TITE ' SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND;-- MARCH 10, 1913.
DREAMOFGONQUEST
FILLS GERMAN SOUL
Gerard Notes Psychologies
Development of Teutons
During Progress of War.
GREAT REJOICING AT FIRST
"Period of Iote Exaltation Ended
k-y flattie of M arne, 1bn Temper
of People Changes to -lt-titado
of Depression.
CtHM t.l SOCI. ClOOKT.
German soul turn not toward
light and say and graceful
thins, but toward bloodshed and
S iruMwmfflna,
tery. Gerard.
ghost and mys-
BT JAMES W. OMARD.
Aaiertees AmUmdor at the Grnaa Tt
Prta Court. Ju )r il. 1KI3. In February 4.
1917. Author "Mt Four Tear In Her
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ARTICLE XV.
It was Interesting to not the psyeho
Ktckal development of the Oermaoa
during the war. For the Terjr ahort
lima while war nung In tha balance
there was a period almost of rejoicing
among the singing crowds In the streets
a universal release of tension after
it years preparation for war.
Next came tha busy period of mobili
sation, and then, aa the German armies
wept through Belgium and Prance,
trongbold and fortre falling before
them. there rams a period of Intense
eiaitetioa and eiuliatlon, a period
when tha most reasonable Germans, the
light of success and conquest la their
eyea. declared German Kullur would
Bow be Imposed on th whole world.
The battle of tha Marne ended this
period of rejoicing, and through the
Winter of 11-I1S. when it became
apparent that Germany would not win
"Maria Magdalena." Tha character
war tha father, mother, son
daughter of a German famll
ems. I town and two young men
with tha daughter. In the first act the
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act the
pollc arrest th son for theft, giving rip rilllfil ITr. UTTtV
the mother such a shock that she dies I UL LIPJIwULII ULUL
of apapleiy on the stsge. Jn the sec- I flT f I If I tl ll 1 1 111 111
ond act tha two lorers hara a duel and UL. lllllUllLeJ IILIIL
one is killed. In the third act the sur
viving lover commits suicide, and in the
fourth act the daughter Jumps down
tha well Tha curtain descends. leav
log only tha old man and the cat'a'.ive,
and tha Impression I given that If tha
rurtaln were ten aeconds later either
tha cat would get tha old man or tha
old man would get tha rat!
The mysterious play of "Per Oyot'
waa given In two theaters during each
Winter of tha war. All of Ibsen a
dramas plared to crowded houses.
Kelnhardt, during tha last Winter I
as In Berlin, produced Strtndherg s
Choet Sonata" In quite a wonderful
way. The play waa horrible and grue
some enough, but aa produced by him
it gave a strong man nightmare for
day afterward.-
brraai -Kaltar Arraigned.
Tha German soul. Indeed, seems to
turn not toward light and gay and
graceful things, but toward bloodshed
and gruesomenees, ghosts and mystery
f feet doubtless of tha long. dark.
bitter nlghta and gray days that over
shadow these northern lands.
I think the only time I lost my tem
per In Germany waa when a eeem-
ngly reasonable amd polite gentleman
from tha Foreign Office, sitting at my
desk one day In 11. remarked how
splendid It waa that Germany had
nearly J.OOO.ovO prisoners of war and
that these would go back to their homes
bued with aa intense admiration or
German Kultur.
I said that I believed that the I.OOO.-
04 prisoners of war who had been In
suited and underfed and beaten and
Oregon Planing Mill Owners
Take Contract for Manu
facturing 25 Carloads.
INDUSTRY SURE TO EXPAND
Satisfaction " of KeanlretnenU of
a
Colonel Dlsque) and HI Experts
AVI II Result In Work Being- In
creased at Least Tenfold.
Colonel Brie F. Dlaqna. represent
ing tha Government, yesterday closed
contract with the Oregon Planing
allll Owners' Association for tha manu
facture of 25 earloada of aerolane atock
into wing beams for tha use of the
Government in building training ma
chines.
This contract ia in tha nature of an
experiment, and waa obtained only as
a result of weeks of effort by the
orced to work aa slaves tn factories Chamber of Commerce co-operating
and mines and on farma would go back
to their homea with such a hatred of all
thlnga German that It would not be
iafe for Germane to travel in countries
from which these prisoners came, that
other nations had their own Kultur
with which they were perfectly satis
fied and which they did not wish to
hange for any made-In-German y
rand!
with tha planing mill owner. If the
work can ba dona satisfactorily, which
the mlllmen declare will unquestion
ably ba the case. It is to be followed
by a rapid axpanalon of the manufac
ture, locally of the wood parts for
aeroplane construction until all the
product of the large reaaw plant at
Vancouver, which la destined for use
by the American Government, Is made
Certain Germane hava pirated much of I Into finished part here
by a sudden assault, tha temper of t
people began to change . aa attitud
f depression. ,
Ctraaai P 7 r.Jy Life.
It has been at atl times the policy of
the German autocracy to keep the peo
Pie or Germany iroiu amusing them
elves. I know of no class In German
which really enjoys life. The counts
and Junkers hate their country estates.
Life on these estates, whlrb are ad
ministered solely for profit. Is -not Ilk
country life in Kngtand or America.
The hooena are plain and for the moet
part without the conveniences of bath
rooms and heating to which we are ae
customed in America. There are vlr
tually no email country bouses or bun
galowa, although at a few of the sea
Place rich Jews hava villas.
Tha wealthy merchant takes hi va
cation In bummer at Carlsbsd or Kls-
stngen. or la some other resort where
hi physical constitution, disorganised
by overeating and overdrinking, ran be
regulated somewhat. Many Germans
taka their families to Switzerland
where tha German of all agca with
knapsack aad Alpine stick I a faaw.tar
eight.
TCata.ataia Craa Watrkwwrd.
TTarncstnesa Is the watchword. For
houid th people gel a taste of pleas
are they might decide that the earth
rfer-d fairer po.stblltttee than life In
the barracks or the admiring con tern
platioa of fat and complacent grand
dukes and princes.
Much of this sycophancy Is due to
the poverty vf the educated cl
Salaries paid officials are ridiculously
smalt. The German worklngmen. both
In wages and living, are on a lower
s ale than those of other Wester aa
tlon. with the possible exception of
Jlussia. Italy and the Balkan states.
The profeastoaaj and business classes
earn very little. The reason for the
superiority of the German In the chem
ical Industry Is because a chemist, a
graduate of fhe university, ran be hired
for les than the salary of ao America a
Chauf (eur.
And this earnestness of life waa In
atsted upon even to a greater degree by
the autocracy with the opening of war.
The playing of dance music brought a
visit from the police. The theaters
at first were closed, but later opened.
Only plays of a serious or patriotic na
ture were originaty permitted. len-
Ing was tabooed, but In the Winter of
ll-l r.etnhardt was allowed to pro
duce a ballet of a severely classical na
ture, and at the opera performances the
ponderous ballet girla were permitted
to cavort a usual.
Rellglae) Is Fa II ere.
I saw no signs of any great religions
revival, no greater attendance at the
churches. Terhsps this wss becauee I
wss In the Protestant part of Ger
wanv. ' where the church Is under the
direct control of the government and
where the people feel that In attend
ing an extra church they are oniy at
tending an extra drill, a drill where
they will be told of tha glories of the
aatocrocy and the necessity of obedi
ence. In fact, religion may ba said to
fca failed in Germany, and many
late-paid preachers launched sermons
f hate from their state-owned pulpits.
Alwaya fond of the drama and opera,
I waa a constant attendant at theaters
In Berlin. The beet-known manager
la Berlin la Relnhardt. who has under
his control tha teutsches Theater with
its annex, the Kammersplel. and also
the People's Theater on the Bue'ow
Flats. I mad the acquaintance of Mr.
THeinhardt and his charming wife, who
takea part In many of his productions.
I dined with tbem In their picturesque
house on tha Kupfel Grahen. In the
Ieutsches Theater ehe great revolving
stage makes change of scene easy, so
that Relnhardt ia enabled to preeent
Fhakespeare. a great favorite In Ger
many, la a most picturesque manner.
He manages to lend even to the most
solemn Irssedy little touches that add
greatly to tha Interest and keep the at
tention fixed.
Foe Instance. In Ms production of
Mjcbth. when I.aty Macbeth comes
In la the sleep-walking scene, robbing
her hands and saying: "What, will
t.iee bands ne r be clean?" the actress
takinr this part In Berlin gave a very
dtttnct and loud snore between every
three or four words, thue moet effect
ively reminding aa asudienc that ah
Was asleep.
Trastewl Flare Fopwlar.
As the wsr rontlnued the taste of
the Germans tamed to somber, trsglcal
and almost sinister plays. Only a death
on tr-e stage seemei te bring a rsy
of animation to the stolid, bovine faces
of the audience, la my last Winter In
Berlin tha hit of the sesson waa "FJrd
geist." a plav by Wedeklndw which aa
"Spring's Awakening waa given In
New York la the prtag of 117 and
horrified and disgusted the most hard
ened Bmadwey theater-goers. The
principal fern a a ro'e waa played by a
Ferbiaa actreea. Maria Orska very
tnucb on tha type of Naxlmova. lo
thla play, presented to crowded au
dience, only ere of the four acts was
wtthont a death.
Aaotber favorite during wartime,
atajeta at Relnhardt theater, was
German "Kultur," hava boasted of lm
posing this "Kultur" on the world by
one of arms. bat is this German
Kultur? A certain efficiency of gov
ernment obtained by keeping tha ma
Jorlty of the people out cf all voice In
overnmental affairs: a certain lo
cost of manufactured products or of
carrying charges In the shipping trades
made possible by enslaving tha work
men who toil long hours for small
wages: a certain superiority In chemt-
production because trained chem
lata, willing to work at one aeml-rae-
hanlcal task, can be hired for less than
Fifth-avenue butler la paid in Amer
lea, and a certain pre-eminence In mil
itary affairs reached by subjecting the
masa of the people to the brutal, boor
tsh nnn-commtssionsd officers and the
galling yoke of a militaristic system.
Real Calter With Jew.
Subtract tha German Jew and In tha
lines of real culture there would be
little of the real thing left In Germany.
Outman. Welchroeder. Von Swabach,
Fiiedlander-Fuld. Kathenau. Simon.
Warburg. In finance: Barchardt and
others. In surgery, and almost tha wbele
medical profession; tha Meyers, tha
Khrllchs, Bamberger. Hugo Schlff. New.
burger. Berthelm. Paul Jacobson. In
chemistry and research: Mendelssohn,
Wagner, etc- In music; Harden, Tbeo-
dor Wolf. George Bernhard and Proles
mo r 8tein. In Journalism.
But why continue? About tha only
men not Jewa prominent In tha intel
lectual, artistic, financial or commer
rial life of Germany are the pa tor of
the Lutheran churches. And tha Jew
have won tbelr way to tha front In
almost a generation. Still refused com
missions In tb standing army (except
for about 114 sinca the war), still com
pelled to renounce their religion before
being eligible for nobility or a court
function, still practically excluded from
university professorships. considered
socially Inferior, tha Jewa of Germany
ontll a few years ago lived under re
strictions that had aurvlved from the
Middle Ages. They were not allowed
to bear Christian names. The marriages
of Jews and Christiana were forbidden.
Bardea Isspssed ea Jewa.
Jewa could not own house and lands.
They wsre not permitted to engage in
agriculture and could not become mem
bers of the gullda or unlona of hand
icraftsmen. When a Jew traveled he
waa compelled to pay a tax In each
province through which ho passed.
Jews attending tha fair at Frankfort
on the Oder were compelled to pay a
bead tax. and were admitted to Lelpilg
and Lresden on condition that tbey
might be expelled at any time.
Berlin Jews were compelled to buy
annually a certain quantity of porce
lain, derisively called "Jew'a porce
lain." from tlie royal manufactory and
to sell it abroad. When a Jew married
ba had to get permission aad an an-
Another Step Forward Takea.
Consummation of this contract 1
considered another forward atep by
Colonel IMsque In his efforts to meet
tha deraanda of tha Government for
sprue. It not only Insures delivering
the lumber, where, netded. but effects
a saving In th maximum number or
railway car now required for It ship
ment to more distant manufacturing
plants.
At tha outset, 100 workmen will be
employed by. tha mill receiving the
contract in manufacturing the COO.000
feet of lumber assigned for the first
experimental order. If this order meets
tha requirements of Colonel Disque and
his expert, th work will be expanded
until more than 1000 men will be em
ployed before the close of the war In
local wood-working plants majnufac
turning the wood parts of aeroplanes.
It promises to prove a most important
industry, growing out of spruce pro
duction and war operations, which is
regarded as a business properly belong
ing to Portland, situated in the heart
of the great spruce-producing section
of the United Htates. -
"This final success has come after
mouths of effort with- the Aircraft
Board at Washington, in which the
ChamberOf Commerce, the Mill Owners'
Association Senators Chamberlain and
McNary, Congressman McArthur. Colo
nel Dlsque. Major Lndbetter. Captain
Russell Hawkins. cx-Governor West,
C C. McColloch and 'others all have
taken a part." said W. D. R. Dodson,
executive secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce, yesterday. -"It was a strug
gle with many variations. At all timea
local Intereats aought to hava Colonel
Dlsqua given, first, authority tj investi
gate and recommend upon local manu
facture of aeroplane parts, and then
that he b given full authority to act.
Mr. West put tba finishing touches
on tha effort recently while In Wash
ington, backed energetically by Sena
tors Chamberlain and McNary. After
having Colonel Dlsque vested with au
thority. Manager Mclntlre. of the Mill
Owners' Association, with a commit
tee of hla people, went to Washington,
visited tha aeroplane factories, and in
an extended conference with all inter
ested worked out full details as to
how tha work should be arranged.
what the "mills would hava to do to
undertake the aame and the epeeiflca
tions upon which the local plants
should operate.' Thia finished. Colonel
Dlsque. who had made a careful ap
praisal of the local plant seeking
th business, computing their capacity,
mechanical equipment and ahlpping
facilities, signed an agreement with
the association for .nauguratlon of
manufacture, and this Is to be under
taken iraynedlatel).
I Fvadasaeatal Farts TOged.
Tn all tha argumenta presented, a
few fundamental facts were urged In
duced here, tha Industry rightfully
should be developed to the maximum
here, the same as the metal trade is
given greatest encouragement in the
region where mined and manufactured.
"When Colonel Disque put in the big
re-saw plant at Vancouver, he accom
plished some of the ends that had been
argued by the Chamber and Planing
Mill Owners' Association, but did not
take the process to completion. He
recognised thst it would be very bene
ficial to take the final step, and as soo
aa authority was granted him, he closed
the contract with the mills that con
stltutes the initial work in he finish
Ing sage. Local men who have studied
the situation declare thia another e-i
dence that Colonel Diaque rises to th
situation along thoroughly practical
and most economical lines as soon as
he get the power for action.
PS rare Will Be Saved. .
"Or of th important feature of
the work as It wil be conducted in
local finishing plants wil be a much
improved saving In clear spruce itself.
Those who hav visited1 eastern aero
plane factories declare that the waste
of the precious wood is appalling.
Workmen do not seem to appreciate its
scarcity and cost, are unfamiliar with
handling spruce, aad do not get out of
1000 feet of atock nearly aa much
northwestern manufacturers wllL Just
how much saving will be accomplished.
cannot be foretold, but the forecast I
made that it will be considerable.
"In order to handle the initial order
and others to follow, according to
Government requirements, dry kiln
orocesaes are being adapted to Gov
ernment requirements in some of the
local mills, and dry kiln' capable of
handling about 100.000 feet of lumber
at one time have practically been con
verted. Colonel Disque Is building one
big unit of a dry kiln at Vancouver,
having 40 kilns each of SO feet length
and having a monthly capacity of about
600.000 feet and. when thia unit is oper
atlng, will probably build a second unit
of the same six. With the Government
dry kiln plant running at capacity, the
kilns of the local mills will merely be
used as auxiliary Institutions where
needed to handle the lumber sent to
them.
'In executing the Initial order, only
a few mills will be chosen by the Gov
ernment for the work, selecting -those
with the most complete equipment.
After this initial order proves the cer
talnty of the work being don properly
here, it is estimated that all Portland
mills and perhaps some outside, will be
kept running at capacity. In spread
ing the work out, it will be the pur
pose to take those nearest the van
couver resaw plant to save time in
transit, transportation facilities and
costs. As the nearer mills are occu
pied, those next nearest will be taken.
where properly equipped and organized.
Government Has Supervision.
As to factory conditions, there will
be a eight-hour day, wages to be estab
lished by the Government itself to pre
vent conflicts of any kind, and com
plete Government supervision and in
spection of the manufacturing process
In the mills.
In administering the work, the Gov
ernment will direct the same through
Captain O. P. XL Goss, of the Vancouver
resaw mill, who is a woodworking en
gineer of year' experience, and who
for a long time was the engineer of
the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers'
Association. He has shown keen in-
erest in the problem since Colonel
Disque was given authority to proceed,
and mill owners expect much valuable
help from having one so well informed
in immediate control for the Govern
ment forces.
In the early days of the Govern
ment aeroplane construction pro
gramme. W. C. Chydean,. superintend
ent of the Curtis plant at Buffalo, was
Interviewed repeatedly by the Cham
ber and th mill owners to have the
finishing work on the wood parts done
here. He declared it could not be done
satisfactorily. Other construction ex
perts were approached, and declared
against the finishing manufacture be
ing undertaken on the Coast for planes
to be built in the East. Only when the
rase was exhaustively and repeatedly
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JLluSMorrisonStreet at Fourth?
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presented to the Aircraft Board was it
possible to get recognition lor the
Coast.
Governor West made a special trip to
Washington to unravel the tangle, and
before leaving got the board to sign
an order giving uoionei jjisquo au
thority, and from that time it has been
merely a matter of detail, working out
11 requirement to the satisfaction or
the chief of the spruce division iu the
Northwest."
Brooks Woman Honored.
BEXD, Or.. March 9. (Special.)
Mrs. H. K. Brooks today learned of
her appointment aa chairman of the
women's committee of the next liberty
loan drive.
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ual Impost was paid on esch member of cessantly: Loeal woodworking plants
had been rendered largely lale through
falling away of ordinary building oper
ations Incidental to the war; skilled
men in these plants, among the best of
the country, art especially familiar
with spruce, were not doing their best
for the cause wben switched to other
lines; that woodworking plants in the
East would have to be converted or
built to manufacture the wood parts of
airplanes If the work were not done
here, and that the men employed there
would be less efficient with spruce than
thos of the Northwest: that there was
no congestion. Industrial!)-, In the North
west, housing waa plentiful, food cheap,
and climatic conditions favoring the
maximum efficiency; that the reduction
In space required on cars when ship
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very great, varying from 60 to 80 per
cent, according to the specifications on
which the raw material waa cut; and.
lastly, that the raw material being pro-
the faml'y. while only oc son could
remain at home, and the othera were
forced to aek their fortune abroad.
The Jewa could worship In their own
way. in some states, provided they used
only two small rooms and made no
noise.
The reproach that th Jew Is not a
producer, but Is a mere middleman.
taking profit aa goods pass from band
to hand. Is handed down from the time
when Jewa were torbldden by law to
become producera and. therefore, were
cmpelled to become traders and mid
dlemen, barred from the guilds and
rota, engaging In cultivation of th
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