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! dynamite, scattering Catholicism. I read
IN q recent notice Of the work that tba
author made a slip in thus speaking OF
Luther's power, nRsmuch as there are
Gtil many Catholics in Germany. The
wonder is there are not more, consider
ing the immense forces brought TO bear
\ against the Professionals by Charles v.
and his successors. 1t is remarkable that
to this very day, ia that part Of Ger
+. many which had never been CONQUERED
4 by Rome, and which is larger in extent
I than the whole of Great Britain. the
! population is cOmpaotIy Protestant
] West Of the Rhine and south of the
Danube the Romans mad held sway, and
these parts are largely Cathcic now.
But not so in the north. And this effect
| Of Luther's dynamite" is seen still
farther north, in the whole Of Norway.
/ Sweden and Denmark.
The thought suggests itself readily
/ that the uncOnquered Germanic north
was and still is one great opposing force
to the power Of Rome, and that from the
conflict OF these two great opposing
forces there has arisen our modern oivi-
hzation.
North Germany, and specifically Prus-
sia, is the great Protestant power OF
Europe Great Britain would stand
next, but the interests of Great Britain
are so largely Asiatic and n-Europem
that her influence does not count for
much in Europe. Scandinavia natural
y goes with Protestant Germany in all
vital questions
Five great wars, not 20 mention sew
eral smaller ones, decided the fate Of
Protestant Germany. First, the Thirty
Years War, 161S-1648, which turned
Germany into a desert, but secured free
dom Of conscience. Second, the Seven
Years War, In which the great Frederic
not only raised his little Prussia to a
hrst-class power, but ircidentaIg, by
nghung the enemies of England on Ger
man soil, helped the English TO secure
North America and India. Three. the
war Of liberation, resulting In the COM
plete expulsion of the French from Ger
man soil IN consequence Of the famous
battles In the summer and fall of 1913,
at GrOss-Beeren, Dennewitz Katzbach
and the overwhelming final defeat Of Ma
poleon at Leispsig, October 1913, 1913.
This great battle sealed the fate of the
great COnquerOr. He never recovered
from it. at Waterloo Napoleon led his
torlorn hope; for though lie might have
repulsed Wellington as he had Butcher,
he could not hope to conquer the two
combined, and Butcher proved a more
trustworthy ally to Wellington than
Wellington had shown himself to BIuch-
or on therday Of Quanrsbas and Lizuy.
That Napoleon was not then beaten has
asHT aH -aHHr. o..
and ElOWness Of the British general, as
much as TO the reckless ardOr OF Butcher.
Behind Butcher and Wellington there
were other armies coming, amounting TO
more than 100000 men. Fourth. the
famous seven-Weezs war between Prussia
and Austria, eliminating in the decisive
battle of KOeniggraetz, or SadoWa.
Nearly 100000 men were engaged in
this battle, and eight important battles,
all fought inside Of a week, had preceded
it.
Fifth, the Franco-Prussian war. This
war, the greatest known to history" ac-
cOrding to the British military authority,
finally settled the question Of the pre-
ponderance Of the Protestant North. il
was in an important sense, tina final VIC
tory Of the German over the Roman. 1t
was not victory aiming at the destruc-
ton of the opponent, but one which Sc
cured independence to Germany
right to manage her own affairs. The
battles Of SadoWa, Gravelotte and Sedan
may be mentioned as among the last ter
rife scenes ofthe great drama that open
ed when Charles V. summoned the plain
Wittemberg monk before the tribunal Of
his Imperial Diet.
1t is noteworthy also that the two men
who did most to bring about these re
suits, Luther and Bismarck, are both
SaZons, a race renowned in history for
their indomitable energy and stubborn
love Of independence. If We ask for the
names OF those who fought the hardest,
with pen or sword, to gain the mdePen-
dence Of their country, We find them al
most exclusively Of the north. Gustavus
Adolphus, Frederic the Great, Stein,
Butcher, Arndt, AIoItke, these and others
OF equal renOwn are names Of northern
men, and all Of them Protestant. 1t is
idle 80 speculate what Germany and EU-
rope would have been if Luther's refor-
nation had failed. 1t is quite certain
that the course Of history, both in Eu-
rope and In this country would have
been essentially different.