Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-12-15


i LHhuani1 that Christian missionaries
dld not reach lis borders until about
/ 1860. Just loriy.two years before
Columbus discovered the new world.
AZ ihls time Lfhuanla was sunk IN
the deepest paganism Human sacri'
nco. hoastly orgies. and the Worship
of oak groves were features Of the
/ religion mere centuries after che sup
preston of the nruida IN western l9u'
rope and the dehacie of the Old my
lhoiogles in Rome and Greece Here
ga iIihnanin survived the ancient.
Aryan belief Do the supreme God.
which became Hrns for the Greeks,
l Odin Tor che Iruicus. and IupIinf
f1r che Romans Here remained IN
pflrtlnt vlHuf thp human sacrifice tn
the wheat spirit Cul on from the
resi- of che world. they had lived as
had their prehistoric ancestors and
followed closely tho SAVAGE religious
beliefs of che original Aryana.
nw IN appearance also The Lithu.
anians Justify me belief that they are
the most primitive type of the ancient
Aryan Very tan and straight. they
are the blondest people ln Europe.
Compared with them the nnNen.hair'
Cd. blue.eyed scandinavian appears
almost as a brunette in many To-
callfies especially In the neighbof-
hood of pinsk. the blundnUna ui tho
I Iithuaninus approaches almost 90
nlbiulsm,
Despite the progress made duFlng
the century past. The idthnnians re-.
main probably the most primitive nc0
pie OF Europe They have mo- iltera.
turo worthy OF the name. and wiin
the exception of one man ~ science.
Yukowenko. the birthplace Of ihc
Aryan race has not produced a sim
| gle great statesman, warrior poet
/ philosopher. or artist The i.ithu
anians are race Oi peasants pure
/ and simple. Their literature consists
almost exclusively of Bibles and be-.
| hElOus works translated from other
/ language The tongue survived IN
unwriiten form down 90 modern
times ln i5i1 German missionaries
I translated Lgfhcr's cntCchigm into
Lithuanian and this was the Ersi
book pHhllEhod o. that language. 50
unprogressive was this remnEnt Of
the old A, yans that they never
evolved an alphabet OF their own. and
today par Of them read books print
ed In Roman characters. and those
living near the borders ~ White Rus
ala employ the Slayic-lroek character
In writing and reading
bound on Funeral pyre.
Under such barbarous conditions
Christianity made bus slow progress
and as late as che fiteenth century
one Of the grand dukes Of fllthuania
was burned in the old pagan fashion
GA an immense funeral pyre on which
a number OF horses and captive Ger
mans and Russians we're also sactl
feed.
The history Of i.uthuanla Is a brief
page during IL period OF autonomy
Only scraps Of tradition remain upon
which 90 reconstruct u, and accord.
IN gto tradition the only real govern
ment under Lithuanian rule was ~
tabilshed la the thirteenth century BY
Grand Duke RynFold, a conQgcriur
/ Oermnn rover Hc was succeeded
/ by Goldman who wagod victorious
war against the Russians. carrying
his conquests 10 the very door Ol
Kiey and Moscow In the fourteenth
century iAthuanla and Poland Wert
united through the marriages % The
ruline houses nf the two countries
and since that time Lithuanian au
t0namy has been historical mem
DRY
! Il was IN the fourteenth century
about 1910 that Lithuania was ar0us
cd from Us lethurgy Of centuries enc
saw the hrst aci OF a tragedy upor
which the curtain has Just fallen viii
collapse Of the Baltic kepuhlie 4
was at this time that the German
hordea Of freobooiers ewarmed into
Lithuania 90 an easy but not blood
less conquest They carried IRE ant
sword enalRvcu the native Lotts ant
LithuauihnH. set themselves up al
nohles. and held the country IN sub
iueatlon with n heavy hand. esiah
fishing German dynasty with thl
aid % Polish ana Russian adyentur.
ers The iAthuanians were tceato,
with contempt and we're allowed nj
part ln the government even inter
marriage with the invaders being de
MED lhem The invaders seized NJ
i
To work for them as slaves.
Applied Torch 70 Castle.
powerloss 10 revolt. the nativos re
manned IN geryitude under the chang
ing governments for centuries, sullen
: ly Shaving for their mastery. but kecr
ing alive the tradition Of the tim
when they were their own masters
and had quafed mead out Of th
. / skulls of the hated Germans. VIII
were now their rulers and task mas
ters when Napoleon and his grea
army passed through i.ithuania Ol
! bis way 90 Moscow. there was al
awakening and the slusslah peaaant
. beloved that the milleninm had hnal
b b. arrived with the opportunity q
! 1lakc their hatred 90 the drega
Nnpnlcon'e proclamation OF emanc
7 patton establishing ncw govern
meni was greeted us "a license 20 loot
burn. and slaughter Whey refuse
lo work gave themselves up q
! duakon orgies and in ravaeln
bands. aa Ia the recent days Of th
{ Baltic Republic, ac0urgCd the coug
J try. Killing the German mobiles an
applying the torch to their castles
When the French troops restored lal
! and order with bullet, Sword. en-
gihhei. every Lithuanian was Nap,
) loon'a bitter foe. Whon the Empcro
! and his army swept hack 10 rotrea
! over the old Bnbrllsk road lAthuanl
! was la the grip ol flaming and On
! supplies be- depended upon 90 fee