The Spectator. (Ozark, Ark.) 1911-1916, 1914-08-07
TRACES WAR TO A CLASH or TONGUES
Professor Dorsey of Chicago Field Museum Finds Ausas A
tIde 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 Cotermnous With Linguistic Groups

George A. Dorsey, Curator OF Ethnoiogy'
Field Museum, in the Chicago Herald)
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 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 Austrla's Action.
Servia is now a poor, wretched little
peasant kingdom-not 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
snce. Nature works today as in the
stone age or when sabertoothed 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
trouble already!
Why Others Are Interested.
Suppose the Dual Monarchy does
want Servia, what is II TO Russia?
Suppose Russia does object, what is
tect's to Russia's Directing. what bust
ness Is It OF Frauce-or OF England?
Supremacy.
Balance OF power
Human nature
Life
piOpOSt W &c Nhih slN0
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
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.. Pau-Slavism II
we understand this, we have travelled
far First, let me give an illumlnat-
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 | employed English frst or
course English is not generally under
stood in that city. but German Is We
naturally think OF German as the Ian
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 It.
Pan means united, ALL the term pan
Germanism stands for movement
which seeks the common welfare of
the Germanlc peoples OF Europe at the
expense of -Slavism or common
veal OF Slavs.
Becomes Question Of Tongues.
Before We can understand the sig.
nificance of these two movements we
must consider the question OF the Ma
tionals." or the Races" as II Is some
times called
In fact. this is not a question either
OF nations or of races. but of tongues.
The classification OF mankind by
tongues is ancient and fundamental.
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