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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06
Religious Freedom in China
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

State religion, was twenty one
centuries old. In the face Of
such fact, what hope had the
missionaries? You came to US"
said the priests OF Confucian-
ism, with a faith that was never
heard Of until to-day, and you
want US TO accept this faith IN
place of the one that we havs
known for more than two thou
sand years. We say TO you-be-
gone!"
Thus may we see how It was
that for more than three centu-
ries the feeling of the Chinese
against the Christian evange-
lists was so bitter. Hard, indeed,
was the lot Of the missionaries,
ard as for the Chinaman who
turned Christian, his existence
was the very refinement of
wretchedness.
Therefore. when the Imperial
Decree of 1877 appeared, giving
not only the preachers the right
TO preach, but the natives the
right TO be preached to and con-
verted, the world did we'll to
wonder and 10 throw up its
hands IN utter Amusement.
And now, after 81 years. is
China-China, the Republic-go-
ing TO take the back track" and
undo all that was done by the
empire? or is the recent action
Of the Congress in establish
ing Confucianism as the State
religion merely a political move.
without any reactionsry signih-
canoe SO far as religious liberty
10 concerned7 y
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06

\ PROPOS Of the very recent
n declaration by the Chinese
Government that Confu-
cianism shall be reinstated as
the state religion Of the Repub-
lie, it may be we'll TO remem-
Der that March 81 was the thir-
ty-seventh anniversary Of the
proclamation Of Religious Free
dom in the Land OF the Celes-
tials.
When, in ls77-a year that
well deserves to stand as an i'm
portant one in the mental evo-
luton Of humanity-the Impe-
rial Government issued the de-
cree establishing a free and open
field for all religionists, the
whole world stood, as It were,
aghast with wonder. The China
man is the prince Of conserva-
tives. For all peoples the past has
more or less attraction, but to
the Chinaman it is a religion.
lie worships the past, and in
proportion as its antiquity is in
creased the worship is intensi-
fed. Nowhere outside Of the land
Of the Celestials is it possible
TO match the Chinaman's rever-
ence for ancient custom.
Hence the logged persever-
ance with which the Chinese set
themselves against the first mis-
>iunaries in their country 1t was
about l517-a fun quarter OF a
century after the discovery OF
the New World-that Europeans
began 10 arrive in China, az
which time Confucianlsm the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06
Politics Spells Strife.

1t is commerce and labor-pro-
duction and proud place among
the nations.
To read party politics is to read
history militant as if nothing
really happened in America be-
tween the time of Appomattox up
to the days when Teddy" smote
the rhinos, hippos. ginls, goops,
crooks. harte- beestes and fiabber-
casters
Political history is record OF
strife. chickering's, bubbles, mis-
understanding of law suits-an
Infinite SEE he" "sez she" and
"sez T. and You're another It
is over the back fence gossip,
raised to fortissimo. 1t IS the
talk one hears at village railroad
stations, or on the verandas OF an
almshouse where old men discuss
financial policies.
In twenty years this country
has solved a few great business
truths. Once it was dog eat dog.
That was in the days when we
said, Competition is the life Of
trade"
We bought in the lowest mar
ket and sold in the highest. Ev-
erybody bought scalper's tickets
except those who rode on passes.
Big business men are all gradu-
ates of the University Of Hard
Knocks They have played the
game according to regulation
American rules, and they have
won because they have had fore
sight. patience, quickness, cour-
age. good cheer, economy, skill.
The men who went down before
them failed for lack of these
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06
England Uses Her OWN Canal
to Build Up Her Own
Commerce
Commerce

And Mr. Wilson Bandly Proposes to Permit Her to Use
OUR Canal for the Same Purpose

England built and the Suez Canal We built the
Panama Canal and believe own it.
English ships the suez Canal and pay the tolls BUT
ENGLAND PAYS BACK ALL SUCH TOLLS IN REBATES TO
THE BRITISH VESSELS THAT PAY THEM.
This of course exactly the admitting British ships
free the suez Canal.
advantage British shipping 1t has made
the commercial feet the master of the Eastern trade
has carried the British flag Asiatic and African ports
and has vastly enriched the British people
Naturally England regards in Suez only
right proper ships of other nations in the trade
are penaized ships enabled charge low freight
rates monopoze the trade The ports of London and Liver
pool prosperous With the profits from their Eastern steam
ship British hopowners have been enabled build fleets
for the American South American traffic and to gain prac
teal monopoly Of the
was the immense benefits conferred British shipping
by the Suez led the French to undertake the
building of the Panama And the purpose of the
French after they canal it for the advan
tage of their
But the French Panama and the United States,
taking up the work. carried it out successfully
The American people willingly bore the great cost Of
srucOn They looked forward to the day when the canal
should build up shipping restore the American flag
to the SEAS and up and the interior by increased
commerce and lower freight rates.
But England clingng firmly her monopoly suez
objected violently any advantage the American
Canal
first protest from the Canadian Pacific Railroad
owned in England directors of the road foresaw imme
date lowering freight the minute competition
opened
protest echoed by the British shpowners They
American competition the which they had
to regard as their own exclusive property.
particular attention paid by Americans to this
giant British attitude seemed natural enough that
American the past American any important
Office has worried very about British dissatisfaction which
began with the Revolution has continued internationally
since
But to the amazemen of patriotic President
United States although pledged by the party platform
which he accepted to open Canal ships suddenly
took the British view of the controversy,
Thus the present situation was brought The Pres
dent Joined by Ehu who always opposed the
pie of the United States and by Carnegie who has
fond dream of uniting the two nations under the British flag
Encouraged by support the President carried the fight
into forced the hunting Congressman
in that body to their leaders and follow his lead
Fortunately will be nearly months before the next
fgh-whch will take place in the Senate The American PEG
pie are now thoroughly aroused They have amey sub
mitted to Great Britain, and they never will
And to demand them OUR Canal on their
own terms when they refuse to all other nations equal terms in
their canal piece of arrogance of which only the British
could capable which must be answered by the Senate in
sturdy American fashion.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06
By EBERT HUBBARD

n NE of the greatest books
~ ever written is Thomas
Henry Buckles History of
Civilization. The whole volume
is a protest against the way in
which history has been written
a protest against the assumption
that military history, a history OF
marches and countermarches, Of
skirmishes and fights, Of sieges
and slaughters, IS history
That which makes or unmakes
a nation is the quiet, peaceful,
productive life of the people. Ma
tons are great through their ar
chitects, engineers, artists, econ
omists, inventors. teachers, busi-
ness men and workers.
As to who is Governor of New
York may be interesting, but it is
not vital
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06

American qualities-these quail
ties inculcated in our public
schools, extolled in books, preach
ed in sermons-the qualities that
have made Americans supreme
wherever they had a fair field.
Americans Are Fair.
The American invasion has
been carried even to that dear OF
Lunnon. whose underground rail-
ways have been rendered light
airy and safe through being elec-
trified by American push pluck
and perseverance.
Now, Americans as peopls'ers
fair-or at least we wish to be
fair. When we judge Moses and
Aaron we judge them according
to the times in which they lived.
And when a great agnostic wrote
a lecture on THE Mistakes Of
Moses" we resented the PROPOSE
ton that Moses was a rogue and
a robber because he made war on
the Hittites, Ammonites and Mid
ianites. We invoked the statute
of limitation by saying that these
things happened over three thou
sand years ago, and besides, did
not Moses lead the Children Of Is
rael out of captivity!
To-day the successful business
man tells the truth-otherwis he
isn't successful.
Friendship is our raw stock. We
help ourselves by helping other
people.
Read the Business Page" OF
tbs newspaper, and F1etcherize
on what Brother Forbes tells US
about truth in trade
Cant Take His Wealth.
To limit the production Of
wealth because someone misuses
wealth would be on a par with
limiting health because someone
had laughed out loud in meeting.
Don't be afraid that anyone is
going to take his wealth with him
when he dies.
Also, don't be afraid that he
can tie 1t up SO It will not bless
and benefit mankind The unfit
are always distributing It, and
killing themselves in the process.
Economics is an evolving
science. We will never get to
the end of It. Ideals attained
cease to be ideals. and the dis
tant peaks beckon us on.
Combinations that increase pro-
duction should be encouraged,
not forbidden. What this world
needs is more wealth. not less.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06
Ebert Hubbard
Writes on
Modern Business

To-day the Successful Business
Man Tells the Truth, Other
wise He Isn't Successful.
Friendship Is Our Raw Stock.
We Help Ourselves, by Help
ing Others.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-06
The Transatlantic Flight By GARRETT
Why this and direction

Why this will be achieved and the strides
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
international News Service.
RULERS.

The Emperor Francis Joseph Of Aus
trla. The most tragic figure in mod
ern history, whose sixty-six years on
the throne have been one Icing sue
cession Of family and national trag-
edies. The assassination of his heir
presumptive, the Archduke Francis
Ferdinand, at Sarajevo on June %,
last, was the immediate cause of the
present war.
King Peter of ServIa, whose king
dom, owing to his ill-health, is now
governed by the crown prince. AS
cended the throne after the ~assassina-
ton of King Alexander and Queen
Draga in 1903.
The Gar, emperor of all the Rus
sias, cousin of King George, and
nephew of Queen Alexandra.
The Kaiser, king of Prussia and Ger
man emperor. Cousin of King George.
King Victor Emmanuel Of Italy, SON
in-law Of the king Of Montenegro, who
is ally of Servia and possible opponent
Of Austria, Italy's ally.
King George Of England, related by
blood or marriage to nearly every roy
al house In Europe.
Prince Alexander of Servia, the re-
gent, who leads one of the Servian
armies in person.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
Naval Battle Renorted.

London.-The British official press
bureau announces that desultory fight
ing took place Tuesday between the
British patrolling squadrons and flot-
illas, and German cruisers, which were
accommodating. No losses are re-
ported or claimed.
"a certain liveliness is apparent in
the southern area Of the North Sea-"
says the press bureau.
A dispatch from Harwieh says a
naval engagement took place early
Tuesday morning in the North Sea,
about 100 miles off Harwich. The
statement of the correspondent is not
confirmed by the official bureau.
The Amsterdam correspondent of
The Post says a telegram has been
received from Texel Island reporting
heavy gun fire, Tuesday morning in
a western direction.
Texel Islend is in the North Sea
and is the southwesternmost of the
Tristan Islands. part of the province
of North Holland.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
DIPLOMATS.

Count Berchtold, the Austrian for
eign minister, who has been in charge
of the Vienna foreign Office since 1911,
was ambassador at st. Petersburg for
five years before that and is a per-
sonal friend of the Russian foreign
minister.
Count sturgkh, the Austrian pre-
mier, to whom the emperor sent his
manifesto to his people. A member
of an old German aristocratic family,
who a In the confidence of the late
Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Has
held office since 1911.
Count Tisza, prime minister Of Hun
gary and son of the man who ruled
the country with a rod of iron for 15
years. A man of striking Individual
ity.
M. PasItch, the Servian premier and
foreign secretary. Is sixty-five years
old, and has been in control of Ser
Was foreign policy for the past ten
years.
M. Serge Sazonoff has been Russian
foreign minister since 1910 and has
been called the pillar of the Triple
Entente" Was formerly in the Rus
sian embassy in London.
Herr Gottlleb Won Jagow has been
German minister for foreign affairs
since 1913. Spent many years in the
German embassy in Rome.
Count szapary is the Austrian am
bassador in st. Petersburg.
M. N. Schebeko is the Russian am
bassador in Vienna.
The Marquis dI San Glullano, Italian
minister for foreign affairs, was for
merly italian ambassador In London.
M. Rene Vlvianl, prime minister Of
France and also foreign minister. A
radical Socialist, but a firm supporter
of the triple entente.
Sir Edward Grey, British secretary
of state for foreign affairs, whose offer
of a conference of the powers in Lon
don to settle the dispute between Aus
tria and Servia, though favorably re-
ceived BY most Of the powers, was
not accepted by Germany.
Sir George Buchanan, British am
bassador in st. Petersburg since 1910.
Has served in Vienna, Sofia and Ber-
lin. j
Sir Maurice de Bunsen, British am
bassador In Vienna since 1918. Has
been in the diplomatic service since
1877, and has been ambassador in Lis
bon and Madrid.
Count Mensdorff, Austro-H hungarian
ambassador in London since 1904.
Count Benckendorff, Russian ambas-
sador in London since 1903.
Count de PourtaIes, German ambas-
sador in st. Petersburg. A nobleman
Of Bohemia.
M. de s~verbeew, Russian ambassa-
dor in Berlin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
THIRST FOR NEWS THE
ONE PASSION IN PARIS,

One of the particularly striking,
things of this time of stress and ex-
element in Paris is the eagerness Of
every human being for a newspaper.
The little midinettes who usually read
nothing but the serial story, the omni-
bus conductors, the finely dressed wo-
men in their limousines, every n
reads every edition Of every paper.
Life is full of abrupt changes for a.
working continental nation where.
mobilization can call out all types and
conditions Of men in less than a week.
A persons daily acquaintances take,
on a romantic aspect; for the con-
cierge is an artillery man, ! find, and
has a medal for being the best gum
layer in his battery. The most obse-
quious waiter at the Cafe de Paris
gives orders in the army instead of
taking them. And who could have i'm
agined that the nice young man who
marcels your hair is a c~uirassier ana
will perhaps be charging around with
a cleaning breastplate and a heavy
saber In place Of a curling iron with
which he will treat heads.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
ANTWERP APPARENTLY IS
GOAL OF GERMAN

0OHE VI OE SOEDiESS.
London.--The following informa-
ton was given out by the official
bureau here:
"The Belgian field ARMY, confronted
by superior numbers has fallen
back"
Antwerp apparently is the temper
airy goal of the German troops. They
are reported moving slowly but
steadily in the direction of the great
fortified port on the river Scheldt.
The German soldiers have occupied
the town of Tirlemont, and their
masses, pushing in from the frontier,
are believed to have come into con-
tact with the allies front.
Reports in Brussels asserted a bat
tie had occurred near Charleroi, in
which the Germans were supposed
to have suffered a loss Of 5000 killed.
This was not confirmed by any Off
cial source.
According to the Daily Mail, a
series Of battles Is along the enorm-
ous from of $50 miles from beyond
Tirlemont to Mulhausen.
The French have 20 army corps,
each Of 10000 men in the field and
the German strength is estimated at
20 corps, supported by three Austrian
corps.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
Germans Abandon saarbura.

London.--An official statement is
sued by the French embassy in Lon
don says:
The Liege forts are still holding
out. Not one of them has been taken.
1.-THE Germans have abandoned
Sarrburg, where they were strongly
established with heavy artillery.
"The French troops are in contact
with the Gerans in Belgium, but
there2 is no important engagement
to report
A dispatch from Brussels says:
''The German movement toward the
Belgian center seems to have been
checked at Landen and Gembloux. No
further movement of the enemy's
troops have been observed. The Ger
man prisoners in Belgium will be
sent to England"
A dispatch from Brussels says the
Germans made another attempt to
cross the Meuse by a bridge not far
from Dinant, where cannonading was
resumed. The French artillery re-
PEELED the attack with considerable
loss.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
Victory Sure In Rate Case.

Attorney General Barker and As
sistant Attorney General Fitch have
sent to st. Louis shippers a booklet
of instructions bearing on the proper
method of filing claims for the recov-
cry of excess freight and passenger
fares charged by the railroads of Mis-
souri, during the nine years the rate
laws were in dispute.
The attorney generals office hence
forth will prosecute with renewed
vigor its suits to recover the SIS, 000,-
900 to $40, 600, 900 excess collected by
the railroads. 1t is with that end in
view that the office is making effort
to induce shippers to file their claims.
I'VE undoubtedly will collect every
cent Of the overcharge in the end"
said Mr.. Fitch, who has direct charge
of the prosecution Of the cases."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
Who's Who In the
Great European War
NAVAL AND MILITARY OFFICERS.

Baron Conrad Won Hoetzendorfr
chief of the general staff of Austria
Marshal PutnIk, chief of the Ser
Wan general staff, who was arrested
while passing through Austria. A
noted s~trategist.
Gen. MorItz Won Auffenberg, COM
mander of the Austrian eastern army
Former minister Of a
Gen. L. Won Frank, commander OF
the Austrian central army.
Gen. c. Potlorek, commander of the
Austrian western army.
Rear Admiral F. Loffler, in command
of the Austrian active feet.
Admiral Won Essen, COMMANDMENTS
chief of the Russian Baltic feet.
General Jilinski, chief Of the Rus
sian army general staff.
Prince Henry of Prussia, Inspector
general of the German fleet.
Admiral Won lngenohl, commander
in-chief of the German high seas fleet
General Count Won Moltke, chief Of
the German army general staff.
Nephew of the famous field marshal
who directed German operations in,
1870.
Admiral Won Tirpitz, the German
naval secretary. Has held Office un-l
interruptedly since 1897, and with the
kaiser has been the creator of the
modern German navy.
Vice-AdmiraI Amero D'Aste Stella.
the commander-in-chief of the Italian
active feet.
Lieut.. Gen. Alberto Polio, chief Of
the Italian army general staff.
General Joffre, commander-in-chief
of the French army. Born in 1852
and served In the Franco russian!
war. A burly country gentleman of
great simplicity Of character.
Admiral Boue de ~Lapeyrere, COM
mander-in-chief of the active French
feet. A former minister of marine.
who did splendid work in recognizing
the French navy at a time when it had,
sunk, owing to misgovernment, into a.
state of unpreparedness.
Gen. Sir Charles Douglas, chief Of
the British imperial general staff, who,
has had considerable war service in
India and South Africa.
Lord Kitchener, British wal minis
ter and the most famous English SOL
der of today. The hero Of Khartum.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
FINANCING 4 GREAT WAR.

OF course, the tlnanciers could have
prevented the war-that is, II the gov
ernments would respect the tinanciers
and protect them in their refusal to
supply money. But when nations go
to war. the civilized rules OF mine and
thine r apt to be forgotten, and the
more general the war is the greater
must be the disposition to take the
necessary money from those who have
II and tell them to NJ for a settle
ment when peace Is restored. Napo.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
AUsTRIANs BEATEN BACK
WITH HEAVY CASUALTlE

misunderstanding from st.
Petersburg, a correspondent sends a
communication issued by the Russian
general staff reporting a prolonged
engagement about 30 miles northwest
of Kamenez, the capital Of Padolia.
"At 400 Monday" the communi-
cation says, IAN Austrian cavalry d.
vision with artillery and machine
guns reached the line Of the small
town OF Kusmin, where they engaged
Russian cavalry. After stubborn
fighting, which lasted until 7 o'clock
in the evening, the Austrians were
beaten back with heavy casualties.
The Russian casualties were small
a dispatch received by the Marconi
Wireless Press Bureau from Berlin
says that in an encounter near Stallu-
pohnen, East Prussia, Aug. II, a divi-
sion Of the German First Army Corps
defeated a Russian force, capturing
1000 prisoners and six machine
guns. Many Russian guns which
could not be taken by the Germans
were destroyed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
GERMANS RETAKE VILLAGE
FROM A FRENCH OUTPOST,

Paris.-The following official state
ment was given out here:
--latest advices are to the effect
the French army has reached Nor
hange (Morchingen), in Alsace-Lor-
raine, 10 miles southeast of Metz. Our
advance was very rapid in the after
noon beyond the River Seille, es-
pecially the central part Of our line.
At the end of the day we reached
Define. on one side, and Morhange,
on the other.
There is little change in the situa.
ton in upper Alsace. We continue
to advance in Vosges. The Germans
have retaken the village of Vile,
where we had an outpost. Our
troops, debounching on the Seille,
have occupied Chateau Salins and
Dieuze, but face well fortified and
strongly held positions. Our pro
gramme at first was necessarily
SLOW"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27
Freed as He Reaches prison,

When Mike Flaherty of Mount Yer
non, under sentence of two years in
the penitentiary, reached the prison
gate a parole signed by Gov. Major
was handed to him, restoring him to
his liberty during good behavior.
F1aherty pleaded guilty in May,
1913, to a charge of assault with in
tent to kill. Judge McNatt paroled
him upon the expressed condition that
he refrain from the use of ~intoxicants.
This Flaherty did for over a year, but
one day, while at Monet, he took two
drinks of squirrel whisky" he said,
and knew no more until he found him
self in the city Jail.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-27

leon financed his wars. accumulated
great funds for future wars, enriched
his ~lieutenants and for a time made
France prosperous by levying upon
the people whom he conquered.
IL is q pretty theory that there are
great capitalists who have power to
make or prevent war as they choose.
who rule kings by power of gold and
VINO may decide the fate Of nations.
But there is no capitalist who ever
could collect q debt except as some
government was pleased to make u
collectabie.