The Era-leader., 1918-08-01

WO u III not DC
worth mentioning If it were not for the
reflection that the American race
worships Success. For generations it
has toadied to wealth, no matter how
ill-gotten, and every man who achieves
power, by whatever devious ways, Is
secretly envied and openly cOurted.
The majority Of Americans are easy
going, Indifferent, unidealistic and not
very clever. They are also intensely
personal and only ask to be let alone.
1t is possible that the mass, there
fore, unless it has real awakening,
would provided the Germans, in the
remote event Of victory, were adroit
enough to leave them a large amount
Of individual liberty, shrug their shoul'
ders and say: swell, guess they must
be right or they couldn't win out.
Nothing to do but come round. Times
change anyhow"
"AbominabIe Prospect"
This is an abominable prospect, but
1t Is to be faced. Our world, over here,
in the event Of German domination,
would be divided into two classes
mean converts and proud Irreconcila-
bles-for even in tbfs new and COM
posite country there are enough men
and women with high ideals and in.
violate souls to despise race with
out a gleam Of spirituality, Of sports
manship, Of decency and good man
ners, in whom cunning has taken the
place Of intelligence, and that wins
only by driving it's millions of cowed
subordinates to mathematical slaugh-
ter One cannot even respect such a
ace enough to hate it. It is as If one
had been attacked by a herd of wild
animals from the jungle. Those that
escape being devoured may at least
withdraw as far as possible, not re-
mould themselves into semblance of
wild beasts with lust for human flesh.
"cock-Sureness a Bluff"
I have not the faintest notion that
the Germans will win. All the proba-
bilities are against 1t. Moreover, II
fone projects his mind forward it is in
conceivable that history can read that
way. The general conditions of the
world are not what they were in the
Fifth Century-that is to say, unless
the idea grew insidiously that it was
the destiny Of the Germanic race to
win and rule the earth; in other words,
that it was the destiny of Earth to re.
vert to the Fifth Century and begin
over again. 1t is incredible that such
a thought should take possession OF
any educated mans mind, but the
trouble Is that our famous (and often
sive) cock-sureness is only bluff. AS
q race we are not really sure of our
selves. We prove that by blindly ac
ceptlng the European-made reputation
and hesitating to create and come ou
boldly for our own. Those of us tha
shink and have the power to visualize
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moment to cOunteract this tendenc.
of an uncrystallized race to accept th'
success of might as matter Of cOurs'
and unconsciously adapt itself to th'
inevitable" We must be known a
| the IRRECONCILABLES, and if w
take definite uncompromising stan'
there will be only one result-the mel
of real courage who might Otherwis
look upon new future philosophical
ly" will not only wake up under tn
direct example, but will be ashame
to be reckoned as mere numbers ii
the great mass of sheep or convicts
There is no such insidious lowering 0
morale threatened as this, because
is not Of German, Pacifist or Socialis
origin. 1t Is born of common huma
weakness and national snobbery. Th
result will be vast mass of inertia
and only party Of sleepless IrrecOr
cilables will combat and diminish it.