THE GERMAN MIND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1017, 9 November 1917, Page 5

THE GERMAN MIND.

PRUSSIAN GENERAL DISCLOSURES. , -‘DEDUCTIONS FROM THB GREAT WAR.” LONDON, Nov. 7. A remarkable book, entitled ••Inductions from the Great Mai, }j > turns from the Great Mai 0 the Prussian General, Baron ton hj iejta„, ot Loriughavon, formerly Quartermas-ter-General, and now Deputy Chief oi the General Staff, has reached The writer is considered a nioduatc among the Prussian militarists, hence ids views are more dominating Von Frey tag shows that the most in tclligent of the German nulrUu leaders utterly reject the ideas oi ior internationalism, they log.ud tin present war as showing that Germany must have a bigger navy and a b)gge •irmv and far greater quantities ot munitions for the next war. He proceeds, "it may be asked what will be the use of all this? Will not the genera exhaustion of Europe after the uoild conflagration put the danger ot a new war in the background and pave the I wav to disarmament and a permanent peace? The answer is ‘Nobody can ‘niarantee a long period oi peace, and a lasting peace can be guaranteed only iiv strong armaments. Moreover, v.ui ld power is inconceivable without a stn\jij (r for the expression of that power in the world and for sea power, but mat will involve the constant existence ot a largo number of points of tnotion. Pence the necessity for adequate armaments on land and sea.’ . Von Freytag cxiioct.s a result ot tins war will be agreements to banish war. which will be concluded between States but all such agreements alter all win bo only treaties. He hopes the present war will rid Germany once and tor .all of confused cosmopolitan sentiment.