. But it is very enervating, and I remember
how the boys were in the habit of climbing the hill above the village to
have a glimpse of the great mountains in the distance, and to be
stimulated and freshened by the breezes which came from the hilltops,
and by the great spectacle of their grandeur. We have been living in a
sheltered valley for generations. We have been too comfortable and too
indulgent, many, perhaps, too selfish, and the stern hand of fate has
scourged us to an elevation where we can see the great everlasting
things that matter for a nation--the great peaks we had forgotten, of
honor, duty, patriotism, and, clad in glittering white, the great
pinnacle of sacrifice pointing like a rugged finger to Heaven. We shall
descend into the valleys again; but as long as the men and women of this
generation last, they will carry in their hearts the image of those
great mountain peaks whose foundations are not shaken, though Europe
rock and sway in the convulsions of a great war. [Enthusiastic and
continued applause.]

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Teachings of Gen. von Bernhardi

By Viscount (James) Bryce.

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London, Oct. 3.

The present war has had some unexpected consequences. It has called the
attention of the world outside of Germany to some amazing doctrines
proclaimed there, which strike at the root of all international morality
as well as of all international law, and which threaten a return to
primitive savagery, when every tribe was wont to plunder and massacre
its neighbors.

These doctrines may be found set forth in the widely circulated book of
Gen. von Bernhardi, entitled "Germany and the Next War," published in
1911, and professing to be mainly based on the teachings of the famous
professor of history, Heinrich von Treitschke. To readers in other
countries, and I trust to most readers in Germany also, they will appear
to be an outburst of militarism run mad, a product of a brain
intoxicated by love of war and by superheated national self-consciousness.

They would have deserved little notice, much less refutation, but for
one deplorable fact, viz., that action has recently been taken by the
Government of a great nation (though, as we hope and trust, without the
approval of that nation) which is consonant with them and seems to imply
belief in their soundness.

Acting on Bernhardi's Doctrines.

This fact is the conduct