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My Ceuntry ,!Tl of The tweet Land
GERMANY HAS NOT l'KOGKKSSKD
Germany is' a back-number polit
ically, three centuries or more behind
France and England in her develop
ment. She is consequently a misfit
In twentieth century world society. We
reached' these conclusions' as others
have done, and at the sane time ob
served some of the outstanding causes
; which brought about the retardation.
We traced very broadly the steps by
which' a succession of forceful Prus
sian kings overcame local jealousies
and built up strong centralized stnto
lr. Germany. (
This was necessary work, this cen
tralizing process, but it came too l"t'
France and England had gone through
a similar process In the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries, and while Gortt
many was laboriously trying to catch
up, they were rapidly stepping for
ward into new stages in their devel
opment. They explored and exploited
new continents, and grew rich on the.
commerce; they built up great colonia
, empires; they applied steam-power to
machinery thus increasing many times
their productive powor, and multiply
ing their population. England, espec-.
inlly, had grown great. She controlled
' a large portion of the earth, was mis
tress of the Bcas, and led all lands in
riches and industry.'
'But this Btage in political develop
ment brought into prominence a new
class of citizens, the bourgeoise, the
commercial or middle class. They
- owed their prosperity very largely to
: ; the strong, stable government under
which, they lived. The state, by spe
cial legislation had fostered the com-
morcial classes. They were in lnrgo
part the product of political absolut
ism. - It was not long, however, be
fore they began to realize their im
portance and- their powor. If the
country was rich and prosperous, they
argued, it was they who made it so.
They chafed under despotism and de
manded n share In. the government.
During tho seventeenth century they
united wltb the small land owners and
crushed absolutism in England. A
century and a half later the bourge
oise in France'in the violent vinhui-tt
of the French Revolution 'overthrew
the very citadel of despotism, and Di
vine Right theory. '.Thus these states
passed from one necessary stage in
their development to another, from the
rule of an absolute monarch to gov
ernment by the ablest members of
thd state Uie propertied classes.
But Germany, meanwhile was lag
ging far behind. The Thirty Years
(War, as we have seen, left her deso
late. She had no Internal trade, she
did not share in the rich commerce of
the new world.. Her famous commer
cial towns declined. The consequence
was she developed no strong, self
assertive middle class to stand as a
bulwark against absolutism. The com
mercial class that has developed In
recent years in Germany has rather
Wned forces with absolutism. The
i. .i.. Prance and England i
were first welded Into, reat; national 1
Mates and then took on commercial
ri- .a
These powerful American artillerymen. Willi huge crowbars, uro working
fast. to got their heavy gun into position to hurl Its shells at the retreating
Huns. It Is a difficult Job, for the earth Is pilled witli shell craters.
prosperity after absolutism had ilonc
its work. In Germany the delayed po
litical development made ubsolutism a
real force during the period when
German .commerce was developing.
ThiB striking difference in the his
tory of German development and that
of the more western states of pur
ope is of utmost; importance 'in under
standing pfesent .conditions in the
Central Powers, and the conditions' ft
be. met in the "world 'reorganization
that is to fallow the war. Germany
hI(S yet to pass through her French
Revolution. She has not yet' had a
bt urgeoii? government suchtPhas ex
isted in France, England anil America
for the, pag century or more. She
h consequently without training for
dtmocraey that tho other states have
had,
; She may, at the conclusion of
this war, set up a middle-class go-1
; i !.., .. it,.. : .i.i
states arc .ready to leave it for a fuller
democracy of the workers of all class
es, and thus be still one stage behind
the procession, or it is barely possible
that she will be able to skip one stage
in her development and go over direct
ly to
thoroughgoing democracy. This!
much is clear, that in dealing with
Germany and the Gcrmnn people in
.. . r. ' , .
mind that they are one stage .behind
the rest of us in world progress. This
...in .. a i. i
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And now Japan has to blow up
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industrially. . Strikes of the worst na -
ture are on 4nd the hand of the Mvkaj
d.. mumia In linv.. Inst its sternness in
ruloSo, It would seem the world's
pot of turmoil must boil until it boils
itself out, and fatigued and worn out,
the world will lay nt the feet of a just
and generous God, whose admonition
has not been heeded.
A German going to the Salt Laic;
internment. camp, passed through La
Grande and insisted that he had been
a-steady, faithful American citize.v
y
located in the drug business in Alas-, had to be foairht now. i
ka. The lads in Khaki who were his I Willi an ancestry like that, and en-1
I . dowed with nvcragc intelligence, there i
companions, and incidentally saw 10 j n,,so!uU.r 0 .innger that I will
it that ho did not escape or do iiii' ever lie on the side of autocrat j
damage, assured the German that l:e ! against democrac y. I am, have bsm j
. ' ,. , ', '. i.iirl iilwnvs will be with "my owh :
was going to a fine place whore rUnM iS,altfs... AU ,v rt.iativeS of j
German band played every evening; . fighting age are either in our arm j
where the food was exquisite, and or navy. .My nciihew, llavid Itlumcn-j
..... ii I j ., i , ,.
dances twice a week, fan you beat
such wit as the American soldier, oo
Tics? , ,' .,
Of all the years, let us unite in the
hope that the sun may shine and give
weather suitable for saving these
crops that are now in the midst of
hnrvest.
If you desire inspiration of the rig'it
kind, listen to a rehearsal of the Com
munity Chorus. It is worth while any
time.
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KEEPING YOI K l'LEDGE.
w. s. s.
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I Buy your stamps early. Those
you puivhase are evidence that
I' you arc keeping your pledge.
You also pledged yourself In
economize during the war. The
government is reipiesting that
I" you do not buy articles not
necessary for your,, health and
j- efficiency. You will thereby rc-
lease both labor and mnlerial
'! for the innnutacluro ol articles
needed to support our bravo
boys ' over there, who aie J 1st
now so heroically driving the
4 huns back. They make good
their pledge. Arc you keeping
j. YOURS? 1'uy all you ran nf- !
lluy all you ran nf- '
F. U MEYERS.
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AS TO HUMOUS AND CHARGES.
August 20. Editor Observer: 'It is
with great reluctance that I have at
last decided to wiito to you about a
ccitain phase of the all-embracing and
all-pcfvading ti)pic--our present world
wasVAWe iave already had local illus
trations of the mischief and injustice
'';(TtinlT)uiiili;i; runiors, n suspicions.
X,,., .: ..,. .j .n,Ui.k-.n.
Whoever nns. rend ,ths' recent corres
pondence. Li'lya-un jlr. 'Warburg and
.President VVilaH ia Jiwiire of the fact
that no person ;oC. iierman birth or
with a German name however, high
his, station or untarnished his mime
is considered iiIkivo suspicion and in
nuendo by, at ltMst iioni'j of his fellow I
cifi'.ens. v
1 understand that there arc many
pci-Mons who arc under the impression
t hn. I ntii of Herman hii-th or descent.
j They mt have jumped to this con-
elusion because of my name or because
i they know I can talk German. . Kven
before the war 1 have set scores or
people right on this point, but there
secinn to. he scores of others who are
still under this wrong impression.
For tho benefit of these, 1 will sny
that I nm a native of tho United
States, and proud of the fact. I was
horn in Madison county, Illinois. My
I.. ...... I. itt nnvni1 diii'li
' : .,, 'Th mlllTied
t)C Miftlisnn county, Illinois, court
i house in lfcr.7. On my mother's side
the entire family, parents included,
emiL'ialed to the United States ill' the
I .,ttcr fifties and ajl but my mother
I crossed the plains on foot and in or
cans
carts and helped to win tne gr"ai
J parents ever saw Germany. 1 ney won
through France from Switzerland on I
i Uicir way to the umteii fttnus. iney
r.rc all dead now and so are nil my
1 umUiii onJ Each ,, 0V9ry
Qne of, them is imrjed in American
'soil'. i lliclllahii; Illinois, When 1 Was
born and raised
was settled almost
exclusively by Swiss and Germans and
one could not help learning their lang
uage. For nt least two hundred
vcais my ancestors have been natives
nf Switzerland. Every well-iniormod
person knows that this is the littie
mountain reuul lie in Central Europe .
that has been a stronghold of liberty j
and democracy for some six hundred (
years. They have had no autocrats, i
princes, or anything of that kind there ;
for that ler.irih of time. Had adjoin-1
inir countries followed the lead of the i
I oWISS OOI piiseoL v iu uuiu in. n.v ,
I ,. - A ..... I.......
, stein, was ti.' icr.iier ol me. very i;rst ;
stein, was ti.' I
! hlilirn of rrc! ni
liti that passed through
La liiande m their way to 'jnhsl. !
They weie Elgin boys thut onlijtH
a week or two i.cr.iie war between in.' i
United Stales and Cermany was de- '
claicd. He i.; n.i'v a eorpnral in il.e
j regular am y. Two other nephews -ir" i
I in I'lan.-e and one is in the navy.
! lien's l.il.e ttial are inv:riab!y over i
, looked, however, by your typical rumor!
j monger a'i'l sti--,n.ion starter. It sili'.s
him better I,' "have his doubts about j
j you," etc. He dearly loves to itn- (
, pute to others ihe low nlotie. , lint I
The Mammoth Grocery
TRY A FEW FLAP JACKS
These cool mornings yith syrup.
We have the Concord grapes and
Alberta Peaches now
PHONE YOUR ORDERS EARLY
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLIG1TED
.1-11 A I A M S A V K X U VI ' rHOXK, MAIN 82
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would guide him ill the same circui i
slnnces. I wish to state for his bene
fit that my German-born wife's prop
erty in Germany is American properly,
and if confiscated by Germany, no le.is
a person than Uncle Sam will see to
it that after the war she is fully ram
pciiBatcd for any loss sho.may have
sustained. We nave 'just lately been
informed to that effect by the Depart
ment of State.- This satisfies us ami
ought to-satisfy all others, too.
' J. II. BLUMENSTEIN.
UNCLE SAM'S, RAlI.ltOAl) HOYS.
La Grande, Aug.' 20. Editor Ob
server: Do the folks at home realize
what Uncle Sam's railroad boys are
doing while our other soldiers are
fighting in France?
. Oo they realize that they are doint
work in record-breaking time, when
they consider the -scarcity of men, arid
that they are backing Uncle Sam to
the limit on all the Liberty Loans that
have been floated?
Yet some people still say they are
only "railroaders."
Yes, they are rniloraders, but let
them go down in the history of our
country as some of the "true naldicn
lumbermen
th(, ba((?e of (h(J L L j why not
jve the raill.oa(i boy3 a wt;,
give the railroad boys a badge
something like U. S. A. R. 1!. on it?
Meaning Uncle Sam's Army of Ri-il-
roaders. It would not cost much a"d i
ic wouiu snow mat me puouc approci
ates the work of the railroad men.
lx!t the badge not be given to :i cr-
tnin class, but to eacn ana every man jofljjiv . T10y cleanse tho howejs,
who. is helping the President and his iswcaten the- stoinaeh--and benefit
country in this time af.strife.. Yours tne liver; Reconnnended-for Indl-truly,-
f Igestlon, biliousness, - bad breath,
OBSERVER REAPER AKD 'bloating, 'gas or constipation. , , .
A RAI1.ROAT
iT) MAN.
Let a man once get the pure
clean taste of Real Gravely
Chewing Plug and he bids
ordinary tobacco good-bye.
C. It. SIMhINS, I'rnprictor
We will show you a wide choice, fipm which to
taste may be conservative,; or may, favor t'lje'
We'isriil show you both, iii such a variety .that'
pleased Suit Yourself In the Matter of Price.,
Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits :
Fashion Clothes
.Overcoats, Raincoats
MARCEL DELANEY. v , '
w i -run fiWiirii sfaarf-H
Marcel Oelaney, newly appointed
ambassador from France to Japan.
ri;i:PAitn foii the hot wave
Tho hot sun is noubly dange.rous
IC there is a mass of undigested
food in the stomach, causing , dis
tress and auto intoxication, casting
congesting ' poisons throughout tho
systeni. Foleyr-CathnrtlC '-i'iTablets
,ve prom)t ond'sur retiet.. -Thby;
jct g01ltIy butf ,fq flfftf,. iHSf-
Sold every whre.
Peyton Brand ,
Gravely
Chewing Plug
10c a pouch and worth it
GraveIylaMiaomnchlongritC9ta
Romarm to chew tha m ordinary ptag
Pe B. Gravely Tobacco Company
. . Danville Virginia
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Store . - -ymiia.iirwn.. .j.fn Store
GO TO THE pEE, THOU SLUGGARD,
' . CONSIDER HIS WAYS' AND BE WISE.
: "The most important thing about a bee is not his stinger
,but, that he is a '"Saver," while the fact that he is also a
-' stinger -is the next most important thing abput him, as
you have probably had reasons to experience.
"" If you adopt bis plan on saving, and make ourbank your
hive,, you are less liable to "get stung" by some "get-rich-'
quick" scheme. .
You can't lose if your money is deposited in our bank. We
fake every precaution to protect your money; we cany.
burglar insurance, have fre-proof vaults, and bonded em'"
..plOyes; ' ' ' ' 1 .... . ;
Member Federal
La Grande . National Bank
LA GRANDE,. OREGON
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We save our patrons many dollars annually, at an expense of
about one-tenth the original eost of goods. A discarded $10 Suit .
' is often made wearable again-for a small sum.
Zwiefel Tailoring, A. B. Rogers
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last you liiuvV.liaVo'l ilini at the "low priia: ,of , "'
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