| OCR Text |
Show rue 1 in. ii'iiori:. ToALLoutwanlappenrance, I.uroi Is Just now more rciumful tlian at any limn lu Its history for a hundred years at leait This, In view of the fact that diplomats, statesmen and close oh-servtrs oh-servtrs generally have not only conceded con-ceded but claimed for a doien years or more that tho great powers were 011 Iho very vcrgoof a vastanddostructlve conflict; If they were light ai to the war feeling prevalent and only wrong aa to llif Imminence of it alruggle, wo may properly regard the 1 rw idly id-ly placid condition of thing political po-litical abroad as tho awful hush that precede aintghtyitorm. Thla I lurno out by the futa that not one of the nations presumally hatluiliu; the war i Irlt Oennany, Ilutsln, France, Austria au I Italy have curtailed thtlrtUudlng armlii by to much as one soldier, or have ordered the ill-I ill-I laermeiit of one sailor or one gun flora their battle ahl; furthermore, their armaments ara suljecl of dally, almost Incrvant, Impaction and repairs and Irurrovcmente are put In wherever euggietcd. rrotitlerfortlflcA-llous rrotitlerfortlflcA-llous are Jealously overlooked an 1 Iho tightest movement out of Iho common by illher otllclsli or mplo In auy one of those natloni Is at oncon subject of Iho most profound dlitrtiil, a tourco of thuuioat painful unrest. Them au-Icky au-Icky condltlona can be but tho outward manifestation of that deep and Intenso feeling of hostility an I enmity which prevail In cflldal circle at Us, tin the nuartert named, and liut servo to ttlll further llluitret tbtt tho ap;areiit wace and ;ood will ar lnl ly thu Inaction In-action of a sleeping tiger that 1'uioi Is In good truth ruling upon a volcano. vol-cano. With Moltko In the gravo and Ills-marck Ills-marck hopehauly estraugeil from Iho i:inperor,C!ermauylsln no such islllon for war now a It was few yeirs ago. We doubt if there li a leader In the entire en-tire nation who could arouse oven a rt of Itto audi n pilch of euthuilaiiu as was creatnl among the mane when tholate I'.mperor William threw the tcsionilblllty of the Franco-Merman w ar upon the former lower and In r-on r-on look Iho flel I lo fight for Father-land. Father-land. Tho eople are loyal lu their government and their tovtrelgn, but a call to arms and all order to thu Hell now woul I bo obeyed ilroly as a matter of duly and ofillaolt line, thero would now be no tuch a ruth to the front with a great ihout as would practically clow-ilaniofbuslucM aul altogether close uidvirsltlis and tdiools, l'cr-haje l'cr-haje thu peophi ol the other wcrs are lu possession of a simitar fiwllug, but not, wo take It, to the anmo rxtent ai lu Osrinaiiy. How over that miy I, whenevi r war dovs break out, there wlllbefmndtiuougb men aul muni-lloui muni-lloui to ruoke It a long au I bloody ou. |
