Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-09
CHAPTER IN-CContinued)

AN1 what will become Of my unhappy
country? Even today we are living on hope.
Liege still holds out and the people are
saying The English are coming; all will
be wellr A man was shot today in this
very town for making 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 sor-
rowful gesture. you don't understand -
he said. Belgium is overrun with spies
II is positively dangerous to utter an opin-
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 fleet second only TO That
Of Britain She finances her traders and
subsidies her merchant ships as no other
nation does. How is ii 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 peculiarities of the
German character. We Belgtans, living,
so TO speak, within arm's-length of Ger
many have long seen the danger, and
feared it, 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 or commanding
success Thus, the state is everything the
individual nothing. Sut the state re-
wards the individual for services rendered
The German doteS on titles ana uecoI'-
tions and what easier way OF earning
botb than to supply Information deemed
valuable by the various State departments
Plenty Of wealthy Germans in Belgium pau
their own sples and used the knowledge
SO gained for their private endS as wen a7
for the benefit Of the state. During the
last twenty years the whole German rae
has become a most efficient secret society
its members being banded toseI'er ",
their common good, and leagued asalnse
the rest of the world. The German never
loses his nationality, no matter now 'C,S Htt
be n,ay dwell in a foreign country my
own church claims TO be Catholic ana UNI
y.rsaI vet I would not trust a German
colleague in any matter where the nue. 80, eSs'
Of his country were at stake Inc NoI
y,onsrare a race apart, and believe theih-
I,.. -" s,,rorior 10 all others. There was
a ti,,e in NV youth, when PRUSSIA was
distinct from Saxony, or Nurteihpel :, ' y,
Pavaria THAT feeling is dead The present
F,n,peror has welded his people ilto ol'S
tremendous machine, partly by pay ~ .,,b
rron their vanity. partly by banging t"'
C,r,o,, -, Jr,r, during his travels, hut main
l., b,, dangling before their eyes the reward
tbot men have always found irreslSt'ple-
tho spoliation Of other lahds' tne PIo"P
or sudden enrichment. Every soldier ma
inc past this house at the pIeSer. I,.i'', ~
,.e,,+ homes 10 rob Belgium ana fraHce'
Rnd nov, england is added to the ehuc'ns
iis, of ,vell-stocked properties tha' may
ha lawfully burgled | am no pIoPheI
.,',,s,o,r I am only an old man VINO mas
watched the upspringng OF new an" -,
rible force in European poiltscS. .,,ros
~ -, bour or ten years but II Goa spares
@ .Ne e., g. tbo latter period I shall see Ger
-, either laid in the dust py an Gu |
rogsd world or dominating the e"r'" ~
brutal conquest -, tha war Dalroy
Put for the outbreak OF the Wat .os,
would have passed the ln,etpI' 10 had
u, German some few weeks iateT. iIe - -
- ~ bis Language leave" In Berlin, ana
,,ns ap necessarily familiar WIN e,i'',i' al,
thovgbt and literature. Otteh tau ~
s,,iled al Teutonic boasttulness. gov ~
sin1nIe words Of an aged Nlliase cur nc
given a far-reaching ana S.H'o', - frotb
20 much that had seemed Ilo I'leiS 81 ,s,i
70 r"uGm ',S,,aroIs race fermenting in successful
trade IT.. 40 r,orr,on colony
| a., L,ngiand pursues the same methous' nc
,,ad and his heart sank as he reCaueu
| "a
Of Germans In the British Isies, ...or
VI go tbe leonard change his spots?
- ,bo other "a year ago one or my
| SrIends n maker Of automobiles tnousut
needed a holiday. He took me 10 England,
| cod has been good TO Britain monsieur
IIo hos given YOU riches and power. But
~, aro crown careless. ! stayed in five
| SJo boteIs two in London and three In the
nrovinces They were all run by Germans
| = made inquiries, thinking | might beneh'
| some of my village lads nut the German
managers would employ none save German
walters, German cooks German reception
oiarls Your hall porters were Germans
| vor never cared to reflect | suppose, that
| hofeIs are the main arteries Of country's
| itsa Rut, the canl<er did not end there
Your mills and collieres were installing
| GsTman plants under German supervisors
| Your banks-- ,.,,,
.tput our God is not a German God" he
| oried and his sunken eyes seemed to shoot
| Gre Last night, listening TO the guns
| thst we're numbering Belgium, ! asked my
| self why does Heaven permit this crime
! And the answer came swiftly; German in
| duences were poisoning the world They
| nod 10 be eradicated or mankind would
| sink into the bottomless pit. So God hai
sent this war. BE Of good heart, Re
! noenber the words Of Saint Paul: so alsC
| Is the resurrection Of the dead. II is sowI
I In corruption; il Is raised In interruption
] n Is sown in dishonor 1t is raised In glory
1t 10 sown in weakness II Is raised II
power
| tanned the pulpit pitch. The clear, incisiV,
accents reached other ears.
The landlady crept in, with face o
scare. 'Monsieurr' she whispered, ''th.
doors are wide open. II is an orderF'
Dalroy went rapidly into the street N,
l loiterer WAS visible. Not even q crowd o