The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21
Whether Victorious or Con-
tluered, Will Come Out Of
Struggle Greater.

Struggle Greater.
ceprrss pondshss q Associated Press
r. PARIS, Feb, q. France and the
dsyench after. the War is the sub
4 tett Of much Speculation by phtlos-
piers, scientists and doctors. Emile
Houtrohx, the French philosopher,
thinks Franco viii come out OF the
TRIAL better and greater In spite OF
all of.the destruction Of life aiti prop
erty. ls,.s,
So many h1mAn lives taker,. "a,
many masterpieces of the past reduce
ed TO powder. so much artistic. and
sniatcrial wealth annihilated, supplies
us and leaves our souls In ihcurabfe
I pain, he says. "All these sacrifices,
however, may In certain ways contrib
ute directly 10 the rbetterineht Of life
Incur country:
ssso,lr elites ana the country con-
tain 4 great many unhealthy habitar
tions,g he declares. "that;we were ut-
able 10 decide ourselves to demQlish.
We hesitsted before the difieulties-and
bSfore- the expense. -%Wsr hast put as
face to face with the accomplished
fact. Unhealthy and incommodious
hufldinss have disappeared and will
be replaced by constructions con-
forming to hygienic laws and to the
1dedsl of modern life. Many defective
condittonsc of o,ir existence viii thus
be improved by the reconstruction that
wail be imposed upon us, Z. 8
! Death awakens life, After 1870
4 France apnllef herself together and
tfpushed out vigorously in every direc-
.-tion. What shall be itsSpower Of de-
t.svelopuent after this terrible trial,
above all 1.-THE issue is favorable to
Jus! ~ 3
4 1.-THE cause Of the low birth-rate,r
J Monsieur Beutraux thinks, resides
Ordinarily clfishness ana the aiispn.
Sscition TO consider only the-pfesent
Esur the immedi futIye With con.
lf1ldenSe IN the future; with a vast dis
stant perspective opened up, there is
2 arwakeped n desire to g1orify ones
self in ones descendants A vast ca.
ss,Teer sHill open up before science be-
S6ore art, literature and before practi-
Zeal activity in all Its forms.
4 Measures that are most contrary
i to tho indifference of yesterday are
I to-day accepted without objection,
f'tfuStb d'o tItG HluutuktlOu VI uS.atl dl4C
In absinthe. Civilization has been
i loaded down with thousand fictitious
i needs foreignt and !harmfpl to ma
ture;s a. great many Of them are. so
4 many chains upon nature and as many
causes Of fragility and weakness.
q SoNSsssll at once. lacking all these SUI
/ perduittes, We feel no sense OF pTivs-
itionss We are conscious. on the con
ttrar% OF re-enteripg upon full posses
sion of our strength and of being bet
ter able to dispose of 1t for the ac-
! complement of useful work.
War; he says, mot ouly liber-
ates us from selfish passions, but
ssitescbes positive virtues; the value Of
decision, intrenidity. sacrifices Of life
TO honor and to the fatherland; IL re-
%QuireS Of us patience, and this peo-
pie who were thought incapable Of
: supporting in silence long and pain.
4 full trial. this people Of who it's enc.
miles said that they would come to
their aid bS insurreetion' remained
: calm and resolute. The French, 1t was
&satd, We're not apt to act collectively.
their incurable inditidualisni preclud-
led viyacity- OF mind and talent except
ITO Combat one. another. Examples
! they have given Of unity and the eff
sficisney of collective Efforts Mon
s.sieurS soutroux thinks. will have as
tsimportant an, effect upon France OF
ss;the future as any other Of the lessons
sof war; )
From the medical standpoint, Pro-
sffessot Chauffard OF the academy OF
! inedfeinc bafofe. the Alliance lily
gfene sociafc, speaking Of the mobil-
.ixatton order and comparing 1t to
one of esgreat physical, phenomena
which constantly troubles the UNI
sverse, like Garth uakes, tidal waves,
,;stc., says that the manner in WHICH
ssIfrancc supported the shock augufa
ssis., we'll for the health of the race af'
tstsr the war;. u IS. IS \ Il. 80 s..,s,
HAdaptiou,s he says, IS the great
Fest law OF biology, for We live and
presefve our physical and moral life
kby sdaption only He who Is inca
pable Of adapting himself succunlbs-
THE French race adapted istelf adj
hnirably to this unforeseen danger,
land 10 realize this it rs only sufficient
to member hat Paris and what
raifde were at the moment the mo-
utilization order was published. For
the calm confidence with which each
zone went TO his. duty we are indebt-
ssscd to "a quality that We did not know
we possessed perhaps to that degree,
3neryous stability, to the mastery. Of
Ourselves, to the control that we have
mot lost of our nervous system.
Z; In a collectivity." he says there
are always a certain number of in!
dtvi6nals who suffice for their daily
;slife, hut WHO are unable to accom-
spiishY mofs larduous task or TO sup.
pcrt an unforeseen shock. when the
shoNr ot the trial arrives those sue.
scumb: They lose their heads. During
the irst days Of the mobilization q
!nppiser Of such subjects. profcundiy
troubled mentally. ARRIVE. at the hos
1nIfs1s hut irereslity their number IL
pgpp6ttl oni the number a. heslthS
si1b3ett6 was very small and MAI W.
9ljsles \: ere OF short sijis
tions fise nj I'd ( Ss sSes blt 81
va u our hone 81 lbcca i1e II bears VII