The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-03-02

dispensable ones increase, Just In the
same ratio does the pride Of the mas
ter disappear In witnessing the vRlu-
alton placed upon the COlored races
by either English and French rulers,
one Is reminded Of the Romans com
plant regarding the naughty behav-
iOr OF the Germanic leaders Of the
merCenarles
Had the rulers Of some hundreds Of
millions of human beings decided, ON
account " the lack uf men, to sup
plement their white troops by negroes,
Indians, Arahians and Mongollans, the
plan might have succeeded they
went further than this The drspised
cOlored became heroes Oyernight-he.
roes far above the capablllty N the
white rucc The naughty slave deal
ers seem 10 have undertaken glorious
contempt for death, sayagery - the
terror Of the enemy brutality - the
highest uf soldierly virtues. The Eng.
| lish papers cannot find words uffi.
clent To praise the excellence Of the
| helping tribes II has gone so far
that they scarcely mention the white
/ soldiers any more But the HinduOS
| the MOrOCCans the Scnegale4,-
the yellow boys The Gurkhas are
/ Go quote word for wurdD brilliant
model for the entire army Negroes,
Igrinnlng broadly were kissed on their
march through Paris, by nightwalklng
female patriots Members OF the he
heading tribes are the hope and the
delight Of the FHtherland
There may have been instances I'm
history when the sclfhumilatlon OF
white culture races At least accom-
plished its purpose but these times
have passed The failure VI the say.
ages will remain one of the most re
markRhle dramas ~ this war The
very primitive untamed qualities up.
Oh which value was placed, proved to
be- hindranCes Instead NJ pale terror
the sayages excited only sympathy
THE war Of to-day II carried On In such
magnitude that the savages cannot
stand It.
We have also some ideas to change
In this field Not the lack Of nerves
but the controlled nervous system Ia
capable of bearing the terrors " mod
ern warfare The civilized armies
Withstand II but the sayagea collapse
OF what use Is their passion for at
tack which flickers ont as rapidly as
II arose. Their ungOvcrncd souls, in
capable N perseverance,, shuldrr when
the body Is forced to fight against ma
chimes, their worked up passions are
worn out and chilled I'm the trenches
Only the powerful brain, not the child
ish undeyelOped organ withStands the
terrors " ever present, ,inpersonal
danger The news comes TO us repeat
edly that the African auxiliary troope
are spiritually deeply depressed, be
cause they cannot bear the horrors Of
European warfare
Their cOlored skin and gay clothing
the flash of their teeth and the CLEAN
of their barbaric weapons-all II delu
sion The savage warrior grOnns Al
his feet swell and ache IN the unaccus
toned footwear, his lungs whistle, the
cold torments him, the dampnesS mur
ders him-his body Is III, hi, spiritr
suffer, confused by tasks for which h,
was not created Is he not forced tC
remain mOtlOnless when h. In In
wardly raging march when he II
tired and lie In wait when be IL i'm
Ipatient7 To carry ON warfare agsins
the enemies " the air and the earth
filled with lncomprehenslble pOssibili
ties of life and death - TO bo handet
over without the chance Of defending
himself to bear endless hardship,
without any reward, as he under
stands II this transforms the savage
warrior into confused pitahle crea
ture.
We are not surprised therefore
when we learn that the English havt
had bad experiences with their lndiai
troops. that the French have had Il
take the Spahls from the front ~ the,
were of no use for the ground war
The English and French sacrifice
: their COlored Confederates In vNln. Thi
war Of civilized nations has taught III
the lesson Of the failure Of the say
ages Hamburger Fremdenblatt.