led her, whose triumph in 1870 was
"the hopefullest fact" of his time--stifling her conscience in order to
justify her participation in the conflict.

"GOOD GOD, MAN, DO YOU MEAN TO SAY..."

"We have tried in vain to localize the just vengeance of our Austrian
neighbour for an abominable royal murder," said the Germans, knowing
well that the royal murder was nothing but a shameless pretext for an
opportunity to test their strength against the French, and give law to
the rest of Europe.

"Let us pass over your territory in order to attack our enemy in the
West, and we promise to respect your independence and to recompense you
for any loss you may possibly sustain," said Germany to Belgium, without
a thought of the monstrous crime of treachery which she was asking
Belgium to commit against France.

"Stand aside in a benevolent neutrality, and we undertake not to take
any of the possessions of France in Europe," said Germany to Great
Britain, without allowing herself to be troubled by so much as a
qualm about the iniquity of asking us to trade with her in the French
colonies. And when we rejected Germany's infamous proposals, and called
on her to say if she meant to respect the independence of Belgium, whose
integrity we had mutually pledged ourselves to protect, her Chancellor
stamped and fumed at our representative, and said, "Good God, man, do
you mean to say that your country will go to war for a scrap of paper?"

A GERMAN HIGH PRIEST OF PEACE

Nor did the theologians, publicists, and authors of Germany show a more
sensitive conscience than her statesmen. One of the theologians was
Adolf Harnack, professor of Church History in Berlin and intimate
acquaintance of the Kaiser. Not long before the war he published a
book entitled "What is Christianity?" which began with the words, "John
Stuart Mill used to say humanity could not be too often reminded that
there was once a man named Socrates. That is true, but still more
important it is to remind mankind that a man of the name of Jesus Christ
once lived among them." On this text the Book proceeded to enforce the
practical application of Christ's teaching to the modern world, and
particularly to propound his doctrine of the wickedness and futility
of violence, which led the author to the conclusion that it was "not
necessary for justice to use force in order to remain justice."

Somewhat later Professor Harnack came to this country to attend, if I
remembe