The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-07-04
THE OBSERVATORY
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the house. It's a recor,, of the rise of
curious myth, and shows how such
stories may have started in past DAVIS
and ages, when cupiditv and supersti-
ton would "'"v on the ignorant. Wei
may remember the story of the bat
thing angels in the clouds at the allied
battle of the Mons less than six yearsl
ago.
And here are two novels. "Thel
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"
By Vicente Blasco Ibanez. This is
considered the ablest book of this
Spanish novelist, and gives us a re-
markable picture of the German mind
as it was 40 years in forming, as it
universally prevailed in Germany at
the outbreak Of the world war, and
how it acted, and had to act to be true
to itself as it had come to be.
The books title comes from a sort
of visionary Russian character who
sees in the opening of the war the
portrayal or partial fulfilment of the
picture in the sixth chapter of the
Revelation, when the seals were
opened and the white, red, black and
pale horses came forth, signifying
conquest, war, famine and death. It's
very striking use of the Apocalyptic |
Vision of the Apostle John.
| 1t is intensely interesting to see
how this Spaniard has interpreted the
German mind; he has widely read
German authors and writes terrible
indictment against them One char
acter is represented as justifying the
German methods; anything to bring
about the end which they believe God
has assigned them; tnything; cruel.
fierce or dishonest, and quotes Prof
Hans. Delbruck as saving BLESSED be
the hand that falsified the telegram of
Ems" referring to Bismarck's DELHI
eratelv changing French telegram
which tinped the balance in favor of
war in 1870.
The character Tchernoff shows the
Russian estimate of the servility of the
:. German people. he says: "It is ma
] ton where all receive blows and give
: them lower down. The kick that the
n Kaiser gives is transmitted from back
$ to back down to the lowest rung of
: the social ladder. The blows begin
t in school and are continued in the bar
d racks. The apprenticeship of the
t Prussian Crown Prince has always
e consisted in receiving fisticuffs and
5. cowhidings from their prooenitor, the
s Ting. CAS- notably Frederick the
d Great from his father.l The Kaiser
e beats his children, the officer his sol
e diers, the father his wife and chill
II dren, the schoolmaster his nupils, ant
e when the superior is not able to give
IS blows he subjects those under him Il
ID the torment of moral insult
t. The main characters are German
r; and Frenchman who have cmigratet
re to Buenos Aires and there MARI,
70 daughters of an immensely rich cattl
to man of Spanish descent; then after III
E. death return with wife and children t
lie France and Germ any and each famil
to is in the war on opposite sides. a
IT the author makes his story he slow
or his and the Latin tolerance If socia
KS relations which is not palatablc to tn
w average Englishman or North Amer
can, and ought TO rlake MS thankft
sh for our purer moi al and social Amos
IT. phere, which is por7rapcd III the re>
ne book shall mention.
n envy Antonio" By Villa S. Cathe
of This is said to be the authors be.
sh book, and we may believe it. 1t SUI
to poses lad brought from Virgin
D. after the death of his parents to
id grandparents in Nebraska, lawn
ne some property and seemingly we
nd fixed in the new settlement when b
an hemian and Scandinavian families Sc
he tie near them and the Bohemian fan
is ily supply the heroine, rare chars
re- ter, reminding us of some we ha'
known among our foreign 'opulatio
,rs The publishers truly say: IN
70 Antonia' is loye story brimmlr
~ with human appeal, and very iii
!, titnguished piece of writing"
er- There is not dull page in the boo
les,
to The last book l shall now .ne1ti'
the is "The Little Grandmother OF t
ig- Revolution" "reminiscences and L.
ed tiers of Catherine Breshkovsky. v
nd: have heard much about this noble W
re. man who has spent over half or h
adult life in exile or in Russian pr
ons because OF her love of liberty. S
was of good family, we'll educated :
en- devoted her life to trying to free IL
our STA. and in a recent book the story
of detail was given of how she lost !
ted life in the strr~-' but 1t was not
1 at and she is now safely in our coun
re- among friends. This book is no ex;
geration. In the Observatory sol
int years ago Ttold some of the story
,ere friend who gave me manv facts
the his experiences in Poland and X
low STA similar to these exciting and
fled tressing ones OF Madame bresnk
the sky Loving our country and COVE
lent mcnt she of course has no sympa'
ros. with the Bolsheviki, who. she sa
was "hounded me worse than the cat
;ts agents ever did"