Germany goes in search of an ethical basis 113 Special grievances against France and England 114 German thinkers recast Christian morals 115 Heinrich von Treitschke 116 _The principle of the state is power_ 117 Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 118 His contempt for British and Prussian ideals 119 General von Bernhardi 122 New morality never accepted by the German people 123 Thrown over even by 'the brethren' when war occurred 124 Causes of this apostasy 126 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 CHAPTER VI THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE