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A SANE GERMAN PROFESSOR Dr. Huge Münsterberg is a professor OUR GREATEST PEDAGOGUE It is understood that the Board of of psychology at Harvard University.
IS WARE He is also, I believe, a favourite emisstry Trade will not sanction the sale of any of the Kaiser. Bo he believes himself a Once in a way a German professor more vessels to owners abroad until the fit and proper person to sketch such terms turn up who is not a war custourant, war is over. Nothing definite has been of peace as the belligerents should accept deliberately bent on hiding or disfigur
The war, he insists, juust be finished decided as to the future of the afteen fore Christmas, and upon America lies in the truth, who is anxious to wean bis compatriots from the monstrous war shipa bought by Mr. Hughes during his the duty, ander his potent inspiration, of recent stay in Loudon except that for a calling a balt to the armies and of devis views taught by the vast majority of his ing a just and lasting treaty, which shall academic brethren. Such an exceptional time they will be controlled by the Ausbring luck prosperity and good will to professor is Dr. E. W. Forster, of the University of Munich, who, in his now: stralian Navy Department will be humbled world,ne
That a busybody should deinde himself book, Christiantly and War, falls on employed in the transport of wet and will not delude others with false those great teachers of divinity who for wool to Europe. Under its mail contrget hopes is of no great importance. But Dr. more than two years have been insisting with the Orient Company, the Common Munsterberg is not a German for nothing, that Christianity and war are not only wealth Government has power to take and in the New York Times he proves perfectly, reconcilable, but that war is over any or all of the latter's liners at natice and fair dealing. The infamous and the greatest of the instruments em that he shares his Kaiser's contempt for the great purger and purifier of nations, the market value, but it is at believed that this uption will be exercised.
proposal which he makes is nothing less ployed by the Almighty for bringing As the agreement comes to an end in another than a firm alliance of America, Great men into the paths of true religion and four years, niuch bigger boats will, it
Britain, and Germany, is thought, be built for the service..
Doesn't it look pretty upon paper, this perfect obedience to Himself.
Forster describes the ordinary pro nassive union of the big three," who There is indeed, good reason to believe will make war henceforth impossible and fessor of divinity as saying: War, of that the reported intration of New Zou will dictate laws to the other poor Powers course, is a material evil, but it is the land to create a State line of 20,000-ton which cluster about it The mere thought only reviver of an ideal life, and does steamers is not without significance in of his simple and grandiose plan is that which the founder of Christianity: this connection, more especially as it has the soul of the German rhapsodist with could not do." The logical consequence been known for some time that the enthusiasm. He is sure that the English of this teaching, says Forster, is that, Government of South Africa is willing to cooperate. Both the Belgian and the Navy, the German Army, the Americnu wealth will forin au alliance which is in Italian Governments are said to be adopt vincible, as indeed they might were they ing schemes of the kind, and a bill is placed in a world where truth and before the United States Congress, and will in all likelihood be passed soon: decency are unknown, and where which provides for the formation of a
cynical worship of slavery and plunder National board with a view to the con- takes the place of the Ten Command struction, purchase, and operation ofments, merchant ships on behalf of that Govern At the toy de cammnt contemplate
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JAPAN'S HELP IN THE STRUGGLE,
instead of the love taught by the gospels, our greatest pedagogue is war,and our highest experience a continuous state of war.
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He admits that when the war broke out certain ethical movements ap peared among the German people which were not to be undervalued, but they have long since vanished and given place about time that the nation should again FURNISH outset the doctor con: quite other and it is the unprovoked wickedness of England without a shudder. It is dificult for our return to reason. Many Christians in
ychologist to admit into his alliance a lost the entire apparatus of
Germany we are told, have apparenly Christian nation which destroys mails, hampers. trade between neutrals, and devises the conscience, have ceased to realise that humiliation of a black-list. These crimes the war has laid an enormous load of are unough to shatter his rainbow-blood-guiltiness on mankind. The teach- Mr. Robert Machray, in the Nineteenth coloured dreamt of the future. Yet Dring of trus Christianity has hitherto M dünsterberg is maganimous. Even with been that, by practising charity towards Century comments on Germany's past the memory of an opened post-bag in his all men, and by persistent war against subtle, unfriendly policy to Japan. He mind, he will still hold out the hand of our own bad passions and instincts we considered Japan's great war contribu fellowship and peace to perjured Albion. will in time tread the only path to God tion to the Allics.consisted in supplying We thank him for nothing His very and save our souls alive. But the new munitions to Russia during last year reticence proclaims him wholly devoid of Christianity, as taught by these new equal to £20.000,00. Prior to the fall humour. And England is in no mood to theologians of the war, is that the of Warsaw, in August last year, Japan bear the the intervention of a solemn Christianity of the Gospels has not been sapplied 750,000 rilles, After August sherbout mails and blacklists has already given to the world as the measure of infor mobilised all her industrin resources,
say national relations. They ignore the fact enabling the Russians to renew their forgotten the Luritunnu offensive in June. Japan made 8,900,000 regards death by drowning as a smaller that we are responsible to God for our yards of cloth, and released 2,000,000 inconvenience than an opened letter. He and our brother's soul, and, know vards from stores. Besides guarding the will find fow honest men to agree with ing what war makes of the human soul, Eastern scas und conveying British trang him. And when the war has been brought they persist in declaring that war is a ports to Suez she supplied many rifles will discover for himself that America speaks of war, verily he has lost the to an end by the defont of Germany he Divine purifier. The men who thus to Lord Kitchener's army and guns to will refuse indignantly to make alliance Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, the British navy, and is still making with a nation which, without warning, even though he unites within hiin all the guns. Japan's munitions are only half has drowned the peaceful citizens of a theological knowledge of the world.” the price of those from America, Japan | neutral country and has struck a showy released £10,000,000 in gold in New York nedal to commemorate her gallant ex- to purchase British bonds, and also ploit
| bought £5,000,000 of Bussian bonds Mr. Machray quotes many other illustrations of Japan's great assistance to the Allies,
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Forster hotly custigates those who maintain that war uns brought unity, DUE BUSINESS TO REMEMBER,
the spirit of sacrifice and idealism to the If Dr. Münsterberg is devoid of humour nation. This is nonsense, As a matter he is devoid of justice also. England of fact, war, the great destroyer, has laid will never extend the hand of friendship waste in the people much that had been to the criminal among the nations of consecrated to morality and religion. Europe. When we have sufficiently Let us wait until after the war and JAPAN'S CLOSURE OF GERMAN punished the Germans for their sins and see how much unity we possess, how much
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inisdemicghours, we shall leave them to re we are willing to sacrido, how much pont as best they may in an enforce our ideals are worth. The heroism of the Isolation. We should have little reset baticheld is a different thing from the for a court of law in which the judge daily heroism, sacrifice, and discipline in sat down to crack a bottle with the borglar whom he had just sentenced to family or calling or society, Believe me The Japanese Governurg's Order closa stretch of soven years. And the Ger that these great virtues will not be main are far too deeply stained with strengthened, and that out of the depths ing the Deutsche Asiatische banks at blond to be welcomed back into the society of this war-fury quite unsuspected and Kolie and Yokohama seems to have caught of the victorious Allies.
terrible things, big with destiny, will the Germans napping." As well as many individual depositow, the Yokohama
ing powers of religious and ethical come, and to combat which all the heal German Club is badly hit by the Order,
fervour will have to be exercised if our the latter's interesta being bound up with
spiritual life is to exist at all,” those of the banks a
The professor goes on to say:
War
TREACHERY ALLEGED AS THE CAUSE
As regards the immediate cause for the issue of the Order by the Japanese Government various repers are cur rent." The must probable reason, say the Japanese papere, is that in February last the money due from the Chinese Govern- ment to the German Government was for wardest to the Kobe Branch of the Bank and then to the Yokohama Branch. This money was employed in Japan for spy purposes, Another report is that the Government was converted into Japanese specie and sent abroad,
that it is a higher art and a greater In vain does Dr. Münsterberg pretend task to forget. Rather it will be our business, unto the end of time, to remem ber. Indeed, if we would, we cannot forget. For the crimes of Germany are not give us any revival of our re engrossed indelibly upon the deathless Figious and moral life. Quite the con- parchment of history.
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The Lokalanzeiger reprodores un în terview which Karl von Wiegand had last mouth with Herr Ballin, who said that in his opinion the war would last at least another year, but that Germany was prepared for it.
girls ravished from Lille and Roubaix. and sent secretly into slavery, the mon strous toll of non-combatants taken by Zeppelin and submarine. We shall re member the Lusitania, which Dr. Moh aterberg, if evere he heard of it, has already forgotten. And remembering these many miseries, we shall never again. bestow upon any German the privilege of The en equal friendship. During the next few wecks," he said, But our German professor, inviting there will, perhaps, be much jubilation solemnly to an act of treachery, las car on one side or the other about great milk ried the art of forgetfulness a step to tary successes, but this will be of very far. It seems to cape him that England little importance. The question is who has not yet put off, as an outworn clock can hold out the longest. I believe that we can, and that our people are deter sense of honour. In fighting with mined to do it." Germany she has touched pitcli and yet has remained undefiled. For her, treaties Herr Ballin characterized as absurd the and alliance are something better than talk about the wearing out by war and scraps of paper. the exhaustion of Germany's reserves, BORDE OF STRICT ALLIANCE. which he described as complete ignorance. of conditions in German
***It is our duty to hold out until our enemies give up this illusion, as they have done regarding so many other illusions
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If we have come forth as the champions
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SMOKEESS ZOWDER aus OXILLED warfare, should go over bag and buggage not for all the army of Germany nor for BH02. From No:10 14 8889% RÅ 2017 NO to the epony, renounce the objects, for all the wealth of America, shall we ever 37.50 per 100 SPORTING REQUISITES)- which hot rons have bled and died, and prove faithless to our loyal and valiant AIR OUNS in Ysiaky, find comfort and peace in the heart of And as for Dr. Münsterberg, we hope
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It is a strange thing that paychologists we shall never hear of him again.✨✨ He are always at fault, when they attempt to may be an efficient emiary of the Kaiser, understand burna character – The Eng. 1but be is a very poor psychologue Continued at foot of neat Column ENGLISHMAN in the Danly Mail
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