The Washington herald., 1921-09-30
AMERICANS TO BE
DEMIGoDs OR BARBARIAys.

AMERICANS TO BE
DEMIGoDs OR BARBARIANs.
Americans, It depends on you. I
solemnly declare. TO save civlliza-
tion and TO produce a race OF dsmi-
gods" declared Dr. V. deLzpouge.
OF Poitiers France, and distin-
guished authority on anthropo-
sociology. at the Second Inter.a-
t.onal Congress OF EugenIcs -.
New York.
In 1887. in the Revue d'Anthro-
pologie. DR. deLapouge made this
rrophesy. which he repeated at the
International gathering.
The organization of an artificial
selection is only a question Of
time. It will be possible 70 renew
as a whole. in a few centuries. all
humanity. and 60 replace the mass
By another much superior mass in
which the selection will be con-
tinued to the uttermost ! am con
ndent that the Anglo-SaNons will
lead in such an uneQualled enter
prise. and will put into practice a
theory of which up to now they
have had the monopoly.
Social selection tends 20 Eubxti-
tute inferior races for the superior
races. eugenically richer" he said.
here in America The superior
races whose economic needs are
greater. cannot raise numerous
children, because ft costs too much
TO educate and establish them; the
inferior races whose posterity only
demand some years Of feeding and
clothing. and who are benefited be-
sides by the assistance OF the
others, can allow themselves
larger posterity.
In France. the war gave a blow
to the superior elements which may
prove 70 be mortal. The best Of our
young men have perished or been
invalided in the proportion OF at
least two to three. IL I may Judge
by our students and by the aristo-
cratic families OF my surroundings.
Many OF these have been wiped out,
the last male having been killed.
In these same circles the young
women will not find husbands.
rarity because the young men have
disappeared and partly because thes
high cost OF living has made their
dowries too small to be able to fur
rish. even il Joined 20 the earnings
of a husband. resources sufficient
10 found a family. II is necessary
, TO know that among US the salaries
OF the intellectuals are lower than
those OF workers. II one takes the
sum OF salaries OF an entire life.
. deducting the expenses OF study
and maintenance up TO the frs;
salary, this inferiority is very eyI-
dent
Il have reason 10 believe that
the disastrous results of selection
exercised by the last war are the
same among all the other perr,r u
Europe In Russia. for eNaE-r.r.
, eugenical inheritance may be ,sn-
sidered destroyed"
We are present az a crisis q the
superior and eugenic races, threat
ened with extinction at the mo-
ment when an abundance of super
man is necessary.
The time is no more whcn the
earth will easily furnish necessi-
ties. In a few centuries there VIII
be no more metals. nor coal. nor
petroleum. nor food suffic ent for
the population of the world. In
social life. the problems % be
solved by the statesman, the chief
hank. will become so complex that
they will pass the limit % present
mentality. Tomorrow will NJ lpnger
find a man who may surmcuut Ger
tain new tasks. and ! dare saw that
the best men Of today are severely
tried even by present difficulties.
The mass OF knowledge over
whelms the understandings. The
/ fc nh a be
explained by the atom UUchanre-
able and indivisible. the cell trans
formation. gravitation and euclid-
ian geometry. Science is on the
brink Of the infinite, and N" most
brilliant minds become weak before
the tasks in sight. II is necessary
TO forge memories and sharper per
ceptions.
The hour is come when man must
choose il he will become a dcmiEod
or IL he will return TO the bar
barism OF the contemporaries Of
mammoths. And it is not a figure
of rehetoric 20 speak Of a possible
return To barbarism. The least en-
riched classes. the remainder ~ un-
civilized people on the entir' earth.
reproach the chosen ones with haN-
ing created a civilization which
multiplies their desire far beyond
the possibility OF satisfying them
A great movement has heEGn
among the inferior races and
classes. and this movement which
has the air of being turned
against the whites, against the
rich. is turned against the superior
intellectual elements and against
civilization herself. The war Is in