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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-12-08
Novella di guerra di onorato Fava

AlDcICO OOIl dIJcuuGNd 1n6NI-
table. Non un lampO di ribellio-
ne nei suOi Occhi, non un raggiO di
speranza nella sua anima inerte
Con lie braccia piegate lie labbra
chiuse, egli aspettava che scoccas-
Sc Fora tragica del suo destino.
Non sapeva che cosa sarebbe acca-
duto dopo. Sapeva solo che non
poteva ribellarvisi che avrebbe
dovuto accettare l'Inevitabile. Sa-
peva pure che esso non era che la
consequence logica del passato. E
questo passato gil ritornava dinan-
ri agli occhi, precise, limpido, pu-
TO senza dargli nell ora suprema,
alcun rimOrsO. E ancora rivedeVa
Sua padre mOrente, rivedeva il suo
sguardo di supplice rimprOvero,
riudiVa una dOpo l'altra, come Sc
fOssero pronunziate ora al suO O.
recchiO lie parole del caro- perdu-
to non una di esse riusciva a
strappargli dali 'anima un pensie-
rO di pentimento Quelle parole
lie aveva giudicate, allora, vane f.
SINE, consequence di una ostina-
zione ALA quale egli non poteva
piegarsi. Erano cost dolci gil oc-
chi aZzurri di Berta Siebeck cost
pura la piccola fronte incornicia-
ta dale due bande di capelli d 'oro
cost prOmettente il sorriSo che flo
riva sulle fresche labbra! La fe--
icita sua era tutta II in quegli oc-
chi, che gil dicevano tante cose
col loro lunghi sguardi, in quell'-
anima che gil offriva tutto il pro-
fumo del suo amore. Quando Al
-berto la prese per mano, e la con-
dusse all 'altare gil occhi di suo
padre erano gia chiusi per sem
pre- non videro. Forse, Sc aves-
serO potutO vedere raggiare sui
due visi la letizia della felicita
raggiunta, 81 sarebberO, vinti anch'
essi, chinati a benedire.
E giorni mesi trascorsero mel
dolce oblio di ogni cosa che non
fosse Pamore avvincente le anime
ire ami passati parvero una
realta deliziosa. Invece essi non
erano stati che un sogno, ed ecco
giunta inesorabile Fora del brusco
risvegliO. Subitamente cadde
dali amino di Alberto ogni illusi-
one. La realta cominciava ora
paurOsa, Spietata come una puni-
zione per lui che non aveva volu-
to ascoltare il consiglio di suo pa
Dire. Dal momento che ebbe que
sta cOnvinzione, 81 chiuse in sc
stesso. A Berta non disse nulla
del travaglio che gil era entrato
nell 'anima. Quando lei, a volte,
10 interrogava con gil occhi azzur-
ri, egli non sapendo ancora resi-
stere a quella supplicazione muta
volgeva altrove 10 sguardo 81
sforzava di irrigidife il viso in una
espressione di durezza.
Una sera freddamente le diSse:
--Berta, e scoppiata la guerra
fra nostri due paesi.
Ella non rispose guard6 suo
maritO, aspettando:
Ami motto la tua Patria ?-le
domand6 ancora.
81, -mormor6 lei in un soffo
-Anch 10 amo la mia sar6 chi
amato a difenderla mi batter6
contro gil austriaci.
-Perch6?
Alberto ebbe un lieve moto di
stizza.
Che domanda mi fai? Sal be-
ne che non hal sposato un vigiac-
co. 10 amo l'Italia. E tn mi di-
cevi che, amanda me, avevi impa-
ratio ad amare il mio bel paese.
Non e dunque vero forse?
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-12-08
La Fuga Entro Una Cassa

campo di Heveninsgeren dovran-
no cOnSegnare per lie ore 10 lie va
hgie, la partenza sara allie ore s
ant. vi sarebbe stata quindi una
gran confusione, sarebbe man
cato agh austriaci il tempo di at
tendere al giornaliero appello. Mi
balen0 in tesla una idea; la fuga !;
e girandO frettoloSamente attorno
al reticolati che mi circondavano
progettai il mio piano.
Avendo POGO tempo da perde-
re sbrigai alcuni piccoli AFFAIR.", in
di acquistai al magazzeno una
grossa cassa facendola accOmoda-
re ALA megli6 da un mio atten-
Idente. ALA sera non andai men
sa pensando bene di tenermi leg
gerO per il viaggio II mattino del
6, verso lie Z, mi misi entro La cas-
Sa con indoSSO solo camicia e mu-
tande, mettendo la diagonale in
un sacchettO da pane della Croce
Rosa, per servirmene come guam
ciale. Chiusi la cassa dali inferno
mi feel portare in cancelleria,
owe dopo che l'uficiale austriaco
ebbe guardato l'indirizzo (che era
quello di un partente), venni mes
so sopra un cara e trasportatO al
a stazione. Dopo essere state col
la tesla all 'ingi1 per una decina
di minuti, e per pi1 di due ore all
acqua, che entrava dale fessure,
praticate per facilitare la respira-
zione, mi sentii sollevato carica-
to in un bagagliaio. Nella pOsizi-
one in cui fui meSSO Stavo magni-
fcamente bene. Attest parecchio
tempo, fnalmente verso lie II il
treno 81 mosse; cost cominci6 il
viaggio.
"Ah quaint proponimenti,
quaint castelli in aria ebbi a fare
la dentro! Ma dopo un po' di per-
cOrso 10 sconquasso della cassa en-
tro il vagone mi fece sentire lutte
lie ossa rotte; incominciavo a SUI
dare, ebbi a patire febbre. Ogni
qualvOlta mi sentivo la COLA essic-
cata, sorseggiavo un po' d 'acqua
che tenevo nella boraccio. Dal mio
stretto ed incomodo rifugio, dis
tinguevo benissimo quando il tre-
no passava sovra i ponti o sotto lie
gallerie; ad ogni stazione princi-
pale senti7o la porta del vagone
cigolare sulle rotelle ed aprirsi. "
Qualcuno viene per spiare" "-di
cevo fra me-e allora mi tenevo
immobile e zitto. Allorquando il
treno riprendeva la corsa, respi-
ravo con fducia.
II terrore della morte.
"l peggiore guaio mi accaddo
ALA stazione austriaca owe gil in
validi vengono fatti consuetamen-
te sostare per circa un giorno in
attesa del trenO della Croce Rossa
Svizzera su cui devono trasborda-
re. TrasbordaronO, naturalmen-
te, anche bagagli, onde la cassa
ov 10 ero rinchiuso venne tolta dal
yagone deposta nella sala d at
spetto di 3 classe, owe avrei dovu-
to attendere sino all 'indOmani Sc
ra. Sventura volle che i facchini
addetti al trasporto mettessero Ia
mia cassa sotto a lutte lie attire, es-
sendo essa la pi1 voluminosa, ma,
oltre a clio. vi accatastarono tutt'-
intorno bauli e, valigie cosicch6
dopo non motto mi accorsi che mel
mio rifugio dale fessure non en-
trava pi1 aria. II terrore d luna
morte crudele cominci6 ad impos-
sessarsi di me. IIo resistito pi1
che no potuto; ma finii col sentir-
mi agli estremi, arsa la COLA, i'm
possible la respirazione. Dispe-
ratio mi mordevo le dita, per non
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-12-08

sentivo tutt 'attorno mi rese certo
che doveva eSsere tarda notte G
che quindi lie mie grida non Sareb-
bero state udite. Caddi in una
specie di atonia durante la quale
non sentivo piu nulla. Poscia mi
riebbi. Aiutato dalla forza della
disperazione smossi col dorSo IL
cOperchio della caSSa malgradO j
parecchi quintah che vi erano So
pra, misi fra il cOperchiO la
cassa una scarpa, cosicche un po'
q aria potesse entrare, poscia con
della carta feel un imbuto che ten
nj in bocca dial lato piG stretto ap-
poggiandOlO ALA feSSura dial lat0
maggiore per potter respirare un
po' meglio. Ma l'aria mi giungeva
coSi scarsa la mia posizione S era
resa cOsi disperata che, trascorse
alcune ore, un grido irresistible
mi usci dalla strozza. Udn una
voce sgomenta chiedere immedia-
tamente: "Chi 6?p'-''Un uffi-
ciale italiano "-risposi.
"Segui un breve silenzio; poi
| 'ignoto mio interlocutore-ch era
uscito evidentemente a chiamarc
altri-si die con essi spostare
baui ch 'eran sopra la mia cassa.
Era un lavoro affrettato disOr-
dinato come di chi abba paura,
Ma quando la cassa fu aflo scoper-
to nessuno os6 aprirla Fui 10
far forza dali inferno sui copper
chic per uScire.
Ritorno Mauthausen.
Fro lutte stordito; ma con miO
grande stupore non vidi nessuno
Ii presso, tutti erano scappati dal-
La sala. A stento mi trascinai mel
mezzo di essa e mi sdraiai per ter
ra. Un orologio era sulla parete5
segnava le 7. Per due giorni pre-
cisi ero state chiuso in quel gusciO~
Rimasi solo oltre un quarto d ora;
lie finestre gil usci erdno tutti
chiusi. Poi, 81 present6 nella sala
un uficiale austriaco, il quale mi
rivolse con durezza alcune do
mande; indi m 'ordin6 di vestirmi
c mi fece condurre qui. :"
Questo il racconto fatto dal Fa-
rina nei local. dele scuole comU-
nall owe era state condotto ed owe
81 trov6 cui nostri invalid di guer-
ra, ivi pure ricOverati in attesa di
compiere in ferrovia ultima tap
pa La sua desolaziOne raggiunses
il colmo quando apprese dai COM
patriotti di essere appena ad un'-
ora dalla frontiera. Rifocillato G.
messosi in forze egli ide6 un nuo-
vo tentative di fuga. Parve RUS
cire, ma sui pi1 bello 81 trov6 da-
vanti a una sentinella con baionet-
ia inastata al cui grido d 'allarme
altri soldati accorsero che circon-
darono il fuggiasco 10 rinchiu-
sero in un gabinetto appartato per
essere immediatamente rinviato a
Mauthausen.
E la punizione ?-chiedemmo.
La punizione consueta pei pri-
gionieri di guerra che tentano la
fuga e larresto di rigOre per tren-
ia giorni consecutive. Consta, pc
70, che ricorrendo in quei giorni
il genetiliaco del nuovo imperato-
re electromagnetic, lie puniziOni
militari vennero condonate ed IL
Farina ebbe a fruire a sua volta
di questa specie d 'amnistia Ma
neppure questa piccola fortuna fU
di confOrto al Farina. In una sua
lettera successive egli infatti scri-
veva: Ed ora nuovamente m-
aggiro fra i reticolatil All quantO
e dura questa doppia prigionia ~
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-29
PERMANENT PEACE.

Some time or other peace will be
made. Let US hope that it will be on
terms that will ensure permanent
peace. But there is little put forth
SO far from any official source to
justify that expectation. Peace can
not be made permanent without aboli-
ton of the economic causes of war.
So long as these causes exist there
will be danger Of war, regardless Of
the outcome of the present struggle.
So long as democratic nations insist
on maintaining an autocratic economic
system. 50 long do they make It poss-
ible for political autocrats to fool
their subjects into making war. More
over an autocratic economic system
must breed new political autocrats
even though all existing autocrats be
overthrown in the present war. &
There il no reason why the United
States. or, any other democratic ma,
ton, should wait for a; treaty of peace
to abolish the institutions 1t MAIN;
tains which tend to create interna-
tional hatred. a treaty of peace may
..PfQ1i6s tsE lYaf1|at Ton of 4 q con- I,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-29
Ownership And Democracy.
BY SCOTT NEARING.

The present system Of land owner
ship in the United States was justi.
fled on the ground that it would serve
as the economic background for
true democracy. The very founda-
ton of the American commonwealth
was to be every man farm and
every farm a man." There was to be
no citizen who could not avail himself
Of this opportunity.
The land was Observation-Disclosures
less"-the colonists said. AS late as
1882 Henry Clay could say in a dus-
cussion on the public lands: I'VE
should rejoice that this bountiful re-
source (public land) possessed by our
country, remains in almost undimin-
lshed quantity, notwithstanding so
many new and flourishing states have
sprung up in the wilderness and so
many thousands of families have been
accommodated Later in the same
speech he said, regarding the public
lands, They are literally offered,-
In exhaustless quantities, and at mod
crate prices, enriching individuals
and tending to the rapid improvement
of the country
The land seemed exhaustless. Who
SONAN NJ o~AAA IAAoL SA4C 1111l1tlVc clu-
less forests would one day disappear?
That the stream of human life would
overflow the Continent from shore to
shore?
All history was back of the idea of
individual land = ownership. When
ever nation grew, in which each man
owned his piece of the earth, these
individual job-owners had been able
to bid defiance to tyranny and oppres-
sion. Democracy flourishes wher-
ever there is an economic basis for
the independence which each man
feels that he has a right to demand,
but which he cannot hope to assert
so long as another man owns his job.
European feudalism concentrated,
the ownership of practically all Of the
land in the hands of the ruling class
The pope, the king, the duke, the
prince-the whole earthly hierarchy
of church and state-was built in a
way that was calculated to place the
economic opportunities which the
ownership of agricultural land af-
forded, in the hands Of small rul-
ing clique. Democracy was imposs-
ible under that plan, so our fore
fathers moved to the United States
Today, in the United States, the
frontier has been reached, and anew,
we are creating a small group that
owns the economic advantages-the
jobs of the country. If that system.
prevails in the United States, democ-
racy is doomed. It is impossible to
maintain democracy in the absence of
its economic basis. Before America
can be made safe for democracy
Americans must own the jobs at
which they work. Democracy can
survive on no other foundation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-29
FRIENDSHIP.

There's a time in every life wuss
hunger for a friend.
For a Brave, unselfish heart t.
smooth the way,
When the sky o'erlead is clouded and
the light we'll nigh obscured
And it happens to some brother
every day.
When we're travel-worn and weary
and enthusiasm wanes.
And the plans we laid so carefully
go awry,
How our hearts are overjoyed and
our fainting spirits buoyed
By some friend, whose kind, true
words can never die!
And there's many worthy fellow
who is almost down and out
Who would brace up and be glad
once more to try, |
If some man who's a success will But
stop and point the way.
And then drop word of cheer ere
passing by.
So if you're a genial brother with a
pleasant, friendly air,
And are basking meath fair for
tunes sunny smile,
Give moments thought to some one
who is not in such good luck
And know how it feels to be a friend
worth while.
Pray don't stop and gaze and pity.
then pass on the other side,
For we can't be sure when life's
tables may turn;
And if ever we so down, that same
brother that we helped
May be just the friend in need for
whom we yearn.
Louise Alice Bowman.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-29
NEW .FAl SUITS

= /. q 81 Z Is. Palqtn
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-29
RIGHTEOUS Resentment.
Editorial from Boston Journal.)

Editorial from Boston Journal.)
The American Union Against Mill
tarism, announcing that lit was tired
Of being DETAINED as 'pro-German' or
seditious," has issued a statement that
it would sue for libel any newspaper
or press association which character
lied it in such terms. The statement
was given out in reply to dispatch
which suggested that the department
of Justice was contemplating an in
vestigation Of the aforesaid A. U.
A. M.
The unions statement points out
that ever since the outbreak of war it
has voluntarily sent to. the department
of justice every piece of literature
which has been issued and that not
one has received the slightest Off
cial criticism.
"Under the circumstances to sug-
gest that we are being investigated
when we are in the fullest co-opera-
ton with the government is
to put perverse and libelous color
on the facts. Since war was declared
we have not sought to obstruct the
government in the conduct of the war,
though we have done our best to
protect American democracy from the
attacks of some of it's new found
friends
The American unions action Is
likely to put severe damper on
those editors who believe that they
are personally conducting the war
and are ready to damn as pro-Ger-
man anyone who happens in the
slightest measure to disagree with
their personal prescription of how
the world shall be made safe for
democracy. Treason is the most seri-
Gus crime in our law books. TO
charge lightly and without warrant
that certain individual or associa-
ton is in the kaiser's pay is an Of
Tense that should be measured in pro-
portion to the gravity of the crime
charged. At present there are alto
gether too many evidences of such
attempts to bludgeon public sentiment
and to conscript free thought and
speech. There are persons and or
CARNATIONS in this country, dou bt-
less, that are really in the kaiser's
pay, but it is for the department of
justice to bring such to trial and pun
ishment. 1t is not for editors. politi-
clans and unofficial self-styled pa
triots to pass hasty judgment. Such
procedure is often unjust, undemo-
cratic and un-American.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-29

quered territory, independence for all
subject people desiring it, cession of
provinces by the government to which
they object to the one they prefer,
cash indemnities to all who have SUI
fered from outrage, reduction of
ornaments and even in reinforcement
of every monarch. But future war
will still be possible, if not probable,
should the various nations continue
to maintain protective tariffs, and al
low as much OF the earth as they con-
troll to remain the private. property
of a privileged few.
The duty Of each nation desiring to
maintain peace is to establish eco
nomic justice within its own borders.
That done, it need not feel concerned
over possible hostile feelings of any
foreign potentate. The subjects Of
such potentate would see in the
country of economic justice a haven
of refuge and would turn against their
potentate in preference to making war
against it. In time they would COM
pei their potentate to adopt some
more useful occupation.
As to how economic justice may be
established. that has been explained
many times by economic experts. To
mention but one: Henry George in
his work Progress and Poverty"
showed how it can be done by making
the land common property, not
through sudden revocation of titles
and government seizures, but by
change in the tax system that would
take for public use the entire rental
value of land in lieu of all taxes. When
the United States adopts that system
it will be safe from foreign agrees
sion regardless of its state of military
preparedness. Until it does so, it will
not be safe, regardless of what other
measure Of defense it may adopt. The
same applies to every other nation,
large or small.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-29
FIRE PREVENTION DAY.

Tuesday, Oct. 8, will be Fire Pre-
vention day, and therefore conse-
quently one of the most significant
days of the entire year.
While the celebration of this day
is of recent origin, it has already
reached the status of national in
stitution, and there are few other
days OF general celebration which
can compare with it in real import
ance to the nation. 1t differs from
most of these other days in the fact
that it Is not an occasion of mere
commemoration, but a practical at
tempt to achieve results. In this
fateful year Of 1917, it becomes of
surprising Significance.
In this country there are 1900
fires each day, or more than one a
minute, and It is safe to say that a
great many OF these can be pre-
vented.
People generally should realize the
necessity OF cleaning up rubbish,
waste material and other substances,
making it more difficult for fires to
originate. It behooves each person
to resolve to minimize the danger of
fires occurring on his property, by
taking all possible preventative
means and using safety appliances.
There is a property loss in the
United States each year of more
than $200,000,000 caused by fires,
and besides this there is the great
loss of and danger to human life in
volved.
Preventable fire constitutes ter
rible drain upon the energies and re-
sources Of the. nation, and it is es-
Decfally necessary at this time when
America requires efficiency, that this
drain bs checked. :ss !. III, ts;i.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-29
the co.. OPERATION OF
CHURCH AND LABOR
BY REV. CHARLES STELZLE

+ When I speak of the church,
mean the organized church; and
When speak of labor, ! mean organ
lied labor; for this is the only way
that they can Cooperate. individuals
may help in bringing about better
conditions, but il reform is to come
through the church, it will come
through the organized church; and If
the reform is to come through labor,
1t Will come through organized labor.
1t seems to me that every man who
processes to be a Christian should be
Identified with the great organiza-
ton that stands for the principles Of
Christianity, even though it may not
interpret these principles in every
detail so AS to meet with his approval.
just So every workingman who be-
1leves in the elevation of the human
race, should become identified with
the trades union, even though there
may be some things in organized
labor to which he cannot give his un-
qualified a--.'roval.
For who stands more persistently
for the principles of Christianity than
does the church; and who stands
! -'0AS "ooA SSo1VcAy lOI the TlSHtS OF
! labor than does the trades union?
With all their mistakes and all their
shortcomings, they both represent the
best In their particular field.
The possibilities in the co-operation
OF church and labor are limitless.
Nothing would be impossible in the
matter of social and economic re-
form. With the three million trades
unlonists in America. and all that
they represent in their families, and
the constituency which may not be in
their organizations but for whom
they. nevertheless, speak; and with
the forty -llillion church members
Protestants, Catholic and jewish
these constitute a force which would
be we'll nigh invincible.
With such tremendous power, there
comes great responsibility. If there
Is any evil in our cities. any evil in
society anywhere, God and man have
the right to hold church and labor re-
sponsible if they are not eradicated,
But what about the motive in this
cooperation? 1t must be; one of alb
solute unselfishness. The question is
not what can we get out of such CO.
operation, but how much can we put
into it. It is not merely question of
wages for labor; it is not merely a
question of members for the church:
but how may we make others better
and happier. because OF this co-opera-
| ton? This should be the supreme
motive, always.