Show this is a strange world we live ia war and bloodshed have devastated the alia earth almost froia the very first that mau cam in han on it As nations have grown nj bihy ihy havu n all caffi kept ap tio art of war of working for peace to tho modern philanthropists have labored in vain to get nations to pledge themselves to no loneer engage in the barbarous custom of slaying thousands of lives for the settlement of some dispute this spring the birst agreement looking to this end was made the pan american congress then assembled agreed to discontinue war among themselves and nearly all of the countries of the new world entered the alliance and solemnly promised that hereafter all questions of dispute should ba gt by arbitration and in no cabe should the sword be drawn or the bayonet unsheathed es capt in case of actual invasion it vi a a noble christian like agreement ald receive l the commendation of ahe entire world now ve come to the other side of the question its practicability IL thy theory the alliance was godlike god like aud abue time enough has hardly elapsed for the pen to dry wilts which the names were added to the boblo agreement wo fine it soon to be broken the central american states are preparing to plunge into another of their bloody wars honduras guatemala Gua tamala and salvador are ordering thousands of rilles from firms in the united states and 10 OUO rifles that salvador had ordered from england and which had nover been unpacked since their arrival in the state are now being distributed orders for largo quantities of powder have arrived at san francisco while one country alone has ordered over cartridges from abo connecticut cartridge company in short another protracted rebellion is brewing and a general eruption is expected at most an tim the agreement above referred to seems entirely forgotten or if not it is shamefully ignored the borla does not yet appear to have reached the millennium and what the other powers signing the agreement for arbitration will do to prevent the war breaking out yet remains to bo seen ofle to have a goad time on abo twenty t marh mcp evinced by the citizens ia mass meeting in tho jolting Jop ting house thursday evening abo libik isalo limited so if we intend malting iha day the happy occasion which al desire it to be labor is nry one sample will show that we hao not any too much time if we are to have a good display of fireworks we must send at leat is far past qs abi cabo or st lonis for ibe material this will take time and the matter should bo attended to at once or we may find it arriving too late |