South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-02-13

VIA. TIE. Law or SURVIVAL or
THE FTTTESF' HAS BROUGHT UPON
Us IN OUR MIGHT MAKES RIGHT
. INVITATIONS OF POTSDAM

ltiE flI lE5t HAS D<OCLftl CFON
Us INCUR MIGHT MAKES RlGzF
IMITATION OF PoTsDAM
Eaisor Nsws-Tinss
We see Saueh ID me Dapers ~ setaner. and
vhoiee4iers ane panufaetprers M labor
unions everybody accusiag everybody else Of
ifinE resqousibe for the present business de-
rrcsslor Cah sou sea is where the blame Feaiiy
iifs2 Where VIII = endf
casso9oih Mich
some question 10 answer Editors are only human:
Jay no aam to being supernaturally saded our
sest suess IS. however, that sTrutif seekefr need
tefk 70 farther than 70 take the "fetslcfs wAoie-
.aaiets nanufactprers labor unions. and everybody
eccpsing everybody else exactly their word. They
are au teIns the tralh. Competitive ssIashness,
pushed fhe iirait has brought tbinss stand
stn We are ue aeasnst condition. the heutabie
product Of a sort ~ universal folly The ospos.top
Il So many to 'get theirs while the getting coed
mas of necessity drawn an SURROUNDINGS into the
vortex ana while we may not Be able 70 zee cur
selves others see use we can see Others - they
SEQ us and hence the examinations and recrinlina-
lions charges ana counterchargss aii OK them mos
5 truthful that form the basis 81 the inquiry
Popular condemnation OF Neitzschelsm during me
war. placing before the people what it IS. how had
v9rksd oat IL Germany exaggeratins the aw 81
esaf,ieal q the atlest" Into might makes rshI~
tfoeram 81 human existence merely served to e1u-
great masssof Americans IN process Of SELF
e5ataeaton theretofore unkncvn them. and tho
arnishce signed thel quick Is make the ap-
pHcaton their lives. Though aueht II in
spsit neeaon the masses received 1t in spirit
81 tositivepess converting It from negative into
positive force 10 ,helr euese % material gain
- consequence We have n condition today s3me-
what resembling the ysgue anteipations involved
b ihe old hypothesis wanting know he probable
respit Of two insesgruetible. irnpregnabe, indis-
soluble bodies coming together from OH osits dree-
tions with equal force and speed Everybody IS in-
s.ssins Upon having svezvhing absolutely their own
way, Compronpises appear only strategic moves
10 throw the other fellow OFT his guard and eaect-
an opening through which new advantase may
Sc attained The octune Of helpluness. current
during the war. the gospel o. hrotherhooa.
anlitheszing the cneism Of Cain; he spirit 81 serve
ice. which casting It's bread upon the waters awaits
sss return the result 81 Divine promise: these
christian ideals havd indeed quite M lost out IN
eaaraon practice. and Neitzeeheisa, once the SOM
81 Potsdam where it fanea, least for season. IS
fast apdins itself reinearnated in The land Of s
tirle sevcrest critics.
thus md ne railroad employers ana enr loges.
locked horns; caidtat and labor evezywnere ia
d7aslock-and not only ~ matters Of business. bat
81 mere differences OF opinion everybody seems Ia
ssined TO wasn't the opinions Of everybody sse SUBS
pressed we all incline te insist nal our ne.shbozss
not only act. hat snink co; assume THAT there
IS ns possibility ~ our earnng from them or that
fy conlparison orr ideals with theirs we may at
tan Improvements 81 our own IS nave Set up IS our
own minds. and very souls. vel ia business
and political aspirations. aetocgacy quite rs nuca
atdical 80 the principle OF "misht makes nsht"
es any evel entertained by the kaiser We have even
sought to read 5nto our definitions Of American
ien. par'icaiar vsteni of economics an auchsase-