Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-05

Dusseldorf, man or liberal prin-
ciples, who had taken a great part
in arranging an exchange of visits
between German and British bust
ness men. He knew many of the
liberal politicians in England, and
could walk into the house of com
mons more easily than l could.
He seemed to be rather fustered
when | called upon him and ex-
planned the object of my visit. and
he left me alone in his study for a
while on pretext of speaking to his
wife. | think he wanted me to read
his leading article. signed at the foot
of the column, in a paper which he
laid deliberately on his desk before
me. L puzzled through its compli-
Gated argument in involved German.
and through its fog of rhetoric there
emerged violent TRADE against
England.
When he came back. | tackled him
on the subject.
Il understood that YOU were an
advocate of friendly relations he
tween our two peoples" That article
doesn't seem to me very friendly or
helpful"
He flushed hot color. and said,
MY views have undergone "A change
England has behaved abominably."
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ENCOUNTERED the same argu-
ment and more violent hostility
from high ecclfsiastic in Berlin
VINO was a great friend of the kaiser,s
ana formerly professed lover NJ
England. He was tall. thin hand
some man. who spoke English nor
fectly' but was not very civil to me.
PRESENTLY as we talked of the rela =
lions between our two nations. he
paced up and down the room with
evident emotion. with suppressed
rage. indeed. which broke at Iast
through his restraint.
English policy" he said. ..c.,Its d;rec,
~ across our legitimate German r;gb,s
Ting idho Is trying TO hem in Germany.
10 hamper her at every turn "a
'u''iiiiate her IN every part of the
world and TO prevent her economic
development. During recent DAYS
she mas not hesitated to affront ne
very deeply and deliberately. II is
intolerable."
ne spoke of an inevitable wa -.
with startling candor. and when 7
said something about the duty of all
CHRISTIAN men. especially of a nries.
IKE hlmself. to prevent such an nm
oeiieFanie horror. he asked harshIv
whether / had come to insu1r b;r,
ana touched the bell for NV dis
missal
|. such conversations were alar,,ir
Yet I did not believe tina, tbo,.
| resented the general opiriop or -,
great mass of German people wa.
- "oie 10 get Eiimpses here and
there In Duesseldorf and Frankfort
hanover Leipzig, Berlin and Dresden
OF mlddle-clasS and workinp-c1.ss
thought, but wherever / was ahra n
test 1t III casual conversation Win
business men, railway porters. labor
ers, hotel walters and so on with
whom / exchanged ideas in nv worry
crude German. or their remarkably
good English lin the case Of con,
| mercial men and waiters) found
utter ihcredulity regarding the posi-
pIllty or war between England and
Germany. and a contempt of the
s"ord-rattling and shining armor''
OF the kaiser and the military caste.
1t was Edward Bernstein. the lead
Ter of the socialists. who warned me
OF the instability of the pacifist faith
progressed by German democrats. eff
war breaks out" he said German
| socialists will march as one man
against any enemy of the fatherland
| Although theoretically they are
| against war, neither they nor anv
other socialists have reached 4 nlane
| OF development which would give
them the strength to resist LOYALTY II
/ the flag and the old code of patriotism,
wnen once their nations were in
volved. right or wrong"
| X !
| tried TO get the ideas OF German
youth on the subject of war with
England. and l had an excellent on
portunity and an Illuminating con-
| versation with the students of Lem
zig University. a group OF these
young men, who spoke excellent Eng
lish, allowed me to question them
and were highly amused and inter
ested
DO you hate England" I asked
| There was rousing chorus OF
| Yes
why do you hate England"
One young man acted as spokes-
man for the others, who signified
their assent from time to time. The
first reason for hatred of England. he
said, was because when German boy
was shown the map of the world and
j WI he yrha oil fIa
l"splodges" on it signified, he was told