The Washington herald., 1913-06-15

sight into the ideas of the other side a,
the question is the speech he puts into
the mouth OF Eldon Parr, when the yes.
try has assembled to discuss the heresy
Of the rector. Mr.. Holder" he said
in one respect seems to be under tbs
delusion that We are still in the Middle
Ages, instead OF the twentieth century
since he assumes the right to NEEDLE
with the lives of his Pensioners, to be
the sole Judge OF their actions That as
sumption will not be tolerated by free
men. I, for one, gentlemen. DO not pro-
pose to have Socialist for the rector
Of the church that I attend and sup.
port. And / maintain the privilege Of
an American citizen to set my own
standards, within the law, and to be the
sole arbiter Of those standards. 1 shall
not waste words" the financier con.
tined. There is In my mind no question
that we are justified in demanding from
our rector the Christian doctrines &c
which We have given our assent and
which are stated In the Greed. Thai
they shall be subject TO the whims OF
the rector is beyond argument" Mr..
Churchill apparently does not think this
very good argument, but l have every
reason to congratulate him upon II.
As a contribution to the discussion of
the Cup is important, although there is
ample room for forcible and effective
answers to many Of Mr.. Churchilrs con-
tentions.
THE PASSING OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE IN
EUROPE: By Capt X. Granville BAKER. Phila-
delphis-The J. B. Hppdnoott Company.
The momentous struggle in the near
East has enlisted not merely brave war
v-fr hut 49, LII.
pace with the grim arbitrament between
the Balkan allies and the Mussulman.
Capt. Baker Is both a soldier of expert
ence and a writer Of repute, and his
book is not the mere trivial story of
what happened to himself-it Is the sober
and informed discussion of what has
been happening to Turkey in Europe and
why the little Kingdoms have swept
Thessaly and Macedonia and Thrace like
ers and the admiration of the disinter-
ested world.
The work Is the history of the rise and
fall Of Moslem rule in Europe. 1t re-
verts to earliest authenic record and
comes down to the vivid and engrossing
present day. There can be no question
where our gallant captains sympathies
lie, as he describes how the allies, four
young nations. unspoilt by luxury and
eicot pOoStssiOls, inspired Dy a nlRn
ideal. crossed their borders, drove the
Ottoman forces before them from many
a sternly contested field. and forced
them to offer terms within a days march
of the Turkish capital"
GERMANY AND THE GERMANS: BY Pncs
Collier. New York-Charles scribner's Sons
The first printed suggestion that
America should be called America came
from German. Martin Waldseemuller,
Of Freiburg, in his cosmographiae In
troductio. published In 1507. wrote: II
do not see why any one may Justly for
bid II to be named after Americas. its
discoverer, a man OF sagacious mind.
Amerige, that Is the land of Americas or
America since both Europe and Asia
derived their names from women"
The first complete shipload Of Germans
left Gravesend July "a. 1858, and arrived
in Philadelphia October Q, 1888 They
settled in Germantown. or. as it was
then called, on account OF the poverty
OF the settlers, Armentown. Up to with
in the last few years the majority of our
settlers have been Teutonic In blood and
Protestant in religion. The English,
Dutch, Swedes. Germans, and Scotch
Irish who settled In America were all,
less than 1000 years ago, one Germanic
race, from the country surrounding the
North Sea.
Since $50 more than 52oo.ooo Germans
have settled in America. This immigra-
ton Of Germans has practically ceased,
and 1t is serious loss to America, for