New-York tribune., 1917-08-26

write this because the ideaism of the
German government has not been clearly
seen, and because the immense contribution
OF Germany to world peace has as yet been
misinterpreted and even denied. Back OF
every German act of the last three years has
: been an organized policy, and that policy has
been one of tender concern for humanity 1t
is time 10 speak, and especially to speak OF
von Eulenspiel
Hndenburc has been the hammer Of Thor.
Ludendorff is the silky, implacable brain OF
the empire. The Kaiser is the hgurehead,
lashed to the onrpshine prov and beaten by
the waves. gallant, immoyable, but a hgdre-
head. The soul Of Germany has been Otto
yon Eulenspel, and il is Of him / WISH ID
tell. For il is he who has made German
the leader in the great world movement
against war 1t is he who planned her course.
Without him we should have fought IN vain.
He is the greatest living pachst, and every
daring innovation Of our armies, every foray
by zeppelin and submarine, has been
Iaurched by his all-merciful initiative. 1t
Is time that the world did homage TO the
man who is ending war. Peace begins TO
beckon from the farther shore because Of
him. And it will not be troubled peace,
listening for the sound of guns, but long
He was the first TO see two things First.
he saw that war has ceased 10 have for its
object the destruction Of the enemy army.
lie saw that the object OF war is the de-
,tructior OF non-combatants. Second, lie saw
that war, 10 be ended, must be made horrible.
Living In his great dream, he planned -
save Germany and the world. Where II
,reaker man would have swerved, he steered
right onward.
Secretary TO Won Eulenspicl
Nv own part in the matter has been
humble. | have served through the three
terrible years as the secretary OF Won Eulcn-
spiel. | have been present at all his inter
views. issued his written orders, organized
his CORE spondence,
Long before 1914, Won Eulenspiel had won
his. high place in royal favor and in the
esteem of the Great General staff as a hater
Of war. He had gone from university 10
university. addressing the young men. urging
world peace. His method was one Of poll
ished irony. Only race with rare sense
Of humor could have appreciated TO the full
his turns | remember hearing him address
a group at Heidelberg.
War is biological necessity he SAID.
with that queer rising pitch in his voice
which always accompanied his darting irony.
The room rocked with laughter.
war is the nursery Of greatness he con-
tinued. when the young men had quieted
themselves ats decisions are just because
they are rooted in the nature Of things
"Delicious," whispered the boy next me.
"The old one is charming to-day"
l. was so wherever he went. His power
was immense. Young Germany was passion
ate with pachsm.
Then suddenly came the announcement
that war was being crowded upon US. and
that Won Eulenspiel's patient work had gone
for nothing. | shall never forget the day
when il was made clear that Germany was 10
be drawn inside the whirlpool. Falkenhavn
was gray with anguish. Great pous. peace
loving Germany being forced to enter
the cockpit and bloody shambles-it was un-
believablc. The Serbs were already in arms
The Russians We're at our frontiers, end
French hiors had been seen over our terri
tory on the southwest. Germany. already
Lenmed in and CONSTRUCTED for a. generation,
was now 70 be strangled. Blow followed or
blow. Belgium where we had made 40 many
friends and established so many centres %
coed relationship, had suddenly become hos-
tile and sprung 20 arms. Worse was to come.
England, in whom Germany had trusted;
England whose reigning house was Han
overiau England whose spiritual home was
Germany, this blood brother was entering
the lists against US, was making civil var
upon US. We had fervently hoped TIA;