Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-10-18
WE ARE HUMAN AFTER ALL.
Interesting Views Of "A Man With
Two Countries"
The Associated Proca nnrrannond


ent at Stockholm, Sweden. writes:
There came to Stockholm a little
while ago one Of the distinctly uni
que personalities Of the great world
war--a man who had lived by the
sword almost from boyhood, but who
! in the sudden turn of events in 1914
found himself, not a man without a
country, but man with two coun-
tries-two countries arrayed against
each other In the bitterest. of all
world combats.
He had served under the Austrian
Crown Prince and had been aide to
Kitchener Of Khartoum. He had gone
into Egypt when Kitchener was there
as lowly subaltern. For twelve
years he was prisoner Of fanatical
Mahdl, and the wild Dcrvish tribes
who threw back. for the first time in
centuries, the ever advancing from
tiers Of civilization. Escaping from
the clutches of the barbarians he
won the opportunity Of participating
III li"' sSlIbi hdDlc llldICIl uCIoSS the
desert and the wonderful campaign
along the upper reaches of the Nile
which brought civilization back to
tn" Sudan and won for Kitchener
his first great fame.
He came to Stockholm from vi
emma unannounced and to all intents
and purposes 'incog." There were
few who recognized him as Rudolf
Carl Won Slatin. baron OF the Aus
trian Empire, Pasha Of Egypt. lieu-
tenant general Of the Egyptian army,
| major general OF the British army.
and SIX times the recipient OF the
coveted British orders, from Com
| panion Of the Bath to knight Grand
Cross OF the Royal Victorian Order,
all won by distinguished service. He
was inspector general Of the EgyD-
tian forces under Gen. Sir Francis
Wingate when the crash Of war in
| 19l4 brought new crisis in his al
ready cventful life.
When the parting of the ways
came in 1914 Slatin found his love
for Austria was still strong, although
most Of his life had been devoted to
| Britain and her wards in Egypt. He
mad become essentially a part Of the
English military machine. But he
could not fight against Fatherland
nor could he serve in any way
against the country which had meant
so much to him and which had Law
ished honors upon him.
SO Slatin regretfully met the issue.
ie resigned his English and Egyp-
tian commissions, sheathed the
sword which had been par. Of his
very life, and passed into compara-
tive security in the very midst of
war. Slatin felt, however, there was
one service he could render with all
proprlety He returned to Vienna,
! attached himself to the Austrian Red
| cross and now is doing all he can to
better the condition Of prisoners of
war not alone in his own country,
but as part Of a plan to bring about
reciprocal agreements among all the
nations in arms. Slatin suffered suffi-
clently himself as a prisoner in Su-
aan and has the widest possible SYM
path! with any sort Of captive.
1t so happens that this very uniuue
personality Of the war now has come
into more or less direct relationship
| with America. His mission i'm Stock
| holm was to meet here representa-
tive OF the American embassy in Pet
| rograd to discuss further means Of
reliel for the hundreds Of Austrian
war prisoners now in Russia, as we'll
rs the immense colonies Of Austrian
civilians interncd in various sections
OF the big northern empire. The
| Austrian government, he said, was
ready and anxious to cooperate in
any way possible to better the condi
tion OF prisoners generally and would
gladly reciprocate for anything Rus
sia might do. He also expressed the
appreciation OF tho Austrian govern
mcnt for the relief work already ac-
complshed under the direction of
the American embassy at Petrograd.
Slatin. who devoted his life to mill
tarlsm, speaks now Of war only from
the standpoint Of humanity.
Il would like so much to be able
to say when 1t is all over that | had
dohe something to help the sufferers
III this tremendous war" he said,
| somewhat miSt fullu Ia tha .o,Aa4