SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 1917
TIIE ASHEVILLE TIMES.
PAGE FIVE j
THE INTEREST 0$ AMERICA V TIIE GREAT WAr
By FRANK J. GOODNOW. Presiden t Johns Hopkins University. I
Paris In Uirw weeks, London In,
three months. New VorW In three ;
years, was the aeerpted German
program.
The 1'an-Germnn propaganda which;
Had been going on for the Inst 25 j
years proved beyond the peradventure
of a doubt that the only reason why)
the attempt had not been made be
fore to realize the grandiose concep
tion of German world domination Is to
be found in the fart that those re
sponsible for it were not rady. The
day had not yet come. But in Au
gust. 1914, It was believed that the.
hour had struck. A short aggressive i
nnd successful war and the dream of j
centuries would be a reality. Paris
in three weeks, London in three
months. New York in three years was
' : the accepted Gorman program.
That the Germans might thus dream
of world domination we may possibly!
comprehend. But that the German
: people should be willing to resort to i
the practices of which they have been
shown to be guilty in order to realize'
their dream was hardly to be believed, i
They have, however, under Prussian j
influence .adopted a philosophy of me
which makes It impossible for other
nations and peoples to coexist dn terms
. of equality. The pride indicated in
the classic boast of Roman citizen
ship is almost abject humility when
compared with the belief of the mod
ern Germans in their superiority to
other DeoDles. For the Roman was
willing bo long as his political power
was recognized to permit conquered
races to live in a condition of at least
an approximation to social and eco
nomic equality. The modern German,
however, declares with a contemptu
ous frankness all non-Teutonic civili
zation to be unworthy of perpetuation
and announces his intention to dis
perse its degenerate followers to those
parts of the earth where they will
least interfere with the spread of
Deutsche Kultur. To him the Teutons
are the people chosen of God to re-j
deem the world. Those who resist
the will of God are guilty of impiety
and for them no fate is too hard. With
them no engagement however sacred
need be kept. No means is too vile
to resort to if it is thought to aid in
the accomplishment of the divine pur
' pose. Never since the times of the
I Old Testament has a nation so djs
plsed its neighbors as do the Germans
of this day and hour. We must go
back to the days of Assyria and Rome
to find examples of such treatment of
subjugated peoples as modern Ger
man policy presents. Either Germany
must be tjnii'bt 1n see the error of her
ways or we non-Germans must recon
cile ourselves to become the submls
wive slaves of German masters. The
j; fate of Belgium and northern France
j; may well be ours.
5 Teutonic Kfiiclency.
But detestable as the German phi
losophy of life is. no one can doubt
. the triumphs of "Teutonic efficiency.
; Probably never in the history of the
human race has so large a body of
1 men become capable of such efficient
' action as has the German nation in
recent years. From a scientific point
of view, from a military point of view,
from an economic point of view, from
a social point of view, Germany has
Vshown great strength. Opposed by al-
most the entire world she is still un
' conquered. To teach her' the lesson
she must be taught will require the
devotion of all the power of those al
lied against her.
The non-German world is, then, at
the present time confronted by an ad
versary who combines unhounding am
bition and insufferable arrogance
with unexampled efficiency and n
scrupulousness without limit. "Wo
Americans, far removed as we are
from the scene of Germany's first ef
forts to realize her ambitions, form an
important part of the non-Teutonic
world. We must not lull ourselves
into security because of the remote
ness of our geographical situation or
the pacific character of our purposes.
The Germans of the present day de
spise our capacity, envy our prosper
ity, and are not Inclined to comply
with our desire to pursue the even
tenor of our ways In the continents
which we have colonized and devel
oped. We have further in German preten
sions a direct attack upon the kind
of life which wo have chosen to live.
Two characteristics have distin
guished the modern European life in
which, we have a share. The first is
Internationalism, the second Is de
mocracy. :
Internationalism Is the Aim.
Internationalism is the solution
which we have been endeavoring and
successfully endeavoring to reach, of
the problems incident to the national
state. The most noticeable phenome
non of modern European political life
has been the development of the na
tional state. While the ideal of the
national slate has been only approxi
mated, while all 'races have not been
politically organized, and while some
races have found a home in more than
one state, at the same time the co
existence of a number of politically
sovereign organizations has of itself
been a denial of the idea of world
domination. .
Internationalism is the method
which has been adopted for regulating
the relations of these separate political
organizations. Rules of conduct have
been generally adopted to which all
members of the family of nations have
in the past rendered obedience. The
ideal of internationalism has of course
not been completely realized, but
enough progress had been made priori
to the outbreak of the present war to
justify the belief that a reasonable
approximation to that ideal would ulti
mately be reached. No country per
haps has in the past century contrib
uted more to the realization of the
ideals of internationalism than the
L'nited States. This country has al
ways stood for those principles the
application of which would, on the one
hand, lessen the probability of the de
velopment of hostile relations between
states and, on the other, would offer
a means for the peaceful settlement
of such disputes as. might arrive.
America's past history thus causes her
to have a peculiar interest in the. fur
ther development of the principles of
internationalism.
The maintenance even of the ac
cepted principles of internationalism
is, however, inconsistent with the con
ception of world control which is at
present the mainspring of German
policy. That policy can not recognize
any such thing ,. as equality among
political groups. All must be sub
ordinated to the"one great power. If,
therefore, we are to hope for the fur-
ther development or an inwrnauuuai
life we must fight to the death Ger
man pretensions.
Evolution of Democracy.
The second characteristic of modern
European life has been the develop
ment of democracy. Democratic ideas
originated In England. .They were
i ..u thiu .iiintrv. when it was
HlUUhH, ' .i.i, ........ ..
colonized and received a development
which was hardly ureameu oi in uit
land of their birth. Thence they
,r,rt ,i in Vmnce nnd throuch Franco
to most of western Europe. The seeds
of democratic ideas leu. nowever. in
tlarmnnv ..moill' the ttloma Of UUtO-
cratlc government and the thorns
en,. no- tin nnrl ehnkerl mem. JU51 as
the French Revolution and the Na- j
poleonic wars brougni aemocracy iu
most of western Europe, so the present
war has given It to Russia, where au
tocracy in its extreme turni had been
able to maintain itself.
We have therefore allied against
German autocracy practically all of
Western Europe, together with Ja
nnuca nnd the l'nited States. If
the autocratic governments of the cen-1
tral powers are successnu in win
democracy will be Judged a failure
and the struggle and agony of cen
turies will have gone almost for
naught.
In other words, most of the things
fo rthe realization of which the found
ers of this country struggled and for
which Americans have stood during
our century or more of independent
political existence are at issue in this
war. The national state with its inci
dents, internationalism, self-government,
and democracy, all are im
periled. The war is thus an American
war even if no single battle is fought
on our own soil. If. which God for
bid through the victory of the central
powers over our European allies, the
conflict were- brought to our shores,
our efforts would in all probability be
but the despertae struggles of the vic
tim whose fate was due to the fact
that beguiled by the fair speech of
the oppressor Tie began too late to
fight.. . , ' V . .
SHOP MEETINGS FOR
DT MIIRfrRHIfTP
ULLulUIVl IMILG
OUR SUPPLIES
Most of Munitions for Bel
gian Army Made at Le
Havte, Present Capital
Factories Cover 40 Acres
No Meeting On Thursday,
Thanksgiving Day
The Speakers
- Le Havre, 0H. IT, (P.y mail) In
spite of the fact that for throe years
the Belgian army has been living prac
tically in exile. It has been able to
create its own war factories. Thanks
to the Litter, practically all its war
supplies' . am now V manufactured on
what is temporarily .'Belgian terrHry,
that Is, the district of l,r Havre.
After the battle of the . Yser the
Belgian army had exhausted Its arma
ments. Half its artillery was worn
out, rifles and machine-guns were, for
the most part, useless, and its amuni
tion had run out. This was in the
third month of the war, when Bel
gium was overrun by the Germans.
Nothing daunted, the Belgians set to
work to create their own factories,
first a.t Calais, then at Be Havre, tke
present capital, of the government.
One of the first things to be done
was to adopt the shells of the French
75 field guns to the Belgian guns,
which are of the same calibre. : but
of a different model. From France
and England rifles and heavy artil
lery were procured, and by the next
spring the Belgian army was again
ready to take the field.
When the first and most urgent ob
ject had been achieved, the work of
creating all the various forms of plants
needed to turn out what had been sup
plied by the allies was undertaken.
In August, 1915 factories began to
spring up in Le Havre for war ma
terial, while at the same time a fac
tory was started in England for Bel
gian explosives and another for Bel
gian Ylfles and carbines.
.. The Belgian factories of Le Havre
cover over 40 acres and now supply
practically every need of the army and
its auxiliary services, from ..artillery
to horse-shoes, including motor and
horse conveyances
The shop meetings for the week,
to be held under the auspices of the
Young Mens, Christian association,
have been announced as follows:
Monday 12 o'clock, Carolina Ma
chine company, Rev. J. B. Thrall.
Tuesday 12 o'clock, Carolina Wood
Products company, Rev. O. P. Ader.
Wednesday 10:45 o'clock, Asheville
street car barn. Adjutant J. H. Crook.
Wednesday 12 o'clock. Southern
yards office, Adjutant J. H. Crook.
No meetings on Thursday, Thanks
giving Day.
Friday 12 o'clock, Hans Rees Sons
tannery. Rev. Dr. Dan Atkins.
Friday 2:30 o'clock, Asheville Steam
laundry, Rev. P. H. Mears.
OCCASION CLOTHES
With the arrival of the holiday season, comes the
increasing demand for "occasion" clothes. ,
The Anthony store is adequately prepared to
serve you with proper attire for the Dinner, Dance,
Party or other formal affairs.
There are those exquisite affairs of Taffeta and
Tulle, Satin and Crepe. Dresses that cry "on with the
dance" in every line.
: The dignified Dinner Gowns of shimmering Satin,
all beaded and embroidered for the occasion. These
in a: wide selection. ,
, The other necessary apparel Slippers, Gloves,
Hose, etc. also. found in the Anthony store. Which
adds greatly to the convenience of the shopper and in
sures the utmost in style and quality. '
And the gentlemen everything for dress affairs
for the masculine sex. Full Dress and Tuxedo Clothes
with all the accessories.
Mr. Van Camp our able decorator has given
you an idea of the excellence of our "occasion" Clothes,
in two splendid window displays. See them.
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The Bomb
By PATRICK MaeGIlL
w
Ginger Gahey; the red-haired irish
man) leaned his elbow on the parapet,
eased his helmet up a little, rested his
head on his hand and looked at his
two mates. Howdy Bennors, the De
von man, and Spudhole Bubb, the
Cockney. Gahey had just come back
from his seven days' leave and was
full of stories of his adventures.
"Glory me. 'Twas no end iv fun.":
he said. "Seven days' leave is tray-1
bloomin'-bong, as ye say, Spudhole. I
was luckier this time than 1 was the ,
last time." r
"You were unfortunate the : last
time," said Bowdy : Bennors. "And
'twas all because you were such a
fool." ' . i
"A big. ugly, red-haired Irish fool." j
added Spudhole. AVhich was quite '
true, for on his last leave Gahey act- I
ed very foolishly and got Into discred-!
it with the authorities. It was whpn
he was in a public house that some
man made a remark about English
soldiers. "Sure the English soldier
is no good at all at all, divil a one iv'
'em," he said to Gahey, and Gahey,,
quick in a quarrel knocked him down, i
Others joined in the row, and Gahey
found himself up against a whole
company of tipplers. He was doing
his best to clear them out, whpn the
military police came in. Gahey's
leave was spent in the public-house
and guardroom.
"And all because I stood up for the
likes o' yees two," he explained. "1
see nothing about England, but for
English soldiers well, I know them.
"On the spell of leave just complet
ed Gahey had greater luck than on
the previous visit to Blighty. " 'Twas
all honey and crame," he remarked.
"But I had one funny expayriancc. I
met a pacifist: a sliniler rat of a man
with shoulders like an egg and the
lip uv a turkey that's roused. He was
in a railway carriage with mo. He had
a couple of friends with him and two
women as well. And I was badly in
need of sleep. I could have slept on
a bomb a live one with the pin out.
But there was no room for sleep in
that carriage. The peace man turns
to mo and he spakes.
"Ye're back from the war," says he.
"That I am," snys I.
I "Like It?" he asks.
I "It's the greatest fun in the world,"
! says I.
"Ye see that it's hopeless," says the
! wee man, turning to his mate. "This
1 man's a type of the whole army," says
' he, manln' me. "And his whole mine
lis bent on killin' his fellow creatures."
I "The Jerrys, ye mane?" I enquired.
I "The what he asks me."
I "The Hun. the baby-killer, the
I Boche," I tells him. "The Germans,
if ye like to call them that." I adds.
I "But they're yer brothers," says he.
"They're not as bad as they're made'
; out to be. Ye fellows aro told alii
! manner of lies about them."
' "I've seen them." I says, "and Ii
I know what they arc. I was aut since
j Mons nnd I wasn't out with me two
eves shut. And be-dammed to ye for
! callln' me a brother lv them sort iv
vagabonds. What aid ye, at all," 1
i puts to him.
"I'm a pacifist," says thp v.ec man.
"Ono lv them that's for peace at
!any price?" I mkB him.
"Not at any price," says he, "but
I peace before anything else Is what
, I'm out for."
i 1 puis me hand In me pocket and
I takes out a bomb that. I had taken
with me" against all orders, for a
i souvenir, and I looks at It. It was
clean, ye know, and though an empty
dud, looked like a live one. The wee
i man looked at It as well, and so do
! every ono else In tho carriage. Their
eyes got bigger, too,
"Talkln' about peace," Bays I, "it's
! n very nice thing. I, meself, would
! like to have peace, If It was comirt'
around, nnd somotlmes, out there in
tho trenches, I would rather have
peace than Anything in tho world,
even than a tot iv rum. But It's no
good to talk about peace when the
Germans are shovm' over things like
these." I held the bomb up as 1
spoke. "If ye're not quick In gettln'
out lv the way lv ono Iv them ye'U
have as much peace us ye want, I'm
tellln' ye." i
"Is that a bomb?" asks the man.
" "Tla," says I.
"Will it go off?" he asks.
"No," says I, as I pulled out the
pin and kept purchase Iv the lever.
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" 'Twmi't go off as long as I keep me
thumb here on this."
"But it's dangerous," says the wee
man.
"Not as long as I keep me thumb
on the lever," I tells him. "So I'll put
the pin in agin." I went on to look
for the pin but t couldn't find it.
"I've lost the pin," says I. "Did ye
hear it fall on the floor?"
Well, to tell the truth, I never seen
a man move as quick as that wee
man. The others were on the floor as
well lookin' for the pin. The pin was
lost. They couldn't find it.
"God help us," says I, "if it goes
off. If It dues, we'll all go up into tho
air."
"Throw it out of tho window," says
the wee man, polntin' ut tho bomh.
"If it hits anybody outside 'it may
kill them," snys I, as sweetly hs I
could. Then I added. "I'm so sleepy.
'Twas tho whisky that 1 had what
done it. I had a good drop at the
last station." So I lay back on the
seat with me linger on the lever lv the
bomb and closed me efes. In a min
ute I was snorin' with the bomb still
in my hand.
Well, 1 never saw a carriage clear
like that one, Gahey 'continued. 'Twas
a corridor train and with the wee man
leadin' them they all went out Into
the passage and left me by meself
with tho bomb in me hand. I to ';
the pin down from me sleeve when
the coast was clear, puts It into thj
bomb and puts tho bomb Into me
pocket And such sleep as I had
then. Glory me. 'Twas tho best sleep
I've had for long and niatiys a day.
A TRENCH RAID
By Swoml Lletil. .1. B. MOUTOX
London, Oct 25. (By mall) On a
moonless night, abnMt 11 o'clock, u
solitary figure heaved Itself over the
purapet as noiselessly as possible ai.d
made Its way towards the German
line, which showed up as a blurred
mass In the distance. i
The man smiled grimly to' himself,
recollecting Balrnsfather's illustration
of Napoleon's maxim about an army
moving on its stomach. He crept
along slowly, looking like a shapeless
caterpillar, with just a white glint for
his face, nnd two strained eyes; intent
on the lino ahead.
11c knew the front line wns lightly
garrisoned. But "lightly garrisoned"
is apt ti mean machine guns and alert
sentries, livery now and then a flare
went up, nnd he lay motionless, press
ed against, the slime. There was a
portion of the wire smashed down,
and Just beyond it a few yards from
Uie German trench a shell hole. For
this he was making, and In due course
he slipped quietly into It, holding his
breath. Very soon h be6ame aware
of voices. He could follow the conver
sation. Evidently there was a group
of men just ahead of him in the
trench. A voice said:
"We sit here day after day, night
after night; this is the first lull In that
aful artillery fire foi' days. My God,
what is the sense in it?"
A very young voice spoke: "Surely."
said he. "our continual superiority
should cheer you up."
"Continual superiority!" said the
first speaker contemptuously . "That
is a tale they tell you back at the base.
What would happen to us if they at
tacked suddenly now. Our men in
the reserve lines are half-starved, and
large numbers buried or wounded.
This little 'group of us to hold out bit
of line. Karl is already mad with
nerves, and Hermann Is off his head
listen."
Down the trench to the left a man
was gabbling nonsense, and occasion
ally his voice rose, and other voices
joined in. "Ho is being held down,"
continued . the speaker. "How can 1
ask any of you to mount sentry down
there on the right, among all those
mangled bodies. Besides tho trench
is blown in, and I admit I dare not go
myself to see what has become of the
machine gun tfam. I think they are
all blown to bits. Send up another
flare, Hans and peep over to S"e that
everything' is clear. Tl.is quietness
seems ominous. Those devils are al
ways brewing mischief when, they
are quiet." The flare went up and
tho ground was lit up for a short
while. Evidently the sentry was sat
isliold. The man crept out of the hole and
through the wire. Ten minutes later
he was in his own lines, making a hur-r-ied
report. "Those beggars aro aa
scared as mice." he said to his com
pany commander. "Now's our time."
A raid previously organized, was
rapidly prepared. The bombers got
ready quickly. The artillery were com
municated with; their barrage would
not bo need.. The man who had gone
out to Investigate led the way. Half
way across a flare went up, and they
all lay still and listened to the beat
ing of their hearts. They went on
again, and all crept through the wire.
Then, llko a flash, it happened.
With a spring ihe first man was ovor
the German parapet. Five Germans
screamed and turned to run. Mean
while a rocket was sent up and the
artillery put down a barrage on the
communication trench for It was a
bold plan to withhold the bnrrage un
til actually In the enemy's lines. These
wide-awake Germans were deaith with
by the bombers, and the littlo raiding
party returned with seventeen pris
oners and two machino guns.
Among the prisoners was a gibber
ing lunatic, and a very young soldier,
whose face expressed, n well as ter
ror, profound astonishment. This sud
den swoop was so contrary to all he
had been taught at the base and at
homo in training. It revealed the
English soldier to him in a new light,
and he felt hurt and ashamed at the
tameness and alacrity with which his
follow-soldiers surrendered. They al
most seemed to welcome the raid, aa
an interruption of their misery. Be
ing a thoughtful young man, he was
forced to reconstruct some of his
ideas of the war.
OBITUARY.
Marvin Ketrhnni DuRois.
son of Mr, and Mrs. George Livingston
I)u Bois, died at the home of his par
ents nt Freehold, Monday, November
12, 191", at the age of twenty-eight
years. He came homo last April from
Asheville, North Carolina, where he
had spent the past six years, regain
ing at times a fair measure of health.
He, with his mother spending the
winters with him, have made many
friends in Asheville who extend their
sympathy with other friends to tho
family.
Mr. DuBois graduated from the
Freehold high school, class of 1906,
and from Rutgers college he received
the degree of Lltt.B., with the class of
1910. was given the V.indrrpoll Fel
lowship in chemistry and the Bradley
Mathematical Prize and received tho
ileuree of M.S. from the same college
in 1911. He also spent one year at
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology at Boston for advanced study
in .chemistry, completing this record
of college work at the ago of twenty
one. Aside from his college work:
he had taken much interest and was
efficient In music.
Mr. DuBois was a young man of
refinement, capabilities and high
ideals for noble manhood. It was a
matter of keen disappointment to him
that ill health prevented his going on
with his studieB and accepting a gov
ernment position ns chemist, for which
vocation he had worked hard and was
well prepared. His seemingly .un
timely death is a great sorrow to hid
many friends. Besides his parents ha
Is survived by one brother, Warren
LIvlngsDn DuBois, of Newark.
The funeral was private' and was
held at the house on Thursday after
noon at two o'clock, conducted by tho
Itev. Frank H. Symmes of Old Tenneut
church, which tho deceased joined at
the age of 12 years. Interment was In
Old Tenncnt cemetery. it
With the Sage.
A hero Is he who taking both repu
tation and life In his hands, will with
perfect urbanity, dare the gibbet and
the mob, by the absolute truth of his
speech and rectitude of his behavior,
Emerson.