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Charles Edward Russell Points to the
Magnificent Physical Condition of
Her Soldiers Rulers Made a
Strong Nation of Men hy Abolish
ing Insufficiency Among Workers.
HY CHAltLKS l2I)YAIiD UUSSELL
(CopyriRlil, lUlfi, hy the Newspaper
Kntcrprisc association.)
LONDON, Knr.f Juno f. Next to
ihp wonder of Franco in this war is
the wonder of Germany next, hut
with an interval and in a different
way.
Franco offers the spectacle of n
nntion spiritually exalted by an ideal
mid rising to nmnzine; heroism and
sacrifice. Germany is n spcetaclo of
bcientifio precision and awttite prep
n ration.
The Krcale.sl thine; in each country
is the people. Germany's provision
deserves all the mnrwliiur awe it has
aroused, hut what do you suppose, it
all would amount to if Germany's
inen in the trenches were not phvs
ienlly lit for the h- - labors and in
calculable strain put upon theinl
Thnt is the point. Geminuy'has
done all these wonderful things he
cause, first, a pcnoraljon of her best
minds has been em,'ae;cd in studious
planning for them; and because, sco
ond, her nino million fihtim: men
have been reared in sufficiency and
the environments of health.
Wo have, then, for the final and
Kreatcst lesson of this war the per
fect, unanswerable test oD two sys
terns of thought and Kovernmcnt pol
icy. Tlio Test of Two KyUias
Ktifjlmul has stood for one idea in
government and Germany for an
other. Kngland has been the world's
conspicuous exponent of individual
ism. Germany lias stood for the the
ory that the interests of the state
transcend any individiial will or nrcf
erenec mid tho state must interfere
with tho. individual's ways and mau
ners whenever the welfaio or tho in
terests of the state so demand.
In Hiiliiinl the controllinir idea
lias been every man for himself: in
Germany it has been every man for
the state, or something to that effect.
Ho now we can see exactly how
the two opposing theories work out
in practice.
Contract some of tho absolute
facts about the two nations without
regard to the causes of tho fact.,
whatever these may have been.
In England ten mouths of war
hao passed without the forming of
nn adequate army nor anything like
it.
In Germany an army of overwhelm
ing strength was under arms and
moving to tho frontiers three hours
after the order for mobilization.
In England thousands of recruits
slep in parks or in the streets and
were fed by prhate charity or not
at all.
In Germany every man was from
tho first moment properly clad, ade
l tin tidy fed and comfortably housed.
In England an appalling percentage
of those that offered themselves for
enlistment was rejected because of
physical defects, and another appall
ing percentage was accepted that
fchoubl have been rejected.
In Germany the idivsieal defectives
among those summoned to the colors
averaged less than 0 per cent.
Inevitable, I'JtJIcjs lU-sulls
In England the physically ablo that
went to tho front were of tho pros
pcrous and Well-to-do classes. Of
tho rest, men camo from tho slums of
Jiianiifaoturing towns, where for two
generations tho working populations
bad lived in dark, unsanitary and dis
mal dwellings, their bellies filled with
linnutritioiis food and their lungs
with poisonous air. Of these condi
tions the inevitable and pitiless re
sults appeared in the dull eyes, stunt
ed forms and listless bearing of the
recruits.
In Germany the perfect physical
condition of tho troops excited the
admiration of every person that saw
anything of tho mobilization. These
men, olivjoiinly, came not trom slums
but from wholesome conditions of
life.
Aftor ten months of war the nnn
ies of England have scurcely an
achievement worth speaking-of, but
many defeats. So far as the allies
are concerned tho eleventh month
finds tho brunt of tho fighting still
falling upon France. The French
still hold a battle line .'i:t miles long,
whilo the English havo but .'H.
The Germans began at once to win
victories and have continued to win
them ever since, except on the
Freuah front. The physical perform
unties and physical endurauue of tho
German armv havo never been equal
ed in tho history of war. The men
mnn strength. Today, with an over
whelming strength of numbers against
Germany, its armies go on cutting to
pieces tho grcntcr armies of Hussia.
TremcJidoiu Odds Aiwlnst (.Vrninnr
Moro than two to one auainst them
in men nnd about five to one ngainst I
them in wealth, and still Genanns
displny tremendous strength and tin-
oroken conlidenee.
Von see, hero is no mnllnr f !.,.
illation nor argument nor assertion.
Merc is most absolute fact. No doubt
the fine spun theory is a beautiful
thing. So is a cobweb. Hut neither
amounts to a ran here. Two nrin.
eiples of government have been
brought to the test, individualism and
tho idea of universal nhvsic.nl wnll
being to bo secured by the state.
If Germany had hnd as much of
political democracy n she hns had
of industrial wisdom she would have
been unconquerable by tho woild.
For what is the origin nnd cause
of this tremendous physical power
that has been shown by these peoplof
In England it has been a govern
ment by and for the fortunate and
these are the results. The masses of
tho people have been allowed to shift
tor themselves. God mado them poor
nnd made us of the bettor classes
rich, and shall we interfere with tho
wisdom of God?
What .Nnlio'nnl Caro of Workers '
MttUM
Hut in Germany thirty-five years
ago the ruling class, determined to
inaso uennauy greater in every way,
perceived that the strength of the
country would bo in exact proportion
to the physical well being of its work
ors, who constituted the vast majority
ot us population and would furnish
its armies iu the wars that were to
qome.
Therefore the rulers set forth upon
a deliberate policy to abolish insuf
ficiency nmong its workers, so far
as it could bo abolished under itho
existing commercial system, and to
secure the best obtainable conditions
of life for them and their children.
To thnt end the government insti
tuted:
Old age pensions.
Ample compensation for injured
workingmen and their families.
Insurance ngainst invalidity.
Free employment bureaus.
Sanitary dwellings for working
men. Cnrcfiil'jHipcrvisjoii of tho public
health in all its. details.
Education and thorough physical
training for children.
State enterprises to prevent private
monojMdy and keep down the cost of
living.
Extensive schemes for healthful
publio amusements and recreation.
Tho shadow of the fear of oiiur.v
and want was lifted from the lives
of the Gorman workers. Tho curse
and blight of tho slum eniup not near
them. Put now side by sido in your
mind the tcaTnl purlieus of an Eng
lish manufacturing town and the
clean, light, airy, sanitary working
men's dwellings in Merlin. What
should conic from the one but weak
ness nnd disenso and from tho other
but health?
In Germany was a government
planning always to build u tho phys
ical stamina of the nation, and here
are tho results.
Wo can very easily sav that these
things wero done for the ends of mil
itarism. What difference does it
mako now what thev were done fort
They were done, and do but look at
the men that go forth to do Ger
many's battles.
In Germany the government was
not obliged to take over at a ruinous
cost tho railroads of the nation that
it might Imvo highways on which to
move the nation's troops. It already
owned the railroads and had its war
plans ready for them. Tho instant
tho war clock struck thoo plans went
into effect nnd a thousand trains
wore bearing the soldiers to tho front.
All tho time thnt the privately own
ed railroads of England vvuro in
creasing their capital account, there
by increasing to the community the
charges for transportation, thereby
increasing tho cost of living to tho
workers nnd thereby lowering the
workers' standards of existence and
strep'gtb, Hid government-owned
railroads of Germany were decreas
ing their capital account and decreas
ing tho transportation chargos.
All tho time unrestricted greed and
individualism were pruning upon the
workers of England, the government
of Germany was trying to protect tho
German workers from overty and
its results.
And that is why Germany can face
such tremendous numerical odds;
that is why on these streets of Hcr
lin today thu crowds go undismayed
and unaffected, no mater how much
the enemies of Geruiun inu be augmented.
ggpyoRp wnn tribune, medford Oregon, Tuesday, june 29, 1915
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Chief Wolf IMiimu
SAN FRANCISCO, Cul., June 20.
Fancy addressing a six-foot Iipliiiii
ejiief clad in beaded buckskin, feath
ered headdress and red blanket is
"your honor.''
Vet Chief Wolf Plume, head of the
.'100 ntaekfoot Indians on the reser
vation at Glacier national park, can
insist upon that salutation mid pro-
uuec a federal judges appointment
to support his claim.
For tho Inst twelvo years Will'
I'lumo has dispensed justice to tho
nu'inbers of his tribo ns a United
.Stales judge.
Ho has never been known to grant
a divorce, although many have been
brought before him. His formula is-
to .pill tho offending husband until
he promises to mend his way, or or
ilcr the husband to forgive his wife
nnd eontintio to live with her, should
ho bo tho plaintiff. Affinities fig
ure in many of the cases, suid tho
judge, through an interpreter.
llorso thieves and poddlers of
"firewater' constitute tho majority
of prisoucrs haled beforo him. Judge.
Wof Pliimo requires tho thief to re
s.toro tho lrtirso in the one character
If eases, and hi tho other confiscates
tho liquor and sends the offender to
Fort Leavenworth for four or six
months.
COAS
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SEND
GOLFERSTOTOURNEY
To tho lidlter:
1 notlco action Is being' taken by
Medford and Ashland In creating auto
camplhg ground, n niovo that I henr
tlly approve, f wish to suggest that
Jackson county us a wholo tnko sim
ilar action and create not only nn
auto camp but a camp for all kinds of
travel on tlio 1'aculc highway. Tho,
KrouiKlH 1 would suggest for such a
camp or moro properly park, Is tho
natural grove on the west side of tho
highway ono mllo north ot Phoenix,
and four miles south of Medford.
TIicbo grounds eoutaln G or 7 ncreB of
natural grovo nnd aro very nearly
equl-dlstnnt from Ashland and Cen
tral Point, nnd "nro on that portion
of tho highway vyhcro tho speod laws
aro most abused an evil that must
ho abated. This park could bo mado
tho station for tho offices of tho su
pervisor of travel of tho highway, and
tho samo oflcers could supervlso tho
proper uho of tho camp ground,
Thoro hnvo already been moro fatal
nnd BorlotiH Injury accidents on tho
Pacific highway In tho few month It
has hecn traveled than thero has been
on tho S. P. railroad In tho moro
than 30 years of travel on tho portion
of tho H. P. lino parallel to tho high
way. Kveryono of these accidents
on tho highway nro traceablo to tho
abuso ot tho speed laws. Locally so
far tho accidents have been to tho
speeders but sooner or later somo In
nocent persons will bo Injured, thon
some radical notion will bo demand
ed to nbato tho speed nulsanco on tho
highway. Tho highway Is our great
est asset and must bo protected so as
to properly bo used to tho greatest
benefit of nil.
WKMIOIIN IiHKSON.
Talent, Juno 2S.
BRITISH PAY FOR
CHICAGO, Juno 29 -Star golf
players from throughout tho country
will compete In tho western golf
championship tournament to bo hold
at CIcToland July 10 to 21, according
to announcomont today by Gcorgo V.
Ilonnebry, secretary of tho western
association. ,
Tho California Rolf association, It
was announced, will send Hnrry It.
Davis, winner of tho Pnnnma-Paclrie
exposition tournament; .lark Neville,
who has hold tho California and
Northwest titles; B. S. Armstrong,
champion of Southern California, nnd
Hobcrt Y. liayne, Northern California
champion.
Theso players will also compote
for tho Olympic cub July 17.
LONDON, Juno 21). -Tho Hritish
government today announced thnt it
was ils intention to" .$100,01)0 ns
the first instuhuciiUin settlement of
eluiins of thp owiuliw of the Ameri
can steamship Uilhelmilia, which was
seized by the Ilntish authorities
while carrying n cargo of foodstuffs
from Now York to Germany.
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