Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-01
Or. WILLIAM n. SCHOFhElD
BRINGS TO CITY GREAT MES
SAGE OF GERMAN PURPOSE.
DRAWS PICTURE OF KAISER,
ALLEGED GOD ON EARTH
Sees in Emperor Great and Unserup.
uious Power, Driving to Establish
Pam Germany at Cost Of Bleeding,
Suffering World-No Peace Until
Germany Is Beaten.

The German propaganda, purpose
and plan for The conquest of the word
German "kultur", and economic theory
were outlined before an audience OF
ESQ Marshalltown Club members by
DR. William II. Schotield, of Harvard
University. at a dinner Tuesday night
in what was without doubt the most
notable address on the war delivered
in this city since the conflict began.
AS a scholarly analytical expose of
the German propaganda 1t was so con-
vincing that 1t stirred tremendous APP
plause that lasted long after DR.. Soho
field had finished and interrupted him
frequently. There was probably not a
man present who was not convinced
If he lacked conviction, that nothing
but defeat of Germany will make the
world safe and prevent another war
fomentcd under the same propaganda
tor "Germanys place in the sun"
Speaking under the subject of Per
sonal Impressions of the Kaiser, DR..
Schofcld sketched an intimate, first
hand picture of the German emperor
in a dispassionate way, then branched
from it 10 a survey of the whole Ger
man program of world conquest. The
speaker pointedly reminded his audi
cnCc that he was expected to no = tool
of the German plan in spreading the
propaganda of pan Gcrmanism during
his stay in Berlin in l901-'0S as eX-
change professor from Harvard TO
Berlin UnivcrgiIs Club members ap-
prcciated the presence Of DR.. J. II. T.
Main, of Grigncll College, who intro
duccd DR. Schodeld, and thru whose
kindly Offices it was possible for the
club to get the speaker
One Scheme of Pedagogy
Since DR.. Schoiield was expected to
be one unit ~ the German plan Of
spreading its Propaganda, he took a
short time TO explain how the schools
ana colleges Of Germany were used 10
this end. and how the plan was spread
into other countries.
He said the propaganda for pan
Germanism vas started first in the
schools of Germany. Teachers and
professors of Germany are of lowly
estate, coming as most Of them do
from the peasant class, and being
without standing in court and beauro-
cratic circles Germany made the ap-
peal 10 her teachers to become her
propagandists by appealing to their
social ambition. If they were good
speakers. IL they were useful TO the
state, they we're rewarded by orders
Of the state; hen other orders if they
continued to be useful. Then they
were honored with titles including the
several rat ratings. so-called, and
were advanced still further up the
social scale by the title Won and
gained entry at court.
They found" said DR.. Schofeld.
that this system worked at home. so
they tried it in other lands. The en-
peror thought the United States could
be cajold as other countries had been,
50 he approached Harvard University
for an exchange Of professors" DR..
Schofeld was, chosen to go to Berlin.
While there he was shown every at
tention He was often in the company
Of the kaiser; was his guest at the
royal palace, dined with him and the
royal family, and frequently talked
with him.
Kaiser Powerful Parsonage.
From this acquaintance with the
emperor DR.. Schofeld drew his pic
tUre.
The German people he said. have
a strong feeling for the emperor ana
are eager TO keep him in his place.
Make no mistake about that. He Is
eager for the welfare Of Germany, re"
CARELESS of how that welfare affects
other nations. He is an energetic
worker He is impulsiye and often in
discree and likely to take the bit in
mis- mouth and run counter to the
wishes Of the foreign office. His per-
sonality is most interesting. He talks
eagerly, earnestly. and with a wonder
full faculty OF picking up a subject at
the point where he left 1t during pre-
vious conversation" He described him
as alert OF mind, and Of extraordinary
intelligence. In many ways he Is very
human. Most OF all he impressed me
that he would make an ideal life In
surance agent"
The Kaiser and God.
so much Of the kaiser's personality
and mental attachments DR.. Schofield
gave to picture the figure that was
leading this brutal war. Then he ana
lived the emperor as Gods spirit on
earth, CHASTITY. blasphemous. super
egotistical monster who believed he
was Gods chosen leader on earth, lead
ing Gods chosen people.
No better delineation OF the kaiser in
this phase could have been chosen for
discussion than the kaiser's speech to
his army in 1914. He read: "Remcm-
Der you are the chosen people. The
spirit OF the Lord has descended on me
because am the emperor of the Ger
| mans. j am the instrument OF the al
mighty. ] am his sword and his agent
| Woe and death to all those who shall
oppose my will. Woe and death tc
| those who do not believe in my mis-
! sion. Let them perish. God demands
| their destruction"
| A cruel, heartless, bloody propa-
ganda indeed, the speaker said. "Bu,
remember" ne warned. "that~be has
the greatest war machine on earth
It Is DIR. Schofcld's opinion that tho
kaiser believes himself commissions
by the almighty for the conquest of thu
world with Gods chosen people tn
Germans.
Insiduous Propaganda.
Twenty years before he was assignee
to Berlin as exchange professor DI
Schofeld lived and studied in Ger
many. He TINS describes his iy:pres
sion OF the change in the German atti
tude during that period. From kind
~ country Of science and learning