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Friday, April 12, 1918.' THE BEAVERTON TIMES Pe Five WHY WE ARE ATWARWITH GERMANY EPHRAIM DOUGLASS ADAMS Executive Head, History Depart- . .- ment Leland Stanford Junior Jnlverslty "the object of this war It to deliver the free peoplet of the world from the menace and the actual power of- a: vert military eatabliahment controlled by an Irresponsible flovernment, which, having aecretly planned to dominate the world, proceeded to carry out the plan without regard either to the sacred obligations of treaty or the long-eetabllehed prec tlcea and leng-cherlthed principle of In tematlonai action and honor; . . . Thle powtr la not the German people, alt la the ruth leu matter of the Garment peo ple, i . .ilt Is our business to see to It that the history of the rest of the , world la no longer left to Ite handling." -Preeldent Wilson, August 27, 1917. THE NATION AND MORAL DUTIES The rulers of Germany believe that they have the right to prevail over all other nations. They also believe that the power of the state Is the only ob ject for which Its rulers should strug-. gle. Still further they believe that moral principles and ideas have no place in determining the actions of the Btate, since the sole duty of the state la to get power. This Is Ger man political philosophy. - American political philosophy, from the very be ginning of our institutions, has op posed this theory, and now in this war. is fighting against it. For the Ger man theory necessarily carries with It utter denial of the claims of moral feeling, of international right, of hu man decency and chivalry. The German historian, Treitschke, at whose feet princes and rulers sat, eagerly absorbing his teachings, de voted his life to spreading this gospel of Power. IMs true, he said sneer-' ingly, that "a stock of inherited con ceptions of integrity and morality is a necessity for government," (useful, that subjects of the state be obedient), but "the end all and be all of a state is Power." "The state is the sole judge of the morality of Its own actions. It is, in fact, above morality, or, in other words, whatever is nec essary is moral." From this it follows, in international relations, that there is no rule or guide to conduct except self-interest. In this present war a follower of Treitschke, one of the leading common-school educators of Germany,' Kirschenstelner of Munich, drives home the theory. "The great lesson which the German people has had to learn is to think in terms of power. . . . Let no one here say that small states, too, can have a national life of their own. True, so long as the great states around them, allow them to exist. But any day may see the end of their existence, In spite ef all treaties to the contrary. . . . Neither alliances nor, treaties provide the least security. . . There are no ethical friendships between states in our day. , . . There art only friendship of convenience. And friend ships of convenience last Just aa long as the convenience, itself." . . i ... Professor Eulenberg of Leipilg sums it up, "All ethical considerations art completely alien to the state and the state must therefore resolutely keep them at arm's length." Can we wonder that the German Foreign Secretary spoke of the broken treaty with Belgium as a "scrap of paper?" or that the school children of Germany celebrated the sinking of the Lusitania or that German agents in America, smoothly friendly In ap pearance, secretly plotted, before we were In the war, to destroy our In dustries, our railways, even our lives? Is there no such thing any more as a common humanity no "decent respect to the opinion of mankind," as Thomas Jefferson stated It In the Declaration of Independence? Is. our ideal of righteousness, yes, even of unselfishness, impossible in interna tional politics? This war, if Germany it defeated, may decide these ques tions, but if Oer many wins, the strug gle has but just begun. - This American democracy of our denies, and haa always denied, the German theory; it asserts that the laws which formulate the duties of men toward each other are binding upon nations equally with individuals. For centuries civilisation has been slowly advancing from ignorance, prejudice, and selfishness toward sym pathy, understanding, and a desire to see justice done, whether between in dividuals or nations.' The "be all and end all", of a state is not,. Power it is Justice.. '. ' And the German government has left us in no doubt as to the results of her theory, in application. That government has broken a solemn treaty with Belgium, ordered the mur der of innocent hostages, bombarded unfortified towns, torpedoed unarmed passenger ships, destroyed works ' of art where they could not be carried to Germany, plotted secret war against neutral nations all of them actions sfie once pledged herself to forego has lost, In shortfall sense, appar ently, that she is dragging the former good name of the-German people through a mire of dishonor, the stain of which . will not be removed for generations. Against , this mad phi. losophy and mad government the war must be waged,' until they are de feated, or there is no safety for men w nations. ' " ' This fa the third of a series of ten irticle , by Professor Adams. . i Don't Forget to Register ! 1. ,; -v.. I If you haven't registered, re member that you have only a few days left. " Georpe Tb'usr i '""'-e of the registration of Beaverton voters. " re calling cards at the Tmes office. ,-. ..- -,; ,, ..-i ,T ;. ,.r . 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