The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-10

Washington, ID. C.--"Did you ever
ask yourself. why is Europe Import
anti" inquiries bulletin from the
National Geographic Society
south America may have revolu.
tions, nations elsewhere may topple,
China with her 400, ,0OO, 900 may over
turn a pre- historic monarchy. and the
world goes about its business, undis-
turbed
Let crack Drained nobody shoot
at a European prince and every con
tnent rocks with the Armageddon that
ensues"
The bulletin quotes from a Commu-
nication of DR.. Edwin II. Grosvenor
who tells why the smallest. but one,
of the six continents produced such
practical monopoly of universal lead
ership."
"Of about the same size as Canada
or Brazil. one might question, regard
ing merely territorial extent. whether
Europe should be called a continent
at ALL" DR.. Grosvenor writes.
siberia exceeds it by more than a
million square miles. on the map of
the Eastern Hemisphere it appears in
significant. 1t is dwarfed on the south
by the ponderous bulk of Africa, while
Asia. to which it clngs. thrusts it
disdainfully away toward the north
west.
Europe does not equal one-fourteenth
of the land surface and is less than one.
fiftieth of the entire surface of the
globe: yet upon it dwell 450, 900. 600
human beings. more than a fourth of
all mankind Nor are all Europeans
found in Europe. They and their chill
dren have occupied and populated the
whole Western Hemisphere, of which
they were the discoverers. They have
partitoned and subdued to themselves
nearly the whole of Africa. With the
exception of China and Japan, they
control all Asia and all the Islands
of all the seas During the last % cen
turies from them as from focus have
radiated the art and science and
thought of the world.
"In the physical advantages Europe
possesses are revealed the causes which
have given to Europeans and the de-
scendants of Europeans their unques-
toned superiority.
, Almost the whole of Europe is stu
ated in the northern half of the North
Zone. It's extreme northern
point. the North Cape. is nineteen de-
gress from the Pole. Tarifa, its eN-
treme southern point, is thirty-six de-
gress from the Equator.
Nowhere, except in the farthest
boreal limits, does excessive cold stunt
body and mind. Nowhere does exces-
sive and continued heat sap energy
and enervate the will No spontaneous
prodigality of Nature removes the ne
cessity of exertion and induces sloth.
Here, where the air invigorates,
man must labor if he would survive.
The rewards of labor are reasonably
sure. but something more necessary
than to satisfy one days needs. The
periodic succession, the rythmic
swing of the seasons, where winter
invariably follows summer. compels
him to take thought and make some
provision of food. shelter. and clothing
for the days to come. Even slight la
bor and little forethought, neither OF
which can be escaped. force him toward
from the primitive and
purely animal state toward higher eN-
istence.
THE climate of western Europe is
by the Gulf Stream, the
mightiest. most rapid and most bene-
ficient of ocean currents. Its heated
mass. DETECTED eastward by the banks
of the Newfoundland. reaches the |
shores of Europe. creating on its way |
the exhaustless fisheries of the North |
Sea.
"As no formidable barrier to breeZes |
from the sea is interpreted. the pre-
yailing winds of Europe. loaded with /
ocean moisture. spread hundreds OF
miles inland. relieving the excesses of
the seasons and fertilizing the soil.