Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-24
DMFRICA IS DIVIDED
INTO FOUR SECTIONS
..,,on Professor, Considering Unit
a Stutr.. for War Purposes Makes
some Geographical Errors.

SALIVA, Kan, Nov. 23.-The pop
,,ar teaching OF 'kulthr IN the
s.ls, universities OF Germany is due
disruption no less revolution
pI 'n,r me "Fatherldnd's" political
sn!t,u,iurs now are undergoing, ac-
nno,Jtng 10 Dr. A. l.. Cutler of Nc
Ub.rs0u former student in the uni
isrsties uf Lclpsig and Heidelberg,
cormany. In an address here before
.s...r tuun V sunday s'uOOi con-
..,tiou pr. Cutler portrayed a deep
''sguf INTO the sNStemdu' lraChIngS
- ,he leading German professors. lie
o,,,cd that when he was attending
.Ss university Of LeipSIg In 1910, all
Gsrmany was looking for the great
n,r" winch would place "Gcrmany
"ber alIc-' 1t was preached espec-
r.-y from the lecture platform. IN
,hs rrl,s room and even In the pull
", Ir cutler stated that the great
"a, confederate Of the kaisers am
btton to rule tho world was the
,sarhiugs Of the German philosopher,
NieUCne
"Tbr German people" he declared,
"bayr studied NietzChe as no thinker
oT his country iS ever studied ana as
few study the Bible, lie has been
,be fhOught-Ccnter Of Germany for
Years and to one who knows the life
~ ir,t country, 1t Is easy to trace
the cause Of the great war. This
teacbug included the doctrine that
mower Was supreme might was
right that morality was nothing,
the German was the super man, that
democracy was TO be despised, and
the teachings OF Christ were myth. "
As A freshman in the University Of
Laipsig, Or. Cutler was astounded at
the .N.,ut 'u wnlCn the war-gud and
spirit of milltdrism sWayed every in
utuatlor. lie learned that it was a
custom that all students IN their first
wear were expected to fight at least
five duels and be able to drink 2J
glasses ~ beer IN ii single evening
and still be able to walk straight.
The war undoubtedly has opened
the eyes Of Germany as TO the power
and wealth OF America. lie stated
that in 1910 he sat for four weeks In
class rooms Of Liepsig University and
heard a prominent German professor
lead his class through America. The
United states was divided into four
districts. the financial district" Of
the east the industrial district Of
Pittsburgh, the Great American des-
en- extending from the Mississippi
river to the Pacific slope, where
civilization again was apparent"
III the enemy should capture New
York" this professor told the stu
dents, America would be financially
Uranglcd. II the enemy should cap
4f.Fr - 4 4.
industral'y strdngled." All between
the Mississippi river and the Pacific
slope was Jumped into desert by
this eminent professor OF commercial
geography, and described as being "a
bleak country, inhabited by buffa-
lOeS, Indians and a few hardy pio-
neers'--and that was only eight
years ago.
Dr. Cutler told Of lecture he at
tended on Christmas Eve, 1909, at
leps.g. delivered by Frederick Dow
man 10 Il group of invited German
educators and students, in a dark
ened hall at midnight. Admission
was by ticket only and none but true
Germans were supposed to be pres
tnt
But there was one or two there
who were not Germans Dr. Cutler
continued. The lecturer spoke Of
the Bagdad railroad, the Balkan
states, the Hague and England-of
their relations to the future war. In
voice Of sarcasm bowman said:
THE Hague! What is The
Hague? II will have as much influ-
ence IN stopping the war as a garden
hose would have on great Confla-
grafton. .'
And on that Christmas morning,
10 1903, those Germans went out Of
That hall determined on this war.
while the rest OF the world dreamed
Of peace