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Show PROF. ROYLANCE IN LECTURE ON WAR Salt Lake. Oct. 22 The first of a series of weekly lectures on the European Eu-ropean war was given last night al the University of Utah by Professor VV, j . Roylance. his topic bein "The Historical Backgrounds of the War." Next week Professor Roylance will i n i nt the "Foregrounds of the War," and In suhsecuent talks will discuss rome of tbe probable geographical and economic effects of the struggle. In his talk last night Professor Roylance took the position that for yean there has been fostered in Germany Ger-many a feeling among the people that the country is and has been an em-I em-I iro in Europe, strong within itself and conscious of that strength, but at til'' sa:n.' time feeling that it was surrounded by other countries jealous of that position and desirous of draw-in- a constant! limiting circlo about the Germans so as to ultimately Strangle their national life ln part he spoke as follow, "The main fact to the present European Eu-ropean situation is that there exists in the heart ot Europe a strong na-tlor na-tlor actually conscious of its strength, which believes Itself enclosed within a cordon of other European powers, who will draw that cordon closer and 1 .. er around it until Its national life is strangled. This belief is the product pro-duct of Germany's past and it is fostered fos-tered and strengthened by the conditions condi-tions ol the present. We shall besln an attempt to explain It by a brl"! eaminatlon of the history of Germany and her neighbors. "The great movements of central European peoples which overrun all i the coast countries during Roman times and through the middle ge, and which in oversea explorations and colonization still go on. were for century or more partially am sted on the sea coast. From there a re-; re-; turn movement began. Europ' turned j in upon itself and the final c titer ot I concentration of this Inward movement move-ment un.s in Cermany There kcv otiier centers of gravity Prance. Austria, Aus-tria, tbe Netherlands. Spain but ulti-I ulti-I mately each of 'these, except Austria, found a place in the outer ring that finally bo nearly inclosed central Europe. Eu-rope. They are coast nations as well as continental. They have had in oulook as well as an Inlook. They have or have had their part In the great fcrrv ard and outward movements move-ments of modern civilization. "It is different with Germany. There BaaaaeaaeaBBefl the Ingrowing movement has been carried to the utmost limit There enroe a time when the outward tendency ten-dency must begin or Germany must collapse. Germany came, at first dimly, then more and more clearly, to understand her situation and to grasp tlo elements of her problem. With almost superhuman efforts she made the most of her internal resources ;iri developed an industrial system that was the envy and a culture that was the admiration of the civilized world In the end the whole of these in inense resources material, mental anc moral came to be thrown Into the present titanic conflict. "But the ingrowing of Germanv pro duced also certain marked defects i treme self consciousness and an exaggerated notion of her own BUperl-ontj BUperl-ontj But more fundamentally her development has been ethnic while that of other great nations has been cosmopolitan She feels that she riust. conquer the world, Germanize the world even if it must be done 1 conquest. Pan-Germanism is ethnic and therefore the broader Civilization feels that It cannot allow it to become be-come dominant " on |