Williams news., 1918-03-14
INTERESTING INTERVIEW
R. w. Ruffiin Tells of Exper-
 fences and Impressions Had
 in Germany Prior to the War
 and in Mexico during the last Few Years

for number of Mining Broker and Railroad companies with property in Mexico, and man who has travelled widely, has been spending the last week visiting with his brother, MT. J. E. Ruffin. F. J. Webster, mayor of Dunkirk, Indiana, is accompanying MT. Rufin. Both men are enroute to Mexico and are stopping in Williams while waiting for passports.
 MT. Ruffin has travelled wide 1y both in Europe and in Amer ica. He was in Germany for number of months in 1909, only a short time before the out break of the war, and he has divided his time between Mex ico and Washington, during the last few years, in the interest of the companies which he repre- SentS.
 When interviewed by a rep resentative of the News he told number of interesting things about both countries, part of which appear below.
 MT. Ruffin's last visit to Ger many was made in 1909, five years before the outbreak of war. One thing which struck him as being particularly sig nificant, was the way the Ger mans had, wherever a few were gathered together, of drinking to the toast, Here's to the day.. MT. Rufin had been in Ger many for some time before the ominous portent of this toast began to dawn upon him. Ev- en at that time, five years be- fore the war the Germans had been educated to look forward to the coming war which they expected to give them a 'place in the sum-, with such eager an- ticipation and earnest resire that it was an ever present thot and prayer with all of them. All minds were set for that expected day when Ger man "Kultur" should rule the world. >
 And then," added MT. Ruff fin, seeking a place in the sun, she immediately dived beneath the sea, where the rays of the sun are dimmed, and dug her way under ground where the sun never penetrates, too blind with unreasoning egotism to see that instead, she must rise and move upward if she would reach the sum-
 Then he added, ''You see, Germany is now endeavoring to put her munition factories un- der ground to protect them from the anticipated attacks of powerful Ameriacan aerial squadrons."
 As for the boasted German 'Kultur", MT. Ruffin feels the utmost contempt for it. He declared that when it comes to real culture, Germans cannot compare with Americans. The higher virtues of honor, integ- rity, kindness and considera- ton, which are part of Amer ican civilization and culture, have no part in German "Kul-. tur.'. They are blind worship CTS of brute force, and consider all else weak and ignoble. This, he said, typifies the Prussian. and it must be remembered that, for the present, Prussian- ism rules Germany and Aus tria.
 One illustration given by MT. Ruffin aptly illustrates the stu pendousness of German con- ceit.. On one occasion he was guest at banquet held in a splendid building that was once a feudal castle. About the ban quet table, the German speak CTS rose one after another and heaped praise upon praise of German enterprise and accom- plishments, kultur and suprem- acy. From their line of talk it was made to appear that the Germans are a superior race, the only race. of great accom- plishments, in fact, the only civ ilized people on the globe. It
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