humane nSidor7tjNnS
Md tho vogue that the works NJ this
lrnatjr genius attained. showed clearly
enough that tNn poison 0f irreliCinn
was doing its work. Eut in ihe uni
yerSi'ieS. tho private life nf III" nro.
fesanrS 2tjll maintained the traditional