Mountain advocate., 1914-08-07
TRACES WAR TO A CLASH OF TONGUES
Professor Dorsey Of Chicago Field Museum Finds Ausras At
tude Sequel to Pan-German Versus PanSIav-Con-
test, He Says, Not Economic but Psychologist.
Nations Are Now, as Ever in the Past Divided by Language
Source Of Trouble Is That Political Boundaries Are
Not Coterminous With Linguistic Groups.

cTeOrge a. Dorsey, curator OF EtnnoloSy'
Field Museum. in the Chicago HeraldJ
An orphaned mongrel cur having for
the first time in 500 years got enough
spunk up to take his tail from between
his legs, begins to wag it aud feel
growing pains. Along comes a great
big dog and says:
Put that tail down-and gimme
that bone"
We SEQ this sort of thing nearly ev-
cry day
Once upon a time little old Servia
vas an empire and very nearly over
came the Byzantine empire. which
probably would have changed the
whole Of European history There
might have been no Turkey in Europe.
That was in the fourteenth century,
under the mighty Dushan.
Explains Austria's Action.
Servia is now poor wretched little
peasant kingdom--ont half as big as
Illinois in size, with less people than
the city OF New York.
And now the house OF Hapsburg
would wipe little Servia OF the map!
Even though the process involve
more lives and money than any war
Of any time,
That Is the life. You or in the
house OF Hapsburg's shoes would do.
the same thing. 1t is the law Of exist
ence. Nature works today as in the
stone age or when saber-toother. tiger
fought the mastodon.
Why does Austria Hungary, the Dual
Monarchy. want poor peasant Servta?
Hasn't the Dual Monarchy. with its in
ternal babel OF confusion. enough
trouble already?
Why Others Are Interested.
Suppose the Dual Monarchy does
want Servia, what is it to Russia?
Suppose Russia does object, what is
Il to Germany? Suppose Germany OBJ
iects to Rrssia's Directing. what bust
uess is it TO Frlnce-or of England?
Supremacy.
Balance OF power.
Human nature.
Life.
propose TO analyze this whole stu
alton. And right here let US clearly
recognize the fact--two facts
The contest is not economic but psy-
Geological in its fundamental nature;
psychologist laws are not economic
laws
To put IL another way, the desires
which lead to action in eastern Eu-
rope are not based on Christian eth
les or rational procedure. but On GER
tain thoughts.
Things are what we think they are;
and thinking depends on the point of
view.
Illustrating the Point.
Pan-Germanism VS.. Pan-Slayism. II
we understand this, we have travelled
far. First, let me give an illustrat-
ing illustration
In Prague an important city OF Aus
tria. was warned that | would get
along much better in shops and other
wise II employed English first or
course English is not generally under
stood in that city, but German is. We
naturally think OF German as the Ian
guage of Austria. and proud as the
ancient capital of Bohemia was once,
to all intents and purposes German
city, she now tries 10 forget, and won't
talk German ii she can possibly help II.
Pan means united. all, the term pam
Germanism stands for a movement
which seeks the common welfare OF
the Germanic peoples Of Europe at the
expense OF pan-Slavism or common
veal Of Slavs.
Becomes Question Of Tongues.
Before we can understand the sig.
uifieanee OF these two movements we
must consider the question Of the Ma
tionals," or the Races" as tits some
times called.
In fact, this is not a question either
OF nations or OF races. but OF tongues
The classification Of mankind by
tongues IL ancient and fundamental.
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