Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-09-02

ed world. even now. after three years
of slaughter.
The personal strength of the kaiser
with his people was underestimated.
ingmen believed that the German
wage Garner was deprived of the liberty
they themselves enjoyed and that all
things in Germany began and ended
with the army. Where the military is
dominant. everything else is sacrificed.
1T was supposed that the German
mechanics and workers realized their
situation. But they didn't. With them
the kaiser Is both master and guardian.
He comes first. even before themselves.
In what I call kind of adolatry. In
this fashion has Germany been educat-
ed. We hoped the education was mere
ly external and thatNthe German heart
longed for freedom.
again. the German is schooled to
reverence authority. which is an ex-
law of free people or the principles
Of free country. But reverence is a
vice when 1t is centered on an emperor
bent on the subjugation Of the world.
Such reverence Is not patriotism. al
though men may die in battle and
food under its evil spell.
I'm America, France or Great Britain
the flag of the nation Is the symbol OF
liberty and Justice. So when 1t is run
up and the call comes men forget them
selves and every other interest. Reli-
gion and politics are put aside because
the flag means. first of all, the home,
the church and the school. It's defense
Is the defense Of everything that is
dear and Of worth to the citizen.
THE German flag stands only for the
kaiser. 1t is the symbol Of militarism.
greed and ambition. When on the flags
Of all nations freedom and justice to
the high and to the lowly can be truly
read wars will end. Greed and justice
are not found together. They travel
different roads toward different desttna-
tions. German character. as I have
said. was misunderstood in America.
am not sure that Germany's loyalty to
the kaiser means. in truth, no more
than the expectation Of getting that
which belongs to some other fellow.
Once that is out of the German mind
peace will follow"
I'm your Dreams" the interviewer
asked. what good things do you sec
ahead for labor"
What see is more substantial than
dream" Mr.. Frayne answered. 1T ia
tangible and can be touched. II out of
reach just at the moment. A business
man who is prudent and understands
what he Is doing works twenty. thirty
or forty years and accumulates enough
to live thereafter in the manner to
which he has been accustomed.
II have no complaint to make because
he Is enabled to retire on a competence.
Indeed. l approve the economic laws
which bring comfort and independence
to the honest worker. The actual meas
ure Of success, think, is usefulness.
When the man of business, whom !
am using as an illustration. started In
life, possibly with borrowed money, an
acquaintance. perhaps a friend also set
out upon his long and uncertain jour-
ney. But the second man began at the
bench of a mechanic. He worked we'll
and faithfully. and brought up family
sons and daughters-who were of value
to society.
"At the end of twenty or thirty or
forty years the mechanic discovers that
ne has little more. materially. than he
had when he ceased to be an appren-
tice and was recognized among his as
sociates as a competent journeyman.
illness. idle days for which he was
not accountable. and the rearing of his
children made the accumulation Of
property impossible. So at fifty or six
~ or seventy he has nothing but a
worn body and dreary outlook. There
IS no rest for him. And. being old.
work may be difficult to obtain.
Now. 1 think conditions should be
such as to permit a sober and reliable
worker to accumulate a competence for
his old age. that he, too, may live In
the manner to which he has been ac-
customed.
But suppose" the Interviewer inter
rupted. that the mechanic whom you
are picturjng has been improvident.
You have drawn that question from
the armory in which the other side
keeps it's ready arguments" Mr.. Frayne
replied. "All ask is that the work.
ingman be given an opportunity to
save. VIII he save? / answer in the
affirmative. II he Is not provident. then
he suffers and pays the price. Society
has done its duty.