Show r f. S S The German Mind L. L The war has reached a conclusion Every nation directly interested is welcoming home its soldiers All An that remains is the tilt f 4 of But But But- signing a peace treaty 1 J Every day there come dispatches evidencing that the German GermanI I nation does not know it was defeated The doctrine e being preached today in jn Germany is a full son of The Thc people are arc being taught th that t Germany is the greatest nation in the world it was checked at arms because the whole world conspired against it but buti i individually it is still the greatest and ultimately it will rule Such i is is' the doctrine prevalent beyond the Rhine a doctrine fostered throughout many decades and one which only the most stringent t enactments may destroy I As long as this thought continues prevalent throughput Germany will stand as as a menace to the peace of the world The cure too will not be easy Many years of of- or excessive I taxation to pay indemnities and cost of war coupled with the thought of lost colonies the loss of Lorraine Alsace-Lorraine and the loss of of commercial supremacy may help j in fact possibly these may bring about the desired awakening The slow moving G German mind may some some time get around to asking the question Why vas was the whole world aligned against g germany why had we no friends friends wh while le the nations of the world f flocked to the aid of o our lr enemies That thought and its answer may bring a spirit of humility a a moral cleansing that will win make the German respectable but to date the spirit of reformation beyond the Rhine appears purely political and not ot at all an moral mora 1 |