Show THERE IS NO PEACE If tho cry of peace peace could banish he war spectre which now and for sometime some-time past has been threatening Europe Its hideous form would collapse the contracted con-tracted brows of hate would relax and with her white peace wings wouid overshadow over-shadow the land Mars would lay down his weapons and unbuckle his armor Europe Eu-rope would cease to tremble beneath the marching of armies splendidly equipped warThe The German Emperor according JULES f SIMON as reported in our dispatches of yesterday wants peace The same authority I au-thority says that the Czar wants peace M SIMON alsoinsista that France will not t be the nation to commence hostilities in I Europe Yesterdays telegrams also give an account of an interview between King HUMBERT of Italy rnd DE GIERS the Russian Rus-sian minister of foreign affairs which occurred L oc-curred some two weeks ago The King of Italy began that interview It appears with the almost startling question What docs France want of naP Every moment mo-ment he continued as if petulant there is i some now incident Now it is the pilgrims pil-grims again the Nice manifestation and nearly every day the frontier violations She closes her markets to us sho wishes to ruin us For what reason is it that she has I ometbing against Italy I No it is against he monarchy Without cessation she peaks of the triple alliance without ceas l ng sho tries to make believe that she is about to be attacked whereas she is the t ransgressor We are pacific we wish peace > There is not a single word which concerns Russia in the treaty with Germany Ger-many It is only a question of defense and o f defense against Franco We wish for peace nothing but peace protection social rder peace peace peace l Surely if tho word of a king is worth anything in these degenerate days the I above ought to satisfy us Following this protestation for peace the Russian minister elt called upon to avow with equal emphasis em-phasis that his master the Czar was only anxious for peace Ho was represented as having a perfect horror of war and L trongly hoped that his reign would terminate ter-minate without his having to deplore a bloody war He explained tho rapprochs ment between Franco and Russia as being quite pacific Then the King said Lotus Lot-us breakfast There was evi ent satisfaction satis-faction in this last remark but from what did that satisfaction arise Was the King satisfied that the rapproch ment between Franco and Russia was purely pacific That he had been mistaken in the charges he had hurled at France which amounted to an accusation 01 trying to provoke war with Italy Or did it aria from the conviction that DE Gums was as smooth a liar as himself and tho best way to terminate such an interview was to say Let us breakfast If all these monarchs and ministers are so very anxious for peace if tho rap proachment botweon France and Russia i Sonly S-only in tho interest of peace if tho Drio I bund Is purely pacific why cant these monarchs snow their hands and publish these treaties The very fuct that several 1 nations carry on secret negotiations and at last enter into secret alliance with each other is of itself suspicious and calculated to beget mistrust in tho nations not parties to the secret treaty and naturally enough 1 they begin to look about for allios with which to unite to make them strong enough to withstand the first combination This working in the dark creates suspicion until plot and counterplot involve all Europe in i uncertainty in fear and must in the end result re-sult in a general war which will so change the map of Europe that the present generation gener-ation will not recognize it If the kings of Europe wish to give the world a substantial assurance that their motives and desires are pacific let them take all Europe and the world into their confidence and publish their secret treaties Then if it shall transpire that all their combinations and treatymaking have been in the interest of peace let them disarm and disband their armies and relieve their respective countries of their great war burden which now oppresses them and employ their soldiers in the pursuits of peace Their talk about peace would bo worth listening to but now they cry peace peace but there is no peace Peace does not appear in their constantly incroas ing i armies It cannot be seen in the Hashing Hash-ing light of five million bayonets nor is it i heard in the tramping of as many soldiers nor is it to be read in the defiant tones or kings and ministers nor do those constantly con-stantly increasing fleets capable of belching belch-ing fire and death proclaim tho harbinger of peace All this means war relentless w are In all this vo may see red tattle preparing to stamp his foot and when he doos nations will feel the shock |