Evening star., 1920-01-04
WOULD LET KAISER
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Dr.. Van Schaick Addresses
SChooImen on PersonaIi-
ties of War.

II would be bad business to put the
eA-kaiser to trial for the crimes he
committed against the peace of the
world in the opinion of DIR. John Van
SchaiCk, president of the board of ed
ucatlon, who made address on
Great Personalities of the Great
War" to the Federal School Mems
Club at dinner at Cushman's last
night.
William Hohenzollern is now a
Fugitive. In the eyes of great many
of his countrymen he is ridiculous. He
quit his people in their hour of deep
est sorrow" Or. Van Schaick said,
and to bring him before the bar of
Justice will bring the danger of MAX
ing him a heroic character and per-
haps martyr to a large proportion
of the Germans. 1t would be an asset
TO the dying cause he represents. Let
him stay where he is and he will sink
into practical oblivion
Saw War at Close Range.
Former American Red Cross commits
sioner for Belgium. DR.. Van Schaick
had abundant opportunity to study at
close range some of the leading char
acters and observe in detail some of
the most important events of the war
in one of the centerS of the world up
@heava1 For more than an hour he
described his contacts with statesmen
and peasants, generals and privateS,
noblewomen and hospital nurses, diplo-
matists and nobodes. socialists, lber-
ais. all working hand in hand for just
one cause-victory. Intimate, interest
ing little things he told that haven't
found their way into print in the mass
of war literature.
In the same little hotel one night
with us.' he related. eating the
same cold meat and salad. sitting at
the same kind of Il little table that
the rest of us had and with the same
smell OF the stable COMING
beneath, was French officer with
two of his comrades. One saw in him
none of the pomp of war One could
not help noticing his marvelously
1t was Gen. Foch.'
Worked 10 Aid Stricken.
King Albert and his queen, Brand
Whitlock and the Spanish minister,
villa Lobar, who worked as brothers
day and night to aid the stricken;
Cardinal MERCER who was too astute
for the Germans and couldn't be
bluffed by them; Burgomaster Max
OF Brussels, who spent four years in
prison for defying the invader. and
host of others were vividly de-
scr bed.
The rehabilitation of Belgium has
proceeded more rapidly since the war
than that of any other devastated
area, DR.. Van Schaick said. Herbert
Hoover was quoted as stating that
oeiSIuH1 To-Day mas better credit than
any other nation of Europe She
needs much help-though not SO much
new as the near east-but her people
are hard at work and the country is
coming back" at great rate.
Germany is fiat on her back. Not
In generations. very likely never, will
she became again a military menace
DR.. Van Schaick declared in reply to
questions. With regard to our pres
ent and future attitude toward the
Germans, I'VE should not forget a
great many people there today hold
the spirit of Goethe and Schiller. 1t
has been a case of wrong thinking
not wrong blood. that of the Teutons.
German blood has been vital ele-
ment in the making of America.
Without, condoning or minimizing in
anN1degree the brutalities and ruth
1essness of the Germans in war. we
sbotfid look with sympathy on what
ever sincere efforts they may make
towafd1the establishment of a real
demOeraey in their country"
fs@The present condition of the masses
in Vienna and other regions of what
remains of Austria was described as
acutefy tragic; people in unroiu want
and suffering, without hope of ade-
Quate succor.
The School Mems Club is composed
of educators connected with the col
leges and the public and private
schools of the city. More than fifty
mem bers were present at the dinner.
Stephen E. Kramer, assistant super
jptendent of public schools, presided.