Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-26
Sc UNO JUDGMENT
NEEDED TO SOLVE
OUR OWN PROBLEM
Graveness of the Situation Pointed
Out by Judge Gray and
DR.. Patton.
AT WESTMINSTER CHURCH

DR.. Francis l.. pntton, former presi.
dent Of Princeton University, pointed
out the noed Of sound philosophy and
held large audience with deepest in
tercst, at Westminster Church, Pennsyl-
vanin avenue and Rodney street, last
night. There is only one result from
Gcnnanys philosophy, he said
America needs also to beware Of wrong
thinking
When former Judge Gmy introduced
the speaker, Mt the opening Of the series
of FIVE lectures, he said that at no timc
was there more need of the right kind
of leadership in thought, for the dangers
of the present were even great than the
dangers of actual war.
DR. Patton was seen to he master
in clear thinking and in sharp analyses
of the subtle problems facing the world.
delibcration. weighing each word and
surely each word VAS i,lst the one needed
for the particular thought to I've ex-
pressed. For the hour and half of the
lecture the distinguished speaker held
the undivided attention of the audience
and sent them away eager for the mex:
opportunity of listening TO him.
This is needless war, as We fully
understand now DR.. Patton said
"Francc did not wish it, England did
not wish it, Russia did not wish it, but
Germany did Therefore the ultimate
responsibility for II rests upon the head
of n single man Germany had Eastern
ambitions, she desired the Berlin
TO Bagdad railroad, but she Ind Western
ambitions too and wished the great,
rich territories adjacent to her on the
West. She sympathized with the eco
nomic classes for pan-5ennanism and
fully syrnpathized with the militaris,ic
PARTY for a world-conquest. One man
applied the torch and set the world
on fire.
Behind all the events there have been
cert. in causes, but b hind all these causes
there remains one cause. The real cause
Of the war was the wrong philosophy OF
political science. Her philosophy was
The interest Of the State IS supreme.
Thus they can put nothing beyond this
supreme interest But the only way Of
securing this supreme interest Of the state
is BY force. Hence there WAS developed
the philosophy that might is supreme
Might and right were set over against
each other Germany's philosophers said
she needed ships and naval bases, guns
and armaInents and materials of wax,
these, BY fair means Of course, if she could,
but get them anyway. Thus Germany
set out on her way. She has by her dis
regard of the common deccncies of civilized
life won for herself 8 place under the sun,
but place which exposes her 10 the scorn
of the civilized world.
NO ETERNAL RIGHT.
The doctrine that aggressive warfare
is necessary is not new with Germany
and it would be most unfair and unwise
for us 10 forget that others IN countries
allied with ours have held this Same and
taught it before this time. But men have
come to see clearly the issue, q critical issue
the issue between right and wrong For
If there is no such thing As eternal right,
then there oe Of course no answer to Ger
mAny's position But there Is right and
the answer is that there is within us some
thing, thn, whether we wish it or not,
we say we ought not to take it.
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