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HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICA??, ATLANTA. (TA„ SUNDAY, MAT W. iffi:
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LIST SPURT OF STRENGTH
Playing for High Stakes, With Last Reserves
Pilling Gaps in Both Fronts in Hope of Break-
ing Lines of Allies With Close Formation.
ITTY GORDON, vaude
ville actress, who has
I; decided to qflit tour of United
( States to become war nurse at
i the front in France.
Continued From Page 1.
upon which to conclude what he call*
an honorable peace—that 1*. a draw.
Bat by the very use of thi* method
he win, If he. falls to achieve his ob
ject. find hlmaclf In a much worse
position after that failure than before,
for he la going to use what he know*
to be bis last reserves and he has al
ready begun to put them into the
field
It is very important that we should
grasp the contrasting objects of the
Germans and of the Allies In the
west If we are to measure the fail
ure or success of this new offensive
which the Germans have undertaken.
Seeks to Break Line.
The truth Is that tie enemy's sole
conceivable object Is to break the
allied line and to break It NOW;
while the object of five Allies Is to
hold him, to keep him upon the de
fensive (or upon the offensive de
fensive) until, at a LATER and de
cided moment—for which they have
given all these weeks of preparation
—they launch their effort to break
him or to make him shorten his line.
One might put It in a single sen
tence by saying that the Allies are
not TET trying to break him, while
he is, and must be, in this new offen
sive trying AT ONCE to break ua
So that the measure of our success
snd of his failure In the next couple
of weeks will be his ability or In
ability to get through. If he does
not get through, no local advance, ne
rapturing of a few pieces here or
there, or even of poeltions with which
recent encounters have made us fa
miliar. would bring the ultimate suc
cess of the enemy nearer by an Inch
unless the effect produced upon civi
lian opinion should give the enemy
politically what he could not achieve
In the field.
Great Danger in Press.
That is certainly a great danger.
To read certain organs of the press
In Great Britain one would imagine
the writers were incapable of grasp
ing the military meaning of military
'events, and were concerned with
nothing more than tempting their
readers to read by panic one day,
boasting the next.
Unfortunately, comment of this
sort does affect general opinion, and,
I repeat, a political mlsjudgment
might give the enemy what he Is un
able to obtain In the field. But,
short of such a mlsjudgment, no local
successes can benefit the enemy at
all toward his Immediate and only
useful end, which Is simply the break
ing of the allied line.
If he doea not break that line he
has done nothing, and if hla attempt
to break through falls, then, after
it has failed, he will be In a worse po
sition to meet the final allied offen
sive than he was before. Not only
will he be weaker from losses, but
he will know that he has now no fur
ther reserves to put In the field dur
ing the summer
Vienna Again Gay With
Turn of Tide in Galicia
By LIEUT. COL. A. HEINCKE.
(Of the Austrian Army.)
VIENNA. May 16 —Nine months of
grim warfare has passed over Aus
tria. I remember so well the daye
when the frantic crowds cheered ev
ery regiment which left for the front.
Since then 270 days have passed,
weary’ days and long nights of anx
iety, which nobody ever wishes to
live through again.
The brilliant enthusiasm of the
whole nation has cooled down to s
firm determination. If the enemies
think that the confidence of Austria
Is sbaken. they err very much In
deed. Every soul goes about with a
very sound And true contentedness
The fine old capital of Emperor Prams
Josef shows hardly any sign of un
easiness, especially now since the
Russian offensive In the Carpathians
has broken down entirely The good
faith for the future Is doubled and
oan be noticed on every face.
Of course, pity Is felt by every
slvlllan for the poor wounded soldiers.
Many once active, strong fellows limp
•bout on crutches, maimed for life.
But the well known "True Golden
Vienna Heart” eases their sad lot &
great deal Uncountable gifts of
every kind are offered continuously
while the men who offered their live*
for the Fatherland struggle slowly
along.
The Bread Ticket’s Lesson.
The other day 1 dropped into a cafe
near the opera. Crowded with visit-
ois It presented the usual Vienna pic
ture of chatting, well-dressed ladles,
officers In their rmart uniforms, me*
behind the latest telegrams and pa
ls' pers. their card* or a gam- of 011-
i lards. wa ter* rushing about from ta
ble to table. However, something was
missing. The famous Vienna rolls,
the fine pastry every one used to
have with the coffee, have vanished.
War shows also here it* grim face—
since fifteen days the Brotkarte
ticket) has been Issued snd
,»Jy gets his dally bread allow-
e without presenting it.
he waiter brings my coffee and
itely asks for my ticket. A pair
scissors In his hand, an equipment
far unknown in the cafe, appear, he
,t* the coupons and returns with
le piece of “kriegsbroL” It Is quite
eorgia Man Is
Rescued in Time
Resident of Woodstock Finds Himself
Restored After Hie Physi
cians Failed.
| T. A. Lewis, who lives 0U4 on Houis
S, Woodstock, Ga . was the victim of
F itomai n trouble** for a long time. He
tried the treatments of many doctors,
lie tried ail sorts of remedies
His sufferings were a xerious handi
cap to his work.
Then he tried May re Wonderful
Remedy Just as it always does, the
first dose proved to him what could be
done for his ailment. He took the
full treatment; then wrote:
**I have taken your wonderful rem
edy. and am feeling better than 1 have
felt in four years
"• r onr remedy does just what you
claim It will do.
§L "I tried several doctors, but they
T did me no good. 1 am glad that I
have found your wonderful remedy.
" I have recommended it to some of my
neighbors who need it.**
Mayr's Wonderful Renedv gives
. permanent results for stomach, liver
and Intestinal ailments. Ea' as much
and whatever you like. No more dis-
r resr after eating, pressure of gas in
*he stomach and around ti < heart
Get one bottle of your drug- -t n w
ir 11.
-v, ' t-r\ money
A ) '•r? o^ment.
sufficient, nourishing, and tastes very
wall.
Suddenly a few words caught my
ear from the neighboring table. I
listen. Two men talk about the
"kriegebrot.” This is what they said:
“Oh, yes, we have quite enough bread
In the house, the ration is quite
sufficient, we even save up several
tickets at the week’s end and ex
change the rest for flour And other
material. And I tell you it is quite
healthy to live on shorter rations. My
wife and I feel much better in
health since we eat less. Really, this
bread-ticket arrangement will be a
lesson for a good many people who
have wasted bread! We—in fact
everybody—have lived on a much too
extravagant scale."
I Indorse gladly this overheard con
versation. The man is right, this war
will be a good education for many.
Gold I Give for Iron.
* Like a big wave a queer charity
has swept over the country. I refer
to *X>eld bag ich fur Eigen.** When
it started everybody was eager to re
spond to this patriotic call. Rich
and poor offered their gold—many
pieces of flne old family jewelry-
goodness knows how many wedding
rings were given as offerings to the
Fatherland.
The throng was tremendous; people,
mostly women, stood from the office
door right down the stairs along the
pavement in rows of two for Impure,
patiently waiting in the hot sun to
receive for their gold a simple ring
of iron—worth perhaps twenty-flve
cents.
Alongside of the lady in silk stood
the simple flower girl, the poorly
paid office girl. A good sentence 1
caught passing one day. A lady said
to another close to her: “It takes a
long time before our turn comes.”
"The war takes longer," was the
quick reply. I sato- the two ladies
still In good humor, passing an hour
later for my home Yes. the Vienna
humor has grown into proverb.
The Knight in Iron.
Another charitable institution has
been erected on the Schnarzenberg
Plats. A dense crowd, whether rain
or sunshine, surrounds the black
wooden knight day after day. His
beaver over the face, a gilded sword
gripped by both hands across his
knees, he stands in a little open that
roofed chapel-like pavilion, upright,
daring! Made of wood, about 12 feet
high, the idea Is to drive nails Into
his body until he is covered by an
iron armor of tiny nails Each of
them costs "eine Krone.’ about 20
cents. Of course, charity has no limit
—more may be given. If 2,000 peopls
drive in a nail every day, many
months—I have heard twenty-four—
are needed to cover the whole statue.
While I looked at the statue, and
drove my nail into it,, the crowd
cheered the passing "Sammelwagen "
About six field wagons, such as are
used for the transport of food and
baggage in the army, drove past
slowly. Decorated with the Austrian
colors and green flr tree branchat,
they came to collect gifts for the hos
pital. the men In the field.
The bugles sounded up the 9treet
and everywhere the people rushed out
to deliver their ready made parcels.
The multitudes of them. huge, large
and small ones, soon filled the six
wagons At last no space was avail
able for the rest. Merrily driving
off the drivers shouted. "We come
again! We come again! *
ITALIANS BUYING HORSES.
HAMMOND. IND., May 39 — Agents of
the Italian Government are scouring
lake County for fine horses. At the
Crown Point horse market they bought
one hundred horses, which were shipped
to Chicago to be transshipped East.
Kitty Gordon Will
Become War Nurse
Vaudeville Beauty to 8ail for Front
Soon—Gives Allies Auto
Ambulances
NEW YORK, May 29.—Kitty Gordon,
the vaudeville star, will salf soon to
visit her husband, Captain Harry Beres-
ford, at Neuvre Chapelle. Later aht
will go to the battle front to Join the
band of Englishwomen nursing there.
All Miss Gordon’s male relatives on
her own side and by marriage are now
at the front and Miss Gordon has de
cided she must Join the other devoted
women and assist in the good work
they have been accomplishing by nurs
ing at the front.
Moreover, she has purchased two au
tomobile ambulances for the British
Red Cross and has sent out an appeal to
all the English actors now In this coun
try to return and take up the patriotic
duty to their country on the battle
field
Pledges Fealty toU.S,
ofGerman-Americans
NEW YORK. May 29 —‘If it ever
comes to a war with Germany the Ger
man-Americans of the United States
will be found absolutely loyal to the
Stars ami Stripes," said Alphonse G.
Koelble, president of the United German
Societies of New York.
Mr. Koeible had been prompted to
make this statement because of various
rumors that in the present crisis Ger
mans here were aiding with their Fa
therland against the land of their adop
tion.
"I do not believe we will ever have to
fight Germany," continued Mr. Koeble.
“We would be fools to lose our heads.
We could gain nothing by making an
enemy of Germany."
Royal Germans Lose
British Knighthood
LONDON, May 29 —The College of
Arms announces that King George has
directed that the following names be
struck from the roll of Knights of the
Garter:
The Emperor of Austria, the German
Emperor, the King of Wurttemberg, the
German Crown Prince, the Grand Duke
of Hesse, Prince Henry of Prussia, the
Puke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and the
Duke of Cumberland.
Prison Rather Than
Fight for the French
KANSAS CITY, May 29 —Given choice
of two years In the penitentiary or a
return to France to serve In the French
army. Arthur de Molln, a Frenchman,
captured In the act of robbing a gro
cery. turned to Judge Latshaw, who had
Just made the offer of a parole.
'If it is either the penitentiary or
the army, judge." said De Molin, "send
me to the penitentiary."
He was sentenced to two years
Mayor of Rome Off
To Fight in Cavalry
ROME, May 29 —Prince Colonna,
Mayor of Rome, has resumed his post
in the army as major of cavalry and
started for the front, where his three
son* have preceded him.
About half of the Aldermen of Rome
have re-entered the army, and two-
thirds of the members of the Munici
pal Council have volunteered
ROLEOFU. S.AFTER WAR
Noted Psychologist Declares America and Japan
Next Probable Opponents—Believes “Lasting
Peace Will Spring From Battlefields.”
Many Valued Papers
In Red Cross Auction
Autographed Works of Dickens,
Stevenson and Jane Anten
Offered at Christie’s.
England Confronted
By a Meat Shortage
LONDON. May 29—The Board of
Trade calls attention to the great im
portance of restricting the consump
tion of meat
The increase In price ie found to be
due to the Increased requirements of
the British and French armies and the
shortage of meat ships from oversea
DR. I. T. GAULT
IpstMIst-fsr Man
Embliihtd 11 Ytari
as Inmas Building.
Atlanta. Bssrgis
Clemenceau Sees No
World Peace Hope
PARIS. May IS—Georges Clemenoeau
writ.*:
”1 have received from the United
State* a pretty not* »iim*d by im
portant names wherein, under the aegis
of Carnegie. I am told that thi* war will
eventually result in considerable prog
ress along the road to universal i.eace.
"I believe they are alt mistaken.”
Professor Hugo Munsterberg, of
Harvard, in hit latest look, “The
Peace, and America," discusses our at
titude toward Oermanp. The follow
ing article is from the final chap
ter of the book, ft points out the
part this nation ioill play after peace
is declared.
By PROF. HUGO MUNSTERBERG.
W HAT will ths new day (of
peace) bring to America? The
fancy of the first days that
America might stand aside as a mere
spectator, unshaken by the European
earthquake, has slowly been dispelled.
The American industries are crippled,
while those of Germany are flourish
ing. and a thousand times more un
employed are seeking work In New
York than In Berlin.
We hear from optimists that, who
ever wins, all Europe will be exhaust
ed from the war and America alone
will be the winner Europe, with Its
fifty million dollars daily war budget,
will no longer be able to compete with
the inexhaustible resources of undis
turbed America, and in the markets
of the world the commerce of the
United States will havs no serious ri
vals. It sounds tempting; yet can we
forget that by far the greatest mar
kets of the world and by far the best
customers were in those exhausted
countries of Europe?
We hear from pessimists that, who
ever wins, the winner must he the
next enemy of America. If England Is
able to crush Germany, its naval pow
er will have such absolute command
of the sea that It must interfere with
the natural development of America's
oversea trade, and the conflict would
become unavoidable.
Utterly Groundless.
If. on the other hand. Germany
wins, it wdl seek to develop its colo
nial possessions and try to seize ter
ritory In South America. The viola
tion of the Monroe Doctrine would Im
mediately lead to a clash of arms.
Such pessimism seems • utterly
groundless, and the future would look
bright if all misgivings could be so
easily recognized as unfounded. If
the Allies really win, Russia will be
the power which profits most, and
England’s full attention will be ab
sorbed by the threatening conflict
with the strengthened Russia, which
can hardly wait to break Into India.
But there is still less reason for
fear if Germany wins. As the Presi
dent of the Reichstag said solemnly:
"Prom the blood-soaked battle fields
will spring a lasting peace for us."
Germany knows exactly that any
colonizing efforts In the American
continent would mean a war, and Ger
many will never seek war.
Japan To Be Feared.
If the victorious Germany should
think of colonies, they certainly would
not be in the sphere of American in
terests. But he would anyhow be a
bad psychologist who would not fore
see that after this war the energies of
Germany will be so fully focused on
the Inner development of its Euro
pean domain that the colonial wishes
will claim a small part of the public
attention.
The psychology of the situation sug
gests rather that If the United States,
abstracting from its troubles with
Mexico, comes Into armed struggle. It
will be neither with England nor with
Germany, but with Japan.
With the opening of the Panama
Canal the great problem of the su
premacy of the Pacific has been defi
nitely set before mankind, and Ja
pan's strength has been multiplied by
the war, whoever wins.
America's political position in the
world does not and will not depend
upon its strength in war. Its domain
Is safe and no cannon balls will be
aimed toward the Woolworth Build
ing. Its prosperity, too. Is secured by
the Incomparable treasures of the
land But Its position among the na-
tions of the world will depend upon
its success or failure as a moral
leader.
Two Answers Possible.
Few men In America know the
world situation better than Colonel
Harvey, and few are more embit
tered against the barbarian Germans
"the enemies of civilization.” In hie
momentous letter to the editor of The
London Times, reprinted In the March
number of The North .American Re
view. he says In unmistakable words:
"I wonder if your people, in com
mon with your Government and of
course, yourself, are fully aware that
their silled forces are drawing their
rifles, their cartridges and their muni-
tons of war from our factories, and
that but for the supply thus obtained
they could hardly hope ever to tri-
umpn."
But. even If The Times and the Gov-
eniment were not aware of this unde
niable fact, the German nation i s now
aware of it to the last man. Every
body there asks himself: Why does
not America feel the moral Impulse
to shorten the war by forbidding the
export of weapons to all belligerents”
He may be mistaken, but he sees
°" 5 , * W °s POS * ibie * u *werg. Either the
nation does not want to be neutral
and insists on this export because It
hat s ° nly th, ‘ Allies can profit
tha?*i. t »h nd K not L helr opponents, and
that It thus has the power to fight the
battles of the Allies without officially
rlfiv o° r Xht nation '» Politi
cally indifferent and consider* the
commercial profit more important
then all the striving for peace which
has been tts perpetual program.
Change Is Comfng.
The day will come when America
will look on all these un-American
actions exactly as England very soin
felt about its antl-Amerlcanlsm. The
day may be nearer than the editors
Imagine, and suddenly the spirit of
true neutrality may take hold of the
nation and may Inspire Its nobleBt
conscience and may raise It to the
height of moral leadership to which
it seemed destined in the first hour
of the European strife. I trust this
will be the glorious to-morrow which
will e'estroy all those European sus
picions.
) nslly, what will the next day
bring to the Americans of German
descent? For the American nation
as a whole the experience during this
war t:me may bs not without hard
ship, but for those millions of Ger-
man-AmeTican*, It la the bitterest
tragedy.
The ground on which they atood
trembled and broke; abysses are
around them. Their dally compan
ions have turned into their persecu
tors, their Intimate friends Into their
adversaries. The toll on which they
had forsworn their fatherland has
become foreign land to them, as they
feel that they are no longer welcome
to theli neighbors.
Praises German Induatry.
Yet it is the land which their in
duatry has plowed and to which their
iocaity is unshaken. They want to
stiuggle against the cruel attacks
which are hurled against the beloved
land of their fathers and brother*,
but bravery before the enemy Is
cosier than bravery before the neu
tral.
While there were one hundred and
seventy Congressmen of Irish descent
In Washington, there have never been
more than a handful of German-
Amer cans. Of course, those Irish
men do not form a party; and no on*
dreamed of creating a German party
beside the Democrats and Repub
licans.
Nothing could be more ruinous to
American life than a House of Rep
resentatives who repre»ent only racial
groups of the country. Yet those one
hundred and seventy Irishmen mean
an Influence by which the demands
of the Irish-American* can secure re
spect and fulfillment.
See* Lasting Peace.
If the German element, backed oy
a united organization, should become
a serious factor in the practical po
litical life of the nation, if those who
preach hatred against Germany were
defeated in elections wherever pos
sible, If a hundred or more Democrats
and Republicans of German descent
were carried into the House, a repe
tition of that unspeakable moral
misery of the twenty million German.
Americans would become Impossible.
The Germans say rightly that 1t
wa» always their aim to be in contact
with the culture of all foreign nations,
but that they tried more earnestly
and more sincerely to gain the cul
tural friendship of America than of
ary land Rut can this really be the
last word? In the embittered hour the
quiet work may appear lost and the
highest values destroyed.
But that will not be and can not
be the American sentiment of to
morrow. Prom the blood-soaked bat
tle fields of the intellect, a lasting
peace will spring, too.
Making Soil Germs
Is Newest Industry
CANTON, OHIO, May 29—Making
germs for farmers Js a new Industry
which has sprung up in Canton and
which has Increased Its business so rap
idly that It was Incorporated for 910,000
under the name of the Kgg*rt Chemi
cal Company. This concern is doing by
chemical process what nature formerly
did by alfalfa, soy bean, cow peas and
certain grades of clover.
Certain germs are needed when new
fields are sown. Thee** germs were ob
tained by taking earth from old fields.
The new company is producing the
? Terms, which will be sold commercially,
laboratories have been established.
Maimed in War, Man
Gets Job as Sailor
PHILADELPHIA. May 29.—Rendered
ineligible for further service by the loss
of all fingers on his right hand at the
battle of Neuvillc last October. Walter
Blake, 38. a resident of Txmdon, and
former British soldier, ban Joined the
British «teamer West Point at Port
Richmond piers as a member of the
crew The appointment was obtained
by the British Government as a reward
for bis service and sacrifice for his
country.
Blake waa among the first of the
British soldiers to go to France. At
Nenvllle he fought in the first ranks
until a German bullet carried away the
fingers of his hand.
BISHOP OF LONDON TELLS
LONDON, May ”9.—The Red Cross
sale at Messrs. Christie's was devoted
to autograph letters and original
manuscripts. One of the most gen
erous donors was Sir Sidney Colvin,
who sent many of hU.precious Ste
venson and other manuscripts.
Sir Sidney also presented letters of
Robert Browning and William Morris,
as weU a a of Swinburne.
Perhaps the most precious "lot” In
the sale consisted of Mrs. Prank
Gieldgud’s gift of five pages of the
original manuscript of the ‘Pickwick
Papers." Other Dickens Items were
contributed by Lady Kekewich and
Burdett-Coutts.
Another choice “lot” was Austen-
Lelgh's manuscript of the first twelve
pages of an unfinished novel by Jane
Austen. T. J. Wise and Clement
Shorter, two well-known collectors,
contributed Borrow, Bronte, E. Norris 1
and Swinburne document*.
Austin Dobson *ent one of his orlg- |
Inal manuscripts and several auto- j
graph copies of his poems; John
Galsworthy contributed the original
manuscript of his '’Memories," writ
ten In California three years ago;
Thomas Hardy, two autographed cop
ies; Rudyard Kipling, an autograph
of his famous poem, “For All We
Have and Are.”
From Charles Longman came two
manuscripts of Richard Jeffries, one
of 30 pages and the other of 31 pages;
Alfred Sutre contributed the type
written original of George Meredith’s
"Egotist.” with a great number of
manuscripts, and about 42 inserted
pages entirely in Meredith’s hand
Among the many music Items were
the autograph copy of Paderewski's
famous minuet, given by the com
poser, and the original manuscripts
of Sir Arthur Sullivan’s "Utopia,”
about 318 pages, given by Herbert
Sullivan.
“To Church, Salvage Institution, Falls Task of
Relief”—“Bond of Mutual Affection Be
tween Mother and Child Muse Preserved"
Kin of Patrick Henry
Is Wounded at Ypres
Descendant of Famous American
Patriot Fights for British in
Seeming Paradox.
CHICAGO, May 29.—News that Philip
Sampson, a great-great-great-grandson
of Patrick Henry, had been wounded In
the battle of Ypres by a .German bullet
has Just been received by hl» parents.
Young Sampson Is the son of Mrs. W.
G Eaton by a former marriage Mrs.
Eaton, who is known In club and suf
frage circles as Mrs. Page Waller Eaton,
Is a great-great-grandaughter of the
American patriot.
The news was contained in a telegram
from Montreal, which stated that young
Sampson wa swounded on April 23. The
young man—he is 31—is a soldier in the
Royal Montreal Regiment. Third Bri- j
gade. Fourteenth Battalion. He en
listed August 20.
The seeming paradox presented by the I
spectacle of a descendant of the Ameri
can patriot who figuratively shook his
fist under the nose of the King of Eng
land and declaimed: “Give me liberty
or give me death!” now fighting for a
British king is explained by Mrs. Eaton.
“My people are all British,” she said.
•*Tt was natural that my son should en
list with the Canadian regiment and
fight for the land of his fathers."
Maeterlinck Blames
War Ruin on Treaties
Belgium Poet Says Country Would
Have Been Spared but for
International Pact.
LONDON, May 29.—Maurice Maeter
linck. speaking at the annual conference
of the British Constitutional Associa
tion, said the example of Belgium
showed the utter inefflcency of interna
tional law In time of war.
"If it had not been for the treaty of
London, made in 1831, and revised in
1838. and The Hague treaty of 1907.
there is not the least doubt, that wc
would have been spared aggression and
all its terrible consequences," he con
tinued. "If aggression has taken us by
surprise we owe it to the treaties. When
we awoke from our belief in treaties It
was too late. The German army was j
at our gate, and we were given twelve
hours to answer an ultimatum.
"The neutral powers have not even i
lodged protest against the violation of j
treaties. Peace conferences appear now
as only vague debating societies and
resolutions coming therefrom are mere
scraps of paper fit for the waste basket. *
The Right Rev. Arthur Winnington
Ingram, Lord Rishop of London, is
naturally greatly interested in Great
Britain'i domestic problem of “war
babies" and his views on the subject
are given »» the following interview
accorded to Denis Orane, the well-
knmen novelist, for publication ex
clusively in the Hearst papers.
By DENIS CRANE.
LONDON. May 29.—The trouble
with problems like that of “war
babies" is they all get out of propor-
tlor and entangle themselves with
false Impressions. The statement !s
made that there has been a great out
break of drlnkinng and licentiousness,
and it Is promptly forgotten that 30
per cent of the regular army are tee
totalers, and that never In British his
tory has the young manhood of the
nation been morally so clean and up
right.
Similarly, when some one said "war
babies," alarmist!, at ci.tr saw coiu-
.ng on such u drop of these specula
tive entitles as threatened to subvert
social order. Among those who th'r.k
the situation has been exaggerated is
the Bishop of London, who In the
Church Council has already spoken on
the subject, and who on the matter
that so closely engages the thought
of Christian men and women, has
courteously consented to answer a
few questions.
"While there undoubtedly has been
a great deal of ill-formed and exag
gerated talk on the subject," said Dr.
Ingram, "I confess that the evil Is a
grave one, because the birth of chil
dren outside the marriage relationship
on however small a scale Is, in the
eyes of the church, a thing wrong In
itself and fraught with all sorts of
moral and economic perils. Sin is
hateful always* and In any circum
stances. quite Independent of Its fre
quency and extensiveness.
Hopes for Definite Data Soon,
“As to the prevalence of the evil we
have at present no reliable informa
tion at all. Figures that have been
given prove on investigation to be
mere guesswork. How could it be
otherwise? This Is a mischief that
naturally shrinks from publicity.
Shortly, I hope, we shall have definite
data to go upon. The Archbishops'
Committee, which Mrs. Creighton Is
to convene In consultation with the
National Union of Woman Workers,
should put us In possession of the
facts. Meanwhile there Is a call for
caution and common sense.”
The bishop's wrath was hot against
“sentimental nonsense" which speaks
of these unborn children as “seed of
our heroes," and excuses the mothers
because they “had not much to give,
but gave their all.”
“People who talk like that,” said
he, “are a menace to morality. They
prove their utter incompetence even
to understand the problems, let alone
solve it.”
“Upon whom lies the chief respon- |
slbllity for these unhappy children?” i
I asked.
“That Is a point upon which no one *
can presume to judge. At the same ,
time certain facts are Indisputable.
Men have been beset, so we are told, i
with unmaldenly—and It is In many ;
cases, I am glad to think, unwelcome
—attentions of young and thoughtless |
girls who have caught the khaki fever,
and In gush and sentimental generos
ity feel they ought to do something
for soldiers. Doubtless the girls are J
for the most part innocent In lnten- |
tion. They want to show their appre
ciation of the sacrifices the boys have
made and the type of hysteria that
is prevalent in war time overwhelms
their modesty and paralyzes those I
self-protective Instincts that usually !
preserve the ingenuous youth from j
such excesses. But when that is said [
it can not be too strongly urged that
girls who act like this are not hero- 1
ines and are not to he excused. The
true friend of the soldier Is the girl
who checks all outbursts of enfeeb
ling sentiment and unbridled passion
and In preserving her own virtue
guards her lover's honor. The times
call, not for any slackening of moral
standard*, but for discipline and ne
st rain t."
This, the bishop added, applied
equally to the soldier. God had given
one standard of morality, and that
was the highest for all classes. A
king's unlfcrm did not condone the
offense that the law of God con
demned. On the contrary, It gave that
law special ineidepce. The soldier
fighting for righteousness wa* under
doubled obligations as to the integ
rity of his own priayte conduct.
Urges Certain Remedy.
Turning to practical measures. Dr,
Ingram opposed the view that the
authorities should make the same al
lowance to “unmarried wives” as to
the soldiers' legal dependents, except
where women subsequently married
the fathers of their children.
“No,” the bishop resumed, “these
women must be helped, but not di
rectly by the State, This is where
the church and voluntary agencies
come In. The State cannot condone
moral evil; It must uphold the law
and exact for every offense tts appro
priate penalty. The church, on the
other hand, whiTe enforcing every
moral and spiritual obligation. Is a
salvage Institution. Its Instrument#
are wisdom and love, and In the con
dition of these girls, victims of their
own and another's frailty. It has ths
opportunity to Justify Its claims.
"At all costs the bond of mutual
affection and responsibility between
mother and child must be preserved
and. without condoning the wrong,
womanly (sympathy must be accord
ed, so that the offender may not b*
driven to despair."
Recognizing that the danger is not
yet over, the bishop urged that more
attention be given to preventive
measures. The Increase of women
patrols was to be recommended, h*
said, but more care is necessary In
the selection of persons appointed to
this work. Young girls naturally re
sent anything like espionage or un
warrantable Interference with their
liberties. The work require* the ut
most tact, and the patrol’s duty musl
be confined to intervention, when a
girl is in actual peril of place or con
duct. Stricter supervision by mili
tary authorities also would be advis
able in co-operating with those of
church, and all persons having over
sight of young women, such as pa
rents, guardians or employers,
should instruct them as to the dan
gers incurred by consorting with
strangers and by loose, heedless con
duct.
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