Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-08-27
WHAT WE ARE FIGHTING AND WHAT FOR
The Antagonism Of German Political Philosophy to
Christian Truth and Morals.

I erlck the Great. from 1740 TO 1856,
they have made their gains. and al
most unprecedented gains they are,
under the very form of government
which now controls them and for
WhIch they now unitedly stand and
heroically die. That government has
held to the theory of the state as the
army, the army as the state, and the
IelBnlnR house claiming divine right
70 rule, IS honored and revered, II not
loved, with all sincerity today.
bc'sdes, In our assertion that de-
Wocracy is the only form OF govern
mcnt suited 70 popular advantage, we
really have not chosen popular
N'tchWord. First Of all, most OF the
reople Of America when they think
OF democracy mean not the general
definition, but think Of the American
elnocratlc party. They do not OBJ
1cttiZe the Idea OF the rule of the
people. Besides, we do not define
democracy clearly. We declare as IL
IT were final. that "all governments
derive their Just powers from tho
consent Of the governed" BY this
"e justify popular government. DO
we mean then that in a democracy
government derives It's lust powers
from the consent Of majority? Bur
n majority Is only a part of tnose
governed. IL may be but sli,l,tIy
over half. 1t may even be a mi
nority that administers the affairs of
tho republic. The truth is ttat no
government has Just powers unless
they come from those universal and
eternal laws not made by maioi'tics
OF voted or amended by legislatures.
made and announced by the eternal
God ldNNg "a t,h
assume TO amend or repeal; laws of
ortls and humanity. OF universal
duty and benevolence. SO, then. our
expectation of the complete passing
away OF autocracy before democracy
Is not an intelligent conviction or an
adequate clarion with which to
arouse our republic TO battle against
overthrow. And remote from de-
mocracy, the autocracy OF Germany
mas always been and now is a power.
flll form of government.
England Has a King.
we have broadly assumed that now
the end of kingly rule is near at hand.
But Great Britain, Belgium and Italy
are not contemplating this as a result
of the war. They have kings now
and expect to have them hereafter.
we have made much of the as
sumption that military preparedness
Was the cause OF the war. We must.
however, face the fact that nations
wholly unprepared are in the war,
battling for life and liberty, conspic-
uously ourselves America has evil
IDENTIFY proceeded on wholly false
theories of Germany's action until
this day, Of which those assumptions
which | have Sketcl ed are among the
most prominent. None of them nor
all OF them, satisfactorily account for
the war. Yet what is more necessary
than to penetrate to the exact causes
which have created the present
world wide catastrophe and which
are threatening destruction and chaos
at the present time? What has made
Germany n pirate among states,
murderer, monster?
.. Allow me to assume and later
prove that German political philoso-
phy, into the acceptance and full be-
lief Of which the German nation has
been drilled for many years, is the
actual and adequate cause and eX-
planation OF its actions, apart from
which il is neither adequately under
stood nor properly antagoniZed. TO
simplify IL. so that | may discuss il
clearly in the time allowed, let me
affirm and later demonstrate that
this Is strife between two philosu-
phies, two systems of thot, two
codes of morals. mutually exclusive
and irreconcilable; two views of hu-
manity and of religion, of man and
OF God.
! asked YOU TO consider the antagon-
ism OF German political philosophy
10 Christian truth and morals. rs in
dicating what we fight and what for.
Sn long EarFtNanN lxylAG thn
theory which created this war, so
long she will fight to carry it out.
The theory begins and ends in the
avowed right and purpose OF Ger
many to subiugate all other nations
and to dominate the world. Let me