STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 17.
There came to Stockholm a little
while ago one of the distinctly unique
personalities or the great world war—
a man who had lived by the sword al
moat from boyhood. Out who in the
adden tarn of events in 1!'H found
lii 111 solf. not a man without a country,
but a man with two countries — two
countries arrayed against each other
in the bitterest of all world combats.
lie bad served under the Austrian
i rown prince and had been aide to
Kitchener of Khartoum. He had gone
into Egypt when Kitchener was there
as a lowly subaltern. Port twelve
years lie was a prisoner of the fanatl
cal Mahdi, and the wild Dervish tribes
who threw hack, for the first time in
centuries, the ever advancing fron
tiers of ei'ilization. Escaping from
the cluntehes of the barbarians he won
Hie opportunity of participating In
that remarkable inarch across the de
sert and the wonderful campaign
along the upper reaches of the Nile,
which brought civilization hack to
the Sudan and won tor Kitchener his
first great fame.
He caine to Stockholm from Vienna
nnnnnouneed. and to all intents and
purposes •incog.” There were few
who recognized him iindnir ru,ri
eon Slatin baron of the Austrian em
pire, pasha of Egypt, lieutenant-gen
eral of the Egyptian army, major-gen
era] of the British army, and six
lime the recipient of the coveted
British orders, from Companion of the
Bath to Knight Grand Cross of the
Royal Victorian Order, all won by dis
tinguished service. He was inspector
general*of the Egyptian forces under
General Sir Francis Wingate when the
crash of war in 1914 brought a new
crisis in his already eventful life.
When the parting of the ways came
in 1914, Slatin found his love for Aus
tria was still strong, although most
of bis life had been devoted to Bri
tain and her wards in Egypt. He had
become essentially a part of the Eng
lish military machine. But he could
not fight against his fatherland, nor
could ho servo in any way against the
country which had meant so much to
him and which* had lavished honors
upon him.
So Slatin regretfully met the issue.
He resigned his English and Egyptian
commissions, sheathed the sword
which had tieen part of his very life,
and passed into comparative security
in the very midst of war. Slatin felt,
however, there was one service he
could render with all propriety. Ite
returned to Vienna, attached himself
to the Austrian Roil Cross and now is
doing nil lie can to hotter the condi
tion of prisoners of war, not alone
in his own country, but ns part of a
plan to bring about reciprocal agree
ments among all the nations in arms.
Slatin suffered sufficiently himself as
a prisoner in the Sudan and has the
widest possible sympathy with any
sort of captive.
It so. happens that this very unique
personality of the war now has come
into more or less direct relationship
with Ytporica. His mission in Stock
holm was to meet here a representa
tive of the American embassy in Pet
mgrad to discuss further means of
relief for the hundreds of thousands
of Austrian war prisoners now in Rus
sia, as well as the immense colonies
of Austrian civilians interned in the
various sections of the big northern
empire The Austrian government, he
said, was ready and anxious to co
operate in any possible way to better
the condition of prisoners generally
ami would gladly reciprocate for any
thing Russia might do. He also ex
pressed the appreciation of the Aus
tria n government for the relief work
already accomplished under the di
rection of Hie American embassy at
Petrograd Slatin, who devoted his
life to militarism, speaks now of war
only front the standpoint of humanity.
‘‘I would like so much to be able to'
say when it is all over that I had done
something to help the sufferers in this
tremendous war,” he said somewhat
■
wistfully to a correspondent of the
Associated Press.
"We Austrians, you know,” he ad
j ded rather significantly, "have not
j much hate in our makeup. I think a
great deal of the ill feeling in the
war has been engendered by the ex
aggerations and bitter words printed I
constantly In the belligerent press.
The newspapers do not give the people
a chance for sober thought or reflec
tion. But lam not one of those who
believe that hatred, thus fostered, will
continue long after peace is declared.
"As one of the softening or amellor
ating influences likely to hasten a re
turn of good feeling, I believe that
kindly treatment of prisoners of war is
of paramount Importance. I should
also like to see a policy of exchange
adopted as far as possible. In this
way men who had been well treated
would return to their native land and
bring word to the people at home that
perhaps the enemy was not so black
as he had been painted after all, that
he had some kindly traits, was a hu
man being and that the world might
still be large enough for all of us to
live in.
"I do not believe that we can po on
fighting forever — I mean either at
I arms or through a so-called boycott.
I do not believe the world at large
will approve boycott methods. 1 do
not believe this spirit of enmity can ,
last. It must burn itseuf out in its
own fire. Take in the case of your
'-v»n .MiiriH ciu \ i\ 11 war. wnHi nirug
gle between man and man could have
been more bitter than that? Take the
I'ashoda incident between France and
Kngland. People are quick to forget
and perhaps to forgive, if only they
have the chance to do it.
"We believe Russia is doing the
best she ran for our prisoners,” he
said, "but the task at times has been
too great for the facilities at her dis
posal. There is especially the matter
of medical supplies and proper cloth
ing. And then, too, one must consid
er in the treatment of prisoners their
former environment and mode of liv
ing. We think we rather spoil our
soldiers in Austria as a rule, so that
our prisoners even though treated with
the identical consideration shown a
Russian soldiers in his own barracks,
will fee! certain undeniable hardships.
On the other hand, Kngland makes
more of a fuss over her soldiers than
we do over ours, so a British Tommy
Atkins in an Austrian camp would feel j
as badly treated as some of our men
do in Russia. It is all a matter of de
gree.”
Then the conversation turned to
Kitchener. When the subject first
was mentioned Slatin was quuiet for 1
a long while. At last he spoke. I
“Kitchener," he said, “was one of “
the most remarkable men the world
has ever known. I know the general
impression that he was but a man of
iron and steel — a machine without
warmth or affection. It is true that
Kitchener was difficult to approach.
His regard was not easily won. But
once you knew him, and he had tested
you, no man could wish for a truer, *
more whole-hearted friend. Having
knowm Kitchener in the days when he
was first winning his way to military
fame, having ridden beside him In
battle and victory, having known him
as a taskmaster nnd commander, I
feel I am in a postion to appreciate
to the full all that his loss meant to
Kngland and to the British people. It j
** *11' un C II. M liai U
pitiful fate it was. If ever soldier de
served a better death it was the Kit
chener I knew at Khartoum.
"I lunched with Kitchener," mused '
Slat in. "as late as the 18th of July—
just a few days before the war fell
upon us. Yes, he spoke of the Euro
pean situation at the time, but nelt|ier
of us dreamed what it would mean.
"Kitchener had a wonderful gift as
an organizer and executive. I have
often wondered if it was not his train
ing as an engineer that helped him
to this trait.
"Some of our newspapers in Aus
tria commented r%ther flippantly upon
his death, but that was not right, and
it did not reflect the general senti
ment of our people. That is what I *
mean when 1 say the partisan newspa- 't
pers are doing so much to engender <
hatred and bitterness, and not giving <
the people themBelves an opportunity (
for calm thought and deliberation.” (
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