The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-12-26
S[AV HAS
BROTHERS
ALL OVER
Gary Man Points Out the
Vaccinations of the Pow
ers in Balkan Struggle;
Diplomacy's "Heads, I
Win; Tails, You Lose"

(By Max Ixircsnan of CARY
The foxy Turk is again at the
checkerboard of diplomacy. this time to
lose out. His old-time friends o.
Bismarck and Disraeli-who so ingeni-
ously outwitted "Batuska Car in 1873
are beyond recall. True he is engaging
new accessories to the crime of beating
the Balkan union out of their inst
fruits of war. The old trick Heads +
win-Tails you lose" will turn against
him, favoring the allies The surprts-
ing result Will be: Tails we won
heads you lost" Exit Bruit. No matter
IL the "drei-bund' does try to FIX the
dice" Turkish rule on tie Rosphorus
Will be curtailed hereafter. If not for
ever wiped out Let US hope the last
may be true.
What good did the Turk do while.
ruling the Christians since the 2sth
day of May, 1853, when the Arch Brute
Mahometid rushed into the sanctuary
of Saint Sophia simultaneously spread
ing fire and carnage? Can you think
and not shudder of the shrieks Of pain
of the men. women and children slain
by his savage horde, full of fury? Think
OF that miscreant sultan, standing in
front of that great portal. proclaiming
his victory of Isham. There is no god
but Allah, and Mahomet. his prophet"
What this meant. history has related II:
scarlet pages, to have been a continu-
Gus massacre of the unbeliever in Mos
lem.
Men and women. shall this misrule
continue? The Balkan nations now
warning to overthrow this brutal despot
have been the immediate sufferers They
suffered most of the Turkish "slings
and arrows. finally deciding by op-
posing to end them They did that
most valiantly. but now comes coterie
of powers. commanding to the victors:
You shall not have the fruits. for we
here to steal them A very repeti-
tion of Bismarck Disraeli deal, who
took Bosnia and Herzegovina. placing
them in the lap of Austria. or the dead
we should speak only the good Bis
marck was Christian CD diplomat
as such he believed CD in the doc
trine When dividing give the bigger
half of the apple to your brother" He
did. by giving Austria two whole APP
Piles. to Russia-the grin Fortunately
such diplomatic sickness died with
Bismarck and Disraeli. as far as the
Slavs GO. There is not enough brain
in the coming conference of the pow
ers to compare, much less to equal that
of the iron chancellor and Lord
Bearconsfeld We presume the present
diplomatic .'jugglers" are honest (?)
are honest ~, hence clumsy, and this
may precipitate more war, with whom?
Slav-Austria against Slav-Balkan?
Greek might have fought Greek in
ancient time but Slav to fight Slav at
the present time2 Never again. Tabs
have turned There Is no more valiant
spartan-like warriors than the Slavs
fighting to preserve their Home Sweet
Home" Men and women alike We
have evidences of the presence when
mothers. sisters and sweethearts ac-
companying, marched side by side. to
the taps OF the drum and the blares of
the trumpets. bidding farewell to
their loved ones. encouraging them
to win back their stolen lands
They did They revenged "Koso's
field 0ost battle 1880 splendidly They
fought as warriors never did before
and against great odds Wounded. re-
turned FOR repairs only to join their
regiments again. welcoming the oppor-
tunity to sacrifice their lives in this
their holy cause" with them 1t was:
Now or never. for their 'forefathers
waited almost 500 years for this oppor-
run'+v. living the life of a purgatory.
What the Balkan Saws did, ~the
rdual-monarchy' Slavs will repeat. as
they will never fight their brother
Slavs. no matter who comman ds. The
autocratic commanders may lose their
lives. If they choose because they were
hired for the job. but their ..privates'
Will remain Slavs, though stuffed" in
foreign uniforms. They will and must
repeat what the Christians did fighting
under the Turk, and posterity will bless
them. They have as much love and at
tachment for the foreign emblem, as
our revolutionary father had for that
of King Georges. Are not Americans
praised for that deed now, IS they shall
be ever after? So with the Slavs. They
must OF needs unite and they will, to he
strong: Americans love their homes
so do the Slavs Nature placed that
love in their hearts. and when in a d.
vine swoon and with sacred passion
they sing-being born singers--that
matchless national anthem OF theirs
their bosoms swell like the mighty
ocean with it's rushing. forming bill
lows. that rise and swell and kiss the
pebbly beach again and again. ever
and foreve~
Listen to the words:
Where is my home?
In the meadows water cleaning.
On the hillside pinewoods dreaming
Orchards shine with blossoms bright
Earthly paradise to sight
That's the great and lovely country,
Fair Slavia is my home.
where is my home?
If you know land heaven giving,
Where the gentiest souls are living
Loving hearts with gifted mind,
And a strength that rock Will grind