Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-11
Circulation Every fOnrC
Evening Yesterday i OOS -
SATUR DAY. JANUARY IL. 1919.
American Ideal; German Idol.

Wh.n told Of the death in battle of his
son, Quentin, the baby of his later years
and mavhap his best beloved, Colonel
Roosevelt, with but little outward show
of the grief that must have rent his very
soul, thoughtfullv said: 1T Is better so
than that he should not have gone. =
,Pcrhaps no other single uttcrance IN his
career, flied with big, stirring incidents,
better summarizes the former Presidents
Americanism; and, if one understands
aright, moro clearly illustrates his love
for hrs children and his deep, genuine
pride in their achievements in the war
for world liberty.
Thus we set up in public mind the
, typical American that we may contrast
with him the personality which has stood
contemporaneously with Mr. Roosevelt
as the typical German The ideal Ger
man, the German gentleman, soldier and
statesman
Aftcr four decades Of chcane, lying de-
ting, sowing the seeds Of hate and discord
among nations bound By ties Of
friendship ar hlndrcd-thc late kaiser
hurled his prepared armies and his
assassin undcrsca navy on Trusting civiliza-
tion, with the thought that the greatest
of all modern brutes, Prince Bismarck,
voiccd-of leaving the rest Of the world
only ewes 10 weep with. With faith
IN the Bismarckian policy Of blood and
iron, he entered the war solely for gain
for world power, for riches, and at every
step he eNinguished thousand human
lives and destroyed hundreds Of homes,
looting the weak, unofiending nations Of
everything worth mark. and destroying
tools or machinery by which the nation
lived and the people earned their bread.
maintained their bones. and reared heir
families
When the long-awaitcd summons 70
va! came, the ex-kaiscr- how Justly
sarcastic this term now scunds-aftcr
being thuaried in marching directly into
the enemies cities, proceeded to build
burrows Of safety-such as the skunk
resorts to--under ground, 10 make them
bomb-proof, with many exits and en-
frances barred by huge, steel bolted
doors. About his palace were devices TO
sound mechanical alarm al the approach
of the foe so far in advance of his coming
that the emperor could HE with his brave
army leaders into these doubly bomb-proof
concreted dug-outs and save whole their
miserable skins.
Outside Of this safe radius, when in the
thickest fight AT critical moments, the
Emperor ordered gunners chained 10 their
cannon or 10 their machine guns, TO
check the advancing Allies as the Huns
rctreated under fire. Truly were the
simple German animals made mere fodder
for the cannon.
When the war was forced upon world,
the German idol enlisted his SIX sons,
the eldest, the Crown Prince, being III
command, nominally, Of an arny-an |
army which awaited his reawakening from !
q disgracefut orgy to lead il into Paris $
awaited until the psychological moment !
ii from comrades at arms Of the Crown |
Prince that his life near he front was q |
continuous orgy, too debasing too i'm
moral, low and disgusting TO even hint
at the depth OF It's deprawty. Not only |
did he take no part in the war except as
an impediment 20 the real commanders, !
but, following his fathers example, he |
took precious good care that no shot or
shell, no bomb or grenade, could come
near TO him. Rarely was be nearer than
thirty miles 10 the Allies guns |
The same may be said Of the FIVE other |
Hohenzollern family crcw-al craven |
hbertines with scarcely rodeeming |
virtue or a spark Of s. sSmpathy or man
Illness. 50 far as the world knows