THE POLITICAL BACK- GROUND OF THE WAR."
LAKTURE BY FROFESSOR MCELROY OF PRINCETON.
inite the inclement weather. 4. Telure room at the City Hall tta piled to overtowing lust even
inmi into comers had to stand in tiw stoorways to hear what Profosser Eroy of Princeton University. PUSAT, Had to say on The Pol
Background of the War.". The low he was given maler the auspices: of the Odd Volumes Swiety, at Thugkong-
Hon. Mr. E. F. POLLOCK, Secretary" of "the Society, introducing Professor McElroy, said ho was sure all would regret the fasti that evring to "a bit, Sir Williata; Kees Deview, who was to buvo pre-
led, whis not present. They were; fortunate in the subject, of the Feeture which was one of grear in teress at the present time and they were still sure lortunate in having to deal with the subjeet a lecturer of the enlibre and attainments of Dipfessor McElroy, who was a P-
or of History and Politics in Princeton University, F.SA.. ami id spent a considerable number of is summer vacation in Eierun He had also studied at Berlin and dwipsig and alsojai dxfönt” Uniser. aly was able to speak on the
sulgeet of the way from Arst Band khos lodge gained moth in Germany Atul Great, Beitain.
The Journus began by stating that was an axion among students, of history that the, Curses of great Estorical processes are never siruple, anal the present war is no exceptioni to theule, huving its roots in? Imek ite mazes of racial dynastie, religions
and territorial complications. That
the turn, of whatever natämality,
Dow snerificing, their Byes are intere
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giving their lives towards the destrue-gimni daya Eving monument to tion of the gruudest political ideat a political philosophy which says of which their race has contributed to treaty engagements: Do not make "the politicul thought of the world, the. Inolisi mistake of not breaking for it was in the forests of Germany then when you believe your interests that rue idea of representating require it. government was born. It was knowi as the Teutoule idea." the den that a man or a body of men may spenky the person of an elected and responsible reprumulative. This idea was the secret of hodem empire buikling.
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Semps of paper, Necesity knows to law, Might" is right. all right is decided by war." such philosophy labelled duty and put into actual prictice that has caused the world outside the domina- tion of Prussianism to declare that The Prussians Northern Europe Germany is a menace. For the faith and never been seriously of treaties is the only solid founda touched by the Teutonic ion of tion upon which a real civilization government, and slowly, but with E erected. Treaties STC the terrible certainty, they had imposed records of national faith, and where their with upon Tentonte Genry, there is no faith, the people perish." until today Germany is but an Thy world moves upward, not by the "expanded Prussia. "Asma strokes of the battle-axes, as Bern- thinketh in his heart so is he and hund would have is believe, bus by as a nation thinketh in its heart so the sure processes of thought, by the is that fation. "The lecture quoted co-option of generous souls, by the the following wouls of Frederick the donation of spiritual ideals. Only Abreat, designed for "the political to vulgar minds is strength the syn instruction of the
Hohenzollernbol of worth. dynasty:
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would be hanful to his country. Is it better that a nation should perish, or that Sovereign should be to rule other races, that the "break his treaty X'.
[string have a divine coininission,” to Statesmanship can be reduced exploit the weak, that one nation. to three principles-First, toy virtue of physical or mental On
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the most disastrous times: *** Do not by ashamed of making intercated alliances from which you yourself can derive the whole advantage. Do not make the olish mistake of not breaking them when you believe your in Beresta requize it.
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on the Eastern political side of the On Singapore These words represented the sow. witqution, but he was sure that the ing. A century and a half later time was coming when Japan would Nietzsche wove the gospel of force bo vonipelled to decide upon her Cinto a sort of system, this doctrine course of action with regard to being the doctrine of the super-man Korea. He went so far as to say And the inalienable right of the giant that Japan's future," as a nation so act as the giunt; of the strong to largely depended upon what she did dominate the weak; of the powerful in this matter. Japan bad taken her to overwhelm and trample upon the institutions principally from Uer- powerful. Then came the great his many and those elemente which rade torian von Treitschke, breathing the Geny a menace today might philosophy of force into the very soul make Japan u menace tomorrow cf Germany. Why talk of found. England and America could never colonice? he said. Let us become a menace unless they, de- Holland, then we shall have parted from the policies, they had lient ready-made. Then come bitkerto pursued. That the Ameri Bornhordi, soldier and military cin Nation was prepared to cast f tegist, and b frank expounder of her lot with the Allies he felt sure the maze philosophy. His book, for they stood, today for the best Germany in the Next War, pro things in the history of the world. ented in all its ugly brutality, tho (Loud appinuse) philosophy ef fores.
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