Show WARS AND OP WARS hava yon ever stopped to consider what a favored lot is ours in this rich country the smoke of battle is slowly rising from the republic of while the tears of the orphans and widows are not yet dry the glistening of bayonets in warlike war like array disturb tho peace of the central american states the argentine republic is but slowly recovering from a great financial crisis mut of a re bellous nature come from mexico and anarchy reigns on some of the islands of the west indies such is a hurried glance at the western hemisphere and it will ba noticed that the united states alone is free from turmoil or strife but how is it in the old world there the gov ern ments unlike the new republics of this portion of the globe have had time to become staple and ahe state of society should be fixed one may be pardoned for presuming that in eastern lands all is tranquil but not BO the russian bear is prowling and seems ready to prowl from his native hunts while hia restless attitude is closely watched by the british lion the latter is crouching low and may at any moment spring upon the bear should he attempt to pass the dar da nelles the turkish crescent like the moon before a looks ominously red the scene has disturbed french gaidies gai ties and the fiery people of that republic are turning their attention more to military tactics than to music or dramatics even the phlegmatic german puffs hia loni pipa more lustily as he reads in his paper the bold utterances of the kaiser praising his army and reasoning whether or not it is good policy to wait for an enemy to strike first blow john chinaman in the far east ea st is killing cistero of charity and christian ah preparing to fight in case european powers seek redress australia is ripe for independence and willing patriots stand ready to fight for its achievement there is a terrible tension between the nations on thu other side of the globe almost mory dreaded by statesmen than war unbidden the words of the savior to his apostles come to our memory fj retelling these things and when ye dball hear of wars and rumors of ot wars he said bo ve not troubled for such things must needs be but the end is not yet yes we take it that thoy are necessary society cannot be changed without bloodshed and before peace can reign supreme upon the earth wars must needy be some of tha wisest sta temen of abo age look forward to a time when a congress of nations shall rule the earth or ono rand central government of all peoples shall do away with the horrors an era could be ushered in with the course of events it would be a fit for the second coming of the son of man |