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-erssIisrs Wilson. August n, isit
THE GERMANS Az A CHOSEN
PEOPLE.
The foundation cause Of thIs war II
oermanys Arm belief that she alone
has the right TO direct the progress OF
the world aud 10 exploit its resources,
For tho last thirty years the military
au,ocracy Of Germany has seen TO II
that this belief was taught In the
schools. and today that autocracy Is
rcapIng the benefits OF . blind obc'
dience TO It's win German political
writing OF recent years 10 full OF the
Idea that the German people Is God 4
chosen people. destlned TO impose IL
'Kullur upon all other peoples"
"The German soul II the worlds
soul. God and Germany belong TO one
another" "Gcrmany is the center OF
Gods plans for the world" I'VE hops
tina. a great mission will be allotted
10 uB Germans and this Ger
man mission Is: TO look after the
world" Germany Ia chosen. for her
own good and that OF other nations
10 undertake their guidance. Provl
denee has placed the appointed people
at the appointed moment. ready for
tho appointed task"
"Thc German people In always risht
because II Ia the German people, and
numbers S5ooo.0 600 souls" "Kultur Il
best promoted when the sirongpst IN
dividuai Kultur. that OF q given ma
tion. snlarges It's field Of activity al
the expense Or the other national Kul
turs." "Thc attempt OF Napoleon I,
graft the kultur Of Western Europ,
upon the empire OF the Muscovit'
ended In failure. Today history ha,
made us Germans tho inheritors OF III,
Napoleonic idea" ''The further WI
carry our Kultur Into the East. th'
moro and the moro profitable outlets
shall we find for our wares. Economic
pront Is OF course not the main motive
Of our Kultur.activIty, but II is no un
welcome by-product" Our belief 4
that the salvation Of the whole Kultu
Of Europe depends upon the victor.
which German 'MilItarism' Ia about 4
achieve"
These quotations are hut q few o
hundreds OF like expression. and tn
last one cited IL from q manifest,
signed by thirtvfpe hundred Gcrmoi
professors and lecturers. Reduced 4
simple terms. the German belief at tn
beginning Of this war was God d
rects Germany. Civilization advance
only by combots between Kulturs II
which the stronger ard God.directc'
one has the right to prevail and mus
prevail. The Immediate and pvevn
object Ia 10 make cur Kultur prevail
IN the East Gin 'Muscovy'). and 10 nc
complishing this we shall also gal,
economic advantages. This Is tho firs
step In our world domination
Who're does America stand Ia thi
theory Of chosen people? Americi
denies that theory; she denies tina
God has chosen any one people n
His own; she asserts rather that Their
are many civilizations. each with II
own merits and defects. and that I,
each must be left the working out o
its own problems.
We Americans are unable to under
stand, or sympathizc with. a peopl
who conceive Of themselves az choseI
people, chosen OF Coda people /,
whom all things and actions. howeve
inhuman or brutal, are regarded a
permissible. even holy. because Of
faith In their superior mission an,
civilization. To W. such belief 4
direct Evidence. NOT Of leading. bu
Of a ld0Din0 ctpiiizaiion. aNh
This German IDEAL, when expresse,
merely In theory, even though laugh
In Germany for the last thirty years
stirred but Indifferent interest in othe
European nations In this war Ger
many has revealed In the dppHcafio,
Of her theory lust for world powe
at the expense Of other peoples, a lacI
OF good faith, brutality that hav
stamped her theory as involving a re-
turn to barbarism.
BY the application Of German theor.
I we were forced, nnwillingly. to 20 I,
war. But today we know that Their
was no escape from war between tw,
contradictory ideals. Germany's eco
nomic objects are many and larg
(they will be pointed ont). but the basi
cause Of this war was the German idea
Of dominant nation. That ideal
BY 0ermany's own challenge, ID on tria
in arms. Against II We must prevail
or we shall perish.