The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-08
GERMAN EARNESTNESS
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and grucsor,rncSs. ghosts and mystery
--crfcc, doubtless Of the long, dark.
bitter nights and gray days that over
, shades ihcer northern lands.
| think ;h" only time lost my tom
Der in Germany was when a seemingly
reasonable and polite gentleman from
The Foreign office. sitting by my desk
one day. in 1915. remarked no" sPIeh-
didly il was that Germany had heaFl!
= Oun 0UG prisoners o! war ana that lh"S',
would GU back 10 their homes imbucd
! with an intense admiration al LcTnlaN
kultur.
said that believed that the 2.oo0.OoO
prisoners of war ha'i been insuitcd ana
iundcrfci and beaten and forced 10 WORK
as slaves in factories and mines and on
farms would go back 10 their homes
with such :, hatred Of all things German
nat II would M, be safe for Germans
',;n travel in countries from which lhcSc
prisoners came. thai other nations had
thor own Kul'ur with which they were
rcrfcrily satisfied and which they did
not wish 10 change for any made in Ger
MANY brand
Certain Germans have pra;cl much oil
German "Kuliur" have hoasted Of I'M
posing Ills "kul:ur" on tho world ny
force If arms. What is this German
i"Kul,ur" \ certain efficiency Of govern
nnnt obtained by keeping tho majority
of the people out Of all voice in govern
mental affairs: certain loT cost OF man
;ufacturrd products or OF carrying charG-
cs in ihr shipping trades made possible
jhy cnSlavinG tn" wnrkm"n. VII" ton IONS
hours for small wages: certain super
!oriiy in chemical production because
trained chemists. willing 10 Work at one
sc-ni.mnchanicai task. can he hired for
loss than a Fifth avenue butler is paid
IN America, and n certain Hrc-cmlncncn
in military affairs reached by subJcctin6
the mass .: tn" people % III" brutal
hoo-,sh nnncnmmisSlonrd officers ana
;ic calling yoke rf milltariStlc syS-
ten.
Culture Of German Jews.
Subtract tho German Jews and in the
lines # real "uitur" there would be but
il;,i. a. tho real thing left IN Germany.
tiuiinan. El"i"hroed"r. Won Swabach.
Fri"dlandor- Fuld. Tsarh"nau. simon. War
burg IN finance: Earrhardi and others IN
.urrcry. and almost the whl.ie medical
profession: IN" Meyers. ;hc Ehrlichs.
hamburger. Hugo 'Srhiff, NcwburEer.
hcTlItlm 'lul d't''E|'''' ~ |'''.'''''''
and research: MnndrlsSohn. Wagner. "tc.,
II music: Harden. Thendnr Wolf. Bern
nard and Professor Stein in Journalism
Eut why continue" about the only
mon no, Jews prominent IN the Intcllec-
rliai. artistic" financial Or commcrcial
life If Germany arc the pastors or inc
Lutheran. churches. And tho Jews nave
won their way Ia th" front IN almost
. rrrrra,inn. still refused commas
sInns in tho standing army Except Tor
about IA since tn" wary. still COM
TrIInh /" r.nouncc their religion before
being cligihi" for nobility or court
function. still practically excluded from
university profrSSnrships. considered
socially inferior. thci Jews or Germany
until a few years ago lived under re-
siririiuns that had survived from the
middle ages. They were not alioWru
30 hear christian names. The marriages
If Jews and Christians were foreiddcn'
Jews could not own houses and lands.
They were not permitted Ia engage IN
agrirulturr and could not become mem
h.rs Of tho guilds or unions OF handi-
craftsmen. When jew Travelled he
Was compelled In pay tax IN ca"n
rrovinrc through which h" passed.
Irws attending tho fair at Frankfort
on the oder wnrr compelled In pay 4
head tax. and wrr" admitted t" Lcip-
,yir and Dresden n condition that they
might hc expelled nj any time. Berlin