Aurora observer., February 10, 1921, Image 2

German Mind
Is Unchanged
War Fails to Jar Conceit of
Teuton, Says Observer of
Long Experience.
MENTAL ISOLATION ABSOLUTE
Unable, to Understand How They Are
Detested— The German of Today
Is to All Intents and Purposes
the Same as in 1913.
London. — Although Berlin has
changed since 1914, the German mind
remains unchanged. Neither the holo­
caust of dead nor the crash of thrones
has shaken Germany out of her self-
conceit, according to what G. Valen­
tine Williams, formerly correspondent
of Reuter’s Agency in Berlin, tells the
London Daily Mail.
“ The German mind,” he says, “ does
not seem to have altered.
“Albeit sadly puzzled to account for
the utter break-down of the entire
German system, in his outlook on life
the German of 1920 is to most intents
and purposes the German o f 1913. In
a world which to British eyes is
strangely changed by five years of
World war the mental isolation of the
German is absolute. To talk to him
makes you feel that the German of
today is the loneliest creature on God’s
earth.
“ Yet with heavy deliberation he Is
communing with himself to ascertain
the causes of his defeat. But he is
not examining his conscience.
“Any Berlin bookshop will show you
the chaos prevailing In the German
mind.
Nothing of the Present.
“ Professor Steinach’s rejuvenation
experiments, Einstein’s theory of light,
Maynard Keynes and Norman Angell
on the Versailles Peace— both books
in German translations and prominent­
ly displayed— treatises on spiritualism,
atheism, free love, and the like— works
of this description stand side by side
with a mass of frankly pornographic
literature. Here Will you find reasoned
explanations for the past, complicated
schemes for the future, but nothing
practical to deal with the problems of
the present. And above all, no con­
trition for Germany’s crime against
mankind.
“ The German surveyed the world
from his castle of .militarism. Now
ytiuit it lias c o lla p s e d lie i s l e f t flo u n -
dering in a sea of doubts and fears.
The Germans with whom I have spok­
en expect us to hold them guiltless of
the past because, they say, they have
rid Germany of her military caste.
“ They have, it is true, expelled the
bloody-minded blunderers surrounding
that eminent nonentity, William the
Second-rater, because they failed to
keep their promise .to establish Ger­
man world-domination. But the Ger­
man people Is governed by the herd
instinct, and the expulsion of the Old
Gang in the circumstances o f mili­
tary defeat and home panic in which
the Hohenzollerns were sent away re­
quires weightier evidence of a change
o f heart that is forthcoming in Ger­
many today, i f it is to be accepted as
a proof of the death of German mili­
tarism.
Blank Indifference.
“ Talk to a Frenchman of any class,
and you will, sooner or later, come
upon a well-banked but fiercely smoul­
dering Republican ardor. Talk to a
German about his government and you
will find, at the best, lukewarm inter­
est; at the worst, resentful ridicule
towards the German Republic.
“ The average attitude is one of
blank indifference. The German man
in the street never thought for him­
self. He does not do so today. The
question of the future is, what party
will emerge from the present chaos to
do his thinking for him?
“ The Germans are perfectly willing
to forgive us for the war. They talk
glibly about ‘this unhappy war’ with
the air of a man making perfunctory
excuses for some social lapse. In
some may be detected in addition a
little air of condescension in speaking
of the late unpleasantness as though
to draw attention to their magnanimi­
ty In accepting the war as *n inevita­
ble catastrophe, ‘an act of God,’ as the
insurance policies say. And even to­
day I find that the great majority of
Germans have no idea of the abhor­
rence in which the very name German
is held In the Anglo-Saxon countries
and in France and Belgium.”
WORLD STAMP EXPERTS MEET
More Than $250,000 Worth of Rare
Specimens on Exhibition at
Berlin Sale.
Berlin.— Philatelic experts from all
parts of the world came to Berlin to
attend the great stamp sale just held
here, which It is claimed has a wider
range than any ever before held in
Europe.
The total number of lots was 5,387
and the value at "upset prices exceeded
$250,000 nominally.
During the first day’s sale there was
a rush for rare Argentine, Brazilian
and Bolivian issues.
United States Issues included the
only known canceled copy of the
“Franklin Carriers,” brown orange er­
ror of 1851, the Livingstone (Alabama)
5-cent blue of 1861, and three blocks
of the new U. S. A. 90-cent and 30-
cent issues o f 1869, with flags inserted.
The gem of the American collection
was a postal, envelope of the Confed­
erate States of America bearing on
the right hand a 5-cent stamp in black
and on the left a Confederate seaman
nailing the “ Stars and Bars” to the
mast.
BRICKS FROM STRAW, CLAIM Sixteen Exploration Expeditions
Are Now in Progress or
French Textile Expert's Invention
in Contemplation.
Will Relieve the Housing Crisis,
He Says.
Paris.— A French textile expert
claims that he has invented a process
for making bricks from compressed
straw.
He is searching for funds to prove
that he is no idle dreamer and can
relieve the present housing crisis by
building houses.
He says, owing to the slight weight
of the material, there is no need for
deep foundations, and the whole build­
ing can be completed in a month. It
is affirmed that the straw preparation
is not inflammable. The first house
has already been built in Montargis.
Sign Painting Pays Best;
Lawyer Only "on Side”
New York.—-When Harry J.
Shields was called as a pros­
pective juror before Judge Mitch­
ell May o f Brooklyn, he was
asked i f he had ever served In the
case of a man charged with con- *
cealing his assets. Shields said
he had been a trustee in bank­
ruptcy.
“ Why, such a person has to
be a lawyer, and your card says
you are a sign painter,” re­
marked one of the attorneys.
“ Oh, yes, I ’m a lawyer, too,”
Shields replied, “ but I .can make
more money painting signs, so I
practice law on the side.”
Shields was excused from jury
service.
Warns Against
Foreign Hubby
Mme. Tartoue Hopes American
Girls Will Profit by Her Un­
fortunate Experience.
WIFE OF PORTRAIT PAINTER
Says European Men. Are Not Brought
Up With the Ideals of Marriage
and Womanhood That Amer­
ican Men Are.
New York.— “ I f American girls who
are contemplating marriage with for­
eigners will only listen to me and
take warning from my unfortunate ex­
perience with a distinguished for­
eigner, to whom I gave-my love and
devotion, I will feel repaid in a meas­
ure for the ordeal through* which I
have passed and the humiliation I
must now endure.
“ Most men from the continental
European countries are not brought
up with ideals of marriage and wom­
anhood which American girls are
taught to believe American men have.
They make bad husbands for an
American girl, and my advice to girls
is to pick out an American for a hus­
band.”
That is what Mme. Pierre Tartoue,
w ife o f the noted portrait painter,
said in discussing her marriage and
her suit for separation just started.
Belgian Prince in Brussels School
World Secrets
Being Sought
MANY PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED
Most Important Enterprise Is British
Antarctic Expedition Headed by
Commander John Lachlan Cope
—Amundsen Is Trying for North
Pole.
New
York.— Sixteen
exploration
expeditions are now in progress or
in contemplation after four years of
inactivity in this line of scientific re­
search due to the great war. Most
of these enterprises have been under­
taken or projected since the armistice,
and they recall the fact that mother
earth still has important biological,
zoological, geological, ethnological and
meteorological problems to be solved.
One of the most important of these
enterprises is the British Antarctic
expedition, headed by Commander
John Lachlan Cope, F. R. G. S., for­
merly of the British navy. It is fi­
nanced for $750,000, includes five
Ships, 125 men, several airplanes and
extensive wireless apparatus. The
undertaking is to require five years
and its objects are the circumnavi­
gation of the Antarctic sea, a dash
to the south pole, the locating of new
whaling grounds and the discovery
of supposedly rich gold, silver, coal
and ruby fields.
Capt. Roald Amundsen, who discov­
ered the south pole in 1911, left Nome,
Alaska, last August In an attempt to
reach the north pole. His ship, the
Maud, had already spent nineteen
months in the Arctic, north of Asia
and Europe, and had successfully made
the northeast passage. He expected
the Maud to be locked in the icé pack
and to drift toward the pole when
the Arctic winter ended. In negoti­
ating his way to Nome he was fre­
quently compelled to blast a path
through the ice.
Captain Amundsen was last heard
of off East cape, about 170 miles north­
west of Nome in the Bering strait.
The explorer, on account of high wages
and scarcity of men, was handicapped
by lack of help, his only companions
being three sailors and an Eskimo
cook.
Other Prospects on Foot.
The other Interesting expeditions
projected or now under way are as
follow s:
Siberia— Capt. Axel Landmark and
Capt. John Vatney, in a 50-foot power
boat are on a 4,000-mile voyage to
Kolyma river, using a primitive chart
made in 1878 by Nordenskjold, a Swed­
ish explorer on his voyage from Nor­
way to Japan via the Arctic ocean.
Greenland— Knud Rasmussen, Dan­
ish explorer, who returned from the
east coast late in 1919, after studying
Eskimo tribes, .is preparing for an­
other expedition of five years’ dura­
tion. Lange Koch, another Dane, Is
planning a scientific survey of North
Greenland, his main purpose being to
establish Danish sovereignty in that
territory.
Africa— Four expeditions are in prog­
ress, namely, the Mackie ethnological
expedition to Central Africa for the
purpose of studying the Bahima, one
of the chief pastoral tribes o f An-
kole, a district west of Uganda; the
British natural history of museum ex­
peditions to the west coast and the
Jeb-Maria mountains; the duke of
Abruzzi’s effort to find the sources of
the Webi Shebeli river, which flows
from Abyssinia through Italian Somali­
land into the Indian ocean, and the
entomological tour of the Belgian por­
tion of Tanganyika and the eastern
Congo, by T . A. Barns, who explored
the Ituri and Semliki forests, finding
a strange race of pigmy savages, as
well as gathering a wonderful collec­
tion of moths and butterflies,
Baffin Land—Donald P. MacMillan,
who was with Admiral Peary plans to
start next' year to explore one of the
richest fields in the far north. He
expects to establish a camp 700 miles
south of Etah in Northwest Greenland,
where his Crocker Land expedition
passed four winters. He will attempt
to circumnavigate Baffin Land and
penetrate 1,500 miles of its western
coast.
Nova Zembla—Dr. Olaf Holtedahl of
Christiania university is 'Organizing a
northwestern natural science and ge­
ological expedition to this country and
plans to start next summer.
Mexico— Prof. Emelio Oddone, a
famous Neapolitan seismologist, repre­
senting the Italian government, is now
studying the earthquake situation in
Mexico by means of his “inerviam-
eter,” an invention by which he is able
to measure both motion and energy.
Will Explore Amazon.
The Amazon— Exploration of this
great river to be undertaken by a large
party of American scientists, headed
by Dr. Henry H. Rusby of Columbia
university. The party expects to leave
early in January and to traverse more
than 1,000 miles of almost virgin land
in the upper reaches of the river basin.
Dr. Rusby is to be accompanied by Dr.
David Starr Jordan, president of Le-
land Stanford, Jr. university and Dr.
Carl H. Eingemann of the University
of Indiana, who are to study fish and
reptiles: Dr. Ruthven of the Univers­
ity of Michigan, who is to study frogs,
and Dr. Edward Kromers of the Uni­
versity of Wisconsin, and Prof. A. H.
Gill of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, who will investigate seed
and volatile oils.
Ecuador and Peru— Collections of
flora and fauna are now being gath­
ered for the American Museum of
Natural History in New York by Capt.
Harold E. Anthony and George K.
Cherrie.
Pacific Islands— Solution of the or­
igin of the Polynesian race is one of
the objects of a survey , of the Pacific
Islands planned at a recent conference
of- scientists at Honolulu under the
auspices of the Pan-Pacific Union, rep­
resenting the United States, Canada,
Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand
Hawaii, the Philippines and Japan
An expedition will be sent to the South
seas for this purpose by Yale, Har­
vard and other institutions.
China and Tibet— The third expedi­
tion, backed by a fund of $250,000, is
soon to start from Central Asia under
the leadership of Roy Chapman An­
drews, associate curator of mammals
in the American Museum of Natural
History, New York. The Chinese gov­
ernment is expected to co-operate with
this enterprise.
Overtures are being, conducted be­
tween political leaders of some of the
provinces for thé .formation of a
“ league of governors” for the purpose
of uniting the northern agricultural
districts of the country against
Buenos Aires and other coastal dis­
tricts.
Some political observers see in this
an attemat to return to the former
political division of the country Into
opposing sections, while others main­
tain that it merely is an economic
measure having as its purpose the
protection of the productive areas.
DONATES FAMOUS SWORD
Lord Garioch, only son of the thir­
ty-third earl of Mar, premier earl of
Scotland, has just presented the sword
worn by “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” one
of the most famous and historical in
Great Britain, to Mrs. Clarence Crit­
tenden Calhoun of Washington, a de­
scendant on her mother’s side of the
house of Mar. The illustration shows
Lord Garioch and the sword.
Dog Saves Life of Baby
j
Hanging From Bridge i
Mr. Tartoue is said to be in the
Adirondacks. His studio is said to
La Salle, Colo.—Teddy is only
have been sublet to Rene Van Len-
a common dog, boasting neither
nap, a friend.
beauty nor blue blood* and the
Since Mme. Tartoue departed from
possessor of only three good legs,
her home over ~a month ago in the
but he saved the life of. his con­
middle of the night, following a se­
stant companion, a two-year-old
ries of alleged sensational incidents
boy. The dog’s persistent bark­
in and near the studio, she has been
ing attracted the mother’s at­
living in seclusion with her mother,
tention, and she went to inves­
Mrs. R. Bengue Barnett.
tigate.
POLISH CONSTITUTION UNIQUE
Tells of Persecution.
About 100 yards from the
house runs the Milton canal. The
Light on the nature of her dis­
Provides That State Shall Care for
baby had undertaken to cross n.
agreement, with her husband was shed
Children if Neglected by
little foot-bridge and lost his bal­
by Mme. Tartoue during her inter­
Their Parents.
ance. But in falling, his dress
view. She said:
had caught on the bridge in such
“ The persecution to which I was
London.—Poland’s new constitution
manner that it held and strang­
subjected by two elderly women will
probably will contain a provision for
led him.
First aid methods
be made public during the trial.
care o f' children by the state which
were applied, and in a few hours
“I lent myself to Pierre for pub­
will make it unique, in the opinion of
he was able to rejoin his faith­
licity purposes much against my own
officials here who have seen the draft.
ful friend.
inclination. He told me It would help
The article reads:
him.
“ Each child deprived of parental
“ I lent him money as well, as most
care or who is neglected morally or
American girls who marry foreign­
PARASITE
materially, has the right to secure SEEK FRUIT FLY
ers find they are obliged to do for
care and aid from the state. 'The
the sake of preserving their homes
sphere of the state’s duties in this ca­ Indian Bug to Be Introduced in Ter­
and saving their husbands from finan­
ritory to Save the Hawaiian
pacity will be defined separately by
cial difficulties.
My family and
Products.
laws, which will foresee as well
friends have reason to know intimate
the
protection
of
mothers
who
may
details concerning these financial
Honolulu, T. H.—David T, Full-
require aid, before the birth of the
transactions.
away,
entomologist with the territor­
child, and the protection of the child
“ I sacrificed myself on the altar
ial board of/ agriculture, will leave
in
infancy.”
of Pierre’s art and I soon discovered
soon for India to search for certain
As far as known here no consti­
he did not appreciate it. This is
fruit
fly parasites discovered by
tution in the world includes such
my attitude toward my husband. 1
George Compere at Bangalore, India.
a
provision.
have no afiimosity in my heart,, only
I f the parasite can be located, it will
pity.
be introduced in the territory to* com­
“A fter I was Pierre’s wife he con­
SEEK DIVISION IN ARGENTINA bat fruit flies here.
stantly told me I was no longer an
Provinces Are Trying to Form Combi­
American woman. He said I was un­
Keep Office in the Family.
nation to Lessen Power of
der the French law, because I had
Elizabethtown, Ky.— J. S. Moorman
Capital.
married a French citizen. He told
and Mrs. J. S .. Moorman are to be
me I would have to" bear half the
candidates for the Democratic nom­
Buenos Aires.— The Argentine pro­ ination for county clerk. Only one
expense o f our establishment and
vinces are trying to form a combina­ name w ill be on the~ballot, but they
that French women had no rights.
tion against Buenos Aires, the capital will make the race together, one'to bo
Helped in His Work.
city.
“ Pierre told me he was madly in
the deputy of the other if elected.
love with me. I w a s. madly in love
with him. He told me and told my
friends I was the most beautiful
American girl. He told me I was an
inspiration to him in his art.
Be­
lieving implicity in him and in his
genius, I helped him every way J
could. I even posed for him for por­
traits of myself, and I posed for the
hands and gowns of some of his best
portraits. Among those were the
portraits he painted last year of Mrs.
Frederick Brooks of New York, Mrs.
Harold Brooks and Miss Ruth Shoel-
hopf of Buffalo.
“ A fter he had, painted a portrait
of me with my wedding veil over my j
head, some critics told him it was
one of the best pieces of work he]
had ever done. When he painted the
‘God of Happiness,’ which now hangs
in the Alfred I. du Pont home on
Long Island, I helped him with my
suggestions.
“ I found, however, that Pierre did
not appreciate me.
With my own
bands I used to cook him little stu­
dio dinners so that at the end of
the day, when he was tired out from
painting, he would not have to go
out for dinner. Those were halcyon
day? when Pierre and I were by our­
selves night after night in our stu­
dio. I could hardly believe the thing
was real, it was so ideal.
“ We were married October 14, 1919,
Major General Shanks, commander of the First army corps district, receiving, at the Charlestown navy yard,
and I will never forget the promises
he made that day, for he did not the medal awarded him by President Wilson for his co-operation with the navy department at Hoboken during
keep a single one of them.”
the war.
M ajor General Shanks Decorated for W ar Service
As a “ buck private,” maybe in the rear rank .at that, Prince Leopold of
Belgium, heir to the throne o f that country, has taken his place in the ranks
at the military school at Brussels. He is seen at .the left undergoing “ in­
spection.” ~-'7