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What are European children being taught about the Great War? The an swer to that question, if we could find the answer bas sected to Mr. William G. Shepherd more than likely to show "whe- ther there will över be another war." Hence an investigation, whose results he gives
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In Germany school chillion in various districts have different history books In ong district the book will contain dl the old allusions to the Kaiser and the great- ness of his family. In another district all of this has been cut out. There is such a discrepancy between the various books that
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"There are two things that we're not teaching our children," he sail" "One" subject, that is forbidden is the Kalter and bis dynasty. The other is the war
"But there are history books that tell of the Kaiser," I said.
"Yes," he smiled, but lefthe ex- plain. You see, book cost a great deal of money. The old histories used, to glorify the Eaiser. We still have many copies of these old books on haml Wa cannot afford to throw them away. But we have issued orders to all teachers that they must not ask the children to study
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Not a single word," said Dr. Berker. "The teachers are not allowed to discuss the war. Their history books do not coon. "tain a single word about the war.”-
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The signament which has been érécted. at Biarrita to the memory of King. Ed- ward VII was unveiled there recently by Lord Hardinge. British Ambassador in Paris u the course of his speech, he said it was King Edward and the British Government who instmited him in 1909 to point out to the Kaiser how great was the auxiety felt in England regarding the works of the Kiel Canal, which were threatening England's tranquility, and could only lead to deplorable competition in naval construction. Lord Hardingy proceeded The Kaiser was ferious, at what i told im tions, and disavowed any hostile inten tions, seating that it was he that directed the foreign policy of Germans, and that he would refuse to consider for an instant the idea of war with England. Finally he refused to modify the Germano noval prargame in any way whatever. It is hardly" necessary to state that King El ward was profoundly dissatished with this refusal, which only "confirmed his views as to the real intention of the The German argument has been shut Germany was forced into the war by the so-called policy of encircle mint
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and wished to be at pen with all his neigh bours The title he loved and so well deserved was Edward the Peacemaker. Cohappily the reign of this wise, far s ing Sovereign,was much too short for the Tull results of his political sagacity to be achieved."
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Is this one purposely I asked.
Yes," he explained. It's politics, You see there are six different parties in Prussia Esely different party has a different ilea about the causes of the war, the events and mistakes. As soon as the ministries of education start to prepar story of the war for the school children, some leader of a party arises and ears that the story is wrong, in some detail. They we have to drop the whole thing and startion, for King over again. We must and some story that will suit all the parties, including the Socialists ank the extremists on both sides, It is an impossible thing to do and we bave quit trying
Our latest plan is to liare a chrono logy of the war appearin the sebçol-books so that the children may learn the dates of various important events. We are four experts working on this now, but while they agree on dates, they cannot agree in describing what happened on those dates. Something about the inwardness of the war. is bound to freep into any arrange- ment of dates, and so we are in as mach trouble with our new plan as we were with our precious efforts. We must try to satisfy the parents of the children as well as the party leaders," continued Dr. Becker. "Parents are giving their version of the war to their children at home, and if our school-books give a different explana tion from that believed by the parents, we will be in trouble.
regulations and to tell their pupils in the classrooms just what had happened during
There were nutį the previous four years. text-books with which the teachers could, work; so many of them began giving! little lectures to their pupils.
"But the department of education found. itself in trouble immediately. Parents d' luged us with complaints. They said their children were being, taught lies about the war. Socialist workmen said their children were being instructed in Imperialista. Cait- lux's followers sal that teachers were ging about the origin and purpose of the war. Parents of the upper classes suid The schools are not as they used to their children were being taught Socialism be in the Kaiser's time. Then" the in their study of the war. It was a trying
that something government decided what the children time for us. We saw should be taught, and that was the end of must be done, so we issued urlers that it. Today, in every school the children teachers were not to try to teach their have their own organisation, with apupils about the war until proper · text- spokesman, who has a right-te criticise books had been issued.
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the teacher on any occasion, or even go over As regards Britain, an English Educa the teacher's head, if necessary, to bigbertion anthority said :--- authorities. The parents have taken an I won't say that text-books on the interest in the schools and in what their | Great War are not being written and even children are being taught, and a parent put into the schools in some localities," he may go either to a leader of the party in his said. district and make a complaint, which will reach us with a roar is due time, or he may complain to the school officials themselves.
I suggested that it must have been neces- sary to tell the children something about the revolution which changed the form of government in Germany.
"Bat the inspectors have sa infallible test for these bucks. If the books do not meet the test, they ara usually withdrawn from the school, """
What is the text?" I asked. "You see, all these books are written anonymously. No reliable aid well-known text-book writers have attempted to write "Well, hesitated Dr. Becker, when any text-book of the war. All the school over that question comes up, we find it histories that have appeared, with a very possible to refer to the attempted revolu-fow exceptions, have been thrown together tion of 1848 in Germany with which the for greedy publishers by hack writers. children are familiar. We are able to The paper is poor, as you will notice, the point out that the revolution of 1918 was illustrations are unspeakably poor, and the sequence of 1848. There is a great deal statements of facts are absolutely unreliable. in common in both revolutions, and some- times we are able to show how the 1918 revolution was a sequence of the reyolu tion in which the grandparents of our pupils were engaged,
"Every one of theee unsignel anony- mous text books found by our inspectors in use in the schoolrooms is immediately thrown out. The result is that children in England are not learning the history of Certain democratic principles that the war in our schools." caused the 1848 affair also produced the What about geography-?"" I asked. revolution of two years ago. The whe "Well, the teachers are presenting gave these principles a chance to manifest geography in a hit or miss way. The diap themselves. That is as far as we can go makers are not taking any chances on in telling the children about the revent making maps for schoolroom use which a Jairs in Germany."
may be right to-day but wrong to-morrow. What, meanwhile, arc French, school "As a usual thing the teachers use children being taught about the war? coloured crayons and draw the navy answer to this question, Mr.borders and the new countries in the old Fhepherd went to Paris and sought out maps."
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the Minister of Public Instruction, who, "And there you are!" gasps Mc. Shep though too cautious to make a statement, herd. Although in Germany, France and himself, detailed a subordinate to talk
"When peace meaid this official, thehool touchers overjwhere, in France felt free to ignore the old military (Continued at foot of next columni)
England every child must learn to read, the printing-press is paralysed and the historian is palsied when it comes to the task of telling the new generation about the
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