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fled the civilized world has been the
ruin of Rheims Cathedral. Germany
| OF course, was denied the gift oi
1 imagination. X belongs TO France, tC
Italy and To Athens. Heinrich Hcine.
! her own poet says that Germany
appreciates architecture so little that
\ il is only question of time when
with his giant hammer, Thor will at
last spring up again and shatter to
! bits all Gothic cathedralS." This gift
ed Hebrew had the vision that liter
arily saw the Germans pounding to
pieces the Cathedral at Louvain and
! Ypres, in ArraS, in Baupaume, in St.
Quentin and Rheims.
The German mind is a hearty.
mediocre mind that can multiply and
exploit the inventions and discover
les of the other races. The Germans
contributed practically nothing to
the invention OF the locomotive, the
steamboat, the Marconigram the
automobile, the aeroplane. the phono-
graph, the sewing machine. the reap
er, the electric light Americans IN
vented for Germany her revolver, her
machine gun, her turreted ship and
her torpedo submarine. In retrospect
Germany could have been so help
ieSsly unequal 10 the invetiou OF the
tools that have made her rich nut
that is not her gift. Ii Sheffield can
give her a model knife, Germany can
reproduce that knife in quantitie
and underscll Sheffield. The German
people keep step in regiment, l.
a factory and on a ship, and there
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mind is creative stands for indivi-
dual excellence, and is at tie other
extreme from the German tcmpcra-
meat The emblem OF TIC German In
tellect is beer; the emblem OF The
English intellect is port Wine IA,
emblem Of the French mnd i
hampagne the emblem of an Amer.
can intellect. like EmcrSon's is
beaker filled with sunshine-ins
knowledge Of these liquors IS based
en- hearsay. 1t is this lack OF mag
ination that explains Mietzsche'S
statement that for 2J0 years Germany
has been the enemy OF culture. while
Heinrich Heine declared the name o.
other incidents was this one: Dur
culture was France,
1t is this total lack OF mental ca
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explains Gcrmany's destruction ol
some OF the noblest bindings OF the
world She cannot by any chance
conceive how the other races look
upon her vandalism. Her own for
eign government expressed il pub
hcly in one OF her state papers: "Iet
the neutrals cease chattering abou
,athedrals Germany does not care
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churches in the world were destroy
ID, providing we gain our ends. Gui-
got in his history OF civilization
presents three tests of cieilizc
people: First. they revere their pied
ges and honor; second, they relcT
cnce and pursue the beautiful i.
painting. architecture and literature
third, they exhibit sympathy in re
form toward the poor, the weak and
The unfortunate.
Now apply those tests 20 the kais.
er and his war staff, and you under
stand why Rhems Cathedral Is
ruin. No building since the Parthe-
non was more precious TO the world.
culture. What majesty and dignity
in the lines What a wealth Of stat
uaryl How wonderful the twelfth
AAlithl EldHN w IN WHAT ittsMtHNN
lid these arches leap into the air
Now the great bombs have torn h3le
through the roof; only little bit,
OF glass remain Broken are the ar
chcS. ruined some OF the living but
tresses; the altar where Jeanne
d'Arch stood al the crowning o.
Charles IS quite gone. The great Ii
brary, the bishops palace, all the ar
t,r.4~
Ancient and noble buildings do not
belong to a race; they belong to the
world. Sacred forever the threshold
Of the Parthenon, once pressed by
the feet OF Socrates and Plato thrice
sacred that aisle OF Santa Crocc in
Florence, dear TO Dante and Sayon-
arola; TO be treasured forever the
solemn beauty of Westminster Abb
hey, holding the dust Of the men OF
supreme genius. la front OF the
wreck OF the Cathedral OF Rheims
all blackcned with German fire.
broken with the German hammer, is
the statue OF Jeanne d'Arch There
she stands, immortal forever guiding
the steed OF sun with the left hand
lifting the banners of peace and lib
| erty with the right By some strange
chance no bomb injured that bronze
Oh beautiful emblem Of the day
when the spirit Of liberty. rid
| ing in a chariot OF the sun. shall
guide a greater host made up of al
the peoples who revere treasures
OF art and architecture ahd law and
liberty and Christ's poor. and will
ride on TO a victory that will be sub
FINEST conquest in the annals Of all
! time
Either God is Dead, or Germany is
Doomed"
Over against the greatest military
machine that was ever forged and
controlled by merciless and cruel
men, who have given up all faith in
God, who practice the Ten Command
ments with the mot" left out, who
have stamped out Of the souls OF
their soldiers every instinct of pity
and sympathy, are our Allies Here
is Belgium, after all her agony, ready
to die TO the last man rather than
submit to cruel master, the Kaiser.
And here is England and all her coll
cnies. How glorious this land THE
land OF such dear souls, this dear,
dear land" as Shakespeare said She
has already sacrificed one third OF