The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-06-13
80 ME - sEENANY

TO undsrstand faliy The nature q.
she great struggle ID whieh Amerra +
enrnrsd il i necessary % keep clearly
Il mind the basic Issues inFolvea in
TIE war. Unless We do this, we shall
b. unahis 70 see why this country
should spend iis billions ard saerifies
the lives al its Young men on forei gn
bauiensldR Only by thoroughly req
ognlxng the nature a the contest that
Germany ls carrying Oh carr we realize
bow our own welfare and democratic
Institutions ihe world over are men.
aced The fundamental issue is made
plain by Lawrence y Abbati. 81 ne
Outlook. in the following article.
For nfts years Germany has been
TIE greatest military power IN Europs
Originally crested Tor defense her
army has been tosta-ea and fashioned
into a supreme manifestation Of "a.
ti0nai pouer The most hoaofabss
designation 81 the kaiser came 70 bs
LOT king. not monarch. not emperor
hut Highest War Lord Civil author
ity. civil rights and even olxl prosper
ity have been snb0r5inated to TIE
growth ana needs q the array Tbs
borden Of army taxation made new
and greater sources q wealth impera-
tive Hence Germany turned her agss
to BagGad. Asia Minor. Mssopotania
China. Africa. ana even south Amer
"a. she opposed ms tnking q the
Philippines by the United stazas and
showed her dislike 81 our building the
Panama canal since these two achieve
menis made IS possible obstacle g
her plans of world domination
A party o. Pan-Germanists grew up
They taught openly IN books. II lie
universities. and even Ia The German
parliament that Cermany's destiny
was first 70 dominate Europe and then
from that position Of European emf
nence. surprising even the giories OF
the Roman empire Of the Caesars. 10
influence suremeiy, perhaps actually
TO direct. the course OF world civiliza.
ton.
While other nations were dreaming
az peace and international arbitration,
the Pan-Germanists were teaching
their young men that -war is q hlolog.
lral necessity. that -the win 10 pow
err Is the greatest of maniy virtues
and that the Creator of the Universe
intended the strong "a c0nQner" and
the weak to die" IN order 70 produce
race perhaps a German racs-of
~supermen."
The motives o fthe Pan-Germanists
we're mixed They were moved partly
by the love OF military glory. partly ~
a dcsire for the great natural resour-
ces out OF which riches are made.
They believed that they could mine.
manufacture. buy and seii--in word
create wealth and WELD power better
than any other race. To do this On q
grand scale they must have territory.
territory and yet more territory
This meant war OF conquest But
the Pan-German leaders had no osiee-
ton to wars of conquest on the esn-
trary. like the old Israelites the
Book 81 Esther-or like Philip il q
spain see Moteys Dutch Republic
they believed that conquest IS manly.
noble virtuous and approved by God
II seems almost incredible that mod.
ern scientists and scholars should ar
que IN behalf OF bloody warfare ike
medieval kings But such is the fact
81 Germany. Or. Ostwald. q disfin-
guished German university professor.
winner OF one OF the great Nobel prlz-
es in chemistry. said In a public inter.
view early in the war thar Germany
vas fifty years ahead Of the rest OF
the world in culture and social organi.
zation and it was her moral duty 70
give her higher form Of civilization to
Europe. Asia. and. inferenuaily, to
America-by force il necessary. One
Of the strangest documents Of the war
IS a paper taking this same view Of
Germanys destiny" and therefore de-