The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-06-26
FurOr 1'eutOnicus

Gei5A toA SSt1oI IIlc race
is an essential part of her war pro-
gram. To make the German name
feared to the ends Of the earth and to
the end Of time is necessary factor
in Germany's ideal Of war. 1t is real
ly reflection upon the Huns of the
early centuries to compare the modern
Germans to them or 10 call them by
that name. The ancient Huns were
perhaps morally on a level with their
modern successors. But the modern
German is infinitely superior in scien-
tific attainment and in capacity for
devisiLg methods of terror and Of tor
turs. Germany in its conduct of the
present war is afflicted with an ag-
gravated species of moral insanity.
The Juror Teutonicus, Of which she
boasts, has seized upon all the devices
which science has contrived for hu-
man welfare and turned them against
mankind. The statement that Ger
many has deliberately attempted a
scientific organization and applica-
ton OF crime III the conduct Of this
war can easily be demonstrated. No
crime has been omitted. No systemat-
&c use of crime has been neglected. No
department Of human life has been
forgotten. Sins have been committed
against the person in the treatment Of
Belgian women and children, sins
against the family in the legalized
adultery for the restoration Of lost
man-p power in Germany, sins against
science in the perversion Of scientific
achievements to the basest ends, sins
against nature in the cutting down of
fruit trees and wasting of fertile
lands in France, sins against art in
the destruction of the Rheims Cathe-
!dral and similar outrages, sins against
non-combatants and the wounded in
hospitals, and all kinds of sins against
international law. The catalogue is
too long for complete enumeration.
Ambition a Disease
Broadly speaking, Germany has had
the same incentive to expansion as
the other great nations. The growth
of her population has been phenomen-
al. Her increase III population has
made eNigent the need for colonies. 4
great merchant marine carried Ger
ma ngoods to the ends of the earth.
Her navy has arisen in part IS a
means Of protection to her commerce
and in part as an instrument of pow
er for achieving her national aims. On
one side of her life Germany has pass
ed through the same stages Of evolu-
tlon as the other great states of mod
ern times. She has differed from 9TH
er states in that her national ambition
for world dominion has become q
disease, an ObSeSSion. The result has
been that she has outraged the moral
sense of mankind and has abandoned
all accepted moral and political stand
ards. Her ability to understand 9th
er peoples has exhibited curious and
apparently inexplicable contradictions.
In her commerce Germany has out
done the other nations in her psyche
logical insight in reading the mind Of
countries there she sought markets.
No manufacturers have so completely
seen and appreciated the wants Of
purchasing peoples Of the earth as
those Of Germany. And yet no nation
has ever been so stupid in attempting
to interpret the political and diplomat
ic ideals of other nations. This has
been due not so much to inherent linz
itations of the German mind as 20 the
political meglomania of which | have
been speaking.
The shadow flung across the opti-
.mistic democracies Of the world by the
sudden appearance in the heart of Eu-
rope of this colossal and malign pow
er has led to heart searchings Of tho
most poignant kind. America and her
Allies are giving their own interpre-
tatlon to its meaning on the bloody
fields of France. We must win the
war If this planet is to remain habit
able for free peoples. Mr.. Wells. in
his novel, "Mr. Britling Sees It
Through" and in his later theological
discussion, has presented the reaction
of one very thoughtful modern mind
to the tragedy of the great war as it
relates to the problem Of Gods gov
ernment of the world. Mr.. Wells de-
plores with all of us the rise of p"-
litlcal power so devoid Of regard for
human rights. But he regards the
failure of God to prevent the cata-
clysnls as evidence of His finiteness
God is struggler, and He needs us to
assist Him IN winning a victory. Il
God were infinite in power He wouli
nave forestalled the great war. In a
word, the chaos and suffering of the
present hour prove either that God is
lndifferen: or that He is finite. Such
disorder as we now witness compro-
misses either His goodness or His pow
cr. Mr.. Wells clings to the goodness
and questions the power.
Answering Mr.. II. G. Wells
We may now ask, did not Mr..
Wells overlook the most obvious an
swc:, to his own deer qucstioninys
AS democracy is the key to America .
atI.u'c to the German menace, so al
s. Is democracy the key to the solution
of the theological riddle. God made
men free. This is the corner stone of
political democracy. L. is the corner
stone anso of the divine kingdom. In
the Kingdom of God mcIi mus. be self
governed. Men must achieve freedom
and self-control. "The kingdom Of God
Is not meat and drink, lat righteous