Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-08-06
TRACES war TO A CLASH OF TONGUES
Professor Dorsey Of Chicago Field Museum Finds Austras A
tude Sequel to Pan-Geman Versus PanSlav-con-
test, He Says, Not Economic but Psychologist
Nations Are Now as Ever the Past Divided by Language
Source Of Trouble Is That Political Boundaries Are
Not cotefmnous With Linguistic Groups.

eoscrx. A Dorsey. curssor Of Eshnology.
krd Museum. In tho Chicago Hsr~idJ
Az orphaned nnonxrsl cur having for
the nrst time IN 500 years got enough
spunk up to take bis tall from between
his legs. begins to wAg IL and feel
growing pairs. Along comes . great
bis dog and says:
Put that tail dovn-and gimme
that bone
We SEQ this sort Of thing nearly ev-
sry day.
Once upon . time little old servia
vas an empire and very nearly over
came tho Byzantine empire. which
probably would have changed the
whole OF European history There
might have besn no Turkey In Europe.
That WIS In tho fpsrteenth century.
under tho mighty Dushan-
Ezptsios Asssrss's Action.
Ssrvfa Is nov . poor. vrctched little
esasant kingdom-ont half - big -
Illinois In size. with iess people than
the city Of New York
And now the house OF HapsburE
sosid wipe little Servia OF the map.
Even though the process involve
morn lives and money than any val
a any timel
That is the nfa You or I IN the
house Of Hapsbargs shoes would Dc
In same thing II Ia the lav Of exist
ocaL Nature wortz today as in the
s1pas - or when sAber-sDoeher tixe,
fp1gAk u tnassodoa-
WY oDss, AustxiA, Hungary. u D.
nesasrhy. kant poor peasant ss Via
Hat the i0pal Monarchy. with its in
esrnal babel OF confusion. enougl
trouble airesdyr
Why others Are interested.
Suppose the Dual Monarchy doe,
want Servia. what Is II to Russia
Suppose Russia does object, what Il
h to Germany Suppose Germany Oh
Jects 10 Rnssia's obiecting. what bust
ness is IL To France-or Of England
Supremacy.
Balance OF power.
Human nature
Life.
Ipropose to anaiyrs this whole situ
stion- 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 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 o
view.
illustrating the Point.
Pan-Germanism vs. Pan-Slavism- Il
We understand this. we have Travelled
Tar. First. let me give an iIiustrat
Ing Illustration:
In Prague. an important city Of Aus
tria. I was w,1rned that I would get
aiong much better in shops and other
wise II l employed English first OF
course English rs not generally under
stood In that city. but German Ia. We
naturally think of German As the Ian
guage Of Austria. and proud as the
ancient capital OF Bohemia was once
to all intenfs 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
Germanism stands for a movement
which seeks the common welfare Of
the Germanic peoples Of Europe At the
expense OF pan-slaviscs or common
veal OF Slays.
Becomes Question Of To~euss
Before we can understand the sig
nlncance OF these two movements We
must consider the question ct the ma
tionals." or the Races" as Il II some
times called
In fact, this 10 not q question either
Of nations or OF races. but Of tongues
The classification of mankind BY
tongues is ancient and fundamental.