Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1914 — Appeal For Fairness In Judging Warring Nations [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Appeal For Fairness In Judging Warring Nations

By Professor FELIX ADLER, Author and Lecturer

TULL neutrality is a disposition to be fair minded toward those against whom we are biased. Many, however, wishing to assume a spirit of fairness blame the war on the German emperor, holding

the .idea that at the mere wave of an autocrat’s ha n (1. millions will march. This is absurd. It is childlike to suppose that the emperor is an absolute ruler, lie stands merely for national unity. In view of this fact it is impossible to condemn th e emperor with-

out condemning the German people. If you are going to condemn the German people and hope for their dissolution as a nation you must ask, How is it that these unworthy people have given to the world a philosophy more like that of the ancient Greeks than anv other na* tion has succeeded in doing? Again, are we to forget her contributions in art and music? If so we arc unfair. TO BE TRULY NEUTRAL IN THE HIGHER BENSE OF THE WORD WE MUST HAVE AN APPRECIATION OF WHAT EACH NATION HAS CONTRIBUTED TO CIVILIZATION. MINGLED WJTH AN UNENDING GRIEF FOR THE PRESENT SITUATION.

The Democrat still has a Tew copies of Rev. Father Krnll’s book, “A History of Religious Denominations,” left, and until the supply is exhausted a copy will be given free with all paid-in-advance subscriptions, new or old.