OCR Text |
Show H AUMIII 1'Ltti: AllltOlll. Bn France It In some rttpe-ti the most H wondurful nation on the globe. Iler K lluauclen taslly lead those of nny K other natlou, her monetary system r-e . Hk Ing Infinitely suj e rlor to all others, and B' K her method of com utatlou tho only H; jerfect one known With but limited K. iuternal resources, alio Is not only aulf- W': tuilalnlng but always has something Hl to dltpoae of to her neighbor. A Hw Trench loan not only never laga upon ft tho market, but It virtually taken be C forelasued. In tho higher arte and K morn com) rehenalve sciences, In tho Ef''' various shades of high class lltetaturi, H& In Invuutlvn tklll anil mechanical ton , atruttlon, I'rauco walks abreast of any country, eur own not exceptud. Hut K It is In Its wonderfully recuperative p powtr that It takes the front rank E' among tho nations of the globe. KJ After paying tho Indemnity which ! flermany dnlgned ahould crush rf the preseut generation ol 1 ronih- H; men to tho earth, aud ktep them there, aud which aymenl was K luado In exart accordance with Ita K terms each Installment being ready K as It be came due the payor had more K? ready money on hand, dollar for dob ImBI lr, than tlui 1 ayi i I While the coin It B 1 " onlln''n. haudt from ruler to HER ruler one. way, It was coming back iMgji from teopleto eoptu the other way, t( This took but a few yean, and then . K't 1 1 gun radical ireiurulloiit en the !'Bf" moat comprehensive tcale ever design- Itftr ed for a military system whoso cost .RLv li bein almost liiconeclvable. This Wif embraced not only the rehabilitation Wtl of tho army nnd navy but Ilia adopt! in IjHf of a far reaching system of frontier do- f)''. ftusi a on a plan entirely new to mill- R ' tary science, and tills It supposed to bu , i at nearly perfect at It It inselble for Wr such work to be. Franco lint spent IK ' upon her army alone within the i time, named the col atal mm uf B elcbteen hundred million dollars I R rhoamouutalsorliod by the navy It &, not given, tutinuit lie nearly na much m more, and the cost ol thu outputs aud in uunamed Items in cuunoctlou with the H entire defensive establishment would Kg doubtless require rouny llgurea lu H represent It, This It "armtd pascal " 'I, , the pcualty which Uetmauy hat 'K Imp we i upon almost tho whole of IK Europe tft l.ver ilnco the deohratlou of peace ,KJ! tetweeu thcee feudal enemies, Trance BM . has onu way and nuotlur tmen l ropar. !r I log herself as It for others nud showing ijej! tbatnuernr'aln wlllshuhi) found lu It a struggle In such a shameful l itate of l reparation or lack of It at n wheuLouU riapoleon declared war In , 1670. It Is not overstatlut; thv cese to fi iay that the It now better equipped for i war thau at any tlmo during tho oen y lury. Ho also Is Germany, nfid Aus- I . Ula, and Italy ; so also would be Km i rf ila but forthe distressing famine which bat not yet let go Ita hold upon the j peasantry. It all leads ua to conclude ; bat the dots ot war have not been it- H. Hv T4flGkurL7a? unleashed on several ortsslons becaiiMi of the retarding tflVct whlo h a con templalloil ol the awful destruction that would ensue has had upon thoso who tit In authority. |