The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-05-20
|ul)4 SCIENTISTS
HOWL FOR POWER
!6wail Days When They
'yRelped Kaiser In Crimes,
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LONDON. April A.--The desire
proclaimed by Herr Theodor Wolf
ind publicly protested by other lead lead
II the past should be duly inquired
BIO and the responsibilities not only
D." the outysak oi the war, but
Sich misdeeds as the sinking Of the
Iusitanla, the order OF the ruthless
Sibmarne campaign and the deport-
ag OF peaceful civilians should be
exed once for all, does not seem
b far 10 have produced much sim
&re searching OF the national con-
tience. A meeting OF the Berlin
uedieal society (Medrlnsche Gesell-
3hat,l h1 been held to consider the
b,s'b'lNy al renewing scientific re
ID ions "cxhange Of scientific
8ought'-with the learned OF the
Semy nations. The French Academy
d Science has declared that no such
citations could possibly be entertained
n the French with any German man
d science who had not first publicly
<eclartd his diSapproyal and con
1 (emna,jsn of the deeds OF which the
Silitary authorities had been guilty
Z French Are Accused.
IA member OF the medical society
&opoShd ,ha, the medical body
akould spontaneously make this dec
4ration The proposal was negatlyed
shd the matter was referred to a
sbecial commission, which reported
skainst any such step, 1t declared
tkat, although much might be said
d the subject, the French military
\ f4thorities had been equally guilty
VI inhuman proceedings against Ger
Pm prisoners.
IAftcr much discussion the society
eAme TO the conclusion TO make no
DECISION until French medical men
consented 10 examine French mis-
Needs in the same spirit and took the
ybst step. So there is all end to m-
bvrc exchange of scientific thought
mith the Germans, at least so far as
)he medical body is concerned.
. Nhe Kolnische 2eitung grcen with
Enthusiastic approval a recent speech
50 which DR.. lIeine, the minister OF
tie interior, spoke against the folly
d Germany in being ready TO accept
Moral guilt OF the war" "It is very
I Important" the journal comments,
"that a minister OF the eminence Of
Heine should from time TO time re
peat such declarations"
The minister will, Of course, have
20 encounter increased hatred from
The radicals, and a glance at their
phict organs shows that this has al
ready begun. lIclne, N6ske, and
Landsberg enjoy the privilege Of be
ing branded as traitors to the people
in spar,acist and communist news
papers. They are decorated witt
Ehat must be regarded as titles o
)onor; No,kc is called blood
bound. landsbtrg a Mcphlstophelc.
md Heinc a legal criminal,
PITY the Poor Professors.
]. is difficult not 10 be sorry for
The professors in Germany. The,
have been accustomed for so long tc
dind philosophical, historical ant
metaphysical CLOSES on kaiserisn
and world policy, tha, they had com,
90 believe themselves a neccssar,
part of the state. And here is tn,
new Germany estcntatiou,ly doin.
without them, finding a place in tn,
cMsti,ution for councils of workmen
but forgetting all about the in
tellcctuals
Dr. Paul Na,orp OF the Universi,,
OF Marburg, professor of philosophy
and author ot treatises on such sub
jct,s as the relation of HegelaI
personality TO the "kurtur" OF tn
common people, writes to the Frank
futcr Zci,ung to say that even tn,
Russian bolsheyists base their sys.
ten OF government on the theories oi
intellectual'. lie is quite clear tha
Germany is gong 10 the dogs. II,
admits that the old system has van
ished irTecoyerably
80 Old System Gone
"The old system cannot be re.
stored" he writes. "No angel iron
Heaven could rc.cstahlish 1t: IN,