Two presidential elections still remain this year to excite public interest. One of course is the American election, for which, according to a telegram just published, some are already prepared to hail Dr. Wilson as a candidate.
same President Wilson, in spite of his defeat in ' the Senate, is still the hero the hour for his _introduction of more altruistic principles into world affairs, but it is worth mentioning that local American opinion gives no credence to the belief that he will be adopted as the Democratic candidate. The public has been impressed too much by his nervous breakdown and the speeches advocating a clean cut with all European affairs. The other election is to be that in the German so-called republic, and Hindenburg is the popular candidate. This is a pure piece of hero-worship, and not good ere-worship at that. As a soldier Hindenburg did not possess the finesse of Falkenhayn or the technical ability of Ludendorff, who is generally conceded to have been the brains of the Hindenburg regime Furthermore Hindenburg failed to save his country from disaster, but he was adroit enough to leave it to his subordinate to say when Germany was beaten beyond hope of recovery. His own unaided contribution to the war was the defeat of Rennenkampf at the Masurian Lakes, and for the saving of East Prussia from further invasion on that occasion he has remained the popular hero ever since. Surely a fair guide to. German mentality.
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