Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-31
The Truth About Germany by
Her Own Leaders "A Sermon
By Rev. Gay c. White, First m. E. Church

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q ashley were told. year in and year
out. comprised about with . multi
tude OF petty regulations, surrounded
by the omnipresenty soldiery: but when
war was declared The common people
were reused to actitn, and have been
faithful. because, foisooth. they dare
not be otherwise.
Might Makes Right Says Germany.
The truth about Germany falls into
three divisions Of fact, as already stat
ed, intellectual, political, social. Com,
sidering first the present Intellectual
leadership, we find that Germany has
been under the domination of teach
ers and preachers Of materialism.
German theology has been notably un-
orthodox; German universities have
been extreme exponents OF the phil
osophy of materialism.
Press, pulpit and class room have
combined to maintain the frankest
sort of brutal philosophy that might
makes right. Take, for example the
philosophy of Nietzsche, commonly
accepted today among the German in
te%llectuals. We must cease endeavor-
ing to preserve the sick and the fee
BILE. Our duty IS to help them pass
away, as quietly as possible. The
same cruel law applies to ace and
peoples. According to this teacher,
There is nothing obligatory about
morality. The only moral authority
is! general or social" The members
of one group may deceive, kill, rob
those of another group without the
slightest self reproach. In a famous
passage Nietzsche declares that a
highly moralized race, its members
self-restrained toward one another,
showing all manner Of mutual con
siderateness, d~elicacy OF feeling, 10y
atty and friendship; and yet falling
upon a stranger race, numbering,
burning, torturing, %ravishing, with no
grayer feeling than those OF students
on a lark! And so far as our thought
Of God is concerned the Superman,
the giant-man, a superior evolution OF
the brute creation, is to rule the
world.
The Outcome OF ideaiized Brutality.
The present war is the lpgical ont
come Of such a brutal philosophy. III
thesnarents OF Nietzsche had acted
upon the philosophy later developed
by their son they would have strang
led him In his infancy. Compare the
exhortation of German philosophy
with what happened In Belgium, as
described by a competent and reliable
eyewitness. writing in the Atlantic
Monthly, .tIn the almost tigerish rage
which followed the Belgian oppogi
tion, the Germans became q people
characterized by cruelty almost ma
niacal in its ferocity. Centuries were
bridged, and the savagery OF the early
days OF the Christian era came troop.
ing over the span.
All q man thinketh In his heart. SC
is he,a certainly applies in regard to
the ruling classes OF Germany. Ideas
determine policies, and eysi deeds are
the result of evil thoughts.
Germany took her philosophy veTy
seriously. It became her religion and
her rule OF action IN politics. Military
eniciency, inspired and directed BY
men whose brutality was exceeded
only by their egotism. resulted in the
establishment Of absolute political and
industrial a~utocracy. The soidiery
became the whip. Of course, doing the
viii OF the ruling classes.
The voice Of Germany is the EN-
peror ais the voice OF the United
States is the president, Each does
his own talking. Let US go then u
the leader OF the central powers
Wilhelm Hohenzollern, for our facts:
Consider the arrogant biasphemy
81 the following
Jhe Teuton Divinity.
i represent monarchy ~ the grace
Of God.
only one 10 master In the empire,
and ! am that one; I viii tolerate az
other.
You must all have one viii. and
that ii my will; there - only one lav
and that is my Law.
ii / order youto shoot down pour
relatives, brothers.-yes. even youl
own parentH--you must obey me-
without OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from speech g
Rdts1am recruits
The Spirit 81 God has descended
npon ~ because Ism Gesman@en,,
speror. "a TIE Instrument 81 tae
Most Hishf. arn His sword hi