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outside world; they wanted to hear our opin-
ions on the The doctor was man of
broad vision, with big heart. He told Of his
four years spent on the Galician front, fight
ing typhus and cholera; of the four hundred
men he had buried single-handed, because no
one else would touch them. Both took rather a
philosophical view of things
"This hatred of the Germans" the manu-
facturer said, "will soon die away. 1t was.
after all, matter of propaganda; it has been
excited in all countries"
"The spirit of humanity is bound to tri-
umph," asserted DR.. S. "Love must come
back!"
"Love and war will not go together!" mur-
INJURED Mrs. E.
Germany refuses to believe that we can 90
on hating her. Of the scores of Germans I
met and talked with in the course of many
months travel, one exception stands out-one
man who displayed sense of realization of a
ban hanging over his race. have seldom seen
a more tragic face than that of this country
doctor in the mountains of Bohemia. We got
into discussion about politics, unavoidaby
He expressed opinions of the blackest pessi-
mism; disgusted with conditions in Czecho-
Slovakia, he wanted to 60 to America.
"But how will we be received?" he asked
and cloud settled over his face els it true
that we Germans will be hated everywhere?"
"It will be a long time before you will be
welcome in the United States,' replied "It
would not be wise to go there now"
"But you-do you hate US, too?" he empha
sized, sadly. I could not help feeling sorry
for him individually; neither could / hide from
him what believed
Politically, Germany is divided into many
factions, and another attempt at revolution,
monarchists or, on sufferance, Sparticist, is
always possible even though it will doubtless
fail. In spite of the pass to which imperialism
has brought the country, there are few who
really believe in the republic.
Not the royalsts alone, but men of more
moderate views, express preference for
monarchical state.
Conditions with us are so pitiful that it
sickens me" writes Hanoverian Of broad and
liberal mind. "The guiding hand which held
us together is lacking. Only party politics,
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HE author of J'accuse tells us in a
recent article in The Yale Review how
4 on September 2, 1920, the ami

TIME author of J'accuse tells us in a
recent article in The Yale Review how
i on September 2, 1920, the ami
versary of the Battle of Sedan was
celebrated in all parts of Germany and how
General Won Seeckt, head of the new German
army, issued proclamation calling on all
to keep alive the spirit which after the vic
tory of Sedan had led them over hundreds Of
battlefelds in the west and in the east"
That this spirit is unquestionably being kept
alive is evident to those of US who have been
among the Germans and listened not to the
things they have prepared in order to tell US,
but to the things they are saying among them
selves. A chance talk with a stranger on
railway tram, a scrap of conversation over
heard, gives the truest insight into what the
people really believe.
"Ach! You belong to the Hoover Mission,
said one of trio of Germans on the train to
carlsbad, after staring for some time at my
Red Cross uniform. They were "hamsters,"
or food smugglers, returning from the
Boehmer Wald with couple Of fat geese
under their arms, which they boasted OF hav-
ing purchased for a fifth of what they would
have cost in the city. ''Then you have seen
what suffering the hunger blockade has caused
among our people? Hunger is terrible" he
continued, "but hunger did not make US stop.
They could never have starved US out! We
held on to the last. They could not defeat
our armies 1t was socialism that ended the
war;"
That Mr.. Wilson," Kissed another, with
MS fourteen points He appealed to the So
clalists. And where are they now, his four
Teen points? Had it not been for her internal
troubles Germany would not have fallen
The men who were talking were merchants
'"en of average intelligence. If we speak
with men OF another class and OF higher In
tellgence, we find strange parallellsm OF
thought between their opinions and those OF
the Transfers"
herr R., for instance, with whom we were
ehrown great deal in our work, was Ger-
man citizen of Czecho- Slovakia He had spent
several years in America and served as an Of
ncer IN the Austrian army during the war--a
man OF exceptional intelligence and ability.
ms man, when the terms of the Treaty OF
'efsailles were fresh from the Peace Con1er-
e"ee. said: "The peace treaty will never be
ss5lfed by the Senate Of the United States.
W Will sect will never be ratified"
~ mad not been with him long before the
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for their games. In the entire state there
aren't enough vitamines produced to nourish
one football team through even light sched-
ule
With a fond leaning toward the past Dr.
Crilly harks back to the days when Yale was
basking in the glory Of athletic supremacy,
when every game with Harvard was a romp
and contest with one of the minor colleges
nothing more than setting-up exercise
for the Ellis
He points to the immortal names Of Heffel-
ger, Clutch" Goebel, Wally Winter, Green
way Ind Tom Shevlin-the men who won for
Yale her greatest triumphs-all from the
Middle West, where the soil had greater
power Of nourishment.
But now that the Middle West has become
less productive and the great athletes are out
on the Pacific Coast, Yale is left stranded in
the East What is the result? Harvard beats
Yale, Princeton beats Yale, even Colgate and
Brown jump in and take advantage of the
scarcity Of vitamines in Connecticut.
One year Kempton loses his head and calls
for forward pass in enemy territory. An
other year Lefty" Flynn hits the line stand
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vitamnes and suggest that Yale get better
coaching system?
You can never tell about politics. The
pressure of Yale influence may dwarf any ro-
mantle considerations for the Crimson.
In complete estimate it is hardly fair to
assume that DR.. Crilly's chemistry is confined
to supplying victories for collegiate teams
There is definite intellectual branch to his
revelations.
Vitamines, it appears, make brains as well
as Drawn. College presidents are just as de-
pendent soil college athletes. Soil, ap-
parently, is the one important element in life
that has been ignored while the reformers
have stormed about more fresh air, better
babies and less sex in the movies. It is ever
the way with reformers. They are just miss
ing the mark.
Consider the case Of Ohio. It has been
a Presidential state because Ohio soil has
reached high point of productivity. The New
Jersey interlude should be considered nothing
more than freak Of nature, hardly to be re-
peated in the present generation. In the early
history of the nations life Virginia was the
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Crily has incorporated all of this in frantic
appeal to Governor Everett ]. Lake to urge the
Legislature to extend the reclamation act.
BY a curious coincidence Governor Lake is
Harvard graduate, class of 1892. More than
this, he is former Harvard football man,
having played right halfback on the varsity
eleven three years in the early '90s. He was
a member of the famous 1890 team that went
through season piling up $50 points against
IL scored by the opponents, concluding by de-
feating Yale IL to 6. During the course of
the game with Yale, Governor Lake was badly
injured and had to be carried from the field.
In the following years he played against the
Yale team that had Hinkey, Winter and Heffel-
finger shoulder to shoulder. Being a mere
native of Connecticut, he probably has definite
recolections of clashing with the Drawn nour-
shed Middle West vitamines.
But that was nearly thirty years ago. What
Governor Lakes sentiments will be to-day is
matter of pure conjecture. Can he stife his
personal feelings long enough to pass on
measure designed expressly to give Yale back
her athletic supremacy? Or will he call it all
nonsense about the Inadequate Connecticut
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ing up. The Yale stands trenlble with dismay;
the Harvard side rocks with glee No one re-
alzes that the whole thing has been ordained
before the battle began, that it is a simple
matter of the Massachusetts, vitamines show
ing natural superiority over the Connecticut
vtamines.
Personally, the writer has watched many
games in the Stadium and the Bowl Being
Harvard man, he has rooted like the devil for
the Crimson team. But DR.. Crily has taken
the edge off his enthusiasm. How can he en-
JOY the defeat Of team that is laboring under
the handicap of inadequate nourishment?
Fortunately, there is remedy. DR.. Crilly
suggests that by supplying Connecticut soil
with lime and nitrogen in sufficient quantities
it be restored to full fertility and give
Yale the legumes that will spell victories for
her athletic teams.
IF the athletes now training for Yale teams
could be fed the proper legumes there is no
doubt Yale would regain her athletic suprem-
acy," declares the chemical expert of Litchfield
County
This is set down more for the sake of argu-
ment than for accuracy The point is that DR..
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GERMANY REFUSES TO BELIEVE

conversation drifted to the war-it usually
did, no matter in what company.
"The army" said he, 'was disrupted by
Bolshevism--that is what brought the end Of
the war. This was shown at the last, when
the British, feeling their way cautiously
they advanced, expecting to find troops, found
none; the army had gone to pieces. The Ger
man people," he went on, "have only them
selves to blame for the severity of the arni-
stice terms, because they allowed Bolshevism
to get such a hold the army. The army,
which was not and never could have been
conquered by military force was demoralized
by the poison of Bolshevism!"
Everywhere, in shops and hotels, met
with the utmost courtesy and eagerness to
please, yet one had but to listen to hear the
discordant note. Brushing against the crowds
one felt, beneath the servile welcome extended
to the victor, bitter resentment and thoughts
of revenge.
Pragerstrasse, in Dresden, looking at the shop
windows, curious crowd following. "Schwe1n-
hund!" muttered voice behind us. The man
slipped back into the crowd He. had uttered
his resentment. Again, in Berlin cafe, we
overheard man ana woman at a nearby
table engaged in earnest conversation.
"France is our greatest enemy" the man
was saying; 1--WE must teach our children to
hate the French; we must not let them for
get"
eve must teach them to hate" echoed the
woman. 1--WE must bring them up with the
idea Of revenge, the revenge which is sure to
come"
Once or twice we had to meet undisguised
hostility We went through the Kaiser Fried
richs Museum, accompanied by the director
himself. Through his attitude of icy reserve
one felt how he chafed under this duty which
was forced upon him. The atmosphere was
so uncomfortable that, in an effort to break
the strain, ventured remark on the beauty
of the building. Drawing himself up, he said:
.It is one Of the most perfect museum build
ings that has ever been erected! You see it's
beautiful marbles, it's wonderful lighting. Do
you realize that it was built after the Ma
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By EDITH HOYT

ones in their place. How can there be any
thing but discomfort and unrest?"
'Would the Germans of Bohemia elect to
form a republic by themselves?" / asked
"No" he replied "we have no desire to be
separate republic. We Germans Of Bohemia
are different from the Austrans We
Germans in blood, Germans in culture, Ger
mans in education Those OF us who can send
our children to Germany to be educated, ac-
cording to the traditions handed down to us.
The Germans are a great and strong people,
with solid inheritance of science, philosophy
and literature; we proud to belong to their
race. We wish only to be part Of Gross
Deutschland'! The Germans have the will to
work. Such a people cannot be crushed!
Even though they be placed in chains and
worked like slaves, the day will come when
German industry and German perseverance
will bring them to the top once more"
This was only the view Of moderate, but
it breathed unconquerable faith in the future
of the German people; it led one to speculate
upon the problems of the Czecho-Slovak Re-
public and to wonder how long it would en-
dure in it's present state.
If the first article of faith of the German
people is their belief in themselves, its corol-
larry is the conviction that the world cannot
get along without them. The average German
displays an assurance which almost says:
eve forgive you. We are ready to become
friends" This unexpected attitude of theirs,
so far from the humbled frame of mind which
one had right to expect from the vanquished,
was what impressed most when first we
we're thrown with Germans after the war.
shall never forget the first time my fellow
worker and found ourselves alone with Ger
mans after the war. 1t was on a drive to
Rossbach, mountain village which he had to
inspect. One was a prominent citizen of the
neghboring town and the only one of its
wealthy manufacturers who did anything
along philanthropic lines; the other was the
district physician, whose cooperation most
needed We tried to keep the conversation to
the conditions of the country and of the chill
dren. But they were eager for neKs of the
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poleonc wars, after Germany's utter defeat
at a time when she was at her lowest ebb?"
His thought was spoken only in part His
tone of exultant faith said plainly: eff we
were able to achieve such things then, you
shall see what we will do now!'
This supreme faith of the German people in
themselves was demonstrated on many other
occasions-never, perhaps, more forcefully
than by the famous Carlsbad surgeon, Dr..
Fink, to whose sanatorium was taken after
motor accident. The "Herr Primarius" was
man of striking personality, tall, with gray
hair and coal black eyes, which peered right
through and beyond There alto
gether an air of mystery about him. He had
a way on entering or leaving room of stiff
ening himself up with military click of the
heels and an air of great formality, which
threw complete mask over his real self. The
next moment he was gracious and kind, always
eager, whenever he had few moments, 20
stay and discuss politics and world affairs.
He was a philosopher, thinker, with mind
open to all sides. Though true German at.
heart, he did not hesitate to condemn certain
acts of Germany's. The sinking of the Lusi-
tania, for instance, the mere mention of
which made Herr r. turn pale and assume a
defensive attitude DR.. Fink referred to of his
own volition, calling his wife to witness that
he had said at the time: "That is the grossesr
crime
'It was also the grossest stupidity" I re-
piled, "for it brought America together as
nothing else could have done'
He lost no opportunity of giving me an in
sight into political conditions in Czecho-Slo-
vakia.
'sWhat of the self determination Of peo-
ples?" he asked. "Here we are, nearly three
million Germans, placed under Czech rule
They are requistioning our cattle and taking
away our crops; they are throwing our off,
cials out of work and replacing them by their
own. They are trying to impose on US their
impossible language Even the names and
signs at the railway statmns here in German
Bohemia they tear down and put Czechish
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instead of national ones Hanover against
Prussia; Bavaria, Wurttemburg, the Rhine
land at odds. Everywhere division and po-
litical strife. We see now the folly and short
sightedness Of the Kaiser and recognize his
weaknesses, but we also witness the tragedy
of good, though misdirected, will. We do
not want him back, yet, vhen we see how I'M
perialstic certain republics are becoming, we
cannot help preferring monarchy
Herr R., of whom I have already spoken,
was frankly royalist.
"The republican form Of government is not
suited to the German people; it will never
last" he told u.s. He did not hesitate to
press his loyalty to the Kaiser, nor to say
that he hoped to see Hohenzollern come back
to power. He would not admit that the Kaiser
did not want war. "But if he had not de-
clared it," said Herr R., che would have been
thrown out by the people who knew that, on
all sides, the enemy threatened them. Russia
was mobizing, France and England would
stand by her. There was no choice!'
"But," we objected ''it was not certain that
England would go to war. Germany did not
believe that she would That was her great
mistaken
To this he had nothing to answer.
know the failure of miltarism, of imperialism
They want still more radical changes But
the limits of their powers have been drawn, "a
appears by the present reparatons crisis.
The German majority is unrepentant, and
will pay, if it has to pay under protest. Ger
many, yesterday and to-day, refuses to be
lieve and to accept at both the moral
and financial responsibility for the war-re-
fuses to admit her doubly bankrupt state
Rather, she refuses not to believe in her OIL
gods of the German superiority-Germanv
above all the rest of the world. With all tiu
elements of weakness in her present attempts
at escaping the inevitable, there is an under
lying tragedy in the situation with which only
the spirit of history deal.
AS we witness this conflict of opinions, won
dering what the next turn of the wheel may
bring, the memory of the old direccor Of tha
spinning mills of Neudek comes back. His
TALL distinguished figure and sad, determined
face stand out among the many AS he led US
through the great rooms where everything had
lain dormant since the war his expression was
grim.
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Lake, when a member Of the Har-
ward varsity of 1892. Not concerned
then with Yale's Impoverished soil'
Presidential center, but as the Eastern soil has
gradually lost it's vitalizing clements the swing
has been toward the West
Coming back to first principles, the measure
of man may be taken by an analysis of the
soil from the state in which he reared.
The idea has tremendous possibilities.
Instead of carrying about the conventional
letters of recommendation, health certificates
and other bulky paraphernaia, little phial of
native soil should cover the full requirements
of any occasion that might arise.
young man contemplating matrimony will
be spared the frightful ordeal of personal
interview with the proud and naughty par
ents of his intended. He can send official
statistics on the soil of his state he can
dispatch a sample direct and let them have
their own chemists make the test Any way
you look at it, the transaction is simplified
Soil can tell the story where word of mouth
might prejudice the issue.
The problems of eugenics will necessarily
be bound up with the problems of soil. The
advantages of blending the vitamnes of Rhode
Island with the vitamines of Oklahoma are
too obvious to mention. If Oklahoma suffers
in the deal, it is up to Oklahoma.
We can visualize political conventions in the
future as being little more than national ex-
hibits Of soil, with Favorite Sons represented
by huge piles Of native dirt and lesser lights
filling in the cracks with Georgia clay and
Maryland mud. Instead of "He Kept Us Out
of War" the banners will read "Our Candi-
date Comes From State Whose Soil Shows
80 Per Cent Pure Nitrogen"
In the long run soil should be an accurate
measure of ability, although naturally there
will be campaign scandals where it is proved
that a subsidized chemist has altered the
figures. Those things can't be helped
While these may be wild and improbable:
guesses to the extent soil will enter into
considered, the vision has few flaws. It is
only matter of getting accustomed to the new
era and submitting to the chemists edict.
But for all DIR. Crilly's assurance that soil
will make break a man, there comes the
usual paradox of New York City, the big town
that hasn't any SOIL How could there be any
justice in condemning man whose soil analy-
sis showed nothing more enlightening than an
array Of subways, sewers and buried wires?
In spite of its confidence in the Connecticut
to the movement. It can't compete.
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can compete with chemist who has a few
ounces of soil from mans native state.
At least, that appears to be fairly ac-
curate resume Of the situation after examin-
ing the reports of Eugene A. Crilly, chemis-
try expert of Litchfield County, Conn.
DR.. Crilly has dug up some Connecticut
soil and discovered why the Yale football
team has gone down to so many GLORIOUS de-
feats." DR.. Crilly has done more than this
He has examined soil from Ohio and given
to the world for the first time an appropriate
explanation of why Ohio has been banner
state for producing Presidents.
There seem to be no limits as to what soil
can tell when it passes under the proper in
spection. Any young chemist who knows his
business might dig up some Of New Jersey
and explain how Article x happened to get
into the peace treaty.
The secret of the matter lies in determin-
ing from chemical analysis of the soil the
amount of vitality, both physical and intel
lectual, that a state can transmit to it's citi-
zens.
According to DR.. Crillys diagnosis, the two
chemical elements essential to a soil that is
to produce proper nourishment for it's in
habtants are lime and nitrogen. Where
these elements exhausted state cannot
expect to enter into active competition with
states that have preserved their supply. In
brief, no state eat its lime and have it
too.
1t is up to the chemists Of the country
to keep in touch with their native soil and
see that it does not get run down and an@mic
in the general rush Of business. DR.. Crilly
has set the example himself by making
recommendations to the Connecticut Legis-
lature urging the passage of an act to save
the soil and rescue Yale before things get
beyond the bounds of reclamation.
In presenting his case DR.. Crilly paints
pathetic picture of present conditions in his
state. The pep and power of the soil, he ex-
plans have Jagged behind until now it is
almost impossible for the athletes from Yale
Trinity or Wesleyan to be properly trained