Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER THE POLITICAL CAUSES OP THE WAR A State with no Morals — A Peace Treaty sundered — Where Germany fails — A Thunderbolt. Sending his little expedition to China the Kaiser said: — "When you encounter the enemy you will defeat him; no quarter shall be given, no prisoners shall be taken. Let all who fall into your hands be at your mercy. Just as the Huns one thousand years ago, under the leadership of Attila, gained a reputation in virtue of which they still live in historical tradition, so may the name of Germany become known in such a manner in China that no Chinaman will ever again dare to look askance at a German." Belgium was made an example of. According to the German idea she should have accepted money and not stood in the way of German progress. German military progress is allied with German commercial progress. It is a mistake in the conception of Germany to imagine that she warsfor the purpose of war or for the development and training of her men. The first principle of German "Kultur" as respects the state is that the sole business of the government is to advance the interests of the state. No laws having been formulated in respect to the business of a state, the government is without moral responsibility, and the laws applicable to individual action do not apply to the state. Individuals may do wrong, but the state cannot do wrong. Individuals may steal and be punished therefor, but the state cannot steal. It is its business to expand and to appropriate. Individuals may murder and be punished for the crime, but it is the business of the state to kill for state development or progress. The English-speaking conception of morality is that what applies to an individual in a community applies to the aggregate of the individuals, that the state is...