Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-07

Ieu pioou, All love AMI all hope ~
lie. with It's anacmlc ideal OF hc.l.r
|, II sets up The other world as n ~ %
ton OF every reality. The cross l. ~
rallying post for a conspiracy agii.s
health. beauty. well.beils. courage. {.
tellect. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ike d.
self . This eternal accusation
shall write upon all walls: call Csr..
tianiiy the ore great curs,. tire 90.
great. Intrinsic dcpravity 8
which no cxaedient IL sufficiently p.
sonous. secret, sub;crranean
mean. call Il the one immorts
shame and blemish upon the human
race"
Nor T. he kindlier toward Judaism
toward the Judaism Of later DAYS. n.
least He has words OF admiration
indeed. for that warrior nation whicf
came flaming out ~ Egyptian bondne,
20 the conquest of Palestine: this n,
corded with his ideal supermAn. u
that Judaism which followed the Bah
lonian captivity cxcites only his bite
contempt. And his dissertation upn.
the origin Of morality. as taught =
Jewish history. Is one % the mo
Enthusiastically Nietzschean OF a.
that he has written.
In the last analysis. Nle;Esche tauc
n dual system OF morality mastc
morality for his beloved superman an.
a slave morality for the masses VII,
were too impotent. too spiritless or 90
foolish TO make Roadway against Co.
predatory proclivities of their master
And in the earlier Hebrew. the mar
Of war and conquest. swarmlng into
land Of milk and honey and making
his own by the edge % his sword
putting its men. wOncl and child.ei .
20 a bloody death-he beheld his 80
perman. with whom God was synony
nous with strength, power. beauty
courage. ruthles sness fsrocity. becau
these things contributed to the exer
else and realization Of his Will C
Power. and gave him added greatness
and supremacy
But when the Jews were carried in,o
captiyity-when they were no longer
masters. bat Il yes-the reversed con
ditions OF their lot treasoned Met
zschel reversed for them the dehni.
tion OF God Resort 20 the sword DO
came. then. the worst thing in the
world for them; 10 meant extermlrl.
ton Unable 90 combat their mastyis
with the sword. l,y rosorted TO the
supreme weapon of the slave Gas Met
zsche styles ~; they adopted tho
moral law as their instrument In tho
irrepressible struggle for supremacy.
Ard ,As= ;s5 Ssaiacjvrisiics OF COW.
5r'iUr. tiwitity. oasequiousness-t-o
marks of f'r s'avr-Werc elevated into
virtues. They became love OF on
enemies. obedience 10 God. meekns
o. heart. aad the suppressed envy.
malice and covetousness OF these On.
shaved people were thus transmui,
through the alchemy OF the moral law.
into their opposite virtues. Thus ia
Christianity Nietzsche beheld the 81.
preme triumph OF the slave over tho
truly great and powerful and good.
II is characteristic OF the Germanic
philosophy. however. that In spite Of
its terrific condemnation OF Christian.
ity Il would not abolish this. Niet.
zsche's objections 10 both Christianity
and the moral law are based. not upon
their intrinsic qualities. but upon tho
fact that they impose restrictions upon
the ruthlessness and aggressiveness OF
the superman lie would even per
petuate Christianity and the moral
law. as means OF more easily control.
ling the slaves"
Such. In brief. are the teachings o;
the Germanic philosophy.
II Is to that philosophy that Ger
policies Of treachery and la
trigue. OF falsehood and deceit. OF
ruthless brutality ana unblushlng vic-
lEtion OF every Law that humanity
holds sacred. are directly attributable.
In the eyes OF Germany the Hohen.
sollern caste are .Ep~rmen. and a.
such clothed with diyiae right 70 mur.
der and pillage ami lay waste. 10 lo
and intrigue and to do whatever elsa
may promise TO furtLet their own SOW
ereign viii TO Power.
Herein lies the Key To the Character
Of Kaiser Wilhelm. and OF HindeabVry
and OF Won Tirpitz and OF all the loa.
list whose names have become anlL,-
ema upon the lips OF civilization.
This explains the wanton tearing %
that scrap OF paper which breaclcl
the Belgian frontier and ppureI
food OF barbarian upon an uaoGta,.-
ing people. This Is the reason-,.o
horrible urreason-that lies g.. x
q the Shiny. midnight activities g.. t..o
most perfectly organized systeri Of
espionage the world ever saw, .... q. -.
projected and maintains the brU.a.
and cowerdly ''untersee" outrage.
against international law upon the
high seas. Il was this philosophy which
inspired the war song. Deutschland
uber Alles!"
Until civilization shall have taught
Germany the intrinsic horribleness Of
his philosophy-until the naiions
shall have absolutely discrodited both