Shape in New Decrees srrctAL, TO THE "NE. MORALE"
NPHIS, the fourth of a seri ies of articles written for the "North-China Herald" from Germany by a Shanghai Yesident, deals with the much discussed question of the place of women in a National Soci alist regime. The dissertation purports to be a presentation of the viewpoint of women of Germany who are proponents for the field assigned to them.
Meagre telegrams have told of the dismissal of women to make way for unemployed men, and of inducements to mar-siege and motherhood. These messages, often presented in emphatic form, made no attempt to describe the basic reasons underlying the actions described. The philosophy of the movement which finds expression in such ways, should also be known Abroad and the following studious essay explains a good deal.
The writer refrains for t) the moment, from much in the way of critical comment, being first concerned with the pre-Zentation of the social and political philosophies now finding 80 large a measure of support, It is expected that a critical presentation will follow the interpretative articles now appearing.
To understand the philosophy of widest amplification. In this phase the present German government demands that every part of the bout women—one must understand national life shall be brought into the whole revolution theory, for hi monious relations with the women have not been singled out, whole, all working together under fan's sometimes thought, for any tone central direction. "No. element Arbitrary' treatment but play into tean remain outside this all-inclathe general scheme of things as sive "scheme without obstructing determined by the whole philoso-the perfect working and itself an:
ical sweep. This necessary his-the Body politi being impoverishical "background and the consequent, theory of revolution, which Similarly, the totalitarian idea fa working such changes in the takes possession of the, scientific world and refuses. to believe that whole life of German people, ix the part can be dealt with in herewith briefly sketched as it was lation. On. the contrary, it de-convincingly told by one of Germany's most charming youth lo dores that the part can only be fers." In its. finished form it folly known and intelligently dealt with in relation to the whole, glee received er approval and en With reference to persons, it disclaims pure fnsellectaalism as the aid, Germany "has been passing During the past century, she only avenue to truth. Tt demands that comniznce should be taken of through a period of extreme individualism and specialization. A dis-those less ponderable, immeasur-Integrating principl bee able, more elusive elements which work which" has" analysed, and are also " part of being and therefore also to, be reckoned with. The separated and resolved everything Sato its component parts, and again word "soul" has again come into focused attention on one part to its own; emotion, intuition instinct more are admitted to respec the exclusion of all relevancies. Extreme individualism rabi ¥y. and their counsels consider-'And ultra-specialization had practi. fed worthy to be heeded. In short, ally" destroyed the syntheses of the life of man ig now acknowledg-Rife' and any sense of wholeness ed to be more than mind and Fequire, the inclusion of his whole about anything. being if it is fully understood. 'The Politically, the state was but the'
Judgement of pure reason to be sum of the individuals who, voted. adjudged authoritative must now There was. no cohering principle, be tested and qualified by the evid-nothing that welded the single en-fence of other equally important life ities into a whole. The individuals were the end-all of national life and its only justification for being.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.