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have formerly lacked training in
Of the monumental events IN the his
tory of the Far East. To the majority
of the contestants and to a still
larger majority of the spectators such
organized athletic contests were en-
TREY novel.
This whole epoch making inter-
national meet. which has done much
already IN promoting friendly unity
in the Far Fast. may Toe largely
attributed to America and Americans.
Nearly every n Of the athletes. Fiji
Pine. Chinaman or Japanese, was
trained by Americans, either m Amer
lean schools or in Government schools
hiring American teachers. Practically
the whole display. with the exception
Of the Boy Scout manpuvres. was
managed and staged by Americans.
In the case Of the Boy Scouts three
troops out Of 1--WE were American
trained.
Around the world the athletes Of
America are building q new type Of
men. II was my privilege for three
years to coach track men in SYRIA a,
the Syrian Protestant College. where
field day Is as great an event as com
mencement Itself. In that country
American directed athletics have
proved the greatest unity ne factor In
' that great college, within whose walls
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b'CduSe 81 one reason or HNblner, the
Cabinets Of the Kaiser have been abe
to dominate Italian policy and con-
sequentiy dominate Italy itself. Step
by step from the point where pressure
expanded army and nav and then
obtained control of the banks and
steamships the German intriguer has
continued on his triumphant way. The
Observation-Disclosures of Italy had been all
but accomplished when the people
WOKE up to the fact that they were
little more than a colony of Ger
many.
The i%ntriguers played their game
from W. ends. ON the one hand they
dwclt upon the natural love ot GER
many FIR Italy because of ancient a.
lianccs and ancient friendships. ON
the other hand they held up the dread
of Austrian cnCroachmcnt upon ltal-
ian territory and the need, therefore.
Of standing close TO the Kaiser. Just
picture Germany defending Italy
against Austria,
"tp 10 the very last moment before
the late war was declared by Italy
the German i%ntriguers harped on the
fact that Germany could love Italy
ven If Austria did not. Won Ruelow
was sent as n special representative
tn Italy by Germany to keep this In
C~Ongruous thought alive and he kept
at it right up To the last m be-
fore his departure. lie was married
Ia an Italian and was we'll thought Of.
All this was reckonod on.
The political plot extending ovcr
two lpSt fN.A or 'hrcn lnnn.laG gl,,.g
one constant effort of Germany to
throttle Italy. The Kaiser at last was
able to get control of Parliament. II
was not easy to do and yet. playing
the game as they did, the canned kul-
turists did not hnd it so very hard
They would seek out legislators
who needed financial or material help
of somo kind, These men were not
asked to sell their country, because
they would not have done it IL tho
bargains made with them were put in
that light.
They were simply asked to keen
their hands or the foreign policy OF
their country and coufne their ener-
Slcs TO the upbuilding of Italy's in
ternal affairs.
"G!olitti, the prO-tierman political
boss, did more, perhaps, than any
other II man to help along the
schemes of the canned k|ulturists to
gain control of Parliament. Person
ally an honest man. nevertheless,
things transpired under his leader
ship that had every appearance of "A
deliberate betrayal Of the country into
the hands of the Germans,
"Giolitti was narrow in his Views,
and maintained that 1t was for the
good Of Italy that she devote her at
tention most to her Internal affairs,
The attitude of his ountry toward
Germany, as we'll as the big foreign
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ing the lower curve and starting up
the last bark>tretch, plodding. jog
sing. fiogging his weary body into re-
iuctant effort to last To the finish. Be
hind him the Chinese athlete was
running with sweeping strides but
tense face. lie was attempting the
impossible. His opponent had only
two hundred yards to go. The wearer
Of the five color emblem had twice
that amount and his face was drawn
and haggard. At the last curve a
thousand sun flags waved frantically
before the eyes of the Japanese run
ner. Behind him and sweeping M the
track like a breeze on a field of grain
were the banners of China as they
waved opposite her runner
At the stralghtaway the Jap was
half way to the timers and the tape.
II looked hopeless for China. Then
the Chinese runner summoned a last
bit of strength. the extra effort that
marks the nervy athlete. His stride
Heightened and his head was more
steady above his pumping arms and
heaving chest. The little runner from
the Island Kingdom realized his dan
ger. tneer after Chetr from the
crowded stands urged him on. Bravely
he used his limit ~ strength, but with
the tape before his very eyes, a badge
of five plain bars appeared at his
right, climbed slowly by him and
breasted the tape before he crossed
the line. Ten inches difference be-
tween them at the end OF an eight
mile grind beneath a hot sun.
Then II vas that | first heard the
Chinaman cheer his runner his fiag
and his country. Ii was "a new expert
enCe to me. as il was to those who had
been in Chlna for years. But more
wonderful than that was the fact that
mingled with the Chinese. who were
in gown or Western garb. were well
dressed Japanese. sincerely and whole
heartedly cheering the plucky finish of
their rival. Scarcely a week had
passed since Japan's ultimatum 10
China. yet the citizens of the tvs
countries We're cheering in concert the
victory of the one and the defeat oi
the other. Then II was that I saw
China in transition. A new day was
breaking in the mighty republic.
h football player. with his lone
gown and ever moving fan. marks one
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try IL was a foregone conclusion that
1t would have its effect al the tnaH-
Cial system os the nation. German
banking institutions began To- force
the Italian banks To the wall II got
so that the Bank of Rome was the
only large non-German institution
left, The German clique would agree
TO take over an Italian bank, agree
ing to hold only ~ per cent, of the
stock. But it had to be contracted
that the financial and commercial
policy of the institution should he
guided by German hands.
The German sChcmers began to get
hold OF the steamship lines. They
gathered things in by the same
methods used in banking, On the sur
face ii looked like a revival of Italian
steamship business with Italians hear
ing well known names in control. In
reality, however, II was the same sort
Of game-the Germans were at the
wheel.
The royal family of Italy had
money invested in one Italian line, but
German influence 50 prevailed that
Italian line steamers traded between
ports that were the least profitable.
Deeper thinking Italians began %
note with alarm the inroads of Ger
man influence, This alarm spread.
The railroads We're ~nat.onalized. and
Italian patriots began To announce
that the insurance business of the
country, carrying with it deposits OF
hundreds and hundreds Of millions
that might be made available in war
time, should also be carried on 10y the
Government. 1t was well the alarm
spread, for the canned kulturists were
hot after both these great national
necessities.
Then the real canned stuff began to
arrive in Italy. The German profes-
sors began pouring in, either in person
or through their eXt books. And
what do You think they had the SELF
satisfied effrontery to teach? why,
they taught our youth that the north
of Italy native was originally of Ger
man stock and that the south of Italy
was some sort Of descendant of the
mixed Mediterranean stock, negro OF
otherwise. Have you eve had the en-
p%erience of listening 10 a mar tell you
that you had no race of your own hur
that you belonged to his race anC
should bear his race name? can YOU
imagine it? Wei, il has been going
on in Italy for thirty-three years.
THE canned k~ulturists followed thi.
up by teaching the Italian that tn,
civilization of Italy had been annihi,
lated when the Roman Empire fell an,
that they, the Germans. were tn,
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he saw hat Germany must make an
alliance additional to Austria. These
two German speaking countries were
surrounded by those who bore them
no natural good will. France was al
ways a peril. Spain was deemed Of
little or no value as an ally. Russla's
Balkan policy must sooner or later
clash with Austria.
The logical country to tie to was
Italy. An alliance with her would
make a triple concentration OF popu-
lation in Europe sufficient to resist
either side OF the German speaking
frontiers.
80 German diplomacy and intrigue
got to work. Things were manipu-
lated so that France was estranEed
from Italy. Then German scheming
got Italy to spend millions upon the
expansion of her navy. She soon
had warships in number and size far
out Of proportion to her economic
resources.
you may recall hat she ranked,
! think. fourth as to navy for a time,
when, compared with the wealth and
resources of other nations, her eXpen-
ditures might well have been deemed
r%uinous. But the larger the Italian
navy the better ally she would be for
Germany. Italian %jingoes, proud of
the country's brave showing, were the
unwilling hackers of the German
policy.
THE same way with the rmy It
NNng inRraasnI ia "a llDra. tbot p,fubs
well have been criticised as f~oolhardy.
But the bigger the Italian army the
more ettiCacious an ally to Germany
and Austria II would prove. Army
and navy increase We're not exactly
called illustrations of German kultur.
but they were the foundation on
which the other was built. Or. You
might say, after the German fashion.
they We're the new Italian body which
ii VAS proposed to feed with canned
kultur.
ct was about 1882 when the canned
article began to he imported into Italy
by the Kaiser, only "A little bit at n
time, YOU know, so that It wouldn't
be noticed 50 much. The German
scheme with the establishment ut
German controlled banks was the most
significant instance at the start.
"These banks began To be opened
everywhere, And they were always
christened with an Italian name the
better to throw dust in the eyes of
the prospective Italian depositors. ON
the board Of directors there We're al
ways "A number of Italians serving
as mere fgureheads.
In many cases-yOu know how II is
they were men of good family whose
names carried with them a percent
age Of prestige. They were In re-
duced circumstances, very often, al
though too proud to say so. The Ger
man scheme embraced the selection
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AIMED KULTUR" DROVE ITALY TO ARMS SAYS DIR. WTTORO RACE

of late as TO the reasons for Italy's
declaring war. Superficially the rea-
sons given for taking arms against,
Germany are correct, These rea sons
are more readily comprehensive than
deeper reasons because they are based
on the fundamental principle of a
centuries surviving love for a former
fatherland, and a desire to be again
under its nag.
IAN of the recent discussion con-
/ corning the why and wherefore Of
! the war has had to do with tn.
| restoration OF old Italian provinces
/ But there are reasons for notriots ~
Italy taking I'D the sword against,
| Germany that are entirely apart from
| the acouisition az ,err,,orv Thee
reasons form a most interesting mart
Of Italian history for over a genera
ton.
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hara $500, -, pp wv NAM
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represents the absolute phNsical ana
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s'heine OF clNllizatlon' then the Latin
ana leu'oh 'ahhot mlngle.
we OF ltaly are Tor liberty and
democracy You MN it odd for me
l" say we are Tor democracy when
we nave a King? 1t is consistent.
absolutely consistent. why, President
MiiSon mas Ten times the power and
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The two Filipino girls indoor baseball teams.
Clashing Interests of the Races For
gotten in Truly American En-
thusiasm for All Sports
FEW days ago. in one ~ the
richest and most progressive

A FEW days ago. in one 81 the
n richest and most progressive
4 cities in China. I saw "A game
Of soccer football. one of the players
interested me especially. Whenever
he had to kick the ball he daintily
lifted his long gown with n hand
but did not lose a stroke with the little
fan which he held in the other.
Two days later. in company with
about twenty thousand other specta-
tors, / watched the finish ~ n modified
Marathon OF eight miles. Hanging
over the bamboo fence around the
track We're thousands Of japanese
carrying the SUI n OF Japan
mingled indiscriminately with other
thousands of Chinese. waving then
Ave barred flag Of red. yellow. blue,
white and black-the flag of the new
republic. As the runners representing
the two races passed the crowd Of
faces and waving arms there was a
burst OF cheering and a blaze of red
ana Wnltt, OF vI lnc I'VE 'oltlS W Nv
Chinese, Manchus. Mongols. Moham-
medans and Tibetans which compose
the present flag Of the Chinese Re-
public.
As the runners came In from the
long run, to finish the race with two
laps around the quarter mile track,
two Japanese runners led the field.
The first ran lightly and well. He
had the race won already. The strue-
gle was to be for second place. The
second runner dragged himself along
with the logged determination but
lack of strength which one sees so
often at the finish of a long run. En-
tering the curve at the near end Of
the field. he pushed himself by pure
nerve up the backstretch and onto
the upper curve. He had begun Ia
leave the curve, with only a lap and
a sixth e go, when the third runner
n Chinaman, entered the track enclo-
sure. with two full laps to go. Cheer
after cheer rent the air as he rounded
the turn and started up the back
stretch.
As the Chinese runner entered the
homestretch on next to h.5 last lar
the second japanese runner was leav-
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I, score of races and religions are
seeking development n manhood.
But the m at Shanghai were
far greater than those held every year
at Beirut. Three hundred athletes.
coming from Honolulu and Manila.
from Toxic. pekin and Canton. strove
for supremacy for a sold week. Two
Of the fines, prizes were presented by
Governor-Ceneral Forbes of the
Philippines and President Yuan Shin
k'ai of China. The trophy for the
nation winning the highest number
Of points. won this year by Chinas
athletes. was presented by the Inter
national olympic Committee. which is
perfectly IN accord with this effort TO
produce athletes in the Far East. The
gold. silver and bronZ medals are of
surprising beauty of design and work
manship and will fill many a proud
place in the homes Of men 10 whom
organized athletics We're unknown hut
a few years ago.
Not only did the athletes prove
themselves competent in the several
lines Of sport. but they played game
after game and ran race after race
Win no louilnE, ana according 10 tNe
s%tr.ctest rules. Better spirit in the
contests could not have existed.
Two girl teams from the Philip
pines played indoor baseball in "A way
that many hoy teams would he proud
Of. The Chinese Honolulu Baseball
Team won all It's games against the
best teams the Philippines, the Shang-
hal foreigners and the ships uf the
United States navy could furnish.
The stands presented ar interest
ing study. The prevailing tone was
black. the gowns Of most Of the MANY
chinese being of that hue. Dashes 81
: color here and there showed whore the
little japanese ladies, in their bright
klmonos. We're sitting, The latest
American and Continental fashions
were seen throughout the stands or
paradinC before them,
The most inspiring sight that has
been witnessed in China for years was
the distribution Of prizes in Martyrs
Memorial Hall at the Chinese Y. NJ
&. \ The meeting was presided over
by Hon. Yang Tcheng, the Specia
Envoy for Foreign Affairs. Assistins
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DR.. WI Ting-fang (second from the leh), watching the high
jump.
Championship Games at Shanghai in
Which Chinese, japanese and
Filipinos Participated

him were Or. Wa Tng-'arr The
President Of the Far Eastern Athlete
Association. Elwood s. Brown ~ ire
Philippines. and j. II. CROKER. The
contest secretary.
The speech of thanks t. tar athletes
and officials was made 10y g r Wong
formerly Of Yale ANA late Speaker D.
the Senate of china. Mr.. Wons IS at
present devotine his entire '.ue q.
Y. NJ &. \. work and was St,rw If
Eddy's Interpreter during that e,.a'
evangs lists China campaign last fai.
college spirit is Mr. Wong h.sa}
that and his Phi Beta Kappa Key II
speaks of the u and fingers tie ther
IN many a great occasion.
Another returned studon, from
America who was prominent n The
work is Fong +. Sec Of Coiumhs
No other mar in china j. Gu.r- more
To- make Western knowledge available
to the Far East. ThruuGh his offur'.
the Comm. rclai Press. ot W...N gr.l'
organization ne j. the head - d
English editorial department. gave
splendid football trophy and pr.-sr's
each of the officials aud e. '.s',n'
with a We'll printed souvenir a..U
of chinese views.
The heavy w.rk in connection v
the games and the securing Of '
necessary $4o.Ooo Mexican fell a..
J. II. Croker. who f., EuG..>N e.. II
. tics. Canadian IN hlrth an. 'ra. ,f
ana Am r!yan In spirit Mr.. eye, rs.
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Head of Italian Depart.
ment at N. Y. Univer-
sity Charges Attempt
to Teutoniz Latin
Nation.
FAVE you ver heard OF canned
- kultur"? It's a made in Ger
many product and its cunning
i~nfr0aucfinn into the nnlifical

~ kultur"? It's a made in Ger
many product and its cunning
introduction into the political
menus of three decades came within
an ace OF ~denationalizing Italy. That is
the way the matter is put by DIR. Wit
torio Racca, head Of the Italian de-
partment of New York University.
DR.. Racca makes his headquarters
In the Government House of the uni
verslty in West Ninth street. There
I found him. an intensely charged
dynamo, ready To revolve at the high
est informative speed as soon-as he
himself expressed it-''as you put a
nickel in the slot of my mind"
Earnestness. energy and seriousness
are tame words 10 apply to his manner
tual face radiates his subject. Fluently
rs he talks in his acquired tongue, his
thoughts are plainly "A paragraph
ahead of his utterance. His brown eyes
glisten his enthusiasm IN his topic
and his short cropped hair bristles in
emphasis of his periods. And OF these
periods the one containing canned
kultur" popped GU with prompt vim
right at the start of the interview.
"For thirty-three years Germany
has been trying to force its canned
kultur into the italian body" was the
way DIR. RaCCa put il. THE attempt
has slgnally failed. | ask you what
chance is there for the insertion of
this same kultur into the rest of the
world, If in the case Of just one nation
tha attepnut b.y ful.1o
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of "A large number of Just such men
and they were manipulated so that.
badly as they needed money. they did
not realize always in what an unpa-
triotic service they were engaged.
Then tho interest paid by these
German banks with Italian names
was p%urposcly made higher than was
paid by the Italian banks, You may
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he assured that the cost of paying
such higher rates was met in Berlin.
And loans were made by the German
banks with Italian names in much
easier fashion than the Italian banks
could afford to make them.
las a consequence when this in
sidious Germanizing Of Italy's bank
system had spread through the coun-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-04-12

The Hoosier Schoolrnaster." by Ed
ward EggIeston--a great American
classic, interpreted by national stars: q
graphy: accurately staged and cos
TUNES and setting OF the period.
Aside from "Tncle Toms Cabin"
and Les Misera bles." THE Hoosier
Schoolmaster" is probaiy more widely
read by the American public than
any other novel The production OF
the film version of this work Is thor
oughly in keeping with the greatness
OF the subject. Mondays receipts will
he given to the Silver Cross Circle,
Kings Daughters benefit Sheltering
Arms Free Hospital Thursday. Fri
day and Saturday Anna Karenina,"
by Count Leo Tolstoy; Tolstoy at the
full sweep of his powers. The NOV
ing picture play Of the Inflated pas
sion of the beautiful Anna. played by
Betty Nansen. is an absorbing one:
married without love to a man old
enough to be her father. falling under
the facination of one to whom. under
better auspices, she might have wed
with happiness and honor, she IL
driven to desperation. Clasring cit-
max succeeds climax till the suspense
IL almost too great to bear. At last.
driven to bay, she takes the law into
her own hands in scene that for
sheer drama, has never been equal
ed on stage or screen. Miss Betty
hansen is from the Royal Theater,
Denmark. This photoplsy will be only
shown three days.
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At the Theaters
BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED
KIRK SMITHS HERE TODAY

Featuring the new show coming to
the Lyric Theater for the first half
OF the week. commencing with the
matinee this afternoon. are the Six
kirksmith Sisters. This bevy of beau
uful stage viii offer musical enter
tainment that has score a pronounced
hit IN Europe and America. The
beautiful kirksmths are recently
from England. where they closed a.
tour OF nine months. The girls are all
American born. however. and they
are all accomplished artists as we'll
as dashing and stylish dressers.
Other features of the new bill are
kalmer and Brown. a droll comedian
and winsome, witchng Coincidence
Al Abbott. the Prince of Song" who
has repertoire OF popular balla DIS
and his own way of rendering them ;
the Lampinis. cele brated Italian Illus
imists and wonder workers and Jen-
nings and Evers. happy pair of
e biackface fhnmakers, with an act
that is described as " a. two men min
strei show" because of the variety
and number OF songs. dances and
specialties in which they exploit their
versatility
New pictures Of the Hearst -SelIg
series, showing the operations of
troops in the European war zone and
several funny film comedies will be
seen in conjunction with the vaude-
Vile bill.