Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-15
TIME REQUIRED
FOR CHANGEN
GERMAN IDEAS
House Says Another Genera.
ton Needed to Put Coun-
try in Harmony.
OLD SPIRIT NOT DEAD
Special to Indiana Daily Times
and Philadelphia Public Ledger.


BY COL. EDWARD NJ. HOUSE.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 15.-The irrec-
oncilable difference between the parties
Of progress and the parties of reaction in
Germany must sooner or later be settled
at the polls sud the chancellor evidently
is preparing 20 go before the people and
let them decide the issues in contro-
versy.
1t will not be until after this genera
ton of Germans has passed away that
German thought will find itself in
harmony with the thought and purposes
OF the Atlantic powers. When the i'm
perial German government, under the
tutelage of Bismarck and his predeces-
Sors, began to direct and to mold ma
tional opinion in a way which would
cause it to approve and blindly follow
the governmental policies, one of the
most efficient methods used was the
almost complete control of the schools
and universities. A child had but little
chance for mental development along in
dependent lines. The result was a ma
ton homogeneous IN thought and pur-
pose, and one in which the State was ex-
allied above the fundamental principles
OF right and wrong. No action, how
ever, dishonest or immoral, was wrong
if done in behalf of the State.
MACHINE BUILT FOR
ADVANCEMENT OF STATE.
1t was a false conception, as we view
1t, but a child brought up under such a
system had but little opportunity TO
fathOm the truth. 1t brought about
devotion to the fatherland which tran
scended every other emotion, with the re-
suit that a great human machine was
constructed bent upon the material ad
vancement of Germany.
If this machine had been directed more
carefully and more intelligeptly the
course of Western civilization might have
been changed. Germany would have
dominated the world or the other nations
would have been forced to adopt meth
DDS akin TO those Germany practiced in
order to live upon anything like terms of
equality with her.
The defeat Of the central powers shat
tered this human machine, but its parts
are to be found in every nook and cor
ner Of the former empire and its spirit
still lives. 1t has its advocates now as
before and in the next election its forces
will be marshaled with all the skill and
ingenuity of other days.
BATTLE BETWEEN
THE OLD AND NEW.
The present government headed by its
able chancellor. Dr.. Wirth, will lead the
opposing forces. 1t will be a battle be
tween the old order and the new. The
mOnarchists, the militarists and the great
captains of industry win link shields and
make common cause. They assert that
Germany never can regain her position
of influence and power sa e through such
n a oN osiv
They promise a militant and an aggres-
sive Germany rather than a peaceful
and a submissive onA a virulent attack
will be made upon the tax system pro-
posed and to be proposed by the With
government and IL may be they will hint
at an agreement with Russia which to-
day lies back in the minds Of many Ger
mans.
The With government can promise
nothing but a continuation of the present
policy which seeks to reclaim Germany
in the eyes os the world. 1t Is a policy
opposed to that of the pre-
war oligarchy. German defeat is admitted
and the results are accepted and a serious
effort is being made &c meet the terms
of the agreement concerning the payment
OF separations. Above all. the present
government is staunch in its determine
tion to make Germany a republic IN fact
as well as in name.
Great Britain sees more clearly than
France the Importance OF the success OF
the Wirth government, or one with like
purposes. and is doing what can be done
in legitimate way to sustain 1t. France.
on the other hand, seems Indifferent in
the matter. Not without reason, she
lacks confidence in the intentions OF the
Germans to live up TO their obligations.
And yet, France has more to gain than
any other country in having Germany
become a democracy. 1t would make less
probable another war between the two
countries, for such a decision would then
rest with the people and not with a single
man moved by hate or ambition.-Copy-
right, 1921, by Public Ledger Company