New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 20, 1914, Page 10

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914. REV. KEESE SPEAKS O HIS FATHERLAND Gives Excellent Aimsss Befere Grand. Army and- Guests. RO ‘While the weather was anything but conducive to large crowds, there was, uevertheless, a goodly attendance at the open meeting of Stanley Post, C. A. R., last evening. Divigion Com- mander Allen T. Pratt, of the Sons of | Veterans, and Robert T. Alcorn, both of Hartford, were present. The even- ing's program was an attractive one and violin and piano selections by Gunar Segerberg and Philip Molan- der respectively, were well received. | " Banner’s orchestra rendered music. Among those who made short ad- dresses were Commander E. W.,Schultz | of the Sons of Veterans, Chief W. Rawlings, of the. Spanish War Veter- ans, and others. The address of the evening was delivered by the Rev. Frederick Keese. He gave a resume ! of a former address on “The War of Nations,” and then gave a talk on the “Second Thought,” as follows: “The whole responsibility for the European war lies with Germany, or, as many state it, with the Kaiser. This is the first thought. “Men and women of English descent | who can claim education surprised me the other day with following utter- ‘ ances: The Americans are provincial | and the American people as a whole | did not as yet get the second thought concerning that war. It sounds in our days as If these statements were in- fallibly correct. But I venture to say that three-fifths of our population are not provincial and are not hope- lessly surface people. “A good number of men and women give their opinion on that calamity only with hesitancy, and in doing so, they try to avoid any undue favoritism. The American people ought to stand still for a while and be- think themselves, if they have been led by good spirits to the conclusion that the sole responsibility for turning Europe into a human slaughter house rests with' Germany alone. "¥In other words: Could it not be Dessible that many of the American yeople have committed an error through hurry in dooming Germany? That is the second thought. . “Now, in order to come upon the track of this thought let us do a little | search-work of the German make-up. Who Are the Germans? ..“Who are the German people any- Wway? Are thev quarrelsome? Is it really so hard to get along with Michel? Judging by others I can see plainly that the Germans as a rule are a friendly, polite, good-hearted 2nd neighborly people. Pat always gets the best of Carl! Is the character of the inhabitants of the Fatherland different from what our German fellow citizens show us here? Not! kely. Therefore, unpleasant rela- tions with their fellow-creatures can- 1ot be charged as a prevalent custom against the Germans. Now, do the poop]e who constitute the greatest re- !and cheer him? | well as in dividuals, { neutral nation, composed of all ‘races and nations of this world, it behooves us to abstain from passing our judg- ment over hastily. intoxicated! Let us wear a mourning-band on our arm, a mourning-band for the civili- zation! that my native land will come victori- | ously out of the war, I should answer; I pray that a i come forth out of the burning fiery furnace.” public exhibit trained reasoning in as- serting that the Germans were not irritated and that their government, which exists by the will of the peopple, did not do enough to prevent that war? Do many Americans really show their best, if they delight in believing most readily all the war news that sounds unfavorabble for the Germans? Is such a point of view the proper policy for “Uncle Sam,” who uses millions of mechanics, farmers and scientists with German blood in their veins, fo build up his country? “Many times more in conformity with our nobility it would be if we would wait with our condemnation until we hear the German side of the tragedy. Praise for the Kaiser, “Again, Governor Glynn of New | York has said that not one of the rule: who wa gainst Germany has shown more capability, a broader view and more devotion to' the cause of peace than William 11. He had it in his power for twent years to be- gin war,—vet this is his first one. The governor of the Empire state a serted that not one of the other rulers has such a splendid record as the er can call his own, Suppose, we had a president, who had proved himself so capable and true as William 1L has been for Ger- many, would we not rejoice in him 1 have seen it done and it gave me a sore throat. We hear in our days that the German armies follow their leader in war as v peace. The German peo- ple are the German army and there- fore, any logical thinking and unpre- judiced man must come to the con- clusion, that the Germans are satis- fied with their }mperor. Is it any of our business to criticise them for their choice? “Not that alone. To wish ill to the German emperor is wishing ill o, those who belong to the. Teutonic ! race. Shall race-hatred be the resuit : of our republican training? Never | should the great American people be found guilty of being purposely par- tial. “Being impartial concerning the | nations that are battling in this war should be the glory of the American | free press and that would put a seal under our character for being an ideal republic with a government of, by, and for the benefit of all the people, notwithstanding their nationality. | | To Err Is Human. ‘ “Getting hold of the second thought | we do well in remembering, that, to err is human. in mind, tifully ‘and wisely said: We all should keep that Stevenson has so beau- “That holds good not only for in- | but also for nations. As a Do not let us get Do not let us rejoice! “If I should be asked if T believe | new Germany may English Troops Off for the Front in European War; Marching to Transport for Embarkation 10 France| . . m o s . This picture shows British infantry on its way through London. u line of the movement being printed barkation of the troopps and nothing EIYGLISH IFALY 77?7“ on 943 i in the newspappers. was sent from London to American actually mobilized in Belgium and France. WAY 70 WAR papers, apan, withdraw from the province of In his opinion it would 3] be extremely hazardous for German Prof. Wheelcr, of Yale, Interprets to rounded as she 4 )| Europe. | endous blow to the pride many to swallow the ultimatum he predicts that she will count the cost and decide that more will be lost by fighting than by surrendering. Kiao-chow Mikado's Uit maum 10 Cormany. | veoun wii ke it "oy ore. and has promised. meet the demand by is by it will force, enemies be a tre- su in Although of Ger- “Tf Germany refuses to surrender said Professor Wheler, Japan will take it by force. And Having made this gift alliance she will probably not hesitate | to do Alliances are easily broken. Nothing points more clearly to that fact than the action of Italy in the present conflict.” Prof. Wheeler said that he did not | was influenced in her action by any deal between that nation and a revolutionary party in China, for nothing could be gained by Japan through such a deal. Her action, he says, is taken under the terms of her alllance with England and because she has an intense hatred for Germany. In further commenting on this feature he added: think that Japan England sent the pride of her army across the channel and to th efront without By common consent the English papers refrained from printing anything about the em- The London war office issned no bulletin until the troops had armies in the field, armies such as the west never dreamed of, armies of hundreds of millions of men, Union to Be Peaceful One. “The entire relations between the east and the west will be changed. The powers that at present have foot- holds in China will be dirven out and all hope of a partition of Chinese territory will vanish. The union will probably be a peaceful one; it win commit no encroachments on west~ ern territory, but will put an end to the plundering of Chinese territory and to the continuance of British rule in India. STATE ENCAMPMENT WILL BE HELD HERE - Hold Annual Meeting Next Bpring. When the next annual encampment of the Connecticut Grand Army & held next spring it wiil take place in this city, according to a statement made by Department Commander Frederick C. Streeter. The last en- campment was held at Meriden, the home of Past Department Commanqz er Sloane, and at that time Command- er Strecter was elected. This city has never had the state encampment of the Grand Army and it will be one of the biggest days of the year when the old véterans from all four corners of the Nutmeg state assemble here to elect their new set of officers and talk over old times. Commander Streeter said today that the date for the encampment will W& 80 arranged that the new nationul commander of the G. A. R, and his staff will be present. The annual. election of the national officers will take place at the Detroit encampment next week, SIXTY-FIVE PLAYERS IN GOLF CONTEST Tom M Boston Sgrong Candidate for Open Champion- ship Held' By Ouimet. amara of Chicagp, Aug. 20.—Championship play in the national open golf toum nament got under way at Middletown . { Jepan, China and There is so much bad 1n the best of us, | And so much good in the worst of us, That is hardly behooves any of us, To talk about the rest of us. | Wheeler. “could visit the New Haven, Conn., Aug. 20.—In commenting ygsterday on the signifi- cance of Japan's action in issuing her ultimatum to Germany, Prof. Arthur M Wheeler, Yale's noted historian, said this movement foreshadowed the ! beginning of a union between the tkree great peoples of the East— India—and that such a union would shake the world. “If you and L, continued Profesor world 500 years from now we would look in vain for the British Empire, the American Republic or the German Empire. All will have vanished. But China will be as she is today, a great nation. She has lived through the ages, while other empires have flourished and fallen, sustained by some power which it seems impossible to analyze and she i will have continued to live.” First Offensive Movement. Prof. Wheeler characterized the step taken against Germany by Japan ag the first offensive movement on the rart of an Oriental nation against an Occidental one, and he prophesies that Germany will swallow her pride, and, acceding to the demands of . PUBILISTS ON DECLINE-—GLEVER BOXERS /RE FEW _,STHE crop of present day pugllists I isn’t as good as that which used _to be harvested back in the old days,” _remarked Frank Erne, once lightweight champion and regarded by many as ‘“ome of the brainiest fighters that ever donned the mitts. “There are mighty few boxers and even fewer ring generals than there used to be ten to twenty years ago. The reason for that {s that many ten Tound no decision bouts are being staged In these days. Ten rounds is no test for a man. It's no hard job for even a mediocre fighter to last out ten rounds, but when he has to go the route for twenty to twenty-five rounds that's when the pace begins to tell, and that's where generalship and boxing ability comes In. “The majority of present day fight- ers are not ring generals, because they are ‘really never called upon in a ten round bout to show or use generalship, PARKE REGARDED AS ONE OF GREATEST TENNIS PLAYERS IN WORLD M by .American Press Association. J. J. C. PARKE. G'Amfiamlndmomnflhhmnhtunmunmumnm s ‘conceded to be one of the greatest tennis players in the world. He has been' pamed as one of the Big Four in tennis, the others being Brookes, Wilding and - McLoughin but in the old days a fighter who wasn't a ring general never amounted to much and didn’t last very long. “Around about the fifteenth and eighteenth rounds is when the pace of a real fight begins to tell on a man. It is then he must draw heavily not only on his waning strength but upon his brains. It is then that he must be- gin to show his generalship—to maneu- ver not only to keep en his feet and keep a-going, but to beat the otner tellow down. “It was the boys with the brains that came to the top in the old days. Brute strength didn’t count much. Kid Mc- Coy rose almost to the top. not because he was a wonderful fighting machine, but because he was a great ring gen- eral. The same is true of Tommy Ryan, Jim Corbett and a bunch of the other old timers. They were really brainy fighters—men who didn't de- pend upon their strength, but upon their brains and upon the crafty ideas they figured out while In the ring. , It was a treat to watch the old timers. They used science, mixed with strength, whereas In this day science seems to be something of a lost art, and fights are only exhibitions of strength. “Packey McFarland is the peer of all boxers in the ring today. He is the type of the old time generals. He is as brainy as any man that ever stepped within the ropes, and he uses those brains every moment of the time. His brain always is trying to figure out the other fellow's plan, and Packey usually doesn’t have to figure long be- fore he reaches his answer And then it’s a walkaway for Packey. “One of the strangest things. in my opinion, is the shortage of real fighters in the present day There Is not a heavyweight who is in Corbett’s, Fitz- simmons’, Sharkey's or Jeffries’ class when they were in their prime. There isn't a real middleweight in the game today, although there are one or two men who may develop into good fight- ers some of these days. “And there's the same dearth of ma- terial in the lightweight class. Ritch- 1e, of course, stands above the rest. but after Ritchie there are few fighters Wwho can now be ranked In the first class. “But it was different In my day. Then there were at least a dozen as- Plrants for the lightweight title who Were as good, probably better. than any present day lightweight. When | was in my prime there were such men as Dal Hawkins, Kid Lavigne, Jack Daly, ‘Elbows’ McFadden, Joe Gans, Young Griffo, Oscar Gardner, Jim Handler, Eddle Conley, Kid McPartland, Jack Everhardt and a bunch of others who were ranked in the first class—ranked &s men who could give the champion & battle of the kind to set the crowd wild with delight. “In my opinion Joe Gans was the greatest fighter that ever was seen in the lightweight division. He was a wonder, but Gans made the mistake of his life when he trained down to 133 for Nelson." to China, the result will probably be a union between the two nations. This union will be joined by India, which will escape from British dominion and become an autonomous nation. A separation of India and Eigland would be of immense advantage to both rations. It is extremely probable that England would offer no great resist- arce to the separation. She is not so anxious to hold India as she appears to be. Its principal value is as a mar- Ket. Tt is useless as a colony, being already overpopulated. Jupan’s Place in the War. “Should Japan join in the present war in Burope, a contingency which seems extremely improbable, the situation will be little changed. Ger- many will have a harder struggle with another enemy to fight against, and that is all. But all indications point to the fact that Japan will not hav. to go to war, because Germany will give in to her demand, and the casus belli will then be removed. In taking | the action which she has taken Japan |is observing the terms of the Anglo- Japanese alliance. But if she later finds it to her interests to break this | And the east can Due to Blunders. 'he present tangle in which Ger- the have with a Bismarck at the In the war with China, Japan captured Port Arthur and intended to | its surrender and for some reason Ger- many stepped in and backed up Rus- the This action has always rankled mind and has rhade due to never finds herselt is would many blunders which been made helm. hold Russia demanded it. But sia, forcing Japan to surrender port. in the Japanese Germany an enemy of Japan.” In touching on the ples of the east and the significance of this proposed union between the peo- probable “With the political awakening of the east will come also an industrial awakening. The nations of the west will be hard put to maintain their in- | dustrial supremacy in the face of the great resources of the east. “This country will not in all prob- | ability be drawn into the conflict now i raging in Europe. It is, however, impossible to say who will be drawn into it and when it will end. Every- thing depends upon the first two or | three battles. If there should be jany trouble bhetween this country {and Japan, which does not seem like- ly, and Japan should take the Phil- | lippines no great loss would result outcome to the United States and its | to the United States.” insular possessions in the Prof. Wheeler said “Napoleon once said, ‘China sleeping giant; let her sleep. is with her will awaken en and It will mean united strength of Japan. united east against a put Crack Golf Player Held Up by War Photo by American Press Assoclation. J. . ‘m; L. C. JENKINS. ENKINS is the winner of the amateur golf championship in Fngland. It will be recalled that he defeated all the American cracks. He bad planned a trip to this country, but may be held up on account of the war, west, tremendous Pacific, i MAYOR WON'T PRESIDE. When the special meeting is called to order next Tuesday Mayor Quigley will not preside as he will be away on his vacation. Alderman E. W. Christ, president pro tem of the council, will preside. If she wakes she will shake the world.’ The union will mean that China will awak- India, while to these two will be added the city a | POLO GREAT SPECTATORS' GAME. | EREVER polo came trom, it's “glorified.” There isn't another game played under the sun that pre- sents such a spectacular combination of flashing speed, individual ekill and team play that is visible to the specta- tors. The rush of the horses, the dar- ing horsemanship of the riders, the tense strain of the critical and unex- pected shifts of fortune make it the greatest ‘“spectators’ game” in the world. Add to the game fitself the brilliant surroundings of a Meadow- brook and a real international rivalry and you have a combination hard to beat. No wonder every seat was sold at the big meet and thousands crowd- ed the field arounc the Inclosure, hop- ing to catch a distant glimpse of the scene within. CANADIAN LEAGUE BIDDING FOR TOLEDO FRANCHISE. OmClALS of the Canadian league are negotiating relative to the’ purchase of the Toledo baseball fran- chise and installing a team there and at Youngstown. The promoters do not say that they want to Install a team' this year. but they are bidding high with the desire to get Class A rating for the Canadian efrcuit in 1915, Toledo and Youngs- town furnishing the necessary popula- tion for the rating. It is suggested that St. Thomas and Brantford will be dropped If the new cities are added to the circuit LACROSSE TO BE FASTER GAME. SEVERAL important changes in the rules have been decided upon by the National Lacrosse union, with a view toward making thei national game faster and more interesting. Perhaps the most important revision is lengthening the fleld ot play. For- merly the fleld was only 100 yards in length, but now the oval is 120 yar in length, 1t is believed that with a longer field the teams will have more room for team play, and consequently the game would be more interesting for specta- tors, who will be better able to see the teams at work. TWINS ON HARVARD CREW. HE Harvard university sccond Vars- ity elght which lifted the Grand Challenge cup at the English Henley regatta won six stralght victories pre- vious to the English Invasion. In the crew were the twin sons of 3. William Middendorf of Baltimore— J. Willlam Middendorf, Jr., and Henry S. Middendort. s SETS NEW SHOT RECORD. AT Celtic park, on Long Island, Pat- rick J. McDonald of the Irish- American Athletic club made a new ' by SWIMI‘[NG al Country club today, sixty-five starters, .eight of whom were amateurs, teeing off. Francis Ouimet of Boston, national open champion, was paired with Wil lie McGuire of Houston, Tex., and Charles E. Evans, Jr., of Chicago, western amateur titleholder, was séht away with Fred McLeod of Washing- ton, Tom Mc¢Namara, the Boston pro- fessional, is a strong candidate for the championship as a result of lead- ing the field at the end of the sécond half of the elimination round yester- day with a brilliant score of 145. FELUT AT SHORE RESORTS. New Haven, Aug. 20.—The in- creased cost of many comestibles ir said to have been acutely felt by merchants at shore resorts who are now anxiously looking forward to the end of the season. In many placer granulated sugar has been a scarce article for some days. A short timg ago sugar was bought at wholesale at 4 3-4 cents a pound, and now 7 3-4 cents is being asked and no supply ir available. REDUCES DISCOUNT RATE. Christiana, Norway, Aug. 20.. via London 12.25 p. m.—The National Bank of Norway today reduced its discount rate to 5% per cent. THY previous rate has been six per cent. BUD GOODWIN WILL TRAIN OLYMPIC SWIMMERS Fhoto by Ameriean Press Associatios BUD GOODWIN. Ll made summer. sport this advances - great Aquatic contests will be featured in the Olympic games the American entries rames. best in bis line. Goodwin will train fn the Olymple He is regarded as one of the SOCCER LEAGUE FOR SCHOOLe 8OYS. AN FRANCISCO grammar school- boys will have & soccer I next winter, and the California Foots association, which controls the world's record by putting the elghteen lnmc on the Pacific corst. will pravide pound shot 46 feet 2 inches. the coaches.