Macon beacon., 1917-10-19

ons RentlsHaAn went % far. I believe. or was
reported to have gone 20 far e u have uald that
Wall Street wsa behind this WaF Hasn't Wall
Street got sins enough TO stand witAoVt an aecu-
satIoa Of thlsi The sane senator aid that this
war was brought oA By the Home Of N@EHn-
J. PlsrpOnt Morgan Did Wall Strest blow up tbs
LuSltAniai Did Wall Street sink the Arabici
Did Wall Street hre On the flag of the Gulf Light
and the Algonquin Did the House Of MorRAA
undertake TO bomb Morgan In HE OwH hOase ID
New YorkH Applause.) What must be the
braInstorms and audscity, Il not the sllliAssL of
men who talk like thati
Now. my friends. have dwelt upon the
causes Of the war abroad and here. Now, I
am going to dwell for q moment upon the
underlying cause that would have rendered
conflict between the great queen republic OF
the West and the great house Of Hohenzol-
lern inevitable some day. somehow. II this
European war had not existed,
This Inevitable clash arises out OF two DIFF
ferent ideas OF what constitutes a state, ma
tion. a government. Here 10 the Kaiser OF
u
this high with the notion that he rules by di.
vine right--that 10. In accordance with Cod
that he should rule, and that he IL responsi-
bic to nobody but God ON high and not to
people below him.
Here is the idea that a state is a separate
entity not to be held acc counta able to the same
moral la VS. which govern intercourse between
individuals. Here is the German idea that
the chief duty OF a state 10 to expand, to
grow, to accelerate itself, to spread Its kultur
or peculiar civilization which Ia about the
right translation of the world kultur. be-
cause contrary to the general understanding
1t does not mean culture as our word Culture
signifies that Is the highest duty o. a state.
and that the state owes no moral obligation
as private individual does to another indi-
vidual. the state owes nc obligation to an
other state. so TINT with cold.bloo odedness,
the German !secretary of foreign affairs said
to the British ambassador. "Is Britain really
going to war with Germany about a scrap
of paperl" A sacred obligation to be treated
az a scrap of paper;
And yet, what he said was logical from his
standpoint bccausethe highest duty of state
being merely to epread It's influence ..and Its
kultur and Its Institutions throughout the
world upon the principle that God has or
dained that particular state and its particu-
lar ruler, and therefore it'll extending Coa's
power. There Is German state with the
idea that the highest right OF a state 10 force.
What Is the idea we have got on this side
of the Atlantic2 A people who believe that
the only authorized organized government In
the world Is a government of the people, for
the people and by the people. IN the words Of
Thomas Jefferson. and that no man was ever
born. booted and spurred to ride. over
his fellows. Here is the idea which we have.
and which onr English speaking cousins
across the water have. and have always had.
that the code of morals that obtains between
individuls sho I'D also obtain besween ha-
tions, that nations should not 60 to war
merely for conquest or for booty. that ma
tions should not go to war In violation OF
solemn treaties. that nations should observe
the law of honesty and OF mercy. My friends
there are not only two different ideas Of state
betweenlthese two different peoples, but tell
you right now there are two different Hdeas
VI Tetktoh
The religion Of the modern Prussian as taught
In his universities and in the books Of his philos-
ophers today 10 religion Of force. It Ia . religion
of the survival Of the fittest. He doesn't seem to
appreciate that when you come to the moral world.
ysu come to mean the fittest Is the mpst human.
the most humanitarian. His wish today is good
deal like that Of his forefathers who worshipped
gods Of strength and might irresistible by man.
The modern dream has made Of the German en-
pire god which he worships. Instead Of beIiev-
ing that God made man in his own image. he has
erected god in his own image SO that the god Of
the German people is the German people. That
is what they worsdp. What 10 the other idea?
Why. my friends. II is this: There 10 greater IN
uence in this world than force and 1t is righteous
ness and justice and in the long run they have
whipped force and oppression all the time.