The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11

negroid types as we'll ms other inferior
elements. which process was to con-
tinue with ever increasing force. 1t
was only the development Of Gaui and
the counter impulsion Of the north
that still kept the nation in equilib-
rum. enabling II. constantly refreshed
and strengthened by the influx of
pure northern blood. 10 maintain its
world power and to offset the vitiated.
degenerate and erete Eastern iniu.
ences.
I rave spoken Of the Persians: Who
were they? OF the Romans. OF the
northern tribes that appear frs, in
history as batterlng down the de-
fences Of the Roman state. and then
became as chief prop and support.
Who we're all these nations and tribes?
Was there any a~ffiliation among them
or were they merely great conquer
ing races entirely dissimilar and dis
t!nct n from the other?
The Aryans were and still are. the
race divine. Whenever they have APP
peared. wherever they have gone. vic
tory and supremacy have crowned
their efforts. Along the banks of a
isN'i soiiC Itilutute. NdNt bT 'uiN
in the current may for a give
the careless observer the impression
that tho water is flowing up and not
down. Neither does evolution mean
only a growth and lettering process.
for in the progress OF evolution there
IL an adaptation to conditions both
favorable and unfavorah,e.
So II II with the great Aryan race,
some OF its units have me with dis
aster. some Of them have completely
disappeared. some exist in a retarded.
wretched md rudimentarv state. But
the principal group~ descended from
this stock have never been success
fully opposed by any other race of
mankind and have only suCcumhcd as
n result Of the continuous intermixture
with other o that has Slapped away
and contaminated the original strength
and greatness OF their race. 1t Is only
when AryanA have met Aryans that
long and terrible struggles have been
fought. That IL tho actual Ease to-
day In h great European war.
The Aryans probably attained their
first development in and about tho
region Of the Caucasus mountains and
the vast plains Of southern Russia,
where they existed by a certain rude
cultivation OF their lands. but depended
mainly for their maintenance on their
large herds Of horses. cattle, goats. SC.
Great wandering groups NJ these
PEOPLE appear In successive migratory
moves AT various points. both in Asia
and Europe, at times as mere invad-
ing bands or else driven by the neCes-
sity of finding new domiciles either by
reason OF food or climatic conditions oi
under pressure from their own k!ns-
men bent on similar motives.
We find them and their more or less
mixed descendants Conquerinc India
establishing the Persian Empire. TAX
ing complete possession OF northern
Europe. Masters Of Denmark
Sweden and Norway, they reached
over into Britain and Normandy, in
both Of which countries they alrcad,
found admixtures OF their own blood
Another enormous in"undation %,
Aryans pushed directly west owe,
Germany and Gaul.
Certain Aryan tribes retaining mrr,
or less Of their stock purity Ia,
already poured southwark into Greece
Other groups much later u climbed
the mountains and penetrated into the
Italian peninsula, both from the north.
east and tho northwest, where ! have
already spoken Of them not as a de-
structive force, but as an element oi
strength to bolster up the crumblinl
Roman state.
These successive invaders, going n.
far back as We can find II rccorl
b. which to Judge, as well NJ the popu,
lat!ons Of the present day dcsCcniinl
from the same original stock. present
race tendencies OF extraordinary re.
scmbiance. Their c%onuuests, for in,
stance, were not. as with the Semiti,
Assyrians or the Monaghan Tatars
for purposes of devastation and
destruction, merely fm' gathering
together 10 take away as loot ant
plumber tho wealth of defeated nations
but to establish themselves to rule am
preserve, for their W benefit, it t.
true, the conquered countries.
Certain other marked characteristics
OF the .Aryun race. at whatever tim,
We discover them or wherever we may
find them. are their great love of lib,
erty. extraordinary cohesive force
their nation building %propepsities
their creative power, adaptability t,
circumstances. high and noble spirit
ability to night and conquer, their 1T,