The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-01
WAR ECHOES

II w AM EO11OEO Ex-Attache in Chicago Tribune: A most important point in the situation is the influence which an international con fla grafton of this kind in Europe will have
 upon the United States. From an eco- homie point of view it cannot be denied that a titanic struggle of this nature, while a curse to the old world, will be of incalculable economic benefit to this country. The suspension of huge exports of grain from Russia, especially from the southern portions of the Cars do-
 minions. and of Russian oil, would mean corresponding increase in the demand upon the United States for these two com
 modities.
 Capital from almost all the principal na-
 tions in Europe would seek refuge in this country, where foreign gold for the de- velopment of American industries would abound. Moreover, the suspension of so many European manufacturing industries through the absorption of labor for mli- tary purposes, as well as through cessa- tion of credit, would result in propor- llOudlt SIOWlH III tIe I6IDdDu upon AliltI- jean industries, which would thus have the opportunity not only to benefit tenn porarly by the war, but likewise to se- cure a lasting hold upon the great mar
 kets of the world.
 Chicago Herald; Bonemians who for merly were subjects of Austria climbed to the rafters of Pilsen hall, 3060 West Twenty street, Tuesday night and
 tore down a shield upon which was em- blazoned the arms of their native land.
 Meanwhile 3000 men and women stood
 on their chairs and shouted: Down
 with the Austrian eagle." The mass meet
 ing of the Bohemians also was attended by Croatians and Servians. Then they passed resolutions, which
 were forwarded yesterday to the Austrian embassy at Washington, denouncing the action of the Austrian government in de- claring war against Servia, 'as the act of brutal monster impelled solely by greed and desire for conquest" They pledged their money to aid the Servian Red Cross society, established fund to pay for the transportation of those who would return to fight, and
 pinned red, blue and white ribbons on
 their coat lapels bearing this inscription:
 ITO Hell With Austria
 George A. Dorsey, Curator of Ethnology, Field Museum, in Chicago Record: An
 orphan mongrel cur having for the first
 time in 800 years got enough spunk up to take his tail from between his. legs be-
 gins to wag it and feel growing pains
 Along comes a great big dog and says:
 Put that tail down, and gimme that
 bone"
 We see this sort of thing nearly every day.
 once upon a time little old Servia was
 an empire and very nearly overcame the
 Byzantine empire, which probably would
 have changed the whole of European his
 tory. There might have been no Turkey in Europe.
 That was in the fourteenth century un- der the mighty Dushan.
 Servia is now poor, wretched little
 peasant kin ngdom-not half as big as H.
 linois in size. with less people than the city of New York
 Of the Aryan tongues there are three
 great general divisions in Europe-Ro- nance, Teutonic, Slavic. We are interest ed only in the latter two. And of the
 Teutonic German is spoken by SO,ooo.Ooo,
 of which 100000 are in Austria and D.
 0oO0oo in Hungary.
 There are 100000 Slavs in Europe Russia is a veritable hodepodge of tongues. but of her Slav population alone
 we have at least two distinct elements today bitterly opposed to each other, with the possibility, if not the probability of a third which will seek recognition. As against Russians proper there are over 10.Ge0000 Poles, and of the remaining Savs there are S,Oo00O0 Ruthenians or
 Little or White Russians as they are sometimes called. Of the general Polish situation I shall speaker later | In Germany there are over 100000 Slavs, chiefly Polish.
 Of Austrias 3000O,ooo population only | about third is German the remainder being Slav, of which there are over G. | O00,000 Czechs or Bohemians, 5000. GOO Poles, 3,500,000 Ruthenans and .250. boo Slovenes.
 Hungary is even more diversified in tongue. The Magyar element QOO0O 00O) is equaled by the non-Magyar made up roughly of 100000 Germans. 2OOo.OO Slo- walks 5OO,OOO. Ruthenes, 100000 Serbo- Greats, all of the Slavic tongue and about | 100000 Roumanians who do not speak l Slav at al1 but Romance language | We need not here consider the lin- | guistic affinties of the Balkan states. | It is enough to say that Servia is purely Servian and Slav,, Bulgaria is Bulgar and | Slav Ohough the basis of blood of Bull
 gars is like that of the Magyar, Asiatic).
 The population ofe Montenegro. about
 5Oo,oOo, are Slavs of the Servian branch, | Roumanlans are of mixed origin. but the Roumanian tongue is spoken by 12O0O COG people. of which 5,500,00O are in Roumania
 (92 per cent of its total population), the remaining millions are found in the dual monarchy, Servia. Bulgaria and Russia. l THE WAY