The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-10
. After Manv
Years
81. Vi'us Dance
OF Fsnsiieism
Ien-Yesr-Old Pieiur.
OF Na1ism
Murder Avowed Ideal
OF Third Reich
By " 7. SHORT

TNEN years ago Ludwig Lewis.
Ohm, native Of R.rhr
whose education was rom.
pleted IN American universities
wrote an article on the Nan
movement for Harpers maya
zine entitled. The German Re-
volt Against Civilization" MANY
persons agreed with the view
point expressed BY the writer:
others said Lewisohn was pre-
JUDGED against the movement
because of Hitler's policy con-
corning the Jews. Read today
the article appears as a proph-
eey that is being fulfilled.
Lewisohn referred To the Nazi
movement as the "St. yitus
dance of fanaticism," and said
that vast numbers Of the Ger
man people were possessed Of a
devil. The article continued. in
substance, as follows:
To think Of the Nazis mere
" as hoodlums and fools stung
into action by hunger and
demagogies is gravely 10 un-
derestimate both the force and
menace of the improvement.
German nationalism today Is a
pagan revolt against Christian
civilization: it dreams Of Nordic
armies overrunning the earth.
of the ecstacy of death and
blood.
According 10 certain ex-
tremists of the movement. the
contamination and corruption
of this Germany of today have
gone so far that 1t were best
10 plunge the land into war
after war. to make it the battle
ground of the world. so that the
pure German substance, pre-
served in a few specimens, may
come to its ultimate triumph.
(Here the writer explains that
he is soberly reporting and
translating). This insane ra-
cial arrogance is directed to-
ward the republication Of the
German race from foreign blood.
specifically from the Jews and
from Christianity.
THE universal goose-step Of
n slayishly obdient soldiery,
psychically and physically
taught to regard murder and
rapine as the highest good, Is
the frankly avowed ideal Of the
Third Reich. And the nation
has constituted itself into .
mass Of robots who roar and
foam at the mouth and reel
with berserker rage rs the
leaders, .he heroes press the
emotional Germanic button.
Many years ago the Germans
invented the defensive myth OF
their racial superiority which
dark and corrupt races were
seeking to destroy. They in
vented this myth as a safeguard
for the future. The war came,
and in anticipation OF defeat
and guilt, the scapegoat was
selected. The Jews were handy
and convenient, then as today.
Eventually, the soul-sick
masses of the National-Socialist
movement persuaded themselves
that Germany had been in ac-
tusl fact not defeated at ALI
that neither the hunger BLOCK
Hde nor Americas troops hao
had anything TO do with tne
case, but that the unsullied war
riors Of the North had been De-
trayed and stabbed in the back
In their homeland.
The whole thing would De
more like a CHASTITY farce II II
did not constitute 30 grave a
danger for human civilization
n it were not eorrupting the
souls and hopeiessly adding the
brains of the German people. IL
is clear today that they viii act
according to their myths
The repercussion of Ger
rnsny's revolt against ciViiiza-
ton in the sphere of politics and
world peace is very clear. Those
who were most profoundly con-
WINGED of the utter stupidity OF
the provisions of Versailles are
now afraid 20 propose or sup
Port revision.
''Who would dare tn ia'"'
equality Of ornaments for a
nation fanatieaily eonsinoeo
that II would h. helping To save
the world nv having the savior
race of the Germans estern'-
nate life where inferior races
lV. and then replace them
German politicians and Hitier
will repudiste with certain
superficial sincerity the eH-
tremes TO which their own mao
myths have led them. They VIZ
even play the game Of interna-
tional politics when it SUITS their
purposes But it Will be q
game.
Meanwhile we are deaiing
with a people which has indeed
made both a philosophical DOC
trine and a religious duty OF
r1thiessnessT
Coming and Going!