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Show SALT LAKER IS BACK FROM EUROPEAN TRIP Buyer for Walker Brothers' Dry Goods Company Talks of War SITUATION IN GERMANY Expresses Opinion That the Empire Cannot Survive Sur-vive Hostilities E Dauqu u bujer of s Jks and dress goods Walker Brothers Dry Goods company of this city has just returned from his annual purchasing tr p in Eu rope Mr Dauquin reached the United States on the La Savole tbe last French liner to reach An er ca from Europe Ho landed at New York on July 28 While in Europe Mr E-auquin heard frequent discussions of the Auetro Sevian quarrel but never had the si ghtest intimation that all of Europe might become embro led He found Prance peaceful and prosperous Its c tizens had no thought of war S nee returning Mr Dauquin has received a letter from a nephew who is a sergeant n the French army The letter was dated July 28 The writer was then w th his regiment in the Alps on the 8w ss frontier He did not mention the poss bil ty of war Is Native of Pans Mr Dauquin is a native of Par s and ser ed three years wth tie French arm Naturally h s BYrnpatb es are all w th France in the present struggle In h s op n on there will soon be a ter nble battle between the German army snd tho un ted armies of France Eng land and Belg urn somewhere near the French Belgian border He believes that the casualt es n the big battle be pre d cts w 11 reach hundreds of thousands Should the Germans lose th b battle he believes the German power will be bioken though the war mav be con tinued for months or even years With reference to his trip Mr Dau quin sa d I was n France and Switzerland two weeks on rav annual purchasing tr j I visited Pans and Lyons in France and Zurich n Switzerland, purchas ng silks. The goods bad previously been ordered by mail, subject to my approval Thev were ready for shipment w4ien I saw them so thev were shipped just as soon as T had inspected tnem Thev were sent b express so most of tbem reached this country before X did This was fortunate "because it will probably be a long tune before t will be possible to mport goods from Franc France Is Prosperous France, is a rich nation and she ne er was more prosperous and rich er than when I saw her a few weeks ago Great golden harvests were read for the reapers Tbe note a were filled tbe factories busy and e erywh-re there was everv evidence of prosperity One thing ia certain France was never n better shape for the shock of a long war than at pres ent France has a strong mobile armv While not expecting war the standing army is always ready for emergencies and ca be moved rap id v to any point in the country The weakest line of defense ts at the Belgian frontier That la the reason why Germany violated the neutral ty of Belgium and tried to get through to the north of Paris The check of the Germans bv the ga lant Be plan armv Is of great ad antage to France and England Cer man s one hope of victorv is to smash quick and hard and that ts what she Is attempting to do Tbe condition of Germany's fina ces sug gests bankruptcy It is impose ble for er to survl e a long war Her one hope Is to defeat France decis ely then turn to Russia Th s of course is not at all 1 kelj Americans Are Safe Americans In France need evpect no trouble There wi 1 be lnconve iences of course but the French are fond of the Americans and wl 1 do a in their power to make them com fortable whi e they are there There Is no need for an alarn for their we fare When I left Franco I Ba led on the La Savole from B4 re I became we 1 acquainted w th the capta n on the oyage On the day before w e reached New York he appeared to be wo lied I asked h m why 1 e felt so and he told me that there was every probab ty that France and Germany would soon be at war He had Just recei ed w (re ess Information to that effect In New York there was much ex c ement Importers were particu ar y a armed ome of them have hun dreds of thousands of dol ars in goods In he r European warehou es Much of these goods con sis s of nove ties that wi 1 be worth less than half the r present va ue a few months hence Prospects of ge ting the goods across the ocean before th" c ose of the war are not at a 1 bright Help to This Country Conditions n th s country will be du I for a time and prices will prob-abl prob-abl s eadi y ad ance but In a shirt t me the war wt I prove of great benefit to America It w 1 be neces eary for us to expand our Indust es to care for the consumers heretofore served bv the mports and furt er to supp y a 1 So h Amer ca and a neu ra cou tr es whe e the e was pre ous y such a ready market for the products of the nat ons now at war Then, of course there will be an era of prosperity for th s country such as we have never dreamed |