South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-05

\ 4 i4t Z uAAtu eoldLtS EnlEftu the Wat
f; with Germany because it wanted
peace in the world, according TO
I Prof. Andrew c. Mclaughlin. head
/ OF the department of history at the
/ University of Chicago. Unless we
! entered the war. TO take our part
and bear our suffering in the awful
/ task of cOnquering the militaristic.
/ swOrd-proud government that boast
ed of its proves. We could do lit
( tie or nothing for peace" he de-
/ clares in his article on sixteen
| Causes of War" issued as the fourth
of the University of Chicago War
/ Papers.
! Germany might be triumphant;
and even il she were not. peace based
, on justice and hope seemed prac-
I tically impossible without our help.
: So we entered the war for peace. We
I cannot be accused of seeking finan-
I cial gain or Fronting by territorial
conquest. And thus to our bounden
I duty 20 defend ourselves was added
a duty 10 the world The German
government and above all the auto
cratic principles of Prussia are
8 remnant and survival OF hoary
/ doctrines and practices of an early
ase. Those principles and practices
are tenfOld more dangerous than
ever before because they have sum-
: moned 10 their support modern sci
/ ence. modern industrialism. and
! crude and awful materialism. IF
/ Germany cannot cleanse herself and
] emerge into the light. the outside
d 81 q Il
/ her or themselves adopt the con-
/ scienCeless program of suspicion, in
| trigue. and forcible military con-
J quest. Germany can be brought and
m"st be brought within the circle Of
cooperating nations"
World Too Small.
! Besides feeling that we entered
the war for the sake of peace, Prof.
Mclaughlin believes that we enter
/ ed the war because the world is too
small TO contain the principles for
/ which Germany and the United
/ States stand. There was no use in
arguing about il, he says. the
world was too organically united; IT
I could not encompass two warrinS
/ principles of warning. that is
\ 10 say. and deadly in their antagon-
I isms. even in times of So-called
I peace.
/ We thus found ourselves arrayed
against the whole system. policy.
and philosophy OF indecent German
world politics. We saw ourselves
/ ENDANGERED 10y a principle, and
shocked by fts application. Must we
In
and make more real the funiamen-
/ tai ethics of democracy 10
solve. on the basis OF justice and
propriety and human right. the
/ multitude Of social problems which
4 beset us-and must We do this
I knowing that a suspicious. intr!gu-
ing nation was watching our every
/ step and spying on our every action
} "a nation whose unworthy govern
+ ment nurses the delusion that her
\ pathway To power leads over the
I misfortunes and distress of others:
4 or must we, too, become secretive,
vulgarly ambitious, and love dark
/ ness better than light2 There
was no use in talking about it; the
world cannot permanently exist or
. longer live half-slave and half-free.'
safe For Democracy.
A little later. i'm discussing Pres't
/ Wilson'S theory with regard 20 max
I ing the world safe for democracy,
he SAYS. "Pres't Wilson has no..
as some people think. asserted that
I Prussia must adopt "a democratic
form OF government. He has sim
I ply said that German rulers cannot
/ be trusted: any arrangement with
I them for peace. unbacked by the
I people OF Germany. Is mere bauble.
/ While we do not demand that Ger
I many adopt the forms of democratic
/ government. We do insist that peace
and the security of nations be based
on the democratic principle.
II the world. divided into four or
/ five alliances. each bristing with
: bayonets. must orsanize from top TO
I bottom for war and live IN constant
/ suspicion and hatred, breathing the
! air of intrigue and sharp practice,
/ then democracy cannot last; then
! democratic nations must put on the
full armOr and carry the poisoned
arrows OF autocracy. for where. I'M
/ der these conditions. are freedom
ana fuIness of companionship
/ About one-half OF democracy con-
sisJs in giving the other fellow his
/ fair chance. that is the salt OF de-
mocracy. and IL the salt lose its sa-
vor. wherewiJh shall IL be sailed
I Not from Berhni"
Our Prospective Peril.
Prof McLaushlin is OF the opin-
Ion that, had We not entered the