The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-03-29

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THE GERMANS AS A CHOSEN
PEoPLE.
The foundation cause Of thls war u
oermany's arm belief that she alone
has the right to direct the progress OF
the world and to exploit lie RESOURCES,
For the last thirty years the military
autocracy OF Germany has seen TO u
that this belief was taught IN the
schools. and today that autocracy IL
reaping the benefits OF blind obe'
diencs to its will. German political
writing Of recent years 10 full OF the
idea that the German people 10 Gods
chosen people. destined to impose Its
'Kultur' upon all other peoples"
the German soul 10 the worlds
soul, God and Germany belong to one
another" Germany is the center Of
Gods plans for the world" I'VE hope
that . great mission viii Be allotted
10 ne Germans and this Ger.
man mission is: 20 look after the
world" Germany 10 chosen. for her
own good and that OF other nations.
10 undertake their guidance. Prcvt'
denes has placed the appointsd peopis.
at the appointed moment. ready for
the appointed task"
The German people 10 always right.
because Il 10 the German people. and
numbers S7.oo0.o 900 souls" -Kultur 10
best promoted when the strongest In.
dividual Kultur. that Of . given ma.
tion, snlarses its neid OF activity AZ
the expense Of the other national kul'
surs" The attempt Of Napoleon to
graft the Kultur OF Western Europe
upon the empire OF the Muscovits
ended In failure. Today history has
made us Germans the inheritors Of the
Napoleonic idea" The further ws
carry our Kultur into the East. the
more and the mora profitable outlets
shall we find for our wares. Economic
proft Is OF course not the main motive
Of our Kuitur- activity. but II 10 no un.
welcome by.product" "our belief 10
that the salvation Of the whole Kuitur
Of Europe depends upon the victory
which German 'Militarism' is about TO
achieve"
These quotations are but few OF
hundreds OF like expression. and the
last one cited 10 from q manifesto
signed by thirty-avs hundred German
professors and lecturers. Reduced 10
simple terms, the German belief At tho
beginning OF this war was: God dl.
rects Germany. Civilization advances
only by combdts between Kuitura in
which the. stronger and God.directcd
one has the right TO prevail and must
prevail. The immediate and present
object Ia to make our Kuitur prevail
In the East Tin .Muscovy'). and In ac-
ecmplishlng this we shall also gain
economic advantages. This Ii the FIRST
step in our world domination"
Where does America stand Ia this
theory Of chosen people? America
denies that theory; she denies that
God has chosen any one people a.
His own: she asserts rather that there
are many civilizations. each with It's
own meHts and defects, and that TO
each must be left the working out Of
its own problems.
We Americans are unable to under.
stand, or sympathizs with, q people
who conceive OF themselves As chosen
people. chosen Of CODA people 70
whom all things and actions. however
inhuman or brutal. are regarded 20
permissible. even holy, because Of q
faith In their superior mission and
civilization. 10 ~ such q belief 10
direct Evidence. not Of Leading, but
Of o locoiao civi'tsaston.
This German ideal, when expressed
merely in theory, even though taught
In Germany for the last thirty years,
stirred but Indifferent interest In other
European nations. In this war Ger.
many has revealed ia the application
Of her theory lust for world power
at the expense Of other peoples, q lack
Of good faith, brutality that have
stamped her theory a. involving a re-
turn 10 barbarian.
BY the application Of German theory
we were forced, unwlilingly. TO 60 10
war. But today We know that there
was no escape from war between two
ideals. Germany's eco.
nomic objects are many and large
(they viii be pointed out) but the basic
cause OF this war was the German ideal
Of dominant nation. That ideal,
BY Germany's own challenge, is on trial
In arms. Against It We must prevail,
or we shall perish.