WAR preparations belgian philosopher M Lave leye has a level head ad xa to la the man to whom the king of belgium chiefly looks for counsel 14 him belongs the credit of many precis which have helped to the integrity and independence dependence of this little euro peal aptt monarchy under his direction tion belgium has recently be the most strongly fortified Or itrY on the continent this has n accomplished very quietly and X at Lave leye has shown his wisdom by y doing instead of bragging it is ar great reat gift to be able to keep silent when hen talking to is disadvantageous there were more work and less ab it would be of great good in parts of the world quite remote from tum during daring the last two years forts forte baab dav been constructed which in the event ent of european hostilities will serve to preserve that which is essential to belgian independence pen dence that country is caly denominated the gate gateway way to M europe and these fortifications regarded as the bars ban of tb sate gme they are built of 4 and described as being one hundred and fifty feet in ws on ani and about ninety feet in edth ww they extend thirty to sixty fea oali WOW the th surface and are built bated ground but never ex taud acore than a few feet above the funding surf soe ce each one the appearance of huge de ant hills surmounted by a ap of stone placed flat flab toe the ground and at a short dis aft scarcely visible near the oetter of this cap are three armored hat 0 log turrets tete each with two y gurm guns these turrets can be rold aba or lowered lewalk rapidly at pleasure n TO n time of action they can be kept pt out of eight except at the t of firing at suitable p w of there M we are armored points fam ft om which elec trio lights may flash if necessary to watch the movements move mente meals of the enemy below the surface the earth is ie hollowed out iu in the form of a huge cistern with armored sides i which is divided up into sections one part for provisions one for ammunition and another for machinery which includes the dynamos for the lighting of the whole fort and engines for the moving of the turrets communication with the outer world is made by a subterranean gallery and this in turn is fortified by armored doors ani and only thirty or forty men are necessary for ar toe ther working of rf each fort the cost of each fort to is steady a million dollars ja I 1 the object of thes military precautions Ione will more clearly appear when the views of M Lavele Lave leye yein in regard to the war prospects of eu ro peare understood he believes the coming collision of nations will involve england Englan dand and italy he thinks sid an anti russian and antl anti french alliance is being formed among the powers and says it will not be a feie meie mere repetition of the tame crimean struggle but a war to the knife with immense spoils for the victor germany will attempt to restore finland to sweden and thereby reward her for her alliance but will take Rus russians sias baltic provinces where the german language already prevails and annex them to herself hersel three hundred thousand russian soldiers are now necessary to hold poland in subjection this vast slice of Mos covite territory will be cut away and formed into a separate state under austrian control and serve us as a kind of buffer state between strengthened austria and russia then thrown back beyond the banks of the kneiper further east bess arabia will be restored to roumania rouman man a which will form another bulwark against the bear andrash and dash its last hopes of overreaching ever reaching constantinople stantin ople concerning the tee balkan peninsula austria reab really uy alms aims at nothing less than the conquest of the entire country for herself her aim to is to dominate the whole from the shores of the adriatic i to the black sea not by territorial conquests but by the triumph of her political and industrial influence already increased by the new eastern railways which run through and by encouraging the home rule of the balkan states as opposed to russians greedy policy there appears to be a pretty general opinion that the peace of europe is about to be broken and that the conflict of nations will be general that a most awful war will rage as one of the events to precede the advent of f the son of mat man is certain to those who believe in ancient and modern modem revelation it is shadowed foreshadowed fore in the pred prediction lotin of the prophet joseph smith on the american civil war that portion which has come to paw page has been fulfilled to the very letter the hie remainder win will not fail of accomplishment ment it will bethe be the great egand most moist sanguinary struggle that haa bas ever convulsed the earth and win will fairly cause this globe lobeto lobe to tremble how won soon this conflict aul wul be com fenced and how bow precipitated we do not pretend to know but that tt it will be a terrible foot fact in the not ant distant future is as certain as that darkness will mow the witting setting of the sun bun i the wise will be prepared fr for the things that are coming on the earth in his way waly and according tot to i ate ahja station satiation stia tion U Lavale yv use been pro pre paring and his hie forecast bad aw wisdom may be imitated thourl in a different way with profit by believers in the word of the lord he has said that his dispi disciples Wes should stand in holy klaoes amdee and be not moved when the tribulations vf of the latter days shall shake terribly the earth this is both an injunction and a 46 warning and it ahoua bave due weight among those who have gathered jo to the mountains to prepare for the grand consummation