The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1914-08-07
TRACES war TO A CLASH OF TONGUES
Professor Dorsey Of Chicago Field Museum Finds Austias A
tude Sequel to Pan.German Versus Pan-Sav-con-
test, He Says, Not Economic but Psychologist.
Nations Are Now Ever In the Past Divided by Language
Source Of Trouble Is That Political Boundaries Are
Not Coterminous With Linguistic Groups.

George A. Dorsey. Curator of Ethnoiogy,
Field Museum. in the Chicago Heraid)
An orphan 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 1t and feel
growing pains. Along comes great
big dog and says:
Put that tail down-and gimme
that bone"
We see this sort of thing nearly ev-
cry day.
Once upon q time liNle 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 ia now q poor, wretched little
peasant kingdom-not half as big a.
Illinois In size, with less people than
the city Of New York.
And now the house Of Hapsburg
would wipe little Servia on the map!
Even though the process involve
more lives and money than any war
Of any time!
That ia the life. You or ! in the
house Of Hapsburg's shoes would do
the same thing. II IL the law Of exist.
ence. Nature works today as In the
stone age or when saber-toothed tiger
fought with 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
t5puble already!
Why Others Are Interested.
k0Uppose the Dual Monarchy does
whit Servia. what IL II to Russia?
Suppose Russia does object. what il
1t to Germany? Suppose Germany OBJ
ject's to Russia's objecting. what bust
ness IN Il Of France-or OF England!
Supremacy.
Balance Of power.
Human nature.
Life.
k>propose to analyzs this whole stu.
mo. And right here let US clearly
xfSise the fact-two facts:
TIE contest 10 not economic but psy-
Geological In its fundamental nature:
psychologist laws are not economic
laws.
To put II another way, the desires
which lead to action In eastern Eu-
rope arc 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
far. First. let me give an illuminat-
ing illustration:
In Prague. an important city OF Aus.
tia, ! was warned that ] would get
along much better In shops and other.
wise 10 ! employed English FIRST. OF
course English 10 not generally under.
stood In that city. but German Ia. We
naturally think Of German NJ the Ian.
suase OF Austria. and proud a. the
ancient capital Of Bohemia was once.
TO all intents and purposes q German
city, she nov tries to forget. and won't
talk German II she can possibly help Il.
Pan means united. all: the term pan.
GermAnism stands for a movement
which seeks the common welfare OF
the GermAnic peoples Of Europe NJ the
expense Of pan.slavism or common
veal Of Slavs.
Oseewss QUESTION Of Toneusa
Before We can understand the sig.
nificance Of these two movements We
must consider the question OF the Ma.
tionals," or the "Races." ~ Il n some
times called.
In fact. this h not q question either
Of nations or Of races. but Of tongues.
The classification Of mankind BY
tongues 10 ancient and fundamental