Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25
HUNS SHAMED NAVY PROOF
OF \ DECADENT LOGIC



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navy for 'he pFl'' by "h'c" men sur
N'Ve upon inc oe'P waters was sur
rendered Wh'h 'he meets from hiei
traHeu out ana gave themselves up "lIH-
out struggle
England and America now dominate.
the seas. But for any one who may find
cause for vanity in this circumstance
the end Of the German navy is filled with
omcns. At no time in the war dld their
cherished logic so terribly betray the
, German people as when they were led to
surrender because it was convenient to
surrender. Their logic untitled them for
the sea, just as their logic fitted them for
a great place in the world They might
have won something enduring by last
battle to the death. But that would not
standards '"*'
German logic dictated the war Ger
man logic made the Kaisel's fight seem
reasonable Everywhere German logic
failed Rccause stark logic alone never
won = great hattie l. never unified
pooplc or discovered 4 country. or made
mon Io,ai ~ nations preat or revealed
ney Iipbr or held families togethar. or
ioinad mon in oreat causes And Of
course thp German mind devastated as
II was nv the nhilosonhv of materiaIism
could not understand that those who win
often are the losers and that permanent
victory often is reserved for the van
quished. Their loss therefore is com
plete. Had they gone blazing out to
| fight last time upon the sea, as others
have gone before upon lost causes, their
ships would have been sunk. Yet they
would have won Something from the gen.
eral wreck of their nation. They would
have died. But they would have lived in
the courage of those who will follow
! after them to remember their example.
Even thoSe VINO most dislike Germany
cannot say mat TINS was because the
! courage. They put calculation above
courage, the mind above the heart. And
since the sea is much like the greater
world of men, since it demands more
! than reason in the victories 1t accords, so
| the German fleets are more than prizes
| of war for the Powers that hold them
now. They are sign to prove that in
the larger world of tomorrow govern
ments, like men, must be morally great
or perish.
Logic and calculation and cunning and
compromise are not enough. The final
answer to the questions that harass gov
ernments nowadays cannot be found in
balances and adjustments. laws and
leagues and enactments. Ultimate JUS
tice must be sought where the German
failed to seek guidance and where, in the
final emergency, he had no strength. 1t
is in the heart of man.
IN the fu+pro i is tbo boar4 ot h.,