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THK ATROCITIES OF WAR
la the almost daily perusal of
r-trociUes commited fcy troops upon
the inhabitants of the regions over
■which they have gained control by
force of arms, the scene of the
outrages is almost invariably laid
within, the boundaries of the Rat
tle zone in continental Europe or
the Far East in the minds of Ameri
can readers, whereas if the truth
were but known, the acta of van
dalism perpetrated in those coun
tries, while deserving of the abhor
rence and execration of all mankind
are yet short of the unspeakable
humiliation, misery and suffering
through which the people of Mexico
have been passing for years owing
to the invasion and subjugation of
their towns, villages and settle
ments by unrestrained bar.ds of
brigands and malefactors ol all na
tionalities who, while avowedly
fighting for the liberties of the peo
ple, are as heartless in their cruel
ties as the bloodthirsty and fero
cious Yaqui Indians, who frequently
accompany them.
These matters have not hereto
fore been brought to the attention
of the American public through the
columns of the daily papers to any
great extent, probably for the rea
son that they were not generally
known, but In glancing over "Am
erica," a Catholic review of cur
rent events, in its issue of Oct, 3,
1914, we find the following, which
although of a cectariaa nature. >s
probably an eloquent word picture
of other lamentable events of a
i»ke tenor, which are of frequent
occurrence in that war-blasted coun
try;
"Riot reigns In Mexico. Animal
nassions are dominant. Shameless
brutality is the order of the day.
The Carranzistas are in power: so,
too, is the demon of hate and lust.
A motley horde swept down the
broad avenues of the capital, bear
ing banners that flung defiance in
the very face of God. Religion
was blasphemed, God was outraged.
There was no order in those ranks:
the ranks broke and anarchy began
to reign. Houses were looted,
schools were closed, Sisters were
driven hither and thither, prie3ts
were made prisoner*, thrown into
stables, left there without food or
drink, and then were submitted to a
moc& execution. This is the tri
umph. of a policy conceived in ini
quity and executed in human blood.
Never since the days of the French
revolution havo ouoh .crimes D«en
done against innocent men and wo
men. Never has God been blas
pheaed more shamelessly.
"Imagine it, some twenty priests
slaughtered like beasts by men who
are held up to us as champions or
freedom and enligktment! Imagine
it, consecrated virgins outraged by
abandoned, brutal men called lib
erators! Was there ever a story
of greater shame? Was civilization
ever brought into greater contempt?
The wild, untamed savages slew
Sisters, but respected their virtue.
Mexicans, thought fit to be hailed
as champions of democracy, lacked
the instincts of savages and perpe
trated sins that make decency blush.
The infamy of it! The shame, the
crime of condoning the acts of
godless men who revel in an orgy
of lust!
"They came into God's temples
and converted them into dance halls
they went to God's consecrated al
tars, whereon the hopes and joys
of men are built, and used them for
bestial purposes; they used the sa
cred chalices for the same base
ends; they donned the holy vest
ments and so dressed were photo
graphed standing by the side of
nude women of the streeet. They
flrng- virtue, yes and decency, every
shred of it, to the winds. Great
man these, noble men these, cham
piona or liberty, all of them! Can
you not see it? iua.inoa.iou
bishops, they tortured, mutilated,
slaughtered nriests they outraged
Sisters, they defiled altars, and
chalices and sacred vestments. The
turned themslves into animals more
reckless and wanton than the beasts
of the field. Who could do more?
Behold the champions of liberty!
• "They are friends of education,
too. They destroyed Bchools, they
burned one fine library, they broke
and cast aside the instruments of
a splendid pkysics cabinet; they
sold stolen type-writing machines
in the streets cf Saltillo for a dol
lar a piece. At the prompting of a
catch-penny American, little better
than themselves in honor, they sent
the superb library of a bishop to
a foreign country for sale. In the
name of democracy, they did the
devil's work in very truth."
Purpose of College Is
to Teach Men to See
Life In Its Larger
Significance
Bu ERNEST FOX NICHOLS. President
Dartmouth Colleae
THE college ideal is the whole man, A WELL DEVELOPED BOD>
AND A WELL FURNISHED MIND, both under the enlight
ened control of a generous spirit, a wide, sweeping, WE LI
ROUNDED ARCH OF PERSONALITY, with no weak nor fault*
stone in its structure to imperil its lasting stability.
v COLLEGE BRINGS YOUNG MEN TOGETHER AT AN AGE WHEN
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ACTIVITY ARE BOTH APPROACHING THE
HIGHEST STAGE. THE ROOTS OF CHARACTER ARE SETTLING INTO
THE DEEPER GROUND FROM WHICH IN LATER YEARS THE FULL
GROWN MAN WILL DRAW HIS SUSTENANCE. THE COLLEGE AIMS TO
BRING MEN TOGETHER IN A GENEROUS AND MANLY COMRADESHIP
WHERE THERE IS FRIENDLY RIVALRY, BUT THE PRIZES SOUGHT
ARE UNSELFISH. THERE IS NOTHING SORDID IN THEM, NONE SEEK
AN UNWORTHY ADVANTAGE OVER ANOTHER, VICTORY FINDS AP
PLAUSE AND EARNEST EFFORT WINS RESPECT.
The purpose of the college, then, is to prepare men for life—the life
of their own day; to teach them to see life in its larger and more last
ing significance, "to see it steadily and to see it whole," to MAKE THE
MIND A TRAINED INSTRUMENT in the firm grasp of a stead
fast will, which is in the spirit, and to quicken the spirit through the
understanding is its larger task.
Ok Admiral Dm
Westbound
S. S. Admiral Evans
Dec. 9
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SeattJe to San Francisco
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The Terror
Of Darkness
Bv SAMUEL E. BRANT
"I have wondered," said Ned Foster,
"sluco mi episode that occurred to me
In the dark that blind persons are not
all amm? oov. -irds Children who fear
nothing by ,i;!> ili:ht are timid when
they can see untiling Women who
will spend day alter day in a house
alone will look under the beds at night
for robbers, although at the time sur
rouuded b.v their family.
"Willie traveling I entered a city one
evening where there was a celebration
of some soi i iml was obliged to sleep
In the salne room with some one else
I did not <- e the other fellow, nor did
he see me There was a bed for each
of us, and he was In his bed before
I weut to the room. Ells face was
turned from me, and all 1 could see of
him was a little bald spot on the back
of his head
"I impressed, put my wallet, contain
ing a couple of hundred dollars, under
my pillow, turned off the light and
went io bed
"I am not au effeminate man or a
coward by daylight, but I am free to
confess tli.it the moment I found my
self in a dark room with a strange
man an uneasiness crept over me that
I was ashamed of I tried to think of
the olden times, when taverns were
small affair.-, and one might be thank
ful if he could gel half of a bed with
a stninucr instead of a whole one to
Mrv.<w.i* - i— tu. iwm. imag
ination besan to work upon me, and it
was not long before I had a picture
before me of my roommate standing
over ine with a Ions kuife In one hand
raked to drive into me. while the oth
er was thrust under my pillow In
search of my wallet
"1 could not sleep. My throat was
dry, and I wished for a drink of wa
ter. I tcr.red that if 1 arose to get one
my roommate might fear that I was
getting up for some hostile design
against bim I was as much afraid of
his fears a? i was of him. However,
the night was as hot as my throat, and.
slipping out of lad quietly, 1 groped
toward what 1 supposed to be the
wasbstuiul
"What '.vas my horror at putting my
band on hair, not .uly on bair, but the
bald spot of a man's head that it sur
rounded I withdrew it immediately
and retreated on tiptoe. But since 1
could see noiiitng I had no Idea where
1 was g*>icg. I kept my two hands ex
tended betorp me, and the first thing 1
struck was some giass article with a
rery large top and a very small bot
tom It foil and with the usual crash
made by breaking glass
"1 heart! nothing from my roommate,
but fnnciod that tie was doing Just
what I would do under the circum
stances iliiit Is tie had grasped what
ever delen-i'e wpjipou he had and was
prepared; to defend himself to the
death i *:ood hormr stricken after
knocking over (lie glassware, my heart
beating iii'.e a kettledrum. I listened,
but heart! no sound, i felt sure that
I had nwukened my roommate by put
tins ni? tv.u.i on his bead and that be
was keeping perfectly still so as not to
reveal trJf. liad i heard auy move
ment i a.'Hid have felt easier.
"Click
"Was i; tbe cocking of a revolver or
one of ti")se sonuds that come from a
crack: 1:1: caused ov expansion under
beat? I did not know, but under ex
citement I felt sure It was the former.
A. cocked j istol was undoubtedly {mint
ed out into the darkness. It made
matters worse, tor now 1 would not
dare strike a match even if 1 could
Qnd one
"I stood still fur what was probably
a minute, though It seemed to me a
quarter of an hour Then, touching
the wall, t concluded to try to find my
bed that I miulit possess myself of my
money Rut I did not know which
way. :i« iiovd. If 1 went wrong 1
might •i;i!-::!>lt» over the bed of ,my
roomui ;;e in the dark .1 sense of di
rection ; ■ ns 1 was obliged to
take a rViuhtful risk, tint It was no
worse than -nspeuse I felt my way,
making 110 sound hi my bare fr'et un
til a hoi-Mi in I lie floor creiiked under
my tmi'l
"M\ heart stood Mill, and so did 1.
•"! i! i> t rwneuibereri that sound
#|i-ne ii' >•< 1:1.1 _■ i■■ c direction, and t
grew i I risking m.v hiiid along
the wall. I cuiyn to thu dou; frame.
Now T had ray bearing*, i remeiDoer
ed that my bed was beside the doot;
and Id another moment-I reaohed 11
Possessing myself of my money, I
stood considering what lo do I had
no mutch with which to strike a light
nnd wobld not dare use It if I bad one.
I conclnded to take advantage of be
ing near the door and Ret ont .of the
room even at the risk of being shot
"With my valuables is one hand I
unlocked the door with the otberi then,
opening it quickly, I sloped eut Into a
lighted hall, rinding a i-jtulitng tab*
handy. I asked the niyht derk t« mm
lo me and save him the situation K<»t
having been worked npon by the dark
as 1 had been, he bravely opened the
door of i he room I had left, went In
unil I'jrhted the pas I followed bJm.
"There In the other fellow's feet was
the bald spot I hail seen turned to
ward me. The clerk went ap to the
man and spoke to him. N'e answer.
The clerk shook him Stltt there was
no apparent consciousness.
" He's sound asleep.' Mid the clerk,
•1 noticed when he came In (bat he
was very full.'
"Well." said I. 'If the fool Jclller
should come along ha would take ma
and burn me at tbe stake."
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,.)
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FRANK J. CHPNBT.
Sworn to before rae and iuheerilv
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December, A_ IX 1888.
A. W. GLAtSON,
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