Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-12-22
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COUNSEL 10 YOUNG
MEN.

business partner he knows nothing
about. He will investigate. He will
make a business of investigating until
he knows something about the mans
early life and his capacity for conduct
! ing a similar business. If a person en-
ters into a land trade he Cor she) will
examine into titles. OF course he Cor
she) will make ii a business to secure
a perfect title before the money is paid
down or the deed accepted.
| Therefore "A man seking matrimOny
! should make a business of inquiry and
| investigation. He should examine into
family history. He should find out if
/ the forbears of the young woman are
people he would like to live with, or to
become grandparents and uncles and
aunts to his children, if children are to
be raised and trained under such rela-
/ tionships and alliances, as will neces-
sarily happen.
heard an old widows story some
days ago. who has had her peace of
mind almost destroyed by a marriage
that was hastily entered into and be-
cause of lack Of information, which
might have been saved or avoided by
a common-sense investigation. and there
are thousands of such hasty marriages
and consequent unhappiness.
No sensible party. would object to a
young mans endeavor to find out who
and what they were, and their standing
in the community in which they former
ly lived. Look before you leap" is a
remarkably good suggestion, especially
in matrimony.
THE STORY OF FRANCIS JOSEPH.
The aged emperor of Austria Hungary
has reigned longer than any other Eu-
ropean ruler and his eighty-seven years
have been many and full of trouble His
crown and his throne go to a grand
nephew and his line has now passed out,
after fearsome struggle to maintain
his power He had one son and heir, but
he died strange, mysterious death
more than twenty years ago. His wife,
the beautiful Empress Elizabeth. was
stabbed 70 death on public street by an
| italian lunatic. His brother. the un-
happy Macmillan. who occupied a haz-
ardous throne in Mexico City for a few
brief weeks. was shot to death by Next.
can insurgents His heir was assassi-
mated little over two years ago. along
with his wife, and those deaths were
the immediate cause of this European
war.
Francis Joseph had bad luck in other
ways and lived separate from Empress
Elizabeth. who was the mother of the
Ni'AS SSaB CiDWl IIlilCe RuuOlDn. The
old emperor chung to mis- affinity to the
end of his long. wearisome and trou-
hled reign. 1t has been a long chapter
or much extravaganza, much discord
and much disregard of the moral law
There were dense shadows and haunting
memories ever day of Francis Joseph's
life for half century His nepbevv
VIII also take up the burden and await
the coming downfall of absolute mon
arches in central Europe. That the
sured
Death was kind to this aged sinner
in that he did not live to see the COL
lapse of his kingdom. He spent 60
much, suffered so much, endured so
much of anxiety and apprehension and
could only eat and sleep and get sicl,
like all mortal men, 1t is n question
whether IL was really worth living foro
The nephew will try to hold the mon
archy, but the closing scenes of the
gigantic struggle in Europe NAV Ieava
austria In the condition of serfdom IN
GER Ierihany or be partitioned out like Po-
land among the victorious allies Is n
worth the struggle?
HOLLAND SPEAKS To AMERICA
Ii gives me satisfaction that Holland
the only country in Europe which has
woman ruler, has spoken its mind
on the war conditions now PREVAILING
Ihat other Kingdoms have failed to
speak out gives me much dissatisfac-
tion, in view of the suffering now con
vulsing such countries as Belgium. po-
land, Serbia and Rumania.
says Holland: Your president Twill
SOM has said that sooner or later mo-
nent would come, when the war would
make the position of neutral nations nm
oearable. For us Hollanders that mo-
ment has arrived, not through orr own
sufferings, but because we cannot long
er contemplate the CHASTITY suffering
lnrhcted by Germany upon our neighbor.
Belgium. The eloquent protests of the
belgian government and of the higher
clergy have acquainted you with the
facts. A glance at the section of the
Hague regulations of 1907, which deals
with the law of war on land, will make
II obvious to you that the sole reason
why the prohibition of this modern slave
dealing was not included, was because
no delegate imagined it would ever be
necessary Indeed one must turn TO
the early history of the early ages of
long past centuries before international
law existed to find parallel to the en-
Shaving of the Belgians.
The Hague relations stipulate that the,
be respected" Space will not allow me
to quote further from this appeal to the
United States. for the story of the deg
relation of Belgium by German captors
is given at length and strongest words
of disapproval.
In closing Holland says: I'VE appeal
to urge your government to energetic
and decisive action and to call upon
other neutral nations to rally around
you. That they will find faith and
strength in your leadership is evidenced
by the stream of messages expressive of
sympathy and a desire to cooperate
since we declared our intention to appeal
to the American people"
To sit still and do nothing under the
powerful force of this appeal from Hol-
land would indicate either timidity or
indifference. May the Almighty Father
direct America in doing her manifest
duty to poor Belgium!
Ruth's pretty garden near is full of
blooming roses