The Republican journal., 1914-12-24

Miss VeSta ]. Shute was unable to succeed
Miss Louise Brown at the Leonard 4 Barrows
Office on account Of III health and Aiss Esther
Wiley has taken the position.
A parish party will be given under the ans.
pices of the social committee Of the Women's
Alliance of the first Parish Unitarian) church.
Dec 10Th, in Memorial hall. The usual Christ
mas tree IN the church parlors will be omitted
this year, as there is no regular pastor and the
children will enjoy the Municipal tree in the
square, so the parish party is held soon after
Christmas as a sort of Christmas party
PROF. SEGALLs LECTURE James B. Segall.
Phi. D., professor of romance languages at the
University of Maine, was the guest of the
Mems Club last Friday night. fine supper
was served at 6 O'Clock after which an iufor-
NAL reception was held for Prof. Segall At
8.45 all adjourned to the church auditorium,
where a large audience had assembled to listen
to an address on the European war by Prof.
his education in Austria. Germany, France and
America and whose yearly visits to Europe
eminently qualify him to speak on conditions
there. He began with giving brief history
of the Balkan states, of Servia in particular;
told of the cause of the trouble betwe en- that
country and Austria, the assassination of the
Crown Prince and Princess, leading to the
most drastic ultimatum known in the history
of the world, that sent to Servia by Austria
and which caused all Europe to tremble. He
told of Servia's attitude and of her being lit
orally forced into the war with the power on
which she is dependent for her commercial
life, Then came the days of European agita-
ton, when every country was afiame and
finally the declaration of war between Ger
many and Russia. He spoke of the breaking
of the treaty of Belgian neutrality by the
Germans and said that had Belgium been the
worst enemy of Germany, instead of neu-
trail country defending hetself, the former
could not have treated her in a more
barbaric manner. This, he said, did not
fiends, but by the orders of the military
leaders. In closing DIR. Segall compared the
powers of Europe, the older ones of Great
Britain, France, Italy and Spain.witb Germany.
citing the facts that in literature. science and
art Germany is far behind the others, and is
comparatively "new'' nation. Prof. Segalrs
sympa thies were clearly with the allies, as no
hearers, but the statements he made were
based on established facts and personal knowl-
edge and he impaired much useful lnforma-
ton. He was the guest while in the city OF
Rev. and Mrs Haraden S. Pearl, returning to
Orono Saturday.
"GERMANY AND THE NEXT WAR" At the
regular meeting of the Reading Department
of the Woman's Club Tuesday evening, Rev.
Arthur A. Blair reviewed five chapters OF the
book "Germany and the Next War;" written
three years ago by Won Bernhardi He SAID In
part: The author tries to prove as ne says
in his introduction. that war Is not merely
necessary element in the life of nations but
an indispensable factor of culture, in which
true civilized nation finds the highest express
sion of strength and vitality. The desire for
peace, the author says, has rendered most
civilized nations anemic and marks decay OF
spirit and political courage. The aspiration
for peace is directly antagonlstlc to the great
universal laws which rule all life. War Is
a biological necessity of the first importance,
regulative element in the life of mankind
which cannot be dispensed with, since without
it an unhealthy development would follow,
which excludes every advancement of the race
and therefore of all real civilization. The nat
ural law is the law of struggle, and struggle IS
war. Without war inferior or decaying races
would easily choke the healthy budding ele-
ments and universal decadence would fol-
low. Might is the supreme right and the dis
pute as to what is right is decided by the arbi-
trament of war. War gives biologically just
decision, since its decision rests on the very
nature of things. To our author the lndl-
vdua is as nothing The State is the import
ant thing. The individual amounts to nothing,
onlv as he lives and works for the State. And
the State to gains its own ends must some-
times 90 to war. Wars are terrible, but nec-
cessary. for they save the State from social
petrifaction and stagnatlon. war does more
to arouse national life and to expand natlohai
mower than any other means known to history.
II evokes the nobleat activities of human
nature. war Is tleSdliiS' DoSooeS ~ 1890
vdual disappears before the great conception
of the State He talks in very concerted
way about what Germany has done Tor the
civilization of the world and of the German
culture. without which he thinks the world
could not get along. He speaks OF the I'M
fortunate postion in which German hnds
herself. hemmed in by other nations with an
absolute demand for expansion. he a'serts
that Germany must become world power or
axnerience her downfall. This is the only al
tentative he sees.