New-York tribune., 1918-03-02
War Book Reveals
German Militarisr,2
Still Unclaastened
'London Times" Finds leu
ton General Justifying
i'rightfuIness
The Ne,o Y'ort Tribune

foretOn Press Bureau
An anthology of the conclusions
drawn by Lieutenant General Baron
Won Freytag Loringhoven in his book
Productions from tho World War" has
been made by spondent of "The
Times of London. From this it ap
pears that the military spirit of Ger
many has been changed in no wise as
the result Of three years of fighting
The anthology, which comes under
twelve heads, follows:
1'--i'hc Moral Of the War.-"Our bust
ness Is to maintain the fundamental
ideas OF war as they lived in the
German army up to the year 1914.
to soak them in the experiences of the
present war. and to make the fullest
technical use Of these experiences"
(p. 1922
2-Conseription. - "Universal military
service holds sway over our are md
for generations will not vanish." (p.
34,l In Germany it must be more ex-
acting. eve shall have to continue
to pursue this road in future, quite
apart from the necessary increase
OF garrison artillery and technical
troops" (p. 169.)
9. Militarism.- THE spirit of German
militarism, which has enabled us to
stand the test Of the world war, and
which we must preserve in the fut-
urc, because with it our world posi-
ton stands or falls. :" (p.
1dG.l we
a. Sea Power-"Gcrmany must for all
time to come maintain her claim to
sca. power" (p. 10.) "World power
IS inconccivablc without striving for
expression of power in the world,
and consequently for sea power" IN.
11)
Justifics Frightfulness
.. Frightfulness. limits of what
is permissible are in manv
ways elastic. A new weapon opens
up Its own paths, as is shown. for
example, by the submarine war"
(p. Sd
8. The Next War-"In future VIC must
disregard every objection, and must
see to it that the disproportion be-
tween the credits which are asked for
and what is to be done in case of war
snail IN any case never again be so
great as 1T was in the world war"
(p. 1881
7. Democracy.-''It is in the great
the worst form of moral servitude."
(p. 25.) "Ihe masses, as such, can
never rule" (p. 14S.)
3. Absolutlsm.-"Only under the abso-
lUto command of q war-lord can an
army achieve 4 really vigorous devcl
o,nment.' (p. 14s)
Q. War and Peace "a LASTING peace
is guaranteed only by strong armn-
ments. (p. 171.) "War has its
basis IN human nature. and as long
as human nature remains unaltered.
war will continue to exist, as it has
existed already for thousands of
possible to believe in the realization
of genuine pacifst ideals" O.. 176.l
Peace League Utopian
10; Scraps Of Paper" and Leagues of
Nations.-"We m!sconstrue reality
if we imagine that it is possible to
rid the world OF war by means OF
mutual agreements" (p. 174.) "The
idea Of q universal league for the
preservation Of peace remains a
Utopia, and would be felt rs an in
tolerabge tutclage by any great and
proud spirited nation" (p. 174) I
The world war should disencumber
US once and for all OF any
"Su uS eosmoPolltan sentiment tallty."
(p. 175.)
II. America. = "America's behavior
in the war has shown that pacifsm
rs represented in America is only |
business pacilism, and so at the bot
tom nothing else than Grass mater
ialism." (p. 1859
2. The Mailed Fist.--"In the future.
as in the past, the German people
will have to seek firm cohesion in it's
glorious army and in its be-laur-
elled young fleet" (p. 176.)