South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-26

-Ni,u, JINL %, 1915.
Ideals cannot night natural forces. and unless
we The English speaking peoples find
counter for the natural force against
will 20 down babbIlng about the good the
beautiful and the true under the weight OF
energy that kens nothing and nothns
about goodness Beauty or truth.
high and common idea, has linked US 10
eether German brutality has brought the
Engish-speaKing races under the onS common
Rag OF Liberty--thst IS much but IL Is nothing,
IT, after being 50 brought together, do not
md kindnng in Us the spirit OF growth. Not
growth ritory but growth in dominion
and strength.
You get the tendency; mot growth in but
growth in dominion and strength distinction
without very much dinerence,-and which shorn
Of its ideaHsms. We fear. might degenerate in the
Britain and American the it has Of the
German to a might makes right" foundation. The
Englishman continues:
have the Ideals. but ideals whilst they
may be leaders are not founders of power.
The British empire founded by men not
pursuing ideals but urged on by the spirit that
makes nations grow. II the new union Of the
United States and Great Britain is to exist, TO
crush down Germany and remain 5 a world
force it must be inspired by this spirit In
diyiduals must 10 themselves, uncon-
sciously we are members Of the that
rules" their pride must be in that race
and where pride goes energy follows.
thing unbuyaOe, the something which not
be evoked by ideals, words precepts
the natural force which, wanting, nation is
herd.
Clear the way that all may May
the Canadians and the Americans, the
English and the Australians and South Afri
massed, not army lighting 20 de-
stroy Germany, but a permanent union OF
nations linked forever in power and in
strength.
Here Mr.. II. di We're stacpole out-Neitzsheizes
Neitzsche by several laps. True he asserts are
not n destroy Germany, but in
it to destroy Germanism and to destroy Germanism
we must destroy Neitzscheism. with STAG
poleism. Goodrichism and Newism, holding forever
our dominion and power" down-or up--to sub
servency ideals that makes right might instead
of might right There is nothing whatever to the
provdental idea that I'VE members OF race
that rules" while rule and that does not by
long shot mean that we are especially ordained 20
continue to rule longer than rule in the service
of humanity. Contrary this witness stacpoe
pointing directly the rut into which Germany
has fallen
selt-conceited assertion that We are race that
rules" that is destined rule, is less super
egoistc in a Britain or an American, than a German.
We either this for the advancement of Gun
ideals ideals of humanity and democracy, We had
better get OF it, lest long. even if we win,
following the stacpole philosophy. materalism
light TO overthrow.
We want that hundred years hence our
posterity viii be hghting a world maintain the
GermanisIn that today lighting get rid Of.
Frankly OF the opinion that the Vigilantes
would do we'll stop the distribution of such the
stscpoe heresy. II is we'll that
Clear away the old brambles and weeds O
the past that brother may brother and
help hins forget the battle OF Bunker Hill or
battle of God knows what, your
eyes on the future
In Ireland dead still lighting the
battle OF the Boype, while living men fight
ing the fields of Flanders for Ireland has
dWelt in the till she has become dead
the present
The who in these days hugs old sores
leper. His disease part the leprosy
that get rid Of before proving our
selves iii by the only proof Of fitness
victory
yes, but victory what? Another case Ieprosy?
There is nothing in this that calls for the inhuman
/ brute part OF the allies; call
\ it energy what you please.
We lighting. yes. and with all our might. that
civilization may endure; that il may spread and domi
the earth but the civilization that We would
have endure and the night. a war that would
enable dominate other races rendering them
subject peoples regarding specially
ordained ruling power make this war nothing
more less than what Napoleon meant when he
said War is the trade OF barbarians and We would
be better in Spirit than adversaries