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Arizona republican., 1918-03-06
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Arizona republican., 1918-03-06

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Arizona republican., 1918-03-06

the line the Tomme read orders and everywhere at the western front Another Pk Na The ommes instructed to pick nails which they the roads and put them into boxes Tor them The nails the caused accidents punctureo tires and have become stuck feet Nails have caused fully realize the necessity snd they eyes open intervals the roads tackled walls
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

for the building itself is fairly safe.
sandbags and heavy wooden beams.
Most of the works of art have been
removed from the square, but some re-
main, notably the bronze pedestas of
Leonardo and Verocchio's statue of Col
leoni. These and the "loggetta" Of San
sovino are protected by sandbags, and
a network of masonry brings the Wis
itor to the Palace of the Doges. The
general impression is distinctly weird.
Sandbags are everywhere, and the
greatest care has been taken to cover
the wonderful sixteenth century facade.
AS for St. Marks Place, it is deserted
except that the pigeons and a solitary
man who scatters grain for them re-
main.
The astonishing thing is how little
these birds are put out by the crash of
shells, clouds of smoke and the move
ment of motor boats and seaplanes on
the Grand Canal. Apparently they
take not the least notice of the burst
ing of bombs or the detonation Of the
heavy naval guns and field batteries
which cover the entrance to the city
and fill the armament with one con-
tinuous roar that makes the windows
of the old palaces rattle. The Aocks
of pigeons supply the Venetians with
symbol of fortitude, and every day
these verses appear in I'll Gazzettipo,'
for this and the "Gazetta" are the
only papers published in Venice to-
day:
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Day of Sacrifice Through Which Humanity Passing Should
End All Msguing and Pessimisne-Old World Strong in
Belief 1t Will Get Overwhelming Support From Nev

of the wider outlook. II is a service
of incalculable Importance.
Our experience has been that polit-
ical truce does not interfere with Par
liamentary criticism of the Executive.
The mere fact that elections are al
lowed to go uncontested does not pre-
vent Senator Chamberlain (who hap
pens to be a Democrat) uttering few
candid home truths. One thing that
always strikes Us about your Consti-
tuition is that it hardly affords an ado
quate sphere of a,tion for ex-Presi-
dents. With rs Colonel Roosevelt
would have seat either in the House
of Lords or the House of Commons,
and he would deliver his soul, not at
dinners, but in debates.
Anyway, hope that Europe will not
misunderst the situation. The pres
ont unrest here means not that your
people dislike doing so much, but that
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Easter

Fl: R. T.-Whence does the Easser
festival derive its name? Why is
Easter movable holiday?
Easter. the festival of the resurrec-
tlon of Jesus, probably derives its Teu-
tonic name from the festival of thc
goddess Ostara, in Anglo-Saxon Eastre.
which the SaXons Of old were wont to
celebrate about the same season at
winch the Christian festival of Easter
occurs. The Anglo-Saxon name of
April was Estormonath, and it is still
Known in Germany as Ostermonat.
Many OF the popular observances with
which Easter is celebrated are clearly
of pagan origin. With her usual poi
icy the Church endeavored to give a
CHRISTIAN significance to such Of the
rites as could not be rooted out, and in
thls case the conversion was particu-
larry easy. Joy al the rising of the
natural sun and at the awakening Of
nature from the death of winter be-
came Joy at the rising of the sun of
Christ + l fromehe g grave. we resurrection OF
The proper time for the celebration
OF Easter has occasioned no little CON
troversy. In the second century a dis
pute arose on this point between the
Eastern and Western churches. The
great mass of Eastern Christians cele-
brated Easter on the fourteenth day
of the first Jewish month, consider
ing 1T to be equivalent to the Jewish
Passover. The Western churches cere-
brated it on the Sunday after the four
teenth day, holding that it was the
commemoration of the resurrection of
Jesus. The Council of Nice 1925 A. D.1
decided it in favor of the Western
usage. This, however only settled the
point that Easter ought to be held, no,
upon certain day of the month or
moon, but on Sunday 1t was debar.
ed, at the time of the introduction
Of the Gregorian calendar, whether
Easter should continue to be movable
or whether a fixed Sunday. after tho
21st of March. should not be adopted.
One principal object was so to ar
range the day of Easter that it
might never fall on the same day as
the Jewish Passover. They did occur
together, however. in 1905, on April
ID; in 1926, on April 3; in 1908, on
April IL, and will do so again in 1928.
on April 1; in 1927, on April II. and
in 1881, on April 49,
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

alton, and the after effects are inva-
riaoly beneficial to the mystic's spirit
ual health. But the spiritistic pas
Slvlty terminates in the loss of con-
sclousness, with the after effect of an
increased activity of the sense-life and
the sensual passions and loss of self
control which brings about, in time, a
state OF utter physical and moral help
essness. Even if the merely material
explanation of these states of passivity
should be accepted, the dangers of
yielding the consciousness to such
states would still be fully evident, for
when the mind is made negative and
passive it is wide open to the up-
rushes of dormant impulses and de-
slres which, on the evolutionary hy-
pothesis, are buried in the sub-con-
sclousness of the race as it mounts
upward from the primal slime. There
fore, either on the evolutionary or the
Christian assumption, the cultivation
and encouragement of these dangerous
/ forms of mind passivity should be alb
solutely opposed.
SIT is a significant but seldom recog-
rized fact that the cultivatl IN Of a dan
gerous mind passivity, in OH, form or
| another, is universal element in all
the modern occult movements. Going
into the silence 'emptying the mind
of thought, the seeking of the silence
and so forth are all phrases which sug-
gest practices common to all forms of
latter-day occultism. Splritism il
franker than the other forms in adopt
ing phrases which when examined tell
their own story. The word control for
example, bears with it the idea of an
outside supremacy over the spirit.
"The victims of these djabolical on
eratlons arn seldom aware of what is
going on. They are truly enchanted;
over their minds a glamour has been
cast. They are apt to attribute even
/ their progressive mental and moral de-
terioration-the very steps in going
down the hill-to an imaginery process
OF enlightenment, of Iiberation,' of
I progress in freedom Of spirit due to
the light streaming in through the open
/ door Of their souls"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

can be hoped for is by constant guard
to keep the evil forces at bay.
Of course, materfalistic medical sci
ence would term this and similar cases
to be simply mental disturbances,
readily explicable without calling in
super-normal explanations; but to
those who have watched the matter
from the inside, like DR.. Raupert, and
many others, material medical science
simply does not consider all the facts.
AS William James somewhere says,
Material medical science would ex-
plain what happened to Paul on the
road to Tarsus by discharging occipi-
tai lesion, and would dismiss as epiep-
tics half of the great mystics and
saints of religion"
Summing up the case against the
spiritistc theory that the admitted
preternatural phenomena are due to the
souls of the dead; and still more
strongly combating the spiritistic view
that the communications from the dead
prove, or tend to prove, that spiritism
is a higher form of religion than any
heretofore discovered by or revealed
to man, DR.. Raupert says: Can we
| reasonably believe that our departe d
relations and friends will avail them
selves of means so repulsive and so
! disastrous as are the spiritistic meth
ods in order to furnish evidence to the
living of the fact that they still sur
vive?
'Underlying all the spiritistic mes
sages IS an assumption which these
messages repeat and reiterate in a
thousand forms, in thousand subtle or
downright fashions, suited to the vary
ing intelligence, state of education, re-
ligious opinions, and so forth, of the
various people to whom or through
whom the supposed messages come
This assumption falls nothing short OF
! the amazing claim that spiritism is the
supreme form of true religion. The
claim is advanced again and again that
these Spirits have come to disclose~the
real truth concerning the unseen world
independently of all theologies and
thought forms of to-day. But when we
examine the teaching gxen in different
countries, and through different me-
diums, we find no agreement anywhere
at must be remembered that there
are two very different kinds Of mental
and spiritual passivity, or receptivity
All students Of mysticism are aware of
the fact that there is state quiet
submission on the part of the individ-
ual soul to God which brings that sou
| into close contact with the Eternal
/ Good. But this is not a weak, hyp-
motto attitude Of the mind, species
! OF nervous fascination, feverish long
| ing for psychic experience, neurotic
yielding to weak-willed drifting. But
| the condition cultivated by modern
psychic Investigators is disgusting
travesty Of this true cooperation of the
human will with the will of God. Ir
the true mystic state consciousness re-
mains intact. the highest and mobiles
: powers of the soul are called into oper-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

place, it means that she has not to face
those troops III the second place, there
is discomfort here because the troops
cannot be got across. And in the third
place, German agents whisper in Eu-
rope: "There, you see, America can
rot help you
BY sinking merchantmen Germany
thus hopes not only to divide our
forces, but also to create misundef-
standings. Doubtless you do not re-
member that Cor a whole year the
British nation was constantly taunted
because her casualties were at that
time comparatively small. Witty
renchmen went about saying that
England will fight to the last drop of
Russian blood" Well, we have buried
a half million Of our men in French
sell, and so, it may be, will you, be-
fore you find it honorable to sheathe
tie sword, the edge Of which you arc
whetting
Mr.. Hurley IS, 1 believe, quite right
when he tells you that next year youl
country will supersede my country a.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

Now, ] cannnot say whether YOU
Will establish the political truce which
has been suggested last week. or pro-
ceed with the usual controversies. cul-
mlnating in this years elections. But.
~hichever course you take, it is obvi-
Gus that friendship between Britain
ard America must include the Demo-
cratic as well as the Republican party.
Among the Democrats, President vii
son has done US British many good
turn; we cannot too often or too plain
~ confess our indebtedness to him.
And when he is criticised. as must
happen to all active leaders during
the conduct of great war. We are in
clined to argue that he has had diff
cult team to handle.
American citizenship includes Irish.
Germans, Poles, Jews, austrians. The
farmers, too. in the Middle West
had not spent their whole lives brood
ing, let US say, over Belgium. If thev
are now solid for the war we think. as
outsider. that Mr. Wilson has brought
the nation into line as an evangelist
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Venice Dead City in the Shadolu of Battle

"Qui bene vivi figli di San Marco
Come colombo che non sanno esileo
Stamio, starano."
Which can be freely translated in
the following:
"Here, sons of St. Mark.
Like the doves, which know not re-
treat,
Let US remain. for they will stay"
Calm in a World
Fallen to Pieces
The CORES spondent. whose curiosity
has been whetted by the beauty of old
Venice and who desires some knowr
edge of the conditions of the city's life,
finds it desolate. The monuments and
closed, and so are the cafes, the Ori-
entale, Manin and even the celebrate ed
Cafe Florian, which has not shut its
doors for over a hundred years. The
city is haunted by the ghosts of war
of invasion, it's beauty menaced by the
terrible scourge "tedesco."
1t is surprising that the population
stranded in the lagoons can find any
thing to enjoy. Blu. they manage to
keep up their spirits in the evening
when the news Of the day is published
ing-a curious sign of the appeal that
motion pictures have at all times.
The venetians see their usual world
gone to pieces, suddenly enveloped in
the storm that has swept over tnei.
placid. unsuspecting lives. Though il
must be long time before conditions
favorable to real security can prevail
in Venice, by the accident Of geograp ply
the city may escape actual invasion. /,
is evidently stoutly defended by the
of the presence of British force. Any
Cne who knows Venice and the sur
rounding country can hopefully took
forward to a successful defence and
ultimate victory.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Fourth War Easter Calls for More of Both Faith and Works

tie chief carrier OF cargoes across the
ocean. In the common cause, our
sailors and our ships are being sent to
the bottom, wholesale, and so long as
the advantage comes to you, not Ger
nany, we age not much disturbed. OF
course, it will leave us much poorer,
with big debt to meet and less to
meet it with, but that is our contribu-
ton to the safety of democracy. And
I do not believe for one moment that
Americas reason for laying down new
shipyards is to institute trade rivalry
with our leading industry. You want
ships, here and now, which will share
our perils, carry us food, bring over
men.
And, of course, we are startled when
Senator Lodge tells US that only two
such american" ships are completed
or is it now said to be three? This
statement does not appear to agree
with MIR. Hurley's, and, broadly, what
would interest Great Britain immensely
would be perfectly simple table Of
figures, showing for each of the last
twelve months. ending March, precisely
what new tonnage of merchantmen had
been actually completed for immediate
service. 1t really does not matter what t
Allied or friendly power is to fly its
flag over those vessels. They will all
be used on the same task. We have
given such statistics in the United
Kingdom for January. The output OF
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
By Michael Williams

TT HERE is vast increase in varied
forms Of occult and spiritualis-
tic belief and practices in Eu-
rope, and now the war has brought the
same psychic wave rolling to our
shores and threatening to inundate
every city and village in the country
with it's morbid food.
Even before the outbreak OF the war
the vast growth of occultsm, from
scientific investigation OF abnormal
spiritistic phenomena down to the
appalling cases of organized devil
worship" and Phallic worship in Eu-
rope, had attracted the anxious atten-
tion of many observers of the break
down of our modern civilization. Pope
Plus X, for example, considering the
matter from the special viewpoint of
the orthodox Christian Church, had
been impelled to take measures to COM
bat the new tendency. He sent Dr. J..
Godfrey Raupert, a member of the
Psychical Research Society and a pro-
fcssor at Oxford University, to Bel
gium to enlist Cardinal MERCER in the
work of organizing an international
society of scientists, clergymen and
publicists for the purpose of investi-
eating and fighting the new and ever
growing peril.
Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson was
also actively engaged in the work. Car
dinal Mercier was deeply interested in
DR.. Raupert's project. and the society
would soon have been definitely
launched, but just then the outbreak of
war put a stop to everything. The
deaths soon afterward OF Pope Plus and
of Monsignor Benson and the greater
work which the war brought to Car
dinal Mercier still further ruined DR..
Raupert's plan. All organized efforts
along his particular line were impos-
slble in Europe, so he came to the
United States. where ne is now lectur-
ing on his subject.
Since that time the evil has assumed
such proportions that the Catholic
Church in a decree of April 27. 1917,
forbade any form of participation in
spiritsm to all Catholics.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

gence and morality. The danger lies,
IN my opinion, not only in the loss of
spiritual stamina, but in the possible
deprivation of that birthright we each
are given to cherish, our individuality
our true hood; just as, in another
way, this may be imperiued by sensu-
ality, opium or alcohol
And the late Dr. Isaac Funk uttered
the same warning: at is terribly
dangerous mistake" he wrote, s'to
think there are no evil spirits. There
are great hosts of them. They come
at times without formal invitation of
the medium Or the circle, and control
to the hurt of the members Of the
circle, and to the hurt of the medium ~
When in New York not long ago Dr..
Raupert renewed long standing ac-
qualntance with certain writer, one
Of the most prominent investigators of
splrltlsm. The young and highly culti-
waited wife of this investigator had be-
come fascinated by the subject which
tachment, and had quickly developed a
marked degree of psychic power. This
power manifested itself in "automatic
writing" which purported to emanate
from her dead mother. At first the
young wife was deeply moved, and full
of consolation to know, as she firmly
believed. that her mother was still near
her, and taking the same warm, per-
sonal interest in all her actions rs in
life. But after while alarming
! things developed The tendency to au-
tomato writing established itself as a
habit that could not be controlled. The
girl-wife would be awakened at night
and forced by the irresistible impulse
in her hand to sit up, shivering, and
write, write, write-sometimes for
hours. She had to keep pencil and pa
! per constantly near her, night and day
Her broken rest undermined her health.
The habit became an obsession. She
dreaded the fall of night. And the
messages became ambiguous, then
subtly poisonous. She begged her
mother" to give her a little rest
Don't you see you are breaking down
my health and strength ?" the young
woman would plead. Her husband could
not help her. His position was made
all the more difficult because of the
odious fact that the messages from the
supposed mother of his wife began to
suggest that he was not the real 'af
fnity" which the starved soul of the
young woman really longed for This
idea was suggested time and again. 1t
broke down the reason of the wife at
! last, and she ran from her house al
midnight, frenzied, TO seek her soul
mate" in some hole or corner of New
York. Rescued from this position, she
then tried On several occasions to kill
herself Long and skilful medical and
psychological treatment succeeded in
partly restoring her mental balance
but she is not yet wholly out of danger
| Once the doors of the soul are opened
to the invading forces, they are rarely
completely closed again. The best tina
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

they want to do more. The whole ma
ton is straining at the leash. You will
not listen to the slightest suggestion
of compromise with the enemy. Your
leaders, for ins'eice, Mr.. Gompers,
cannot understand what Mr.. Hender-
son and Lord Lansdowne are thinking
about when they talk of an interna-
tional labor conference. And on your
part this is no empty zeal. You ac-
cept, without a murmur, an income tax,
which, | am told, will yield as much
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31
Queries and Answers

II of Spain formally abdHated the
throne. On July the foreign govern
ments were notified of her abdication,
and on the same day the fact was
made public that Prince Leopold of
Hohenzollern had consented to become
candidate for the vacant throne of
Spain, and that this consent had the
approval of the King of Prussia. The
news caused intense excitement in
Paris and the Foreign Minister, the
Due de Gramont, caused representa-
tions to be made to the Prussian gov
ernment of the displeasuse with which
the French government regarded the
candidacy of Prince Leopold On July
II the announcement of the with
orawal of Prince Leopold's candidature
was made. On the following day
France asked for letter of apology.
and Benedict personally requested
from the king at Ems a promise that
he would never allow the candidaturc
to be resumed. Bismarck published
the telegram in which this informa-
ticn and the refusal of the king ware
conveyed, but by omitting part of the
telegram made it appear that the re-
quest and refusal had both been con-
veyed in d more abrupt form than had
really been the case. Taking notice
of this publication as if it had been
official, the French government, deem
ing itself called upon to take immedi-
ate steps in defence of the national
honor, formally declared war against
Prussia, July 19. 1870.
II was not till many years later that
our knowledge Of these events was
established; in 1894 the publication
of. the memoirs of the King of Ru-
mania showed, what had hitherto been
denied, that Bismarck had taken a
leading part in urging the election of
the Prince of Hohenzollern. 1t was IN
1892 that the language used by Bis
marck himself made it necessary for
the German government to publish the
original form of the Ems telegram.
f. w. S.-A British subject or
subject Of any other state remains q
British subject or subject OF such
other state until the taking out of such
final papers" as constitute him
fully naturalized citizen. The taking
out of FIRST papers" has no effect
whatever in changing a mans national
ity. y
As to British subjects In particular.
ali those who have declared their in
tention to become citizens of the
United States, but who have not COM
pleted their naturalization, may be ac-
cepted for enlistment in British and
Canadian armies, provided new treaties
do not invalidate this temporarys agree
ment.
At all events, you, as a West Indian.
are not liable to the operatihn of the
British military draft.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-31

as $4,000, 100000 in one year. The point
most cheererd in Colonel Roosevelts
speech was his demand for 100000
soldiers.
The trouble to-day is not with
America. The trouble is with the tor
pedo. Germany is successfully re-
stricting COMMUNICATIONS. 1t is no.
body's fault that she should be thus
ruthless in her iniquity She fights
hard, and no speeches. whether at
Portland, or Washington, or West
minister, will now make her fight less
hard. To keep your troops out of the
field is her main object. In the first