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Philadelphia Ledger. March 81.

Philadelphia Ledger March 81.
Those who have been following the
outbursts of German professors and
German pastors since the beginning OF the
war need not be surprised to find that the
Rev. DIR. =. G.. Won Bosse, of Wilmington,
Del, the president Of the German-Amerl-
can alliance. .as exactly the same view
point : his clerical brethren on the other
side. As. Il German propagandist, the
distinguished clergyman frankly admitted
before the Senate committee that he had
condoned the Lusitania sinking, the dra-
gooning of Belgium, and, apparently, none
of the specious arguments which have
been spread broadcast from pulpit and
platform In Germany WAS overlooked by
the reverend defender of the Kaiser an
the German cause. There is everything IN
being true to form, and the fact that Doc
tor Won Bossc seemed to think 1T con-
sonant with his position as an American TO
do what he did. to say nothing OF his call
ing as "A minister of the gospel, is only
another Indication that Your typical pro-
German. he he a rank professional satlon-
aliSt or the IN st humble of evangelical
pastors. Is tarrcd with the same stuck.
Indeed. they nave dihhlCd with the pltch
of German SophistrlcS - long that with
them black is white and white Is black
and from them come the most bald
delcnscS of tlc most appalling atrocities
of which Germany has been guilty.
The Rev DIR Won Bossc has probably
absorbed "IIurrah and lialleluJah,
book published by Doctor Bang, a Dane,
which quotes from the sermons of we'll
known German pastors and profcssoral
uttcrances t. show that they have all
FL nrified a war of conquest, have approved
every act of savagcry and bad faith
and have ilIsti iCd the violation of nil laws
of humanity rs we'll rs the recognized
procedure of nations at war in the inter
est of Germany ucber Allies, and have
done this with vChCmCncc and a bitter
ness entirely out of harmony with the
gospel of mercy which they are supposed
TO inculcatc And the Rev. DR. Won BOsSc
has IN all probability freely pcrused the
work of a Norwegian. Professor Collin, on
"Thc War Against War" which also
quotes some of the unique gems Of thought
uttered by the leading TcutOns, which
prove, moreover. that Doctor Won Bossc
knows his own when hc So gliblv accepted
and repeated their explanation Of the viola
tion OF Belgium and other like offcnscS
against treaties and obligations. Doctor
Collin. as Doctor Bang has called the
worlds attention to some of the most
cold-blooded arguments for war to the
knife, which the German pastors and pro-
fcssors are so fond OF repeating The
actions Of savage hordes and Of modern
States are controlled hy blind Law OF
nature. SAYS ono, and another echoes,
For nations the morality Of S2lHshncs>
must take the place of that altrulsm which
Is allowable in the intercourse Of mdlvld-
uals. And then General Bcrnhardl gave
the cue TO all the pastors as 10 how they
should interpret the Scriptures by point
ing out that Christ said, Il came into the
world, not To bring peace, tut sword.
and that Love God above all things and
vOur ncighbor as Yourself cannot IN any
way apply 10 the relations of one state to
another This would lead 10 a collision oi
duties. since { hrlstlan morality Is personal
and social and can never from its very
essence become political Never, there
fore can the teachings Of Jesus be quoted
in opposition to universal law OF nature.
Doubtless familiar, however with sim
liar utteranccs from the {ountainhead
Of the German professors and the German
pastors themselves. who went 10 great
lengths during the war 20 flood sllscept-
lble individuals and organizations over
here with propaeanda of tim, character,
the Rev DR. Won Bossc comes very easily
and naturally by his views which seem 50
astonishing in a man Of the cloth Bat II
is TO be remembered that the cloth in Ger
many ha, accepted al the ,ophi-trles OF
the government A. il they were the Gospel
themselves, and there j. nothing that they
have found Too strong - stomach Ap-
parcn:ly having 1hc same uuboHuded
stomach Of the IeUtuulc tyrc, there may
be some excuse for the REV Dr vou Bose.
who has the defects 81 his virtues. but none
for allowing such an organization Is he
heads To continue it, AutI-Amcrlctn
activities. For II . clergyman a pre>idcn;
Of the Gcrnan-Americaa Alliance holds
such views rs he docs. what must the anti-
American activity Of the brer-hewlng
contingent of the organization and those
who were openly in the control OF Non
Papen. Boy-Ed and Bern~torlI be like?