Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-08
Face to Face With Kaiserism-
BY JAMES w. GERARD
a CourtJul February
Years II many"

'vivlnE lover commits suicide. and,
/ IN the fourth act tho daughter
jumps down tho well. The curtain
descends leaving only the old man
and the cat alive. and the impression
( ls given that n the curtain were ten
seconds later either the cat would
get the old man or the old man
wqpld get tho cat
The mysterious play OF Peer Gynt
was given In two theaters during
each winter OF the war. All OF lh-
sens dramas played to crowded
houses ReinhRrdt. during the last
winter was In Berlin. produced
Strindberss "Ghost sonata" in quite
- wonderful way The play was hor-
rihle ana gruesome enough, hut as
produced bY him IT gave "A strong
man nightmare for days afterward.
spirit of the Shnstiy and Grotrsduc.
The German soul. indeed, seems
10 turn not toward light and gay and
graceful things, but toward blood
she'd sud grueSomencss, ghosts and
mystery effect doubtless of the
long. dark. bitter nights and gray
days that oyershadow these northern
lands
/ think tho only time | lost my
temper in Germany was when
seemingly reasonable and polite gen
tlcman from the foreign office sit
ting hv my desk one day. in 1918,
remarked how splendid it was that
Germany had nearly e0O0, 900 pris-
oners OF war and that these would
Ro back to their homes imbued with
an intense admiration OF German
kultur
I said that 7 believed that the
1000 900 prisoners OF war had been
insultcd and underfed and beaten
ana forced 10 work as slaves In fac
tories and mines and on farms would
go back to their homes with such "A
hatred OF all things German that IL
would not be safe for Germans TO
travel In countries from which these
prisoners came. that other nations
had their own Kultur with which
they were perfectly satisfied and
which they did not wish to change
FOR any madesin- Germany brandt
Certain Germans have prated Of
German "Kultur," have boasted Of
Imposing this ''Kultur" on the world
by force OF arms. what is this Ger
man "kultur'" A certain efficiency
OF government obtained by keeping
tllf il@AINliNA VI AnN put .OI
all voice OF government affairs; "A
certain low cost OF manufactured
products or OF carrying charges IN
the shipping trades made possible
bv cnslnvlng the workmcn who toll
long hours FOR small wages: "a GER
tain superiority in chemical produc-
ton because trained chemists, will
Ing 10 work at one semi m echanlcsl
task, can bo hired for less than n
lTluh avenue butler is paid In
America. and certain pre-eminence |
In military affairs reached by sub
Jectlng the mass OF the people to the |
brutal. boorlsh noncommissioned Of |
ficers and the CALLING yoke OF a |
mllitaristfc system.
Culture OF German Jews.
Subtract the German Jews and |
In the lines OF real culture there |
would be little OF the real thing left
In Germany GutmRn. Bleichroe-
der, Won Swabach. Friedlander- Fluid,
Hathenau. simon, Warburg IN II.
nance. BarchArdt and others in sur
gerry. and almost the whole medlca
profession; the Meyers. the Ehrllchs,
Bamberser, Hugo Schiff Newbur
ger, Berthelm. PAU jacobson, In
chemistry and research; Men
doissohn Wagner, ett., in music; |
Harden. Theodor Wolf. Georg Bern |
hard and Professor Stein In Journal
ism.
But why contlnue7 About the only |
men not Jews prominent In the In
tellectual artistic. financial or com
mercial life OF Germany are the pas
tors OF tho Lutheran churches And |
the Jews have won their way TO the |
front In almost n generation. stlll
refused commissions in the standing
army except for about lit since
the war;. still compelled to re-
nounce their religion before beins
eligible for nobility or a court func-
ton. still practically excluded from
university professorships, ionsldsr-
ed socially inferior, the Jews OF Ger
many until few years ago lived
under restrictions that had survived |
from the Middle ages. They were
not allowed 10 bear Christian names.
The marriages of Jews and Chris
tlans was forbidden. Jews could not |
own houses and lands. They were |
not permitted TO engage IN aRrlcui. |
ture and could notobecome members |
OF the guilds Sr unions OF handi |
craftsmen. when "A Jew travelled he |
was compelled to pay tax In each |
province thru which he passed Jews
attending the fair at Frankfort ON |
the oder were compelled TO pay a |
head tax. and were admitted TO
LeinslR and Dresden on condition |
that they might be expelled at any |
time. Berlin Jews were compelled 20 |
buy annually a certain quantity OF
porcelain derisively called Jews |
porcelain" from the royal mnnufac-
tory and 10 sell II abroad when n |
Jew married he had 10 get permis- |
sion and an annual impost was paid |
ON each member OF the family. while !
one son could remain at home, and !
the others were forced 10 seek their |
fortune abroad The Jews could |
worship I'm their own way In some |
states. provided they used only two !
small rooms and made no noise
The repronch that the Jew IL not
producer. but Is a mere middle !
man. taking II profit M goods pass |
from hand 10 hand. IL handed down !
from the lime when Jews were fOr |
bldden by law 20 become producers /
and. therefore. were compelled 60 /
become traders aud middlemen,
barred from the guilds and from en-