The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-08-07
TRACES WAR TO A CLASH OF TONGUES
Professor Dorsey Chicago Field Museum Finds Ausras At
tude Sequel to Pan-German Versus an-SIav-Con-
test, He Says Not Economic but Psychologist
Nations Are Now Ever the Past Divided by Language
Source of Trouble Is That Political Boundaries Are
Not Coterminous With Linguistic Groups

George A. Dorsey. Curator OF Ethnology.
Field Museum. in the Chicago Herald)
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 see this sort of thing nearly ev-
o-y 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 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 Servia
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
1t to Germany? Suppose Germany OBJ
jects to Ru" s Directing, what bust
ness is it to -France-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 it's fundamental nature
psychologist laws are not economic
laws.
To put it 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-Slavism. II
we understand this, we have Travelled
ing illustration:
In Prague, an important city OF Aus
tria, was warned that l would &c,
along much better in shops and osher
wise IL | employed English first. Oh
course English is not generally under
stood In that city. but German is. We
naturally think OF German rs the Ian
guage of Austria. and proud as the
ancient capital OF Bohemia was once
to all intents and purposes u German
city. she now tries to forget. and won,
talk German II she can possibly help II
Pan means united. all: the term pan
Germanism stands for movement
which seeks the common welfare o.
the Germanic peoples of Europe at thu
expense OF pan.Slavism or common
veal OF Slavs.
Becomes Question OF Tongues.
Before We can understand the sig
niiicance OF these two movements W.
must consider the question OF tho Ma
tionals." or the Races" az II Is some
times called.
In fact. this Is not question either
OF nations or OF races. but OF tongues
The classification OF mankind b,
tongues IL ancient and fundamental.
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