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Show THE HERALD-REPUBLICA- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY. 20, N, 191G X Sixxfra s V omen tiere W OF MENAN GK ABA 1 U, SUMATRA, DESCRIBED BY VISITOR MATRIARCHY Reminiscences of Picturesque Java, Garden of the Tropics, Land of Great Natural Resources and Indolent People, Where Pathetic Reminders of Bygone Splendor Remain Among the Efficiency' of the Dutch Rulers of the Island i hotel advertises English Kvery meals. This always means ham and eggs the Dutch idea of' an English meal. It reminds me of the old lady by who, when unexpectedly visited; company, said: "Well, if we had some ham we'd have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs." K renins and Mosquitoes. In the evening you retire to your room, you find your bed inclosed in armor plate mosquito netting. The trick Is to breathe through it. You have the beautiful choice of suffocation or mosquito annihilation, a choice of two evils. Reposing comfortably in the bed you will find a "Dutch wife" do not mistake my meaning the term Dutch wife is given to a long, round pillow which always occupies a prominent place in the bed. The only object 1 could discover for Its presence was to act as a wedge or check to prevent a corpulent sleeper from falling out of bed and being devoured by mosquitos before he could climb in again. And speaking of mosquitoes they are not bad; on the contrary, they are somewhat friendly, sort of become attached to you. They are the most systematic institution In all Java. You will always find them waiting ready to hand you the keys of the city and ask you to speak before the ad club, but I fooled them by leaving a corner of the net open, waiting until they all climbed in for their evening ' meal. Then I scrambled out. tied the ends of the mosquito net with my suspenders and slept tranquilly upon the floor. -v -- vi "V; ,,e t 3 r . ; 'x I ir- 5 v 4 jrround when his hlRhnens, or rather, under Dutch rule, hta lowness. went In or out. For thu mas?aKirK the earth princely sum of 10 they were paid the or $2.40. rulden pr month, Dutch Impreaa AathoHty. To Impress the natives with Dutch power and authority a rejeiment of Kurasians. or half white soldier, marches around the palace Krountli, by a band whose sole object Is not quality. At the sultan's nuantlty. a pair of twelve-ar- e pa 1. 11" e sit trained upon the Kates pounIera of the palace for the sake of moral erfect. To make th system perfect above all thlns Melnhec-- believes In ter'eetton the trovernment onerously provides the sultan with n Dutch secretary, who If constantly nt his tide on each and eery occasion. Kvery word uttered by his lowness or said to him Is taken diwn In writing by Is sent the jiecretary. A copy of this fUtlten-zorto the Dutch icoernment nt This Is to prevent any possible chance of a revolution beintr fomented with the sultan's consent. Nevertheless, one of the you nicer princes. In the entbuHiasni of youth and love of his endeavor to foco'tntry. ofttimc will Is ment trnubte. but he speedily discovered and shipped to the Netherlands, presumably to be educated. When be has learned to respect Melnheer he Is allowed to return, some never ret tirn. Java Is rich In copra, coffee, teak wood. suar cane and coco. It Is rich In tropical vesretatlon and It Is the most beautiful Island of the Fast the The heat Is Insufferable on 1000 of from an altitude but co.d. feet ran be secured by a few to 40J hours- rid from the coast line. Theo taste of the Javanese Is by clrcura-jtnnr- A and necessity very simple. of sront cloth, six feet lon pef-- e ar.fi thr-- e feet wide, wrapped around M middle. Is his sole dress. When lie Is adorned In this skirt, generally of brilliant hue. his wardrobe Is com- (By Dr. Ian Maclaren.) oftttmes called the "Onrdn of JAVA, Tropics." presents to the stu- dent of human nature and sociology a most Interesting and rompUt proMcm. No country tn the world ran ever hope to dupIUil? condition a found on Jntn'a tropical ky. Her be-new- th an Island approximately 7' mile long and about 200 miles wide In it widpopulaest part w " hvf a seethinic r w e find tion of 3.0)0.0' people Javan.".-- , hiKh and low: two c.it Madures. Hushlnese. Soudanese. Hindoos and many other tribes of Java is ownl and If In loo Jan.!. Hot Tlr Chinese onir dLd by c The re t nent an-most handle are al prop of the roMmnri' and own most of the Th Jrdolent Malay Is 'ontnt store and a place with hi thrc a meals a day In t sleep. country so bountifully u'l'ti"'! by r..itur with wild fruit! this I an easy mi .roHfi Ie-- K-- Par-see- s. f matter. -' n Th" average paid t rent lit'h money, or I cents tn A -- serf t ' dnastr. a day. this o.k In the taM "r for I.th.'fitirf pi mtattons. The tic fields an. Jiik-f eneroimty mtu I'if:h govern towns and een in the miller proMde. an kit or store where vlllase. '' nr. I a te ;.:rch"!. cplum where or rrr.raent i.aridhnis jarthop. iwnwat-full-hi y th j.roftifc'Ar.- vrtattve rut a bracelets silver anklet nl ts of hi day's ; e id th ;..'!! t in nt Uvtrg. la? or. eic,Ye Tnste for in Darin the Ur;t-- - the writer wni to tand;-oint- . n-t- iv i J rt r o;-iu- - - jr-.- tti. t native- ai'tlr" Iuttrh r- J.vi. Aftr eau-- -.l in site 'tio u in the ra.t.itton and ruin ir u t.y K!n one rui estfrr.ate (u!Un nn l poverty of r t.rr jf thj or the natives ot wht.h tiU t th lot n re taken unlf?1 radical Jvr t-- ry m-iU- d -kl ! !:. - dep-nder-- ts. ir.-ta- i - ' e V'; noasta Many Attractions. rM-y-- " i Sfr)fjh i It 4-r- ! DR. IAN MACLAREN. cr. I alw-ay- s sau-sas- re , five-gallo- Pt n But everyone carries something, for this is the custom. When the prince who struts proudly alonfr stopa to view any object of interest, down they fio. every one of the fifty squats on the ground, for he must not stand in the presence of royalty. The midday meal is called rlce-tafor rice table. A soup plate is placed before you and a boy enters the room carrying a large bowl of cooked rice. You help yourself to the rice, then he fun commences. Through doors, window and roof they come and charge down upon you In single file the ham boy, the fish boy, the egg. boy, the dish boy, the chicken boy. the bread boy, the pickle boy. the chutnee boy. Kvery boy to his particular dish. What a sight for a union waiter. Kxpoeteri to Sample K ver ythlnr. Like the polite little boy at the Sunday school picnic you are expected to take a little of each. If, however, you "have no bread, nineteen boys will drop nineteen dishes and all rush from the room, not to get you bread, far be it from such the man who Joined two unions so he could work sixteen hours a day has nothing on the Malay servant, for a bread boy must be found before you can obtain any bread. At every meal a pudding is served a white, shaky, nervous of matter. Thiscomposition gelatinous and pudding I became fast friends and one cannot eat one's friends. The moment you looked at it you had an uncontrollable desire to own stock in a drug store. When you sat down at the table it seemed to shake its jelly sides and murmur "Another victim"; sufferers from dyspepsia will understand The only way t0 escape that pudding was to Jump into the sea and 1 almost expected to find it engraved upon the coat of arms of the country. el On the other hand the "North-rliff- e press" has Its own party In both houses. In the afternoon when It ws.9 Northcliffe was seen in his office. This Is the busy hour at the London Times, when the editorials and leaders beirln to take form for the presses, which beftin to throb towards He was not sitting at a mldnlicht. In the conventional pose of a man of affairs, but was spread out In n Kreat easy chair with a Mg bunch of a departmental proofs In his hands, editor bending ever him. and another editor waiting to take his turn. "Is the submarine article ready for tomorrow?" he asked the editor. Yes, chief, all rdy," was the answer. "Anil this article." be said, glancing throuch the proofs, "has Nichols made that cl.an ire T "Ye. chief, he has made the change." "Hut it Is not clear." persisted Lord Northcliffe. "It should be made perfectly cter that It was th government, yes. the foreign office, that said this thtnir. Here, let me fix It." And tsklnir his pencil he wrcte In on of the proof "as slated by the th ed foreign office." Then the other editor took his turn, with leaders, reports from Germany the situation at and Washington, Salonik!. and many others, all of which received th- - quick survey of the chief. Here was the owner and proprietor of the London Times. The leondon Dally Mall, the Sunday Despatch, the Overseas Mall, the London Fvcnlng News, Answers, the Manchester Mall and countless other periodicals comprising "Northcliffe press," the the of newspaper assemblage greatest ownership ever seen In Kngland. headed by the "Thunderer," known as the "F.ngllshmari's Bible" and the traditional exponent of British policy occupying himself not alone with the manairement and larger policies of this but with the editorial deorganisation, tails and even with the text and phraseology of leading articles. Ills two advisors, Geoffrey Itoblnson of the Times, and Thomas Martow of thel)ally Mall, have full authority, freely or frequently exercised, to censor their chief's work. I,ord Northcliffe Is very quick in his estimate of men and things. When reference was made to Lord X, who has been much In the public eye of late, he said: "Yes. he Is a good advertiser." Then when reference was made to Represents the Greatest Assemblage of Newspaper Ownership England Has Ever Seen and Who Through His Press RamificaWho Editor tions Wields a Powerful In- fluence in Molding Public and Official Opinion, Declares the War Is Just Beginning With the Passage of the Compulsory Military Service Bill; Measure, He Says, Was Based on Abraham Lincoln's Measures in Obtaining Adequate Army for the North in Civil War, and the Issue Between Saxon and Teuton Will Be Fought to a Decisive End 'cr.ee The Asso ciated Press.) Jan. 21 Lord Northcliffe LONDON. today by the Associated 'Int at hi office Press on Printing llon'o Squire, and asked fCorresp-- rnrr?'f about th "Northr itffe preV" which has been talked about so much lately. Hardly a day passes in patHament that some roble lord or commoner and often several of them at the sam time not rise to state that ht oppot! compulsory military servito sition ce- bill was not so much ajrainst the Mil Itself, but because the "Northrllf f the government press" had drarooned Into adopting the measure. When Sir John rdrnon resigne'd from the Asqulth h announced that the presministry sure of the "Northcliffe press" on the trovernment had a Rood deal to do with come to be his action. So that it Is a cabIf there late that cf accepted a or inet crisis, parliamentary division, election, er the prospe.-- of a wilt !ectnre that the an element quit -Nurthcliffe yrcsa" has brought it d-je- s !;-- .s t K-n- erat rd d-s- so-call- ed Lord Y. who is supposed to he directing a very large branch of the government, he said: "Why. he is finished." "Finished, how so. he's directing a department." "Not at all. Blank Is running the e Is looking department; after ammunitions, and Iord X Is finished; yes, found out. He is a past event." The talk now turned to the compulsory military service bill which the government has Just put through parliament, many asserting it was really the work of the "Northcliffe press." "Why. It was as plain as day," said the embodiment of the Northcliffe press. "Here is a row of houses." he went on. pointing to a row cf imaginary houses on the paper pad before him. "Now, In this first house lives a young married man who wants to serve his country, feeling that his country's peril is his own. So he gives up his job, and enlists. Ulght next doer. In that house, lives another young fellow, who Is his mother's darling, and who doesn't want him to expose himself to danger. So he does not enlist, but stays at home yes, and gets the other fellow's Job. Now those very rows of houses are In every street in very city, town and village of. the country. That Is an actual concrete which conexample of the situation fronted us. And so I invented the phrase 'Single men first,' and that carried It. It has been a long struggle; we've been at It many months; It went slowly at first, but fathered force as It went along, until it became overwhelming and practically universal, and 'single men first' carried It through, and it ended, yes. ended we will have our army, an army equal to our needs, with the country behind it, and we're Just beginning the war." Lord Northcliffe speaks calmly, without demonstration, but with posltive-nes- s and with Ideas which crowd each other tc find expression. "Your American civil war' gave us some lessons on how an army had to be raised In a great emergency," he went on. "What did Lincoln do when he needed men? lie called for them; Issued a proclamation calling them to the service of the federal government and putting it up to the governors to furnish them first, 100,000 men, then 250,000 men, then R00.000 men. and so on. And they had to be furnished; the men had to enlist or find substitutes; there were drafts and riots, as there always are when slackers are made to ! Lloyd-Georg- ' Matriarchy, as it is called, is said to exist only at this present time with the tribe of the Menangkabau, Padang, Highlands, Sumatra, M. F. S., where the right of relationship is exclusively material. Menanjfkabau means bullock victors. There was once a great war between the island of Sumatra and the island of Java, during which there was much loss of life. The queens of these two peoples then decided that no more men should be killed, but that the dispute should be decided by a contest between two bullocks. The Sumatra bullock won. Since then the bullock's horn has been adopted as the symbol of their supremacy and appears in their architecture. Korty Clanw In Tribe. The tribe numbers about forty (Soekoe is Malay term for our word clan). These Soekoes are subdivided into families. A Soekoe constitutes a village. The members of a Soekoe are all descended from one common ancestress in the female line. The children always follow the maternal relation and In consequence also her Soekoe. The father of the children remains altogether outside of his connection. All children from one mother are considered fully related as brothers and sisters, even in case they have not the same father. Every woman likes to give birth to Soe-koe- . St after the American civil war that the soldiers came back to civil life proud of their service for the country in the field. These returned soldiers were scattered all over the country, in every city and town, forming a vast aggregate of sentiment and influence, with Just pride in the achievement of having shared in serving the country in its need. Out of this sentiment came the Grand Army of the Republic, which took a hand in civil and political affairs, ail bound together in a common impulse ramlfyiny all over the country. And as a result you had soldier years Gen presidents for twenty-fiv- e eral Grant, General Garfield, General Hayes. General Harrison and soldier candidates for President, Hancock, and the rest. "And that will be our experience, here and in France, when this vast body of soldiers come back to civil life. They will be the great controlling factor of our civil and public life, all of the.n proud of their service and inspired with a common sentiment. It will be even a greater influence than that of the returned soldiers In "civil life In the United States, for we are sending six men 1o the front for every one man you sent, yes, six. Already there have been 3,000,000 men sent forward, and with those in process of enlistment and to be brought forward it will be 6,000,000. And they are the men, the men young and middle-age- d of the future, those who will come back into our civil life and be the controlling influencemenof public opinion. who shape our These will be the us and will for the for future policies make and unmake our ministries and governments. Just as they did in America after the civil war. "You remember what Oliver Wendell Holmes said about the slacker, the man who failed to respond to his country's need for military service, in his poem on the 'Sweet Little Man': " 'Now, then, three cheers for the Stay- Ranger! n and beat the Blow the great big pan! First in the field that is furthest from d Take danger. plume, your eweet little man!' " Here was an Englishman drawing analogies from American history, and familiar enough with an American poet to quote verses which would would not be familiar to a good many Americans. "And peace?" was the query put to Lord Northcliffe. "Peace l LSefore we are really ready Mc-Clcll- X'"- s. -- female children, because they are a support to her, and the family during the whole of their life, as a rule, not leaving- the house of their mother. Male children over 10 years of age do not spend their nights any more in the domestic circle, but in the evenings assemble in large private places of worship, where they are taught to read the Koran. Social intercourse Is free and young people fall in love in a natural way. Then the parents begin negotiations and the price is agreed upon which the bride shall pay for the husband. This is regulated by his position if a head man about$200 is demanded, but if he is an ordinary man $75 is enough. This money is used by his mother to buy his trousseau, which is very elaborate, as, I can verify, for we were fortunate in attending a native wedding. The festivities last for three days, and the ceremonies are conducted after the faith of Islam. (Members of the same Soekoe are not allowed to intermarry.) When a marriage takes place both remain in their own family circle. The husband goes to reside with the wife temporarily, but he forms no part of the newly established family, which consists only of the mother and her children, and at the head of which, as a rule. Is the eldest brother of the mother. He represents the family in all public ways, but has no authority of his own. Mother Leads Discussions. Questions of common interest to the whole people are first discussed by the family, the leader being the Indua, i. e., the mother of the family. Later there is a meeting of the men 'in the balei (a building set apart in each koto, or village, as a place of consultation). The leader here Is the eldest brother of the Indua, who is known as the Mamuk. After the family decision there is a meeting of the Mumuks of all the families in the Soekoe, which is presided over by a head man elected by them. After this the question is taken up by a council of the Soekoes. presided over by an hereditary chief, who Is the eldest son of the former chief's eldest sister, and for the final decision a council Is made up of all the panghOeloes (hereditary chiefs) of all the Soekoes composing the territory. It is said that no decision contrary to the wishes of the women has ever been made, and, indeed, they do not forget to show that they perfectly understand the importance of their position in spite of the humble part which the Moslem religion assigns to their sex. A man calls the house of his wife "his house"; the family house of the domestic circle he belongs to "the house of my sisters." In case of sickness men and boys go back to their mother and sisters and are taken into the family house. In such a case the pretty tribal proverb applies: "No matter how far the heron flies from home, he will always come back to his pools." The possessions of a family, movables and Immovables, always remain the indivisible property of the whole family. Pawning of plots of ground is only then possible when all concerned agree to It, and furthermore in some cases set forth by tribal law. Such pawning may, for instance, be done, according to the prevailing customs, in - case a family does not possess the necessary funds for: The celebrating of a marriage, the costs of a burial, the repairing of the family house. Immorality Prevented. It must be admitted that the is not a spur for the indi- vidual to develop any initiative, but it is the cause of the keeping together of the family possessions, and as euch keeps up the national prosperity. Further, it protects the children agrainst the squandering of property by their or elders and equally protects parents the women against the extravagance of men, while and this is the greatest blessing it absolutely prevents immorality. The mother head of the house is known as the Indua, and she controls the family property. At her death her eldest daughauthority passes tois her not a daughter in ter and if there the family, then to the daughter of her eldest brother. In case there is? not a daughter in his family, a girl may be adopted, but she must be of the same Soekoe. Malay Lover's Lay. It is said that human nature is the same all the world over, and one realizes how true it is when one has studied the habits and customs of natives in many parts of the world but no modern conventional twentieth cenRomeo could ever hope to attain tury ' the heights of the Malay lover who de scribed his ladylove: y old "With a brow like the Ma-triarch- ate j one-da- moon. Her eyebrows resemble pictured clouds and are arched like a fighting cock's spur; of Her hair the wavy blossom-shoot- s the areca palm. Slender is her neck with a triple row of dimples; Her waist lissom as th stalk of a flower; Her head a perfect oval Her fingers like the quills of the porcupine; Her eyes like the splendor of the planet Veniss; And her lips like the fissure of a pomegranate." In Sumatra there are no beauty parlors instead, invocation for beautifying tho perbon is made as follows: "The light of four suns, five moons and the seven stars be visible in my eye. The brightness of a shooting star be upon my chin. And that of the full moon be upon my brow. May my lips be like unto a string of ants. My teeth like to a herd of elephants. My tongue like a breaking wave. My voice like the voice of the Prophet David. And bv the grace of 'There is no God but God.' Allah-Alla- h Ho Akbar." A most remarkable fact is that the institution of the matriarchate has been preserved in such a pure form for many and severe have been the attacks it has had to undergo from the Mohammedans. The native saying' of the Menangkabau of this custom is that: never "It cracks (like clay) through the heat of the sun." "It never rots away (like wood) through rain." Sumatra is a close second to Java for its profuse vegetation and tropical scenery, and a visit to Sumatra will be well repaid for the time spent. t eace Says Lord Northcliffe LORD NORTHCLIFFE s,""f r,' suffrage. pell-me- ll England Knows Not the! Word about. Java boasts, and rightly sa, of many to its shores. attractions for the visitor The water castle at Djockjakarta, the botanical gardens of Buitenzorg, the sond seas, Smeroe, an active volcano, the majestic ruins of the an old Hindoo temple located on a plateau near Magalang, are some of the most interesting. It is some few hundred years since the first Dutch voyager arrived on Java's shores and driving an ax into a tree trunk, swore in the presence of the craven-hearte- d Fitltan that he would do the same with any native who traded with anyone else but a Dutchman. I was initiated with Mohammedan ceremonies Into tho Secrikit-Islam- , a secret society. A visit to Java by those who can endure the physical discomfort entailed by tropical traA-e- l is well worth while and there are few islands that can offer as many charms in such a small space. Not far from Java lies the island of Sumatra. Here I spent considerable time and study in investigating an old and Interesting institution known as Matriarchy, which Is a form of woman Bnru-budo- , n. it ' -' - tr' rontr!11. and thi propensity Th Initeh t'l-- . though, tn very m- easier ,t, the poorer t!n-- srVx the l ttch art r to Bvtrn. th;y cfor lir.cly. "e lai klr.K l.d Jf ttor,Al fartHti""' and iIand the thro'iRhoat trentment of th" poor are for hterver. not apparent trt ,h"1 rfUrttl across ca;t Iurtnir mv travels andramw that Jcourge of of enncr. leproy. w.uld ha that thtropics, riolichted th pt of fMtnni! eye of a Jtannon. C.ftltlini or Murphy. on is Java t H I boas? two j"tltan. Jakarta and the other situated a Jockmore commonly railed at Hoerakarta. :::.in ts allowed ') jculden Solo Th and with per month, equivalent het endeavors to sun thi irenrous of officer?, retinue hi liremaintain When one nervants and and splendor mainreviews the pomp the tained by th old nultans of Java cavthe For ,u,ht t.ltifu'.r.ultan court have no i alrv of the and must hornet cost money th!" ),or debris Yet even ar.onc be fed .lays of fhatfrcd Klory of t.ypne everv little rerun ny and form Is I irxtnfalnd. Tor Instance. out-PM men s.':atttn?T saw I',, ery I tnauir-- 1 the su!lKn .Jiafn'.et. was their told duty their duties and on the forehead their to scrape v,t - - - in an for a ly prized by the natives. To own fifty of those cans will make a man Independent for life, while If the roof of thatched with the tin his little hut from them he is a bloated aristocrat. It does not stop here, however, for he molts the tin. mixeit with other materials and produces h n almost perfert Imitation of crude silver. This he works Into various ornaments, spoon", etc., and then the uneducated. Ignornnt and uncivilized native sells them to the Intellectual tourist, who does not realplete. Mo- live IMetarea Miitnn. ize his error until In time they turn Tn the larper villages bioscopes or as green as the paddy fields. movlntr picture shows are Riven, genIa;a Ttouttne In Java. erally In tarste thatched structures A day's routine In Java consists of built of bamboo. Here aspaln Melnheer the of work ifets In his lmpressin show-I- n arlsins; earls In the mornluir and Joinsimple-mindenative by ing the procession to the bathhouses. at the commencement of a per- In one corner of a stone bathhouse you formance a slide depleting the Dutch will find attached to the wall a small over this hanjrs navy steaming at full speed. At every earthen Jar or basin:form cf procedure a Ions: dipper. The picture show I attended this slide was shown. The admission for natives Is Is to seixe the dipper firmly by the 10 cents Dutch money, or 4 cents Amerright hand, load It with water and by ican. In addition to this everyone who a quick motion throw the water over successful you wdll purchase a ticket, white or native, you. a If 5 ouIf are not tho bathhouse gets bath. fet pays an additional tax of 10 per cent to the Dutch government. Kvery soul a bath. The method Is more energetic tn Java is subject to taxation, and It than luxurious. In fifteen mornings I l from this prolific source that the KOt one bath; this, however. Is a urood Netherlands are maintained. The na- average. Some take twenty. After tive Is taxed an equivalent of one the aquatic struggle you o to the breakfast room and view the contents month's wasres per year. When scenes are shown on the screen of the table cold boiled eK&s, suspicious cheese, always more or less depleting lovers embracing, the natives howl with abandoned deilarht, for be open to investigation, and sausaee, It remembered that any display of af- fat sausage, thin sausafre, long-- short, fection In public Is decidedly Improper healthy or elckly. Whatever your taste from the Javanese viewpoint, even a or mood may be you will find a to fit It. squeealnK of hands would be considThe mornlnjf Is usually spent In ered a violation. The native Is usually exceedingly walking through the native streets. with You will often come across a native wily and sharp In his practices the tourist. To the Standard Oil com- prince out for his morning stroll, folpany belongs the credit of orlKlnatlnK lowed by about fifty retainers, each a new method or form of coinage. All retainer carryintr some object or arKasollne shipped to the tropics Is In ticle used by the prince a stool to cans. These cans are hlRh- - sit on. a bowl to wash In. food to eat. In-di- ; i se I K. izth situf'h'n""' conwho! the practically ation and f;;.I from a r.atlve trol thr tfn:ir, . The ustuf -- T. "re, r Hau-ktnes- t. v. . '." r- '.cs 4 ... ; ' v"x -- Investigations Among the Tribes of Sumatra Where Girl Babies Are Preferred and Where the Swain Sings of His Ladylove's Eyebrows Resembling 'Pictured Clouds' and as Arched 'Like a Fighting Cock's Spur9 and the Maiden Asks for Teeth (Lik to a Herd of Elephants' . - I ' J$ do their duty to their country. And you tfot your army; not a volunteer army except in nominal sense, but an army calculated in numbers In advance, adequate tc the country's need. And we will be doing Just what Grant did fighting It out on that line if it takes all summer piling on more men, ham- mering at a given objective, and massing overwhelming numbers until they yield by the sheer weight of numbers. That was Grant's tactics, and it will be ours now that we have an army and are ready to begin." "We will have another, experience much like that in America," continued Lord Northcliffe, "and It will be the same here and in France and Germany, all through Europe where fireat armies are beins organized. You remember at-Ho- fish-hor- white-feathere- an for warl" he exploded, with an emphasis of disgust. "Why anyone who would attempt to talk peace on the streets of London or in any public mobbed. A Quaker place would be tried to make a peace speech the other day and was silenced by an angry crowd. No, sir, the word peace has disappeared from the English vocabulary. And that is a deep underlying conviction in the very hearts of the people, who do not want peace and will not listen to any talk of peace until this war is fought to a finish and won. honorably von, and the score iswith the Germany settled for all time. It same in France, a deeprooted feeling of the plain French people not the that the politicians and public men race depends very existence of their on the winning of this war. This overis well recog'nized whelming feeling over here, and It needs no official envoys from the United States to gather it. for it is perfectly apparent for anyone to see." "Then the war will be long?" was suggested. "Yes, very long," was the reply. "Those who talk of ending the war in a few weeks or months, do not realize the stupendous character of this conflict, and the vital issues of national and racial existence back of it. Really it is not a war at all, in the ordinary sense that we speak of wars. It is ona of those vast upheavals of the human race, like the great racial migrations, the Moslem invasion of Europe which lasted 800 years in Spain and is still alive in the near east. No, this is no ordinary war which can be one brought tooranoneend suddenly by or any great victory campalg'n series of decisive events in any one field. The issues of national and racial existence are far too great for ending. It will go on, I believe, for a long time, a very long time.. In the end it may be narrowed down to a war between England and Germany the supreme issue, which must be fought to a finish. Instead of ending soon or suddenly, the war is more likely to go on and on, and then gradually abate by slow processes, here and there, as localities pass through their ordeal or emerg'e with a wish to take a breathing spell. But for the time being it is not only a war of Europe, but a world war. You can see its effect In the most distant parts of the world. The assassinations in China the this other day were but a sequel to Mexconflict. Even the bloodshed in any-suc- h ico is in a way related to this war." "You referred to the supreme issue between England and Germany," was suggested. k "Ves," said Lord Northcliffe, many did not England wouldcome, into this war. That was one instance where she was not efficient; she was not prepared for us. It is shown bv the fact that she had few commerce destroyers at sea less than a dozen, wasn't it? and no means of preventing her own complete commercial paralysis by the British fleet. She had counted on- a continental war, a land war, without England, and England's entry was her greatest surprise, completely destroying her projects, and calling for this colossal expenditure of men and supplies. But being in, England and Germany knew there is something more than a continental land war at issue, greatas that is, and that there is a racial mastery at stake the Saxon or the Teuton, which civilization will go forward in the future, and which backward? Both of them cannot go forward together as in the past. The issue is too great for that and must be finally determined." Now an editor came in with a proof. Lord Northcliffs looked at it, a long searching look from the headline to the end. Then he said, "Yes," and the editor disappeared. "And the Northcliffe press and its critics," was suggested. of "Oh, yec," said the embodiment the "Northcliffe press." "Its critics: like Othello, they would be nothing if they were not critical. The press in England is performing a useful servIt is ice, just as it is in America. the exponent of public opinion. That is the service it performed in the military service campaign to drive home that the overwhelming force of public opinion was against the man, and for national unity in fulfilling every obligation required by the war. There are a few men still alive who are deaf to the voice of pablic opinion; who think England is ruled by a small aristocracy of private opinion. But England is a great democracy in which public opinion is supreme, and the press is advocating the military service bill merely recorded the mass of public opinion against individual private judgment. You remember what Pope said: 'Envy will merit as its shade pursue, but, like a shadow, proves the substance true. That seems to fit the case of the critics their envy proves the substance true." "Ger-thin- - , stay-at-ho- X |