Evening star., 1917-12-09

try Even to-day we are living on
hope. Liege still holds out. and the
coming. all will be weil.' A man was
shot today in this very town for max
ing that statement"
He must have been a fool to voice
his views in the presence of German
troops.
The priest spread wide his hands in
sorrowful gesture. You don't under
stand he said. "Relgium is overrun
to utter an opinion in any mixed COM
pany. One or two Of the bystanders
will certainly be in the pay of the en-
envy
ground than when he spoke of Brit
iSh army on Belgian soil. Dalroy egged
him on to talk. MY chief dificulty Is
to know how the money was raised to
Consider. monsieur. Germany main
tains an enormous army. She has r
feet second only to that of Britain.
She finances her traders and subsidies
her merchant ships as no other nation
does How is il credible that she
should also find means to Keep UP a
secret service which must have cost
millions sterling a year
Yes YOU are certainly English. said
the priest. with a sad smile You
don't begin to estimate the peculiari-
ties of the German character. We Bel
Sians. living. SO to speak, within arm
danger. and feared II. Every German
is taught that the world is his for the
taking. Every German is encouraged
in the belief that the national virtue
of organized effort Is the one and only
means Of commanding success. Thus.
the state is everything. the individual
nothing But the state rewards the
individual for services rendered. The
German dotes on titles and decorations.
and what easier way OF earning both
than 10 supply information deemed
valuable by the various state depart
ments" Plenty OF wealthy Germans IN
Belgium paid their own spies. and used
the knowledge gained for their pri-
vate ends as well as for the benent of
the state. During the past twenty
wears the whole German race mas ne
come most efficient secret society, Its
members being banded together for
their common good. and leagued
against the rest Of the world. The Ger
man never loses his nationality. no
matter how long he may dwell in
foreign country. My own CHURCH
claims to be Catholic and universal.
Vet I would not trust a German col
league in any matter where the inter-
ests OF his country were at stake. The
Germans are a race apart. and believe
themselves superior to all others.
There was time. in my youth. when
Prussia was distinct from Saxony. or
Wurttemberg. or Bavaria. That feel
ing is dead. The present emperor has
~
machine. partly by PLAYING upon their
vanity. partly bv banging the German n
drum during his travels. but mainly
by dangling before their eyes the re-
resistible-the spoliation of other
lands. the prospect of sudden enrich
ment Every soldier marching past
this house at the present moment hopes
England is added to the entieing list
of we'll stocked properties that may be
lawfully burgIed. ! am no prophet.
monsieur. l am only an old man who
has watched the upspringing of a new
and terrible force in European politics
I may live an hour or ten years: but II
God spares me for the latter period
shall see Germany either laid In the
dust by an enraged world or dominat
ing the earth by brutal conquest
But for the outbreak of the war Dali
roy would have passed the "interpre-
ter" test in German some few weeks
later. He had spent his Language
leave" in Berlin, and was necessarily
erature. Often had he smiled at Teu-
tonic boastfulness. Now the simple
words of an aged village cure had
given far-reaching and sinister
mere froth of a vigorous race ferment-
ing in successful trade.
DO YOU believe that the German col
ony in England pursuea the same
sank as he recalled the wealth and So
cial standing Of the horde Of Germans
in the British Isles.
Can the leopard change his spots?"
quoted the other. "A year ago one of
my friends. maker Of automobiles.
thought / needed holiday. He took
me to England. God has been good to
Britain. monsieur! He has given you
careless. 1 stayed in nve big hotels.
two in London and thee in the prov
inces. They were all run by Germans.
I made inquiries. thinking 1 might
benefit some of my village lads; but
the German managers would employ
none save German walters. German
cooks. German reception clerks. Your
Z hall porters were Germans. You never
cared to reflect. I suppose. that hotels
are the main arteries of a country's
life. Bnt the canter did not end there
Your mills and collieries were installing
German plants under German super
visors Your banks-
The speaker paused dramatically
But our God is not German Cod
he cried. and his sunken eyes seemed
to shoot fire. Last night. listening
to the guns that were numbering Bel
gium. asked myself, Whv does heaven
permit this crime? And the answer
came swiftly: German influences were
poisoning the world. They had to be
eradicated. or mankind would sink into
the bottomless pit. So God has sent
this war. Be of good heart. Remem-
her the words of st. Paul: so also is
the resurrection Of the dead. 1t is
sown in corruption: it is r. ised in in
corruption. 1t is sown in dishonor; II
is raised in glory 1t ia sown in weak
ness: it is raised in power"
The cures voice had unconsciously
attained the pulpit pitch The clear.
1ncisive accents reached other ears
The landladv cr~pt m. with a face of
scare. Monsieur. she whispered. "the
doors are wide open. 1t is an order"
Dslroy went rapidly into the street
No loiterer was visible. Not even
crowd of five persons might gather to
watch the military pageant: il was
verboten. And ever the dim shape.
hitted by in the nieht-honse foot and
artillery. automobiles. ambulance and
transport wagons. There seemed no
end to this f1ux Of gray-9reen snones
The air was tremu'ous with the unceas
ing hammer-strokes OF heavy gums on
the anvil Of LieRe. Sta;d old Europe
might he dissolvine even then in a
cloud OF high explosive gas
The scheme of things was all awrv
One EnRlishman gave up the rjdd,s
re turned on his heel and lit one Of
me cheap cigars purchased in AjYI.
chapelle less than forty-eisbt hours
ago
CHAPTER X
ANDENHE
Nine. Joos was old for her ifty wears
and heavy withal. Hers was NOT tho
inner quality OF human clay which
hardenS in the dre of adyersitv Sha