Show I. I I Ii F f Police Morality I knows the strictness of military L y 1 discipline in almost every land and everyone who no traveled in Germany before the war knows what hat was the power of the police in that much governed cou country try This that and the other thing verboten forbidden verboten forbidden the were ere ver by mince and because forbidden they were not do don done c. c I I 1 Germans all served in the army and they all obeyed the police What That a splendid moral dis discipline i- i pline plin L j I Yes what a a splendid riot of brutality and aid cruel lust when they had a chance I to break loose l se in iri Belgium I j They had been trained to fo obey authority and when hen authority ceased to stand in the way what was vas as left to control them When the c cats cat's ts t's away way the te e mice mic will play j I If American A Am r can soldiers soldiers' would wo ld behave better bett r runder under uder similar circumstances it is simply and solely b because caus they have had hada a different training The essence essence of American morals is not to obey authority authority author author- i ity but to to tobe be decent to other people and the thenan rijan nan who ho keeps that in i mind at t home hom homis is not likely to forget it when others are arc in his his- power abroad f I The chief function of American government a and d of American schools is not nt to compel but to tos serve s and the spirit of service and goodwill is vastly more dependable under new conditions than all the police morality in the world The I sympathetic ic smile not riot the goose step I t |