. War echoes; or Germany and Austria in the crisis .. . h. And all the dead and dying menSaluted him in passing by. But he rode back in silent from his great heart burst asighOf thanks. The Master CraftsmanwroughtThis mighty edifice, not I. No hostile hoof shall ever fallUpon my countrys sacred sod; Tho seven whirlwinds lash its wall,It stands erect, a rock of God. I shall return unto my ask of life a second lease. My spirit lives, tho I be dead,My aching bones may rest in peace. Up to his chin he drew the shroud,To wait Gods judgment patiently, While high above a blood-red
. War echoes; or Germany and Austria in the crisis .. . h. And all the dead and dying menSaluted him in passing by. But he rode back in silent from his great heart burst asighOf thanks. The Master CraftsmanwroughtThis mighty edifice, not I. No hostile hoof shall ever fallUpon my countrys sacred sod; Tho seven whirlwinds lash its wall,It stands erect, a rock of God. I shall return unto my ask of life a second lease. My spirit lives, tho I be dead,My aching bones may rest in peace. Up to his chin he drew the shroud,To wait Gods judgment patiently, While high above a blood-red cloudTwo eagles screamed of victory. Trust in God and keep your pow-der dry, is go«d, militant advice,but according to Hudson Maxim thiscountrys supply of powder on handis less than one-tenth that of any ofthe great powers now at war, and incase of need we could not get anadditional supply for six months,since it takes as long as that for thecannon powder for our big guns todry.—From The Boston Globe,September 9, 1914. UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE WAR. BISMARCK (By Courtesy of the Chicago Abendpost) FRENCH PKISONEKS IN 71. Bismarck may have objected to thetaking of prisoners, but his prejudiceobviously had no effect in theFranco-German war. According toMoltke, who wrote the official history of the campaign, the French prison-ers reached the extraordinary totalof 21,503 officers and 702,048 of these nearly 250,000 were theParis garrison, who were only nom-inally prisoners, and over 90,000 rep-resented the French troops disarmed and interned in neutral , with these deductions, morethan 380,000 officers and men wereactually imprisoned in Germany, andwere released only when peace wasdeclared.—From the London Chron-icle. THE VITAL CAUSES OF THE WORLD WAR WHAT WOULD BISMARCKSAY? The Chicago Tribune. George L. Scherger, Ph. D. Professor of History, Armour In-stitute of Technology. Many have wondered what wouldbe the view of the great Iron Chan-cellor regardi
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