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Show Lorraine to I ranee on atiy conditions. It shows that Gerniun puople, like the people ol all other European nations are beginning to renliy.o that the cos', of tho continental armies is heavier than can lo bo'no much longer. Germany could well ufTord to make such a sac-rilice sac-rilice to secure an aijuranco of lasting peace uuder which her standing army could be reduced by ?' per cent. France, Austria and Italy could well afford to enter into a compact with Germany to disband a larga portion of their armies. England, could also afford af-ford to five such a compact active support. sup-port. With such a peaceful condition Ilussia would n it dare to move; but if she did the combined nations could soon muster sufficient strength to crush her. Perhaps uo such movement will be inaugurated until the nations shall have met in the shock of a great, consuming war. Kings and princes may never bo willing to stack their arms while there aro potty crowns to defend and provinces prov-inces to bo absorbed, but the timo will come when ;the people will rise up in their might and declare that the interests inter-ests of humanity must bo protected against the grinding heel of the system that makes of Europe a great armed cum p. IT CANNOT ltK HOKNK. A recent writer says: "A striking Statement was recently published of what would bo saved to Europe by a reduction of one-half in the military force and expenditure of tha chief powers. For the past nine years alone, il would have amounted to .'.-l(KI,tKil),0UO while nearly li.ooo.ooo men iu the prime ul youth would have been vestured to labi-r and production. Counting the value ('f their labor, not their v.'Hges merely, al the rate of $1 each per day, this would have amniiitied to if.iOO.Oih),-Ooo if.iOO.Oih),-Ooo a year, or $s.kio,uom nun fur the nine years, making a total net loss to the p-.-opio ui tin-so s,x countries in that , period of i Hl.oii.i.u )t), oo i. Tuisj is equal i to tin', total value, at $1 per bushel, ol j the wheat crop of the I'liitcd States for from twenty to twenty-five years. Meanwhile, it is noted as a slight sign of the effect produced by such tacts as these that a member of the upper hoiioe of me Prussian parliaim at has recently advu.-ated iu public the recession of Aisace and Lorraine to France on con- d lioii that that country would join J Germany. Italy and Austria in a league : for the preservation of peace, making j Kossia iiraelically powerless and per-miititig per-miititig a iret'eral reduction of arma- meiits aino'.iotiii'T to disarming. That su -ii a plea should even be discussed by a person in political lite in Prussia would have been iiupossib'e live years ag" " The figures given in the foregoing are calculated to stagger the reader. The world has always known that the cost of the armaments of Europe was enormous, but few have stopped to cipher out the proportions of the bill cf expense. Think of an expense iu nine years equal to tha value of the entire wheat crop of the United States for twenty-five years! It is almost beyoud comprehension. Is it any wcuder that universal poverty and despair seurus to hve settlad down upon the continent? Is it any wonder that thoughtful people everywhere are looking for an explosion which shall wreck thrones and rock I tntions until there shall be. a complete readjustment of the conditions under which people live. It is certainly significant that a mem-bar mem-bar of the Prussian parliament should advocate the re cessiou of Alsuce aud |