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Herr Ernst Lissauer, author of the German war-song Hate, now advises the nation to return to its poets, philosophers, scientists: "Now we have lost our might and our material possessions. There is nothing left but that other Germany, immortal and indestructible with Goethe, Bach and all the big and little prophets which came before and after them." At Hamburg, home of a certain type of sausage, a sausage manufacturer said: "My plant has been besieged day and night by men, women and children seeking work, and I may have to erect a barricade around my place to keep...
...give out approval to the order issued to the Four-Minute Men forbidding a campaign of hate--a methodical fanning of hatred against Germans and the German idea. This is America, where people form their own opinions and emotions. "We hate as one," said Lissauer's Hymn of Hate, and that was good German system, organization, propaganda. Here we work out our national salvation on a different plan. The individual rules. Tell him the facts and let him react as he wills. So runs the American idea...
...finest part of his attitude is that it contains no bitterness or vindictiveness. Although he belongs to the nation of Lissauer and von Bissing, he expresses none of their sentiments, but hopes, with Professor Muensterberg, that an ultimate alliance of Great Britain, Germany and the United States will maintain peace in the world. We feel, of course, that this is impossible as long as the present dynasty and philosophy prevail in Germany. But Professor Francke's attitude is at least a step in the right direction. It indicates the path of tolerance and foresight which President Wilson indicated...