CHAPTER V

THE STATECRAFT OF A PRIESTHOOD

German education a drill system 127 Intellectuals are ranged on the government side 129 Eighteenth-century France and modern Germany 129 Contrast between their bureaucracies 130 Between the attitude of their intellectuals 131 Between their fashions of fancy dress 131 Dangers to civilisation from within and without 132 Political thinkers are usually destructive 133 Unfitness of priesthoods for practical affairs 135 Contrast between priests and lawyers 137 Natural affinity between soldiers and priests 139 Unforeseen consequences of German thoroughness 140 May lead ultimately to ostracism of Germany 140 Types of German agents 141 Treacherous activities in time of peace 142 The German political creed 144 The true aim of this war 146