The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
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AN, r,r the dead and dy ng. the field
AIS almost deserted.
seated N a round. stumplike object.
.rc lonely figure. huge and foriorn.
,'cncd in the crimson gov.
Vic was dressed in gorgeous re- .
.,,i, almost unsolicited 10y The CRIME
4 hattie Ills blk shoulders dropped .
", an. hand he held y little rod Of
dark " "d lie stared at 1t dumh'y
Suddenly out of the dusk dctach-
mont NJ French troopers approached
and surrounded him.
surrender OF be shot
The figure stirred with SLOW dig
,ty nu; d,igncd no reply. Instead,
"a, raised tle little rOd To- his bearded
a,c and s~cd Il.
Suu,k with curiosity. the French
mon who were peasants-cNamined
heir prisoner more closely. scarlet.
tue. gold. urangc--a superb uniform.
no hreas, and shoulders cleaning
with dccorat ions. badges and pris-
matte cmhlcms'
Here was no common solder in
gray field clothes. Not so: unmis-
akahly he had the air of com
rsnder-a dreamy pathos. disdain-
.. >torn % their presence.
Thor Gallo Imagination took fire.
Tiey whispered together.
Wsom could they have captured;
G.nerai?-a Prince
lie carried no weapons hut--that
Tito black rod. he had kissed it.
N.h, 10 he ? tThey had heard
n eptres.1 Might this really be
king9--or the war lord Of some i'm
perial principa!Ity, scornful OF flight,
grardiy stoical in defeat?
Their peasant hearts fiuttered.
VINO are you?" their leader asked
n German
Who ! am" retorted the huge
Hrurc with melancholy disdain: MY
God am the imperial handmaster."
This anecdote-Cahled last autumn
from the front to the American press
whether i he truth or fiction. con-
ysys an apt symbol for the theme Of
his article.
Those French peasants showed
subtle intuition in their awed esti-
mate II their prize. They had caught
mot King nor Kaiser. 10 be sure, hut
FAR m gaticr parsonage.
Throned on a drum and sceptred
with baton, clothed in the gorgeous
'abiHments # paCeantry. the I'M
,eral handmaster-to-dav as ever
overload Of the battlefelds Of t.u-
pope. the master director Of all bel,ig
,ents. Whoever wins. his throne is
,ot shaken: though Car or Kaiser
fall. MS sceptre remains uncha,lenged.
Empires and democracies alike are
IS domain. whore he has lorded II
ryer millions of loyal subjects for ten
'housands of years "Vivat Impera-
r" "Hoch der Kaiser" "Nive la
rspuhlique," God save the King -
20 the vast encore Of those world
sudits he responds with perennial
baton. and bows his smiling acknowl-
-lements For his domain. a. old
ma elemental as man. is the empire
o. arr-the realms Of music. color
rmn0'ism pageantry, where his i'm
;e-ll palace is the theatre
Throughout human history this
ronarch II art has never been de-
"roned lie can never be dethroned
~ 10 s'one reiGns by divine right
d. might OF maGination. Master d.
-rtar ~ his theatre Gr the soul Of
rsr. h, has ever ught his most
we. oppression IN dr. matte eohf'Ic'.
-'ron hiS most grand.y executed
tnH'>.u ms nave been wars
Vet must ms ever De s"' Ma! not
- growth OF his art develop forms
q dramatic conflict WhI'h shdI' ''
moro -lprlous,y express Idle in beauty
al is ihan IN blood and suffering?
This question, which Involves III
rsas o. III" art of the theatre y"
N7hah.N the most important question
today for the world Ia answer;
J. there a substitute for war?
Whom peace is made as handsome
. war SAID the President OF the
'orot states IN a recent speech.
here will b. nope Z wars passing.
pregnant phrase vas bar a heet-
re ~pmark of the President, not
elaborated nor urged further upon
% bought of our people, yet II IN
'nlTr. an idea Of deepest public I'M
porau.c
+ hardly conceivable. In short
va. rImdu beings should for ages
-a'e endured the organized waste ana
'7'Hr nf war 10 the magician Ar'
ed r.' NyrrouH"d their mag ma
"'As and jed them ny z or1"us N'sIohs
70 'a' cHarn,ls Of haitlehelds.
r'' '"t us remember II l. art-the
'''Ti" art Of In" theatre, us music
'''''''e and symbolism pun To war
,1'p',cs which mas eNerteo TINS
.ypho'.'m toward destruction IN