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EDITORIAL AND COMMENT
AIHi I ST n u
Perhaps no month in the history of
the world, at least no August, was
ever so pregnant with declnrr.tioi s
of so graven character as "August
1914"; August 1, 1914 Germany
declares war upon Russia.
August 4, Germany declares war
on Belgium August 5. Hr gland de
clares war on Germany. August 6,
Austria declares war on Russia.
August 8, Montenegro declares
war on Austri 1. August 10,France
declares war on Austria. August 12,
Montenegro declares war on Germany
August 13,England declares war
o 1 Austria. August 23, japan de
clares war on Germany. August
25, Austria declares war on Japan.
What the outc ome will 1 e no man
living knows. It is evident however,
that it will he the making of Russia.-.for
she is a nation of vast proportions
with an uulimite ! amount of natural
resources practically untouched.
This struggle will leave he. in
financial straits which will force her
to a development of her resources.
If Germany loses it will undoudt
edly mean the end of an Empire
which in many ways has done much
for mm. Especially in the sciences
and medicine.
Butin falling she will not fall a
lone, for some of the nations arrayed
against the Teuton will he s<» crippled
and helpless that they will be absorb
ed i:i the reronstrucion of R'trope,
while all, except Russia, which has
natural resources, will be decades in
gaining what they have los: even it
victorious; on the other hand, if
Germany w i n s it will mein, the
mightiest nation of the 11. st.
“1752"
In lir.gland and her co!>> ies till
the change of style in 1752 lie leg 1
and ecclesiastical year did • ot ' egi:i
jan. 1st., but began Maxell 25.
Therefore 1752 1 egan Man !i 25 d
e 1 'e! Dec. 31.as a result the year
1752 had no January,no Fe> any r: 1
only a few days of March
George Washington, bon 173,2 bid
no birthday in 1752 m d cot jet,: c: 11 y
w .s only twenty years of aj. e i. . 75 , 9
AS OTHERS SEE US
“If we could see ourselves a
others see us.’’ If such a thing could
happen we are wonde i: g what we
would say as we glanced for tlie first
time at the “new o e No doul t
the most of us would pipe out,“why,
who are you?”
The reason of this is be ause we
are constantly walking with,and
talking to, and dreaming 01 “what |
we should be” and thus become
alienated from our real selves, which
in many instances is a couto ted,
dwarfed, narrow, biggoted being
which our neighbor sees better than
we do, for in nine cases out ot ten the
contorted, dwarfed,biggoted element
is what our neighbor is looking for.
He is ;i terrestrial saint who looks for.who
fimls and talks of on ly the good in his neighbor