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their ovn csHinirj'. Jt i, or tln
ftjion, lort, that I, an Amr
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)licit f.iidi in the justice of
i'.rrmany' r.msr, have not
to maintain that the
Uriiish jiroiiic. nlitch in itielf
fud cherislied no ill-will aaainst
Gfimany, w.cre ai much the vic-
(imi and the dtipe of liplomatic
tnektry tiie untortunate
ikli?ian. Thir hatt i lome-
thinjt artihciall;- engenilcred
ilirir fear and rancour have
their roots in an tinfortunate
:md wide pread ignorance of a
iircat pcople. Xhcir very virtuc
were cunninsly played upon in
(irder to enlist their sympatliies
in an evil cansc. The greätest
rneniies o England to-day are
fliose into whose dishonest und
lricky hands ghe confided her
tlestiny and prosperity and the
live et nnllions ot her gos
na now these men nressmen
;nd politicians strive frantical-
iy, d verately Uj jile wrong
upon wrong in Order to hide the
liornble initial blunder.
Surely if the will of the
fcople be still a power in Eng-
'ina, or it i'arliament be still
nifused with the spirit o liberty
nd free speech, the hour has
turne for England to pause and
;iSk; ' VHY and WHITHER?
The Continental Times is proud
to publitih the following bnltiant
,id thoughtful article by an
F.nglishman, Mr. Arthur B. Yol
iand, and its solc regret is that
.t copy of it cannot be placed
into the hands of every man and
Avotnan in the ßritish Empire.
R. h. Orchelle. .
In August, 1911, the Britisli For
(ign Minister, Sir Edward Grey. re
solved to plunge Great Lritain and
the ßritish Empire into the most
terrible war the world has ever seen,
The final step the füll consequenc'es
ef which have at last become evident
to Europc and the whole human
race, carne as a surprise to everyone
txcept the nnhappy few who- being
initiated into the mysteries of Grey
ceret diplomacy, have to bcar their j
ehare of responsibility for the awful
havoc and carnage wrought by the
whirlwind of international hatred
brought into play by , the heinous
niiscalculation of an insignificant
minonty of arm-chäir politicians,
Why was the persectly loyal pro
posal of Germany, communicated to
itt Edward Grey by Ifnnce Lieh
novsky before Mr. Asquith's notori-
ou phihppic, branded by the latter
a "infamous"? Why was it held
back even from the Briti'sh Par-
liament ßecause those imnediatcly
responsible for the polky uf Great
Hntam were convinced that a more
i'avourable opportunity for the over-
throw of Germany could not well be
irnagined! Yes, this was the sole
reason for tbe Intervention of Great
Britain in a Conflict which was no
concem of hers.
The reason adduced by Grey the
breach ot tielgian neutrality by Ger
many wa a mere pretext, for,
tnanks to tne aiplomatic machina'
tiotit of the "Entente", a.coalition
brought into being by Great Britain
an an Instrument for the suttocation
tf the German empire, the neutral
ity of Belgium was already a.thitig
of the past.
The watchwords employed by the
English, French and Russiati press
to poputarise the cause of the "En
tente" were chosen with a nice re
prard for the peculiar Sympathie of
the British public. Liberty , na-
.nliv" lanfil trnnie"
n'poa.ivj f w.-.,, V
these and the deterniination to rid
F.urope forever of the "nightinare of
J'russian rnihtarisrn and to preserve
the integrity of the Balkan states by
overthrowing the "Gertnano-Magyar"
hegemony which threatened to en
gulf them. were the wills-o-the-wisp
that enticed the flower of Lritain'
manhood into the miry swamp of a
bitter enmity and rancour a deplor
able as they are nnreasonable.
Never in the history of the Dritish
Empire have the allurements of a
momentary, unthinking oppurtuoisni
induced British statesmen to take so
f;ital a "Jeap in the dark." Had
those responsible for the policy of
the British Government realised that
the cynically rash ventn- on which
they were about to embark wa
fraught with consequences so ter
rihle and so fatal to the prestige of
the Empire, they would -wrely have
heiiuted. The tt ot a tioii-exit-
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nuil iniimiity t mdixirril Mpiul.
ist w" f m, i!(i j i ! w of ri'i'imi
Wutlii tn.irkrU l hrcilfnfil I:
th i", !., proif ttude of lütt'
yr.irg by tlictr G nn.in couitielitors.
Uns il the real ffssoit why tue
whole rif Europe In been et o
t;re, The world- ar, o it as
Urrat Unt.tnt I concerned. is mir
and imply a hminc war. Tlu
cliow l'rrss, which Is entirclv ,1
voted to iiTving the intrrest of the
binines world, umorluiutciy for it
tt, k. irt tue cat out t the bag be
fore the war wa. a wetk Id. It
msütuted a can,tin for the ca
ture of German trade. The tiinclly
watchwords with which the British
natio'i had been cajoicd into ap
proval of the action of the Govem
mcr.t were for tbe Moment forcot
tcn. The naked coniniercialisni of
the enterpnse was exposed to view.
Unfortunately- however. the British
public did not jrrasu the Situation
The road leading to the sharables
continued to he thronped bv stal
wart youtbs. Britain failed to corn
prehend that the rnillionaire had
once more asserted hnnself. Was
in vain that the ereat. Duxe-miiulpd
Laureafe cried;
Tho' many a light shall darken,
and mauv shall wem
For those that are crushed in the
clash of tarrm Claims.
Yet God s just wrath shall be
wreakd on a giant liar"?
Yes, for Britain today is in leaa-ue
with the "giant liar," and the "lust
of gain in the spint of Cain,:
marenes reientiessiy towards its
goal over the dcad bodies of the
tlower ot British manhood.
Made in German v" that is the
key to the present struggle. The
foreign policy of Great Britain has
become the plaything of com
ercialism: national intersts have
been subordinated to the momentary
interests of a Northcliffe or a
Churchill. "Remove that banble!"
this war has given British Par-
namcnurism tne coup oe grace
and threatens to dig the grave of
writisn aemoeraev
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Peace setting under her olive, and
smrring tue aays gone bv.
When the poor are hovell'd and
hustled together, each sex like
swine,
When only the ledger lives, and
when only not all men lie:
Peace in her vineyard yes!
out a Company torges the wine.
. Was the consciousness of the rot
tenness of the social fabne in any
way responsible for the final resolve
of those who hesitated to plunge
ineir country into ine tintathomable
abyss of a Conflict as nnreasonable
as it was unprovoked? Were they
conscious of the anomal, of the
social order prevailing in Great
öntain? And the allianc with the
"giant liar" has it so ' infected the
British character with the poison of
political miscrupulousness that the
giory ot British manhood , driven
to the shamblcs to conceal the
festering sores of social injustice?
Was this one of the subordinate
aims pursued by those who re
solved to plunge Europc into the
Horrors ot a fratricidal warf
The history of the world-conflict
provoked by the short-sichted rash
ness of an Opportunist Cabinct has
yet to be writtetY but the questions
i have asked must be answered now
ociore it is too iate. i ne ans-
wer must be aiven bv tlic oIv
forum entitled thereto, the British
public. If the answers are in the
artirmative, the System rcsoonsible
for the present critical Dosition nf
tue untisft people must be sw-pt
away. to make room for one whkh
shall regard private interests as en-
tirely subordinate to national wel
fare. , '.
The British statesmen who al-
jowed their country to be plunged
into the whirlpool of a strtiggle the
consequences of which wbether re
garded from the mors! or the pol
itical point of view are incalculable,
based their calculations on know-
ledge which hat proved to be the
most astounding ignorance. W
have only Mo recall the boastful
words not distinguished by any
partictilar evidence of good taste
nttered last August by the British
Boancrges Mr. Winston Churchill.
It must be admitted that Mr. I.lovd
George and even Mr. Asquiih für
nished an admirable chorus. We
were told that the Russian "steam
rolkr" would soon ckar the way for
the allies to dictate ternis of peace
to the vanquished Germans in Ber
lin, th.t the poor "ramshacklp V.m.
pire" (Austria-Hungary) would soon
fall to pit -,. that the ,,.'. rnuin
and iion-Magyar tlcmciit 01 this
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Ih.ni- ftiithr4 nl I foul Iwit'i liie li'rllio'1 i) !'.. "fiitt-iilit,"
iu'Ti;i,itiiin wl4 hl hf: entrusted in f,K s, Uicy re !!.!, rategiiric)
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iliilüic t.f poiilk.i! r,ii li m tlu- j Christ' le !,,. 'i'lunk to ilic
Uiliil Monarrhv, Thfv l.iili-fl m rvnii-al smihitlr if mm li.i llr
fathom thf drpth of linblic feelin. I Wintwi Cluirehilt. and ih uuer
nd i'K.k the fablr of politirsl l- itnsrrupii!ouniss of ih ,',- r:sonsibl
ventnrer , r,-tre,-il,ve, of um. for the colirv of tiuviiit! a,d bv i.-K-
vcrial mbilions. They rrfused tt ing her people' pmk, ,,, th'i war
l-.irn the lcsons of history, and on is like to prove the d, ,üh of Chmt-
their ignorancit of thu past and ianity a a power in the world, and
present htiilt up fantastic vision of this action on the p.irt of statci
nie uture lavonraine to tue aiiilniions which luve always claimed a prom-
01 their political If.tdf-r. Events I inent nlace amonß the leader of
have proved clearly enongh the ab-1 Civilisation is an open justitication
surdicy of the Visums of that arch. I of all forms of nrivate rrimr. A
dreamef "Scotus Viator': the un- state which descends to the depth
swerving loyalty of the Crostian of encouragitig theft and dishonour
nation and the prowess of the cannot well expect its private cit-
Croatiati saldier has been one of izens to resoect the laws.
em SJnÄr f VteSfyJ w.rm the worst,
if , . . vivt-iwi,eiiuKivcu liicil .
Hungary was enosen aa the c as-1 TT.V -;n .m .i. t
, . . !. ..V H,'VH 4IWHI Will HH l'tliai,
sical lnsiancc of a state m which then back into the beast againf"
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v.. u,vij.m ui iiaLi'jiiatny jjjy- i
fessed by the "Entente," (on Dauer. I Has tiie world receded two thou
of Course: for in reality each nietn- and years? Is Keversion dragging
her of the "Entente" is a living Evolution in the mud that Evolti
dcnial of that principle) was con- tion which is ever climbing aftcr
sisteniiy trampiea unücr toot. lo- some iaeai gooar -vvnys ihe seliish
day it is to llungary that the "En- interests of an aü-powerful clique
tente" appeals for aid, while adntit- rise triumphant above the public
tiug what everybody knows that weal. 0 the pity and the shanie of
a strong Jtungary is a European n all!
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ivi.t.33i(.7 i iic diucai LClldluiy in-lr . , .
volves a Suggestion that Hungry Kustla turs8 .ouf In!i,an barner.
shculd enter the oath reserved in - hI we hgkt her. shall we yield?
history for the one country whose KausLeI ore you sound the trutnpet,
code of political morality is in har-1 "f," voices rom tiie held.
monv with the secret aims of the Those th.ree hndred nnllions under
Triple Entente. But the appeal has Ut, n l'"V' T Jpuc now,
been wade. and that fact of itsclf is we hold them? shall we lose
sufficient to discount at its oroner lVem' takc the "ragre of the
value the political Programme with v p , w" , ,, , , .
th oiri tu. 1 oay, but these would feel and so
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,l,rrt,,..H t,i:j .t, ..i ... i i I IOW iruth it Olllv VOtl and von
uvawuivu Ullllll ill ilCULii UHU D' I C t
as to its true Object Kivals of realm-ruming party, when
We were told that the Central ot et u. T. C?"f ,trVe" .
Pra.,. a,.a ......,.: fucpucrua, nave i touna
-T" y"v wni, and more than nnrr ctill
, h t thfl ir-ir, rinrr m-i, Si ...U.Lt V. ... . I
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were encircled would soon hrino-1 c ,c , . ..
th. fmUh JU.-Z l"" OI oq, aa Klllgs ot men m
knees. The moral Object ion tha i?,est5Lind-.
such a nolirv i.,vtrf. th, .! nunu , luumng upwara 10
of innocent civilians was wa.ved So Te MA?i
asidi. with , nnhi.r 3. vi,mi P0 e.. H 'ßbeS wjelds the Eower,
- . - -r-""y . f -""." i wni e thf Uwr i tl,o H
itri nl Hntain a u . "r
"Ä J?.SS?1?J royTborn by right divine:
avujMiuuoii. JL lltff UiJUlUKill Wiiy I I ,J .t,AA , t
invint iK AnH th- ru T.i " Hcre. there rny lord is lower
food is cheaper in Berlin han it i s JJlm ßln X. h,s swi"e: .
in London:, while the inhabitants of ' .!n T h, . 10,1
Austria and Hungary have not only vJlC T'" ,'het,S'cklnmgugame,:
snfficienr for fcelr wn nrf t.,5 eedom, free to s ay herseif, and
or. m. t . , ,:ii:"t. l j.u.b w,ic mey snout ner
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UPON anentirel one,sided Zteb s!cw ros7'to"tss
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code of international nolitical mnl. the tonguesters we may
lty has proved a complete and I
lameniauic a laiiure as tne attacK on Th. -r . , t
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uuiu iimm vi aruuiary uueiianiism ..,, j j,, . ....
ran hr,at th. gogue. and demsgogy in the ser
h.- . " 7h. 'i.:' k Privileg is a national daner.
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this inay prove the salvation
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lJual Monarchy having failed to nronorrinn th tUtrf.nn
come o as prophesied by the stlf- war, tut the bürden both moral
ppuiiueu aruucrs oi onusn punnc and material of the Investment will
opinion, the walk-over' to Con- rernain as a national liabiltty for
c t intiMAnlA hotiirr I r. I . , , . . . J . .
r.,.,VF.v iiaviiijj vUD wiiiaui uiuic gcneraiions to coinc. valuablc lives
inen, more monry and more loss of arr. ftno- arrisirr) i. ut-.
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Prestige than the 'giant liar' will the national resources are being
"" .ymiiiuw v.iic-,1. squanuerea V tue nunured mi on
even a hundred ycars hence, the th. m.tinnai -..ti,.
silver bullets" threatening to be-lmost i-lurkhs.(l trp,,,.-;. i,;
. , --..,,., v. .vt, v, UV!-
come( articlüs of Import, tho "En- wasted on the desert air ot a hope-
tente (for this Step Great Britain less struggle, and why? Because
will have to bcar her füll sliare of none of Hip imlitirian r.,w.
...:t.:i:... ue . i r , .. ' -, .vcw.,,..
iEi,Fuiiaiu.iiijr uciu.t mc uiuunai OI ,or the national disasler has the
history) has recourse to dishonotir! moral courage to confess that
True. the dishonour , is that of a "someone has biundered." to cry in
iniru party: diu you cannot mixla voire f ti.niti-n-."m.i , io "i
...:.. ,ti.... ...:.!.. . u. 7 . . . J"-
"'j'" n-uirins nie w inkonn tue british public of the
i.m yu4uy run uy rftcompiices, enormity ol the crinic committcd by
espccally ,, the ang is run o the Cabi.iet when it resolved to sei
funds stipplied by. you. Italy s part Europc on fire,
in the present war is that of the as- From th. nm'ni
: u.-.-j :i t.Li.j. .. . - -j -". 'J' 'tu
!f ü- lI1Rr- oenina; the hopeless position of the 'En
"oim'mk wiii ever cicanse tne tente " IS evident even. to the
uua name oi Dmam irom tne tarn amateur Outsider: the British fleet
imparted to it by thu association has done nothing to justify it claim
with a Nation evoid of the vervltn th mmmnH th .... tu.
element of political decency. German submarine have revolution-
The sanctity of treaties"? Why ised naval warfare. the "steam rol-
the "Entente" has shown that the ler" ha fallen to pieces, the situa
sole Object of an international treatyltion in the West is as favourable to
is to euabie easy-going members of uertnany today as it was eierht
an alliancc to intrigue with impunity I months asor-the expedition to the
with the enemyl In th ir despair I Dardatndle has proved a lamentable
at the ulter lailure ot their nulitary I laiiure, tiie Intervention of Italv
plan, an not pos.scascd ot the I has mcrely servcd to increaoc the
moral courage to confess that fail- enthusiasm of the Austrian and
tire, the political bankrupts of Nlungariiri sf.ldiers, the hrilliant
Europe had recourse to the drown-1 uectsses of the Gc-tmaii, ffungarian
mg man traw to the debns of and Austrian armie, in Galicia,
tamy and eternai üisgrace PoatWe bukovina aud Poland have nroved
on the ocean of moral and political I the hivincible superiority of the
degeneration. j military Organisation of the Central
This "forlorn hope" of those doI- Powers.
ideal desperadoe who have not I The test of strength" between
hesitated to bring' Great Brit;iin tolthe two grouos of Powers has al-
llit- brink o political ;iud im.ir:u Irtady l,k, n deridoil: the "Entente
üuiiKruptcy, icniiuUa u: ul an in- lius been u'i,'hi-ü in the baUncc
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nnidr (il ii't !iv tu ,ii , r '.'', r
ll "I luiunhed I i l! i vi, c
liMi'-r llny i ! iN ii,,tc , - t'ir b',i'ii
f ll."r. pulilu-.l illiitiiMi li,,i
ii'rrjt and p i!itn , I !i,I,i niiiin Im,
lir'invbl ihrir urnry I i ihr Irnilk
f a i'isaniei' unktinwii to shtir ,i.
lory: and the ttli,lt cattipaiit of
eatumny nd pcrvfrunn iuiti nd to
omprnsatc lor the lat k of jittihc.
tion inut be rt side with the con
lempt whir.li It Icscrve.
Away with the mask of Ilypocri'y
(hat eliins the iion of il wearer
but wrp not the judgment of the
unliiased spectator. W must
thing as they are, in the light of
naked truih. And thrn perchance
we may live to experience the
blessed millcnnitini foreseen by the
Prophet! ey of the poct;
"I dipt into the t uture, far as human
eye could see.
Saw the Vision of the World, and
an tne wonder that would bc:
Saw the heavens till with commerce,
argosies ot matric sails.
Pilots of the purzle twilight, drop
ping down with costly bales:
Heard the heavens sill with shouting,
and there rain'd a ghastly lew
From the uations' airy navies grap
pling in the central blue:"
how astonishingly correct, this
picture of modern acrial warfarc!
and then
"Far along the wörld-wide whisper
of the south-wind rushing warm,
With the Standards of the peoples
plunging thro' the thunderstorm;
Till . the war-drum throbbed no
longer, and the battle-flags were
turled
In the Parhament ot man, the
rederation of the world."
The poct goes further still; he
saw the final cessation of the
destructive jealousy of commercial
privilege-monopoly, and the triumvh
of national and populär interests
over that ever-present canker gnaw-
ig at the roots of the international
brotherhood which was the essence
of Our Saviour s teaching:
That the common sense of most
shall hold a fretful realin in awe.
And the kindly earth shall slumber,
lapt in universal Jaw.
Is it to be mcrely a vision? Peoole
of Great Britain, it depends on you!
uemand tne truth, the whole truth.
and nothing bnt the truth." The rest
will be plam sailing.
Arthur B. Yolland.
(The Continental Times.)
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itbn 'f Vlufjilt i'iifjtfit, it'f rf'i-iii'.
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Erderschiitternng und Gcschützfeuer.
Von der Jfonzo-Front wird be-
richtet: Der Leiter de: Laibacher
Erdbebenwarte, Landesichulinsvektor
Belar, hat durch einen Erdbeben
messer die Erschütterungen aufzeich
nen lassen, die durch , das Artillerie-
euer in den letzten Taaen der Gör-
zer Schlacht hervorgerufen wurden.
Es ergaben sich deutlich große Un
terschiede nach dem Kaliber. So soll
es im Bereich der Möglichkeit lie
gen, die Kalibergröße und auch
die Geschützanznhl der feindlichen
Ättlllerie zu messen. Der seismo-
graphische Beobachter nniß sich der
feindlichen Artillerie aus 15 bis 20
Kilometer nähern und mit der eioe-
nen Artillerie telephonisch verbunden
ein, damit er die Auszeichnunaen des
Erdbebenmessers kontrolliert. Einen
olchen, für denFelddimft geeigneten
'Apparat hat Professor Belar herstel-
len lafien, und d Nati? der Fron:
wird es ermöglichen, zunächst ein
reiches Material an Diagrammen
zu gewinnen, deren Vergletchuna
praktische Verwendung des seismo
graphischen Beobachters bei der
Feld- und Festungsartiller ermög-
Iichen soll.
Belar beschäftigt sich auch mit dem
Problem eines Unterwasser , Bewa-
chungsmelders, der, bei einer Hafen
einfahrt angebracht, ein unbemerk-
es Einschklchen von Unterseebooten
verhindern könnte, da deren Propel
lerwirkung den Seismographen in
stürmische Bewegung versetzen wür-
de.
Bei der griechischen Kom
munion - wird in den Wein xiwas
warme üikiifec gegossen.
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y, f'-i -iJ.'.fn. ,V'i f"'ii'ii!
.'i lli'fuit,! tts:?f;i t-ic ,!i,,
mit Hil,z inst Iff.-'.r.-ifii C'-rtti'i'
li'ii'l ili'k t').-i"Si,;f j.i i,nf !,tif niiiif
Ii' 'ifilrk M,tf!fp, ff in cn eins
Cdritf, hr oycI ht ithvM all
oii'ii ü'i'ide Iffrn l.iiui. Tit ei
irnti'tte 'i'Inirtnf.tnft, 't Piuil!
f.tittft, nitd f uft von eilen US?. U:t
Iftki'.'-i!!N htfill jitmfi.kj gilt glc
Un und fast sicher gtschrieben. Ja
verhältnismäßiger kurzer Zeit wer
den sie die Vlindenschrist so geläufig
lkfen. das; sie sich mit 5ilf der Blin
denbibliolheken auf verschiedenen c
bieten des allgettikinett Wissens unkr
halten bczio. fortbilden können.
Die wirtschaftliche Aufgabe dt3
Ausbildungskurses hat als Ziel, die
dem Handwerker, und Arbeilerstande
angehdrigen Kriegsblinden vorerst in
leichten Handarbeiten, wie Etuhlslech
tcn. Vürstenmachen und in der H?r.
sicllung von Körbchen au Veddiii
rohr ,u unterweisen. Tann ist eZ
Aufgabe, die Kriegsblinden anzueifer'
uno ihnen zu helfen, daß sie die aus
ihrer bisherigen Berufs, und Lebens
tätig seit gewonnenen Kenntnisse und
??ertiakeiten erbalten und. wa s nn?
immer möglich ist. weiter 'verwenden
lernen, daß sie nichts, was sie biöbe'. .
an Geschicklichkeit erworben haben.
preisgeben. Im Handwerk läßt sich
wie in der Landwirtschaft vielfach
dort wieder anknüpfen, wo die plötz
liche Erblindung die oewohnte Arbeit
abgebrochen hat. Tüchtige Schuhma
cher, Schreiner, Tapezierer. Buchbin.
oer lonnen i ohne das Augenlicht,
wenn auch in beschränktem Umfanae.
weiter arbeiten. Auch auf anderen
Berufsgebieten können sich die Kriegs,
blinden mit Erfolg betätiaen: so be
reiten sich hier zwei Schüler höherer
Lehranstalten, die im Kriege das Au-
genlicht verloren haben, auf das Ab
solutorium vor. um sich dann dem
UniversitatZstudium widmen zu kön
nen. Für manche Kriegsblinde dürf
te sich die Ausbildung zum Masseur
empfehlen, andere werden als Sprach
lehrer Erfolg haben.
Eine wichtige Frage ist die. ob
alle Kriegsblinden, die im Felde den
Willen zum Sieg hatten, nunmehr
auch den Willen zur Arbeit, zum Um
lernen, zu neuem Lebenskampf ha
ben. Dazu ist ein gewaltiges Maß
von Willensstärke und Ausdauer not
wendig. Schädlich wirkt, wie Di
rektor Schaidler im Jahresbericht der
Landesblindenansialt ausführt, die
oftmals zu weitgehende Verwöhnung
der Kriegsblinden in den Lazaretten,
wodurch siezu einer Unbeholfenhcit
und Abhängigkeit erzogen werden, die
für sie und ihre Umgebung unerträg
lich wird. Nicht die Blindbeit an
sich, sondern die große Unbeholfenheit,
Hilflosigkeit und Abhängigkeit von
anderen macht unglücklich. Auch niebt
in der Enge von Asylen oder Verlor-
gungsanftalten sollen die Kriegsblin
den ihr Leben zubringen; in der Hei-
mar, in oem rei e ihrer Lieben mö
gen sie mit neuem Lebensmut an die
Arbeit gehen und wieder zufriedene
Menschen werden.
Süße Anerkennung.
Die erfolgreiche Goldfammlnini
an der katholischen Volksschule in
Pleg gab den Schulkindern Anlas?,
an den deutschen Reichsbankvräii.
hinten Havenstein ein auf den Gold.
pichs dezugliclies Gedicht zu senden.
Als Antwort darauf schickte Havcn
stein, wie die Berl. Neuest. Nachr."
mitteilen, ein Postpaket mit Schoko,
ladcnzwanzigmarkstiicken nd eine
Photographie mit folgender Begleit- ,
fchrift :
Habt Tank, ihr Jungen und Mädels.
Taß ihr mir helfen wollt.
Mit diesem Handgeld nehm ich ,
Euch gern in meinen Sold.
jfir reibt euch n,i den .stäuipwnt. .
:.ic draußen in Waffen und liehe
,zitr unser Batct-litnh ringen
l'Niickmif, mein kleines Heer!
Wie L, kür dieses Rini t
Das ijUIb dem Eisen gesellt, '
eigi, daß mich deutsche ngend
Mit Mannem Bache hält. . 3
Hell nur heraus die Füchse,
Die Füchse Don lauterm Gold! ,
Ihr lagt damit die Wölfe,
Die uns an? Leöen gewollt.
len waren. Mille der achtziger Jahre
ober, nachdem der mächtigste ihk
Jährer. Utarn-CingSi, gefallen war
feine Leibwache, etwa SüO Mann,
wurde nach englischem Rezept vor
Nationen gebunden und in Stücke ge
schössen, änderten die Eikhs ihr Pro-
gramm undwuideneiigland. freundlich,
XU ae urchtelkn Gegner der Ena
länder auf indischem Boden sind zur
zeit aber die Wahabis. Von Abd el
Wahab gegen Mitte dcS achtzehnten
Jahrhunderts gegründet, eroberten
ik. die sich von dem Koran loöae
sagt hatten (nur Mohammed wurde
als höchster Prophet verehrt) einen
großen Teil Arabiens, wo sie. mit Al
Ryad als Hauptstadt, ein eigenes
Reich bildeten. Selbst Mekka und
Medina waren durch die Wahabis
den Türken, eine Zeit lang entrissen,
bis diese, 1817, Arabien von den
Eindringlingen gänzlich frei machten.
5ü:n zogen die Wahabis nach In
dien; hier gelangten sie unter Füh
rung eines merkwürdigen Schwär
mers. Seid-Ahmad. bald zu großer
Macht, und bereits 1823 gewannen
sie zu Patga eine bedeutende Schlacht.
In Indien sahen die Wahabis als
Hauptaufgabe den Kampf gegen alle
Andersgläubigen an. Namentlich die
Herrschaft Großbritanniens erschien
ihnen als der größte Feind des
Islams. Als 1857 Bombay.
Bengalen und Madras zu ei
nem indischen Reiche untere bri
tischer Herrschaft zusammenaefant
werden sollten, begann das erbitterte
dampfen der Wahabis yeaen Ena
land, das eine Zeit lang noch von
den Sikhs eine Unterstützung fand.
Als am 8. Februar 1872 der Vize-
konig von Indien. Graf Rickard S.
B. Mayo der frühere konservative
englische Minister von einem Wa
habi ermordet wurde, nachdem die
selte kurz vorher den Oberrichter
Norman in Kalkutta aetötet Kalte.
versuchte die Regierung den offenen
Kampf gegen ihre schärfsten Feinde
aus oriliWem oben. Im Laufe
der letzten vierzig Jahre sind von
England über 20 blutiae ??eldzLae
gegen die Wahabis geführt worden.
Ohne Erfolg. Kenner der indischen
Verhältnisse versichern, daß die At
tentate der letzten Jahre lediglich auf
das Konto dieser Sekte zu setzen sind,
und fg dürfte in der aeaenwärtiaen
Zeit der heilige Krieg auf Indiens
Boden nicht zum wenigsten durch die
sanaliichen Wahabis eine Untnitüt.
zung erfahren.
Drahtlose TBrlegraphie im Kriege.
Godtrey Jsaaks. der Direktor h,r
Gesellschaft für drahtlose Telegra
phie Marconi" in Lonon hat in
der Jahresversammluna dieser Ke-
sellschaft u. a. erklärt, da Deutsch-
land als erste von allen Mächten
die Wichtigkeit der drahtlosen Tele
graphie erfaßt und mit unVergleich
licher Tüchtigkeit Telefunken-Sta-
tioncn in allen Kolonien errichtet
habe. So habe Teuilchland am
4. Augu,l, am Tage der englischen
Kriegserklärung an Deutschland,
nachmittags gegen 5 Uhr, an alle
inne orayttosen Stationen eine
Depesche folgenden Inhalts ge
sandt: England hat uns den Krieg
erklärt. Versucht so schnell wie
möglich, in einen- neutralen Hafen
zu kommen." Dieser Funkfpruch
wurde sofort von allen Stationen in
den Kolonien ausgefandt mit der
Absicht, die Handelsflötte Deutsch
lands zu warnen. Der ganze Vor
gang nahm nur wenige Minuten in
Anspruch. 153 gelang aber Deut,ch-
land dadurch, den allergrößten Teil
seiner Handelsschiffe vor der Ver
nichtung zu reiten. Selbst wenn
Deutschland aber nur ein einziges
sehr großes Schiff, wie z. B.. Va-
tirk,inr," RtrtiM iviltV s fc.'iH ,s
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fturftt KnA hnTfrrtmn,, W. ""s, erlitt s. U "N?
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