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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA.
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The leading clergy of Germany
preach that the world must suffer
until it accepts Teutonic rule
administered by the Kaiser
UJtRAII rind Hallelujah" In tho ruth
cr startling tltlu of n new hook pub
lished, dealing with Germany's wnr
spirit. It Is written by n citizen of
n neutral tuition, mid n theologian,
J. P. Bfing, I). I.( profesnor of the
ology lit the University of Copen
hagen, nnd he Justifies If h tltlu by
the statement that "the new Oor
mini spirit Iiiih found one of Its
most classical expressions In 11 col
iloctlon of poems published by a Gernnni pastor,
nonsistorlalrat Dietrich Vorwerk, under the sig
nificant title, 'Hurrah and Hallelujah,1 and I find
'In this combination something ho absolutely char
acteristic of the German Hplrlt that I have adopted
'It ns the title for thin book."
This hook, In the opinion of Ralph Connor, who
hnn written tho preface to It, "constitutes tho most
terrific arraignment of Germany tl iroiiL'li Imr In
'tellcctunl nnd religious lenders which has yet been
put forth. Out of her own mouth It Is that she
Istands before tho world condemned. And the
;trngedy of It nil Is In this, that these men (whom
Doctor Ilnni? quotes) are sincere, deeply, pns
jslonatcly slncore. And herein consists tho awful
nemesis that has after 50 years' pursuit at length
overtaken the German soul. For the crime of
Germany today of which these sermons and lec
tures convict her Is not hypocrisy; but the long
ipractlce of hypocrisy has Induced In her a spirit
ual blindness which has become nt once her
lonlnmlty nnd her curse."
"The nllles," Hays Doctor Hans, "have denounced
the Germans as barbarians. If this were meant to
Imply that Germany was not a civilized nation
l(Kulturnatlon) such an accusation would, of
icourse, he absurd. Germany Is unquestionably a
iclvlllzcd nntlon and none of tho spokesmen of
Itho allied powers would think of denying that she
llins produced rich treasures of 'Kultur.' Wherever
tho German mind luis labored, wonderful riches
hnvo been the outcome. In the most dlverso do
mains, hut especially In those of music, of liter
ature, of Hdenco and religion. It would bo easy
to mention names that shluo with tho luster of
renown throughout tho wholn wmiii. tint ti,
Ichnrgo of barbarism points In an entirely different
direction. It points to a development within Ger
Imnny which hns been going on with headlong
(rapidity, especially during tlio last no years. Even
tho highest Kultur pan turn to barbarism when
jit becomes subservient to utterly false and Im
moral luens. in Germany such a craving for
power, such n worship for mere strength, has
taken root and grown, that the claim of riM to
bo n determining fnctor In International relations
nan nccn entirely pushed nsldo. A colossal and
over Increasing solf-admlratlon, a hollef In tho
glory of all things German, tho surpassing merits
of tho German naturp (Wescn), which nlone linn
ino rignt to rule tho world, a cynical, brutal asser
tion that In relation to this claim nil existing
treaties, nil appeals to International law, all con
isldcrutlon for wenkcr peoples, aro of no slgnlll
ennco whatever all this wo have witnessed with
shuddering astonishment.
Foretold Belgium's Fate.
"Tho first pluco Is duo to Ernst Morltz Arndt,
tho great German patriot of tho time of tho War
jof Liberation. As early us 1834 ho declared In ono
of his writings that tho neutrality of Belgium
could not possibly bo maintained In a future wnr.
Illo wrote:
'"IJelglum, tho grannry nnd nrmory, Is predes
tined to ho the battlefield In the strugglo for tho
.Mouso and tho Rhine. I ask any general or states
man who has seriously considered tho problems
,of war and politics whether IJelglum can remain
Inoutrnl In a Europenn war that Is to say, can ho
irespected us neutral nny longer than may appear
expedient to the power which fools Itself poa
iscssed of tho beat advantages for attack.'
"Tho German wrlfor, G. Traub, makes Mio fol
llowlng Inimitable comment on tho above:
"Thus nn Arndt hns, as far back as 80 years
1 a go, given us absolution for this so-called breach
of neutrality, having foreseen that It Is lioro a
question of higher necessities, nnd that Itelglum
herself, that "half French country," cannot pos
sibly remain neutral.'
"Tho second German prophet Is tho well-known
philologist nnd theologian, l do Lngardo. Already
In 1874 ho expressed tho view thnt Bismarck's
crcntlon of tho German empire was only nn opl
node on tho wny to tho fonimtlon of tho Great Mid
dle European state, Ho calls tho German emplro
'Little Germany.' Even at that time Lngarde, ns a
(German has lately put It, formulnted tho uatlonnl
demands which Jho Germans, 'not with unblush
ing arrogance, but realizing tho Inherent necca-
Mty of tho case,' must consider ns tlio Indispen
sable foundation for tho Gorman people's co-operation
In tho history of mankind. Thcso demands
jaro extensions of frontier both towards tho East
ind tho West.
"Tho grentest and most popular of all tho now
German prophets Is, however, tho poet Emanuel
Gelbel, whoso centenary lias recently been cele
brated (horn 1815, died 1884). It Is ho who has
given tho clnsslc expression to tho new German
jliopo of Germany's victorious march through tho
jworld. This lias been achieved In tho lines to
which I hnvo already roferred, and which aro
.quotefl times without number In tho nowest Gor
man wnr llternturo:
"'Und cs ning am doutschon Wescn
Elnmnl noch dlo Welt genesen 1'
"Tho world may yet ngnln bo healed by Gormnn
ilun? Tho hope hero expressed hns becomo n cer
Itnlnty for modern Germany, nnd tho Germans seo
lln this tho moral basis for all their demands. He
inays:
' " 'Hnrmmiv lind set her mind 111)011 but dlllK her
diouso In peaco, hut then camo her hereditary foo,
puITetl up with venom nnd envy, tho moon so
Icrltnlnully shed shall ho upon hlni and his brood.
1 Wo do not dream of nn easy victory; this wnr la
n world Judgment, nnd strong is tho spirit or lies;
ibut I10 who was onco tho stronghold or our fathers
will ngnln seo us safely through It, bo assured of
llhntl
" 'God, who went before us In tho llnino of tiro,
inow grnnt our people strength for tho last vic
tory, strength to root out tho dark seed of lies,
(tho foreign alloy, from our hearts, In faith, word
fund deed. Enter lit every portal, thou strong
German spirit, which, horn of light, dost show us
tlio way to light, and establish In our midst, nt
onco weapon-strong and pious, In freedom, dis
cipline and morality, thy millennium.'
The German Lord's Prayer.
"The new Gerinun spirit has found one of Its
most clnsslcnl expressions In n collection of poems
published by n German pastor, Konslstorlnlrat
Dietrich Vorwerk, under the significant title, 'Hur
rah and Hallelujah.' In tho first edition of Pastor
Vorwerk's poems there occurred 11 pnrnphrnso of
tho Lord's Prayer, of which I will clto the last
three petitions und tho close:
'"Though the wurrlor's bread be scanty, do thou
work dally death and tenfold woes unto the
enemy. Forgive In merciful long suffering' ench
bullet nnd ench blow which misses Its mark I
Lead us not Into temptation of letting our wrath
bo too tamo In carrying out thy dlvtno Judgment 1
Deliver us nnd our ally from tho Infernal enemy
and his. servants on enrth. Thine Is the king
dom, tho Gormnn land J may we, by nld of thy
steel-clad hand, achieve the power nnd the glory.'
No thus Invokes God In a battle prayer:
"Thou who dweliest high above cherubim,
seraphim and Zeppelins In thy henven; thou who
art enthroned ns a God of thunder In tho midst
of lightning from tho clouds, nnd lightning from
sword und cannon, send thunder, lightning, hall
and tempest hurtling upon our enemy, bestow upon
us his banners, hurl him down Into tho dnrk
burlnl pits."
Another poet, Fritz Phlllppl, has written the
following poem, entitled "World-Germany:"
"In tho midst of tho world war Oerinnny lies
llko n peaceful garden of God behind the wall of
her armies. Then tho poet hears tho giant strides
of tho now armor-clnd Germany: tho enrth trem
bles, tho nations shriek, tho old ern sinks Into
ruin. Formerly German thought was shut up In
her comer, but now the world shall hnvo Its coat
cut according to German measure ('.Tetzt wlrd der
Welt gemessen Der Rock nach deutschem Mnass'),
nnd ns far us our swords Hash and German blood
Hows, tho circle of tho earth shall como under
tho tutelage of German activity.
"Wo hnvo become a nation of wrnth; wo think
only of tho war. Wo execute God'a almighty will
und tho edicts of his Justlco wo will fulfill, Im
bued with holy rage."
Other German poets revel In radiant visions of
tho blessings which victorious Germany Is to show
er upon tho poor, thirsty, ailing world.
German Virtue "Gushes."
Ono F. Llcuhardt writes:
"When these storms hnvo done their work, Ger
many's purest mission begins: to becomo a placo
of refuge, 11 holy grovo for nil tho seekers of tho
earth, a central land, a land of wisdom, a land
of morals. Then will It bo tho flower-wreathed
hospitable gateway, facing towards the glittering
Enst."
Another, K. Illldebraud:
"Blessings stream and How down upon those
who hnvo given themsolvos up to theo; there Ger
man virtues gush limpid forth, there German
power wells up. What a draught from this spring 1
Strong nnd deep nnd of high courage, the German
spirit flows nlong, the German nature (Wesen)
Hows fnr over tho llfo of all nntlons."
Hero Is an extract from a Gorman theological
professor, tho burden of whoso thesis was that
room must bo found In tho world-history for that
grent event, tho healing of tho sick world by Ger
manism :
"There aro nlso signs thnt tho Gorman people
may bo singled out by God to bo tho means of
'onco ngnln' defentlng the destructive nutl-Chrls-Unit
tendencies of the age, and, In virtue of his
having Intrusted thorn nbovo others with his pure
gospel, carrying on tho course of tho mission to
Its consummation. So much Is certain, that God
Is planning to do something with us. Our people
ore Inspired by tho thought that they nro called
upon to play 11 special part In the decisive but
tlo between light and darkness, and by tho hope of
them standing on tho side of light."
In the report of an addross by another Gc'iiim
theological professor, In tho Uerllucr Lofcalan-
(Oscar Ceiiaro in Now York Evening Post.)
zelger for November 13, 1014, wo rend ns follows
"But the deepest and most thought-Inspiring re
sult of the wnr Is 'the Germnn God.' Not tho nn
tlonnl God, such ns the lower nntlons worship,
hut 'our God who Is not nshnmed of belonging,
to us, tho pecullnr acquirement of our heart. Mux
Lenz hns nlrendy testified to tho revelation of the
'German God,' and Luther's hymn, 'Ein' teste Rurg
1st unser Gott,' merely expresses the same Idea In
other words."
Doctor Rang then proceeds to substantiate his
statements In detail by quotations from Germnn
wur sermons, of which wo hnvo only spuco for
ono or two samples. II. Fraucke Is tho author of
11 popular book of "war-sermons," which wns
ornamented with tho iron cross and published at
tho request of numerous members of his Hock.
Hero Is u typical utternnco of tho many quoted
by Doctor Rang:
A Promise of the Lord.
"They envy us our freedom, our power to do our
work In peuce, to excel in vlrtuo of ability, to ful
fill our appointed task for tho good of tho world
und humanity, to heal tho world by the German
nuturo, to becomo n blessing to tlio people of the
earth. Wherever tho Germun spirit obtains su
premncy, thero freedom also prevulls. And have
not our enemies to full hack upon lies and ven
omous cnlumntcs In tho endeavor to Justify their
assuult In tho world's eyes and their own? Does
this not provo that tho truth, too, 1b with us?
Truth and freedom, those two great blessings, nro
In our gospel promised by the Lord himself.
"Germuny Is precisely who would venture to
deny It? the representative of the highest mo
rality, of tho purest humanity, of the most
chustened Christlnnlty. He, therefore, who tight
for Its maintenance, Irs victory, fights for the
highest blessings of humanity Itself and for human
progress. Its defeat, its decline, would mean n
fulling buck to tho worst barbarism."
Walter Lehmann Is tho pastor of Hnmherge In
Holstcln. Ho has nreached 11 sni'li'H nf Nurnwinn
which he has published under the title: "About'
1110 uerman liou." Tlio book is ornamented with
the Iron cross.
In a sermon of August 23 the question is put:
"Who Is responsible: the crazy murderer In Sern
Jcvo, the weakling In character und will on the
Russian Imperial throne, tho criminal grand dukes,
our neighbors on both sides, or the deceitful
Islnnds? In any caso It Is not we." Ho then
Inuds tho Fatherland, tho mother tongue It Is
for these wo nro fighting, nnd "Germany Is tho
future of humanity."
"Ho who In these days sets forth to defend tho
German hearth, sets forth In a holy fight; ho sets
forth to a grent, Incomparable divine service, In
which, indeed, ono neither prays nor sings, but
in which one stakes life Itself, this single sweet,
beloved life, for the llfo of a wholo nation, a na
tion which Is God's seed-corn for tho future."
In a discouno on Sedan day, September 2, he
rises to lortler heights. "Onco ngnln German wil
dlors are treading tho soil of plnccs rendered fa
mous by the war of 1870-71. Once again German
soldiers lie nt St. Quentln, preparing, quietly and
confidently, for the march on Purls. God writes,
indeed, n wonderful history.
"Yes, but so It Is, my frlonds: thnt glorious feat
of arms 44 years ago gives us cournge to believe
thnt tho German soul Is the world's soul, that God
and Gormnny belong to ono another."
Hero Is ono from Karl Koenlg, the author of
"Six War Sermons:"
It Is God's Will.
"God iloos not will the wur, but ho wills thnt we,
as Germans, shall will freedom, hecnuso other
wise wo cannot fulfill our great tnsks In. the serv
ice of mankind, nnd be enabled to become a sourco
of love and light, of truth, virtue and religion.
We Germans did not will the wnr, but we did will
nnd are bound to will freedom. And becnuso they
will not let us huvo It, It wus God's will that wo
should will the wnr. And thus wo carry on the
war In God's cause, In tho cause of mankind, in
the cnuso of liberty, in the cause of our dear,
great Fatherland." Kansas City Star.
MINOR NOTES FROM ALL
PARTS OF NEBRASKA
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
May 22-2,5 Nebraska Sportsmen's As
soclntlon Annual Tournament at
Fremont.
Mny 24-25 State Association of Com
morclul Clubs' Meeting nt Alllnnce.
Juno 4 to 7 Nebrusku State Dental
Society Meeting nt Oiniihn.
Juno 0 to 7 Nebrnsku-Iowu Funeral
Directors Joint Meeting nt Omnlia.
Juno 5-0-7 State Association of Post
masters' Meeting at Lincoln.
June 15 to 24 Nebraska State Holi
ness Association camp meeting nt
Lincoln.
Juno 18-20 Nebraska Press Associa
tion Annual Convention at Omaha.
June 10-20 Nebraska State Sunday
School Convention nt Oinnhu.
June 2.") to 27 International Ass'n.
of Hallway Special Agents nnd Po
lice Meeting nt Oninhn.
Juno 25 to .10 Stnto Golf Tourna
ment nt Lincoln.
Tho position of supervisor of Ger
mnn In the Omnha public schools,
which has been hold by Ferdinand
Stedlnger has been abolished nnd It is
the belief of school board member
thnt Gormnn will not bo tuught in
Omnha schools next year.
Bread In Omnlia Is selling for ten
cents per pound. Tlio manager oE ono
baking concern stntcs he nlms to
mnke his loaves from sixteen to sev
enteen ounces, but one pound for ten
cents Is the prevailing price.
The Dodge county Sunday school
nssoclntlon is planning to run nn
'nutomobilo spcclnl" to Omaha for
the purpose of attending the state
Sunday school convention Juno 18 to
1.
Scottsbluff will entertain the Grand
Lodge of the Nebraska Knights of
Pythlns In nnnunl session next year.
This wns decided at the recent meet
ing of tho order nt Lincoln.
The Geneva board of education has
decided to graduate all seniors Im
mediately who will work on farms.
Several hnvo signified their Intention
of tnklng advantage of the offer.
Tho Nebraska League of Savings
nnd Loan Associations meeting, which
wns to be held nt Hastings this
month, hns been postponed until tho
fnll months on account of the wnr.
Hotel men In Lincoln say thnt It
costs from 30 to 75 per cent more to
run n hotel now than It did eighteen
months ngo. They contcmplnto a
sharp ndvnnco In rates.
ITnrold Desmond, dope fiend nnd
burglar, confessed to police thnt he
lind robbed thirty-seven stores in
Omaha within the Inst month nnd
stolen $5,000 worth of loot.
Stanton hns opened modern rest
rooms for women. Fnrmers' wives
find them n grent convenience on
shopping days and their town sisters
serve ten gratis.
Fivo hundred boy scouts, armed
witli shovels, rnkos, hoes and other
farm Implements, pnradod through
tho downtown streets of Omnha In a
'farm preparedness" pnrndc.
Dr. Bailey, druggist of Bushnell,
Kimball county, wns arrested recently
on the charge of keeping intoxicants
for sale and pnld n fine of .$100 nnd
costs In the county, court.
Building opsrntlons at Omnha dur
ing the month of April were 13 per
cent larger than for the correspond
ing month of last year.
More than 230 head of rtittle were
auctioned off nt Fremont. The entile
wore sold In carload lots and brought
$1 20,000.
Sixty Aurora school children hnvo
enrolled In tho school garden project
lnunched by four of tho leading wom
en's clubs of the town.
Aurorn Is to hold a special election
Mny 20 to vote on n $40,000 school
bond proposition.
A brnnch of tho Red Cross society
hns been organized nt Elgin.
A movement Is to bo Inaugurated
to put a silo on every farm In Gage
county this summer to aid the farmer
In raising stock nnd conserving the
food supply. A Bentrlco bank offers
fnrmers of tho county loans at 2 per
cent per nnnum to further tho move
ment.
Tho executive committee of tho
Stnto Press association held a meet
ing nt Omnhn tho other day at which
time n tentative program wns nr
ranged for the nnnunl meeting to bo
held In the Nebrnskn metropolis on
Juno 18. 19 and 20.
Lincoln's street car strike, which
hns been seriously Interfering with
traffic nnd business for two weeks, Is
nt an end, according to President W,
E. Sharp of the Lincoln Trnctlon Co.
He declared thnt nine of tho strikers
had gono back to work and completo
service has now been restored.
Work on tho now nnnover Germnn
Lutheran church nt Beatrice is nenr-
Ing completion, and It Is believed will
bo ready for dedication In July. The
church will cost over $40,000 when
completed.
Three thousand Ave hundred dol
lnrs of tho $0,000 bonus asked by the
Westovcr Foundry of Lincoln, which
plans on putting In n foundry nt Nor
folk, lias been subscribed by Norfolk
citizens.
Tho question of constructing n
sewerage system la being discussed nt
Itnndolph, and nn election will be
held May 29 to voto $0,000 bonds for
tho purpose.
l'ho Omnhn dty council hns passed
an ordinance ranking It a fine of $5 to
?100 for trospnsslng or molesting gar
den plots In any wny.
Nebraska's winter wheat crop for
this year Is placed at 11,500,000 bush
els according to May 1 estimates of
tho United Stntes bureau of crop sta
tistics, n little more thiin one-sixth us
Inrge ns lust year's crop, which wn?
close to 01,800,000 bushels. Much nl
fitlfu In tho stnto has been killed, but
no estimate Is mnde. Bed clover Is
Hourly u totul loss, says tho report,
und the buy supply in Nebrusku is
the lowest In yenrs.
Douglns county ofllclnls swooped
down on Anton Larson, 11 dnlrynmn
west of Omnhn, and seized the larg
est qunntlty of booze ever conllscuted
In this part of tho country. The con
traband contained 1,230 cases of beer
and approximately 500 gallons of
whiskies nnd wines, vnlued nt 55,000.
Lnrson declures tho liquor was for
his own personal use. Ho was ar
rested and relensed on bond.
Cliiiuncey Abbott, junior member of
tho firm of Wells, Abbott, Nlemnn
company of Schuyler, operators of
one of the largest flouring mills In the
stnte. nt 11 meeting of the National
Federation of Millers at Kunsas City
was appointed n member of n commit
tee of four to go to Wushlngton to
confer with the federnl Agricultural
department relntlve to making wnr
flour.
Exeter citizens gave John Bnrley-
com n public funeral the other day.
A procession of automobiles, headed
by n enr containing the coffin in
which lay the elllgy of old Al K. Hull.
brought tho body to the center of
town nnd a public cremutlon took
place. A mnle qunrtette furnished
the music.
Lincoln banks subscribed for $200,-
000 of government wnr bonds. The
largest subscription came from tho
Nntlonnl Bnnk of Commerce, which
took $100,000 of the bonds. Other
bunks are contemplnting additional
subscription nnd It is anticipated
double this amount will bo subscribed
from tho city.
Albln Vrnspir, of Clarkson, 32 years
old, former training partner of Joe
Steelier, who admits he Is worth more
than $200,000 In his own nnme. has
joined the nvintion brnnch of the nr-
my ns n private. He bus sold his
$50,000 nutomobilo bustness In Clnrk-
son nnd is now nnxious to do "his
bit."
A Cnss county merchnnt proposes
to let three of Ills clerks go to the
fnrm for three duys In the week,
thnt they mny help produce Inrgcr
crops for the world's grentest emer
gency." Ho will pny them wnges while
they nre thus working for somebody
else.
Omnhn Is contemplnting the estab
lishing of a municipal cnnnlng fac
tory. The Idea would be to equip
the plnnt so thnt vegetnbles raised by
Omnhn people could be brought there
nnd ennned, nnd turned bnck to the
growers for only the nclunl cost of
tho canning.
Peru Stnte Normnl fnculty, by n
unnnlmous voto, decided to grnnt
credits to students who enlist or who
present evidence to show thnt their
services In ngrlculturo or elsewhere
will help solve the present nntlonnl
problem.
Thirty Fremont school boys from
13 to 18 yenrs of nge hnvo signed up
for fnrm work. High school students
who quit school to work on the farms
will bo given their credits for the re-
mnlnder of the term.
Nebraska military men hnvo fig
ured out thnt thero nro npproximntely
125,000 men in this stnte who will
hnvo to register under tho conscrip
tion lnw with the nge limits fixed
nt 21 to 31 yenrs.
On June 5 Omnhn will annex two
more suburbs Benson nnd Florence,
nccordlng to nn ordinance passed by
the city council.
AVIntcr wheat is reported as in ex
cellent condition in the western part
of tho state and a good crop Is looked
for..
The Waterloo Creamery company
of Omaha has mnde Fnlrbury a big
branch.
A coroner's jury found that Calvin
Lambert, former Omnha street cur
conductor, fired the shot that killed
Wlllinm Miller during tho street cur
strike in Lincoln. Lambert will hnvo
to fnco n churgo of second degree
murder. Ho wns employed by tho car
company to aid in breaking tho strike.
Hastings butchers hnvo entered nn
agreement not to slnughter cnlves nor
to sell venl until nfter November 1. It
Is hoped thnt other towns will do like
wise and thus help to inukc more cer
tnln tho supply of beef next fall and
winter.
Tnrtus Shermnn wns killed at Red
Cloud by the caving In of a sewer
ditch. Ho wus working In tho trench
back of a ditching mnchlno when tho
side of tho ditch gave wny nnd ul
lowed the dirt piled nlong tho ditch
to fall with llttlo warning.
Tho lnborlng people of Bentrlco
hnvo organized a club known ns tho
laborers' liberty league of America.
The purpose of the league Is to "pro
vide for members nil tho necessaries
of life nt the lowest possible cost."
Louie Shcnr is president.
Cusunltlcs among tlie Canadian
oversens forces us given out by tho
wnr records ofilco nt Ottnwn, Can.,
show thnt J. A. Boucho of Greeley,
Neb., wns killed in nction somewhere
in Europe.
"Motor Highway," a semi-monthly
publication devoted to nuto owners
nnd good ronda In Nebrnskn Is a new
periodical to bo launched In Lincoln
Juno 1.
Over thirty Kearney Stnto Normal
school students hnvo enlisted In either
the nrmy, the nnvy or tendered their
services to farmers.