Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
CHAPTER IN-(Continucd)
ENToNTHsr gasped the cure. "

GNTONTHS" gasped the cure. Then
1Nl what will become Of my unhappy
country? Even today we are living on hope,
LieEe still holds out, and the people are
saying. The English are coming all will
be well" A man was shot today in this
very town for making that statement
He must have been a fool to voice his
views I'm the presence of German troops
The priest spread wide his hands in sor-
rowful gesture you don't understand
he said Belgium Is overrun with spies.
II is positively dangerous to utter an opn-
ion in any mixed company. one or two OF
the bystanders will certainly be in the pay
Of the enemy"
Though the cure was now on surer
ground than when he spoke Of a British
army on Belgian soil, Dalroy egged him
on TO talk MY chief difficulty is to know
how the money was raised to support all
these agencies" he said. Consider, mon
sieur Germany maintains an enormous
army She has a fleet second only to that
Of Britain. She finances her traders and
subsidies her merchant ships as no other
nation does How is 1t credible that she
should also find means to keep up 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 peculiarites OF the
| German character. We Belgians, living
so to speak, within arm's-length of Ger
| many, have long seen the danger ana
| feared IT, Every German Is taught that
| the world is his for the taking. Every
| German Is encouraged in the beIet that
| the national virtue of organized cHort IS
| the one and only means OF commanding
| success, Thus. the state is everything, the
| Individual rothnC. Sut the state re-
| wards the Individual for services rendered
| The German dotes on titles ana decofa-
! tions and what easier way OF eaThIhS
| both than to supply Information deeineu
valuable by the various State departments
| Plenty OF wealthy Germans in Belgium palu
| their own spies, and used the knowledge
! SO gained for their private ends as Wen as
/ for the benefit of the State. During the
| last twenty years the whole German 20
! has becomn n most efficient secret society
it, ,,or,hors beinp banded together for
| their common good and leagued against
! the rest of the world. The German never
! loses his nationality, no matter no" lUiIs
/ he nav dwell in a foreign country w
| own church claims to he Cathol'C ,, anu ~,
| versal vet | would not trust IeIIiiai
| coueaguc in any matter where the interests
! of NE country were at stake. Ihe Ger
| mans are a race apart, ana petleNc 'lei.'- 's-
! selves superior to all others lHeie W.
a time, in my youth, when truSsl" u,ut " a. o.
distinct from SaXony' OF u' ~ ,,,esort
! bavaria. That feeling Is dead lhe preseI't
| T,r,naror has welded his people INTO oIo
| tremendous machine, partly by PlaS IL
,,non their vanity. partly by banging th'
| German drum during his travels pul @ @llla'I'-
| l., h,, dapglinC before their eyes the IeW"i"
! ~ o' 30, have always found Irresistible
| - .no,iatjon of other lands, the prospct
or sudden enrichment. Every soldier mar. r.
| a., ,,ast This house at the present mo-
vent homes TO rob Belgium ana fI"nco. fIi.
! And now England is added 10 I"C s'' -
| - nf yvell-stOcked properties that may
| - Iou,F,lIy burgled. | am no prophet
| ,,,nsto,,r I am only an old man VINO mas
watched the upsprnging or a ne" an" -, -
rible force in European pol'ns0C, ,raros
| ii,,e an hour or ten years, but Il ,'uu 'lIs
me for the latter period aSst S''i nv an en-
many many u,orId or dominating the earth oy
brutal conquest a., MAR Dalroy
Rut for the outbreak ot the war tost
u.o,,Id nave passed the 'interpre'er 20
~, W C.ernen some few weeks later. ne naS
| IN He'im"' ne .ionruage leave" in Berlin ana
| apen' nceseariIv familiar with Herihau
| thnugbt and literature. Oiteh Hau ~
| sr,iIed AT Teutonic boasttulness. ~"
| sirnle words Of an aged Nluase CutS ,,io ne
| given a far-reaching ana slu'9'el trat5
- r,,,cb that had seemed the mere % %lIo.n
70 rnuGr ',oro,Is race fermentIng in successful
trade. IT.. ,bo Cern,on colony
q, Esngiand pursues the same methouS' ne
ns,iad and his heart sank as he reCalleo
| a wealth
of Germans in the British Isles, .-.z,n
VI Co.. the leopard change his spots?
| - +ho other "a year ago one OF my
| Crtonds a maker Of automobiles mought i
| roeded n holiday. He took me 10 hhslahu.
| cd has been good to Britain monsieur
IL ~ has given YOU riches and power. But
,,o, are grown careless. ] stayed IN hVe
Itg hotels two I'm London and three In the
| ,,ro,,inces They were all run by Germans
,,ada inouirles, thinking ! might beneht
| ,,o,,,o ~ my village lads; but the German
managers would employ none save German
| waters German cooks, German reception
| cIartys Your hall porters were Germans,
,Iei, ,a,,or cared TO reflect / suppose that
hotals are the main arteries Of a country's
ne But. the canker did not end there
! Vour mills and collieries were installing
German plants under German supervisors
| Your BANKS
The speaker paused dramatically
"Rut our God is not a German GodH he
cried. and his sunken eyes seemed to shoot
| are Last night listening to the guns
| ,bat were numbering Belgium, ! asked my
saif WHY does Heaven permit this crime
! And the answer came swiftly: German in
| duences were poisoning the world They
bad 10 be eradicated, or mankind would
sinl into the bottomIess pit. So God has
snnt this war Be of good heart. Re
member the words Of Saint Paul: so also
ts the resurrection OF the dead. II Is sowT
In corruption: il Is raised I'm interruption
n Is sown in dishonor IL is raised in glory
II is sown in weakness it is raised in
power -,-,
tained the pulpit pitch. The clear. incisivt
accents reached other ears.
| The landady crept in, with a face ol
scare. Monsieur she whispered, "ths
doors are wide qpen. II Is an orderf'
Dalroy went rapidly into the street M