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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21

Then my compatriot tasted them-greed
lily, like a boy. He turned, coughed anc
trembled slightly.
1T is unheard of to feed such stuff.
The Scotchman had the good fortune not
to understand the language of conserve
makers. He busted himself opening an
ether bag, from which he drew some little
dried things, vegetables or fruits, IN fine
friable envelope, such as onions have.
"Ah! That! That's better" said the
conserve dealer.
Already he was rubbing one and opening
his mouth. But the major made gesture
"Take care Important"
what do you mean by important"
The manufacturer Of conserves spoke
like buzzing hornet.
az said Important replied the major
"You will have a raging mouth. That /;
pimento.'
as all that pimento?" asked the con.
serve maker.
oh" said the major, imperturbably
"the other barracks is also filled with
pimento.'
"They are crazy" said NJ. Persigris.
Untiringly the Scotchman, kneellng IN
der his folded skirt, which swelled out
drolly, knocked open a case with ham
mer and fished out Of it two zinc boxes
which he handed down to us. With his
knife he slit open the lids and let us see a
yellow pate, which the merchant smeled.
Butter" said the major with smile.
But it is rancid" snapped NJ. Persigris
Butter from the Indies" replied the
major.
Made from rhinoceros milk" returned
NJ. Persigris.
Like the Scotchman, we assumed the air
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21

Of not understanding him, the major out
of politeness, out of pity.
"And with this, what else do they put
in their gizzards?"
"Look here" said the major
The Scotchman, admirable fellow, had
lust made with two quick motions breach
in metal cask and held out to US some
thing which resembled potato. In ap-
pearance it was bizarre, wrinkled, dirty.
The merchant exclaimed:
THAT is a prize bit! Is it fish bait?"
The major gave an indulgent smile.
1T is sugar" he said, phlegmatically.
Sugar.
Sugar for them
But what sort of sugar.
Taste it,"
"Ah! All. All! All"
He spit it out.
The major explained 10 me; "A mixture
of honey and cinnamon"
The great man burst into laugh. He
went out to get little air. He was chok-
ing himself with his outlaws.
"These people are really comic"
Then. swelling himself out, his hands
behind his back, he became all Of sudden
pompous.
"Since the government has sent me to
SEQ all this (he looked al mel, can say
to these gentlemen Che turned to the
British officers) that in my opinion Che
gazed admiringly at his stomach) there
ought to be possibility Of replacing all
this merchandise with equivalents which
we manufacture"
The major smiled with certain air OF
fnesse.
These Hindoos, what do they want
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
DIE HTNDOO CONNIISSARIAT ASTONISFES A FFENCT1Nl

an accent Of tenderness, seemed to me full
of profound wisdom.
We saluted one another once more. With
his head still uncovered the conserve mer-
chant said pompously:
"When get out of business | shall go
to India"
"Oh,' answered the major, 81 am afraid
you won't have time TO see much
81 shall stay there" answered the mer-
chant, las long as may be necessary
three months, six months"
"You will see nothing at all, then" said
the major.
"Why?"
ut is too immense, is it not? Too In
credible? In men-and also in things"
you have been there?'
Eyes. | have been about there a good
deal. But it is too big. have not under
stood it very we'll"
"You were not there long enough"
Exactly
But how long were you there?"
The major lowered his eyes, as If he
wanted TO excuse himself Then he an
swered:
"rwenty-three years"
The manufacturer Of conserves knit his
brows. Then ne got into his auto without
another word. The darkness became dense
and depressing.
The major got into the auto with me.
We were both silent. But when we were
under way, jolting around in the wagon,
he leaned against my friendly shoulder
and said, half in a whisper:
Eve haven't time-is il not so? We men
haven't time 10 know everything-to un-
derstand everything. 1t generslly happens
that night comes too soon"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
By BARTON BLAKE

r1HE state Of exaltation character
istic of modern Germany has not
been wasted upon students Of con-
..,,Dorary thought, nor yet upon some
-svspaper correspondents. Certainly u
=. later wrongs worked by Germany
...in.t Belgium and the invaded depart
msnts Of France, and in especial the de
variations Of civilians, recall to the Bible
..odsr the cruelties Of the Babylonian
Exne. much in the mental attitude Of
Germany at home and abroad has seemed
"a some witnesses but to repeat the men
..r4v Of the ancient Hebrew nation itself,
persuaded as that nation was Of its status
., the Chosen People: hence uniquely
-rivileged in its dealings with the non
elect We're not Israe's neighbors con
semped. by the bare fact Of alienism, to an
inferiority both cultural and moral-con-
dcmned. also, to such treatment by the
Chosen People as was appropriate to their
own inferiority? Now, if Germany could
be shown to reproduce this state Of mind
which characterized the Jewish people OF
the Old Testament days, what good would
il do to urge upon the German mind that
Great Britain and Ireland, Belgium Italy
and. above all, France are themselves ma
tons ranking high in the scale Of ciylllza-
ton. nations in many ways as fully repre-
sentative of Christianity and of democracy
as Germany herself? All this would, IN
such circumstances, prove as idle as the
polite protests of our American govern
nent and the government Of the Neither
lands against the alleged outrages on both
land and sea. A thousand influences at
school and university, in the state churches
during military service, in the press, etc,
ETC., might easily favor the development of
an obsession that foreigners could fairly
call national paranoia-if our reasoning
is correct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21

Mr.. Dunkmann establishes a parallel be-
tween the conquest of the Promised Land
of the Hebrews and the conquest of the
German" soil by the Germanic peoples;
German" soil seeming to include all lands
watered by such German" rivers as the
Rhine, the Meuse, the Scheldt, ETC.; the
mouths of these rivers; the Basin Of Briey,
the Baltic Provinces, etc. G., the areas
demanded by the Pan-Germans who would
ultimately destroy the nationalities of Hol-
land, Belgium and Denmark, while MAIN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21

ing France and other neighbors. Does not
the Rhine flow through Germany as the
Jordan flows through Palestine? And "if,
like the Children of Israel in Egypt, our
people are becoming so great and so strong
that we have need of larger territory,
we will acquire this territory. In
all the domains of culture, of science, and
of art" Mr.. Dunkmann pursues, "as in
those of religion and faith, Providence has
multiplied heroes for us, so much so that
no other nation possesses like treasure"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21

captains, emperors, kings, poets, philoso-
piers, artists-but, above all, "our heroes
in the realm of religion, our learned
theologians, our fathers in the noblest
sense of the word-it is marvellous to see
with what complacence God hats multiplied
them among u.s. The religion of Russia is
mot at all the true Christian faith; Eng
lish Christianity is mo more So" but
German piety is renowned for its up
rightness and purity; it is the only true
faith IN the tcorld.' German Lutheranism
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21

alone has a legitimate object-"Monotne-
ism"-which Mr.. Dunlmann ventures 10
add. distinguishes Israel from all other
nations as IL distinguishes as from all
other peoples also"
"The Israel of Modern Humanity
But it is Pastor Rump. preaching at
Berlin. who teaches us in so many words
that Germany is "the Israel of modern
humanity; the inhertor of the Divine ALI
ance; the bearer Of Gods promises; the
living testimony that it is not men who
make history, but that it is God who makes
history for men. A corrupted
world enslaved by monstrous sins will, ac-
cording to the will of God be healed by
the German Being" Easy it is for the
Rumps and Dunkmanns TO derive from
this convenient theory full assurance that,
to the people of the New Covenant, all
things are permitted to them even as TO
Israel of old. "The Old Testament is on
our side" Mr.. Dunkmann explains. viii
IL De maintained tilaS NAAoS 'N'S 49,
Jews is not Just for Germans? q.
What the people of Israel thought it could
do. neither the indignation Of the neutral
nations nor the hypocrisy of our neighbors
will prevent US from doing in our turn
Did any nation. in modern times, ever set
/ its clock thirty centuries back quite so
openlv. so vaingloriously? Did any peo-
ple. through the spokesman of its national
church, so frankly turn its back upon the
teachings Of Christianity, preferring the
bloodiest pages of Old Testament history
to the chapters of promise and progress
which are the Gospels? The Rumps and
/ Dunkmanns find a clear defence for their
violation of Belgian neutrality, and all
that it has meant, in the fact that when
the Israelites asked leave of the Amorites
to pass through their lands, without turn
ing into the fields or the vineyards or
drinking at their wells, but going "along by
, the Kings highway" until they had passed
their borders, and when the Amorites re-
fused, Israel was permitted by Jehovah to
smite Sihon. the King of the Amorites, and
to possess his lands "from Arnon unto
Jabbok. even unto the children of Ammon"
| Numbers xxi, 21-2Q. "That is how the
| Old Testament looks upon, and evaluates,
neutrality" eve may say" comments
Pastor Walter Lehman, Of Hamburg,
chat we are acting with God. Can the
Russians, the English, the French and the
Serbs say so also? No, not one" And we
used to think of Englishmen as hypocrites,
and coined a name for their hypocrisy:
"The Nonconformist conscience.
Providence Shuffles the Cards; Germany
Cuts
If. after listening to Pastor Rump and
Pastor Lehman and their friends, you
still doubt that Germany is Gods chosen
people, perhaps you will be impressed by
the testimony Of another prophet: Karl
Koenig by name. For Herr Doktor
Koenig explains how God gave it to Ger
many that the war should break at an
suspicious moment. Il try to write with
out sacrilege; if what write sounds sac
religious, remember that | am only para
phrasing German theologians.) War over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21

Sauces which will set their mouths on fire?
Well, we'll make them for them. Only
what is it that they stick in their sauces?"
With all possible good will the major
answered:
"They eat she-goats.'
what an idea"
"She-goats killed-how shall say it?
Well killed in a certain fashion
80? Then all we have to do is TO make
them believe that we killed the she-goats
that way"
Decidedly, this man who with myself
represented France among the English,
was getting on my nerves. stepped away.
turned again toward the admirable Hin
doc. He had squatted himself down and
with some dry twigs had lighted beside his
tent clear fire, which cracked, fared and
leaped aloft and which cast against the
shadows of the approaching night cheer
ing light, CLEAN of hope, ray of poesy.
1t is the hour dreaded by armies-that
when the night descends upon things and
men. The most hardened soldier feels an
uneasiness coming over him. The heaven
above him, which is the purest JOY to his
eyes, the heaven which sends him all that
is best in his life, the clear day and its
warmth-whcn the heaven is obscured,
when it disappears, when it weighs upon
the earth instead Of filing it with cheer
and gladness, in war, where hearts are
heavy with misery, it is the hour when
each one gets restless and, even among so
many comrades, suffers because he feels
himself alone.
The mystery of the world, the strange
ness of life, more agonizing than ever when
one is in daily contact with death, assaiis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21

the Moroccan affair would have been i'll
timed, since "the feet was insufficiently
developed, the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal I'M
completed, and Helgoland insdequately
fortified" In 1914, however, war came
1.-TWO years too soon for our enemies, but
favor Of God for us and our allies. For
now we play the game of war with the
best cards in our hands" A fit subject for
modern German sculptures: Providence
shutting the cards, and Germany cutting.
Pan-German theologians prefer to derive
their inspiration, their ethics, their image
ry, their excuses, from the Old Testament
rather than from the New Testament. To
them Mr.. II. G.. Wells's statement, through
the mouth of his Mr.. Brtling-the state
ment that ''the real God Of the Christians
is Christ, not God Almighty; poor,
Knocked and wounded God nailed on cross,
a martyr"-must seem blasphemy indeed
Theirs is, rather, what Wells calls ''the
Jew God the Christians took over--a
Quack God" But one need not be limited
in ones faith to belief in the finite
Wellsian deity to wonder how the modern
German theologian of the political type,
with his Wotan-T hor-J ehovah, would ex-
pound to his congregation the text: "And
love thy neighbor as myself" And yet
it would be rash to assume that Germania
has found it beyond her capabilities to
mobilize the New Testament on the side Of
the Central Powers.
An Adaptation of the Lords Prayer
Just as Jesus was treated the German
people also has been treated" declares
Pastor Franck to his flock at Liegnitz.
when we see ourselves surrounded on all
sides by enemies, we also catch ourselves
raising our eyes toward the Master Of
Heaven and Earth, who governs all the ma
tons" Is it in prayer that Germania's
eyes are raised Heavenward? Listen TO
Pastor Vorwerk's adaptation" Of the
/ Lords Prayer for war uses: more than
the scanty bread of war, multiply every
day for our enemies death and grief. For
give us in Thy merciful loving kindness
every bullet and every shell that reaches
not its mark. Lead us not into the temp
tation of too weakly accomplishing the will
of God. Relieve US and our allies from
the Internal enemy and from his agents on
earth. Let the German Fatherland be Thy
kingdom and may Thy armed hand give
US strength and glory forever and ever
Amenw
It is only fair to add that protests were
made, in Germany, against this parody Of
the Lords Prayer, and, especially by Cath
olics, against the likening Of Germany 10
Christ. But what can be made of the ma
tional state of mind which finds expression
in such reverberations? And how can it
be healed? Is peace-making necessarily
the duty Of those who are combating these
heresies, this treason against Christianity
and it's Founder, this denial of the spirit Of
brotherhood? Is It even our duty, as citi-
zens Of still neutral republic, 10 side with
those who cry out for German Peace?
There used TO be philosophers in Ger
many. Let theirs be the task Of writing
the defnitive study Of the Juror Ger
rtdnica.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
Their Theologians Draw Upon the Bloody
Pages of Old Testament History for
Proof That They Constitute
To-day's Israel

the "Theologia Germanica," against
spiritual fitness or PRIDE" Now, at be-
ginneth in this WISE" wrote the fourteenth
century theologian; "the Devil puffeth up
the man, till he thinketh himself to have
climbed the topmost pinnacle, and to have
come so near to heaven that he no longer
needeth Scripture; nor teaching, nor this
nor that, but saith or thinketh
Yea, now ! am above all other men, and
know and understand more than any one
in the world; therefore it is certainly just
and reasonable that l should be the lord
and commander of all creatures, and that
all creatures, and especially all men, should
serve me and be subject to me- E.
And Of all the men who serve him and are
subject to him, even if they be downright
thieves and murderers, he saith neverthe
less, that they have faithful, noble hearts"
With such a warning spread by German
theologians before all German believers,
what possibility was there, or is there, of
Germany becoming, as a nation, guilty of
Spiritual PRIDE? No, so far from there
being anything morbid about Germany's
nationalism, the fact of which outlanders
have complained is, in essence, only the
health of the national idea in Germany; a
vigor due in part to the youthfulness of
the empire, in part to the beneficence and
efficacy of the imperial government. 1t
has been our duty to listen to such well
10 fha ont hot
under actual conditions, nationalism has
been almost always selfish, and often
malfaisant, in other lands than Germany.
We have listened to these arguments.
Culled from More Modern Book
All the same, it is a long time since
Gracian's century, and longer still since
the century of the "Theologia Germanica," y
and more characteristic, assuredly, is the
book which / am about to cite and to quote
"a book which confirms, in so far as a
mere book can, the charge made against
Germany that her statesmen and soldiers
Off we can really differentiate between the
Hindenburgs and Tirpitzes and Bissings
and Bethmann-Hollwegs all of whom
wear uniforms and pointed helmets) do, in
their plagiarisms of the crueties Of Sargon
and Shalmaneser, on the one hand, and of
the blood stained heroes of the books of
Judah and Kings and Chronicles, on the
other hand, only what the spirit of their
people (however produced) tells them to-
do. In the face of this book and other
books and pamphlets and sermons, it seems
to me as futile for well wishers Of Ger
many to go on arguing that Germany is a
modern nation as it would be to argue that
the plural-election system of Prussia is a
modern electoral system, or that the
Bundesrath represents the people of the
German Empire, or that there is popular
control of legislation in the empire, or
that. even before the war, the press was
free in Grmany.
The book / refer to is written by a Mr.
Dunkmann and it is entitled Der Weltk1teg
in, LIGHT der BibeJ-"The World War in
the Light of the Bible" Perhaps few
quotations will show why Germany is not
yet ripe for peace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
By Rene Benjamin

Translated by William L. Mcpherson
n. Rene Benjonin, the laureate Of the
French poil,ls, recently made q Uisit to the
British front in France. He has since been
recording lis impressions IN that oi0ld'
original and penetrating fashion 0hich has
grca him his immense gogl,e in France as
ruter Of iccr sketches and fiction
The sketch lohick follows sho10s VI. Ben
je'ajn in has grdver, semi-pOetic mood. The
subtle pictresqteness Of the Hindoo as
soldier amid absolutely alien surroundings
hos appealed TO him and IS set forth 1cith
sure Imaginative touch, eUeH through SO
rrosoic medium as description Of a
e.st to the base depot Of a HMdoo commits
sayia,.
EROM the depths of the auto l vent
ured this commonplace remark:
"Ah! There's Hindoo!"
TIE British officer made a sign to the
6ryer TO stop, and said:
LET us get out"
The tall soldier from the Indies, beau
ttul as the first man must have been
beautiful. with a silky beard, a skin tanned
by the rays of an ardent sun, the brow of
a dreamer, with all the ease Of manner
natural to persons well born-this type of
a marvellous country, standing at the en-
trance of tent which seemed dwarfed
beside him, was nonchalantly cutting with
q curved knife blade piece of wood which
rad the shape Of a mans throat.
Seeing the major, he neither moved nor
saluted. But his look expressed certain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21
ARE THE GERMANS GODS CHOSEN PEOPLE!
Providence, the Spokesman of Their Ma
tiOnaI Church Would Have Us Be-
Iieve, Shuffles the Cards, but
Germany Cuts Them

b
Wilhelm
completed Hegoland
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-21

~HE state of exaltation character
istic Of modern Germany has not
been wasted upon students Of con-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05

Does pep amount to anything in the
business world? You will, think so
after seeing pep" the feature act at
the Columbia theatre. Davenport.
Otto Koerner and his associates have
an amusing little skit in which is
shown the transformation of bust
ness concern which is fast going to
pieces to a thriving successful enter
prise through the injection Of modern
commercial methods and the right
kind of ginger" There's a vein of
naturalness that runs through the
piece that gives it a special appeal
ION the Atlantic is spectacular
musical number. Don AIbert's marine
band plays number of good selec-
tons ending with a patriotic medley
that proves fitting climax. The stage
setting is elaborate There's class to
the sketch. a Night at the Club"
which Richards and Kyle give. Songs.
patter and a bit Of dancing are given by
this clever couple Duvall and Sim
onds have good voices and give some
right up-to-the-minute selections that
are put over" just right. In the offer
/ ing Of Carletta is given some wonder
full contortion feats. They're we'll
worth seeing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-05
PLEDGE TO SAVE
FOOD THIS WEEK
support OF Economy Campaign Sc
cured Along With Registration
OF Women.
DESIRE ALL HOUSEWIVES ACT
Regardless Of Whether Giving Prom
Use Before, Endorsement Should Be
Given Again.

Three hundred women started to
work this morning canyassing the city
in behalf Of the war department regis
tration of women, seeking detailed
knowledge about every family in the
United States. This registration, such
as is taking place in Rock Island this
week, is being carried out in every city
and village throughout the nation
Mrs. II. II. Cleayeland, who is guild
ing the NOV ement announces that prac-
tically every registrar was on the job
at 8 O'Clock this morning and that the
local canvass is proceeding under a
full head of steam. The committees who
are handling the canvass are asked to
report promptly every day at the reg
istration headquarters and turn In
their registration and food conserva-
ton cards The public is asked by the
committee TO invoice their preferences
as to the lines OF endeavor which they
are best qualified to follow in case of
an emergency. Special attention is di-
rected to the need for light manufao-
turing and agricultural work.
To make clear any misunderstand-
ing there may be relative to the mat
ter of registration cost, Mrs.
Cleaveland announces that there is not
any fixed registration charge or fee
The registration expense in each local
ity must be taken care Of by that par
/ ticular locality There is expense for
office help such as jypewriting and Of
. fee supplies and the registrars are
asked to invite each individual whom
( they register to make contribution
/ Of 10 cents or more in behalf Of this
( registration expense
I Sign Food Pledge.
Mrs II. A. Weld at the registration
[ headquarters, in answer to the ques-
ton whether or not those who have
previously signed food pledges shall
do so again, states that it is desirable
for all to do SO The pledge cards that
were previously signed went directly
TO Washington and the Illinois food ad-
ministration Office has no record OF
those who have signed pledges. The
matter OF food conservation has beer
localized by the appointment OF a food
administrator for the state of Illinois
and 1t is desirable that d record Of all
those who are cooperating on food
+ conservation be on file at the Chicago
office For this reason all are asked
TO sign food pledges irrespective o
what may have been done previously