The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-09

/ absorbing every pther religion. In
every nation in the world patriotism
is the only great cause for which mil
lions will sacrifice and suffer.
An actress in Berlin, a girl of per-
haps % years of age, told me thai
when the war was over she expected
that her French lover would return
and marry her. AS she had eX-
pressed hatred for the French, | was
surprised that she should be so de-
voted to an individual Frenchman.
ooh" she said, Francois is a
splendid fellow. He represented a
great French business house here be-
fore the war We have selected our
apartment and the pictures to hang
upon the walls. | haven't had a word
from him since the war began, but
I know that if he lives he loves me
still, and will be back to me the first
time he gets chance"
Suppose" I said, 'that he returns
as a member of the French army,
marching right down the street there,
behind the tricolor.'
''In that case" she replied, Il would
not let him come within 80 PAGES of
me-"
Whats that, you care more for
your Kaiser than you do for Francois,
whom you are going to marry?'
"Of course I do" she said, Il would
die for the Kaiser any day. | would
not die for Francois, although I shall
marry him if he returns
Finally in completer justification of
my contention that German patriotism
has become the only religion of Ger
many, let me relate my experience
with the Y. NJ c. A. secretary at
Dresden.
AAt the Y. M. C. A. prayer services
at Dresden, which / attended, the sec
rotary advised in his exhortation to
us, that we should live Christianity
that we should not merely perform
lip service, but true heart service to
Almighty God, yet | noticed that when
he prayed, he prayed only for things
German; for the German army and
the German navy, for the German
Saiser, the German generals, and for
German widows and German orphans.
lie prayed that the Y. M. c. A. mem t
)ers of Dresden might be returned |
o the Fellowship of their Christian |.
friends. but he said nothing to God
lhout the return of the Y. M. c. A.
members of London to the fellowship
If their friends. Later, when I saw
Tim alone, | asked him what he and
us Y. NJ. c. A. and the churches of
Germany were doing to stop the war.
1--WE can do nothing" said he, the
var can end only with the victory of
Germany. The Kaiser is right We
we're attacked by malicious and jeal-
us enemies and must defend our
elves. Then, anyway" he said, 'the
var is doing a great deal of good
How War Does Good
Il should like to have explained to
ne," said l, what good the war is
comprising.
Why said he, there's a letter
rom the front I wish you would read
J." | read the letter. 1t was from
young man who declared his joy in
he fact that he had been converted to
at Y. M. G. A. meeting
4 the army.
"That young man." continued the
:. NJ. C. A. secretary, fused to be
ften seen about the Y. M. c. A. here.
lie came to the gymnasium. He came
} theatrical performances, but never
nee to devotional meeting. Now you
lust admit, if the war had not come
pom us, this young man never would
ave been converted. AS he was
hot dead the day after he wrote me !,
lis beautiful letter is furthermore +,
vident that it is due to the war that I.
is soul is now saved and in heaven.
Hearts Are All Right
Not wishing to continue so futile
n argument, I rose and left him. He
rung my hand warmly, and said, I
Goodbye, God bless you, come
gain" So said they all goodbye to
e. The great difficulty with Germany,
, with every other country in the b
orld, is not a matter of heart. Their c
carts are of pure gold The trouble e
with the mind of the nation. The "
ind Of the masses in Germany, like. n