Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-08-14

George A. Dorsey. Curator Of Ethnology
Field Museum. In the Chicago Herald.)
An orphaned mongrel cur having FOL
the first time In 500 years got enough
spunk up to take his tail from between
his legs. begins to wag 1t and fee
growing pains. Along comes a great
big dog and says:
Put that tail down-and gimme
that bone"
We g this sort of thing nearly ev
cry day.
Once upon a time little old Servia
was 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 a 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 Off the map!
Even though the process involve
more lives and money than any war
of any time!
That La the life. You or I 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 Serviaf
Hasn't the Dual Monarchy. with its in
tsrnal babel Of confusion. enough
trouble already7 1ails 12Ia
why Others ARE interested.
Suppose the Dual Monarchy does
want Eervia, what IL 1t to Russia?
Suppose Russia does object, what is
u to Germany? Suppose Germany OBJ
jects to Russia's objecting, what bust
ness is 1t to Francs-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 1t another way, the desires
which lead to action in eastern Eu-
rope r 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 W. Pan-Slavism. 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 l would get
along much better in shops and other
wise II I employed English first OF
course English IL not generally under
stood In that city, but German Is. We
naturally think of German as the lam
guage Of Austria, and proud as the
ancient capital OF Bohemia was once,
to all. intents and purposes a German
city, she now tries to forget, and won't
talk German II she can possibly help II.
Pan means united, all; the term pan
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
.nifcance of these two movements we
must consider the question of the ma
or the Races" as 1t Is some
times called.
In fact, this 10 not a question either |
Of nations Of of races, but of tongues. |
The classification Of mankind by
Is ancient and fundamental.