New-York tribune., 1918-01-05

1t would have been difficult to keep from
loving these people as first knew them.
A certain blnndncss and ingcnuousness,
actuated by noble candor and love Of truth
II ovabe simplicity in the greatest Of them;
u modest disavowal Of COMPLIMENTARY,
bewahre!in those who had achieved some
thing of value; a respectful awe Of the pro-
gressiveness and the vast resources Of the
great country we had just left, in which SO
many Of their people had found happi-
ness, charmed us and drew US closer to them.
In turn, our fondness for them inspired
respect which endured until the white heat
Of resentment arising from defeated purpose
and imaginary wrongs caused them to turn
from US. To minds so deeply impressed as
ours the reaction was doubly great, the awak-
oning very bitter.
Hitherto, it only in military circles
that one heard the refrains chanted Of DER
Tag" and "Uber Alles," and all they implied.
But with the outbreak of hostilities new
traits began to be perceptible in the
gentlest and most refined--student, philoso-
pher and the most phiegmatic of burghers
alike--that distressed the most casual OBJ
server. A nebulous moral turpitude befogged
their mentality Duplicity and perfidy were
into savagery; the women became unsexed.
brief word of command.
Centuries Bridged
In the almost tigerish rage which followed
the Belgian opposition the Germans became
a people characterized by cruelty almost
maniacal in its ferocty. Centuries were
bridged, and the savageres of the early days
of the Christian came trooping over the
span. Thumbs were turned down and kept
down. A deaf ear turned to the cries
of distress which followed the accumulated
wretch cdness that the decision entailed.
What psychology analyze the mentality
Of u peaceful, law abiding people suddenly
mbued with lust for blood:
With the greatest sorrow we had witnessed
the orgies that followed the sinking Of the
Lusitania. Horror-strickcn Americans IN
Berlin were compelled to sit in SILENCE while
some burgher suddenly transformed from an
amiable, jovial being into a gloati1g fiend,
would tell Of the greater horrors yet to come.
Christianity, even civilization itself, could re-
ceive no greater setback than the mighty roar
of acclaim which arose from the jublant
crowd on the occasion of the parade of the
crews of the submarines through the streets
of Berlin to celebrate the resumption Of
Schrcckichket.
The Americans witnessed these hldeous
demonstrations in wonderment, sick at heart,
amazed at the callousness of hitherto Cod
fearing people revellng in the reports of
Wholesale murder Still less could they
derstand the savage resentment displayed to
another body of men from the U-bCatS, again
paraded to impress the Berliners when it was
demonstrated that the much -heralded cam
paign was doomed to failure. AS early as
May of the present year rumors had been
seepng into Berlin of the navy plot, the dis
content and the threats of mutiny in Klel,
Cuxhaven and Wilhelmshaven. In conse-
Qucnce, this body of men was received in
coldness and silence, and in the poorer quar-
ters vile epithets were hurled at them and
accusations of treason The people would
have rent them limb from limb, nothing but
display of authority by the officials keeping
them within bounds.
A Fury of Destruction
1t seemed as if in his rage the German was
lashing about in fury that would destroy
all within reach, for the sinking of neutral
vessels was an occasion for even greater re-
joicng. The destruction Of anything carry
ing cargo that might interfere with the sue
cess Of the Germans demanded. No
nation or people on earth had the right to
stand in the way of victory. The land and
the sea were created for one purpose~to
further the success of the Voterand.
These were the policies advocated by the
mad philosopher Nietzsche, which. however.
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