THE SUPER-HUN

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 190, 1 May 1918, Page 5

THE SUPER-HUN

FREDERICK THE GREAT: TIEAM r AND DEGENERATE. h,,^ wrf. Dr. M'E]roy, of Princeton UniverEitytt U.S.A., has recently finished "a phins* , takiDg study of tho eleven posthumous volumes of tlio works of Frederickn6ae> Great," and has extracted such goHisJlasf tho following:— _ h*mow "If there is anything to bo gained -:il>j> it we will bo honest; if deceptions-rod) necessary let us bo cheats. .|H Mi "One takes when one can; ono isiwrouff) only, when ono is obliged to givo batk'?rmi "So ministers at home, but clerkaiu NoV ministers abroad, but spies. ij]> ?.$# "Form alliances only in order to -stftri animosities. _• vj iliivr "Kindle and prolong war neighbours. iilnrt "Always promise help and never ,spij/i). it- . . i 1 iroif. "There is only one person in tho .-kings , dom—that is myself. 'isqqo-.i "If possible, tho Powers of KsjPfift , should be iiuide envious against ~<• ~%p; another in order to give occasion ftjr s a,; coup when the opportunity arises. ' rJ "If a. ruler. is obliged to Bacrificeifjim, own person for tho welfare of his eubyf jects, he is all tho moro obliged to sag-} rifico treaty engagements, the, continurt anca of wliieh would bo harmful to jijp; country. Is it better that a nationshould perish or that a. sovereign should break liis irenty? ln "Do not lio nsliamcd to cd allianeps in wliieh you yourself can) derive the whole- advantage. Do not, make the foolish mistake of not breaking them when you believo your interests require it. . "Whon he is about to conclude a treaty with some foreign Power if a sovereign remembers ho is a Christian ho is lost." Dr. 11'Elriy soems to have reason enough in tlio abovo maxims for what, ho coes on to say:— _ "These statements aro characteristic of the philosophy which Frederick the Great gavo as an inspiration first to Prussia and then to Prussianised Germany. Tho methods of his lifo were truo to his philosophy. Vico and/rand and dissipation wero (ho inspiration of his career, and tlio ideas which ho implanted in the minds of tho German pcoplo bear fruit to-day in tlio ehnpo of a war conducted as ho felt wars must be conducted to bo efficient. "I cannot seo how tho American people can rest satisfied to havo tho stahio of this man balancing the statuo of tho Marquis dn Lafayotto near tho squarn which is dedicated to tho memory of \ndrew Jnrkwm in front of tho Executive Mansion'of a froe. aud idealistic peopl?. T am convinced that this 6tatuo 6hould be Tpmovejl. The ideals of America should scorn any respect to tlio raercory of Frederick the Prussian."