Show tuitoirH cuiisi It will be remembered that ihorlly liter the vIsIt of Chic German emn > r to thn pope a rumor wa storIed that i Ibo former had agreed to consider a proportion lor the dlaarmarneut of iuropa to lie t placed before its government gov-ernment ot hoe leading power Tho Auilrlan premier Count Kalnoky la now reported at having exprened hIs view I that such a loliemu is I an utter ImpoMlblllly but that It would < bo a benefit to all If thn constant etlort at lucreailng Ihe armies aud navIes C Uld < be itopped The illuatlon In I Europe hi for many year been los as to lead even the moil ejiperlem I elatrimen lo expect either a terrible war or somethIng greatly dIUarent pethaj a general revolt from the Iron rule of inllllarliu wllh aiubaequent dUarm ameni but year roll blond nothing particular 1 tranipltei TUB fact teemi lobe that the leading power are si touch afraid lOot war will 0001 ai If they hal no armlri at all The people Germany certainly do not wth any more bloodihed lu thu tail campaign aitalnit France Ito Oermai completely wiped cut lu crlmaon torrent whatever claim ol defeat aid illitiouor they might haw thought were Inlllctoa upm them In former yeari file empire was built up Ibe hereditary enemy lay prostrate at their lOll Their revenge wa com tInt and < they have no moor to gain Why hould they wish legs I Iu war France It II 1 true mourns the loai of an Important part of her beautiful domain aid < might have a iroret desire for revenge but along a-long ai Dial country ii I governed gov-erned In a republican spirit II li not likely lo rIsk Otto lIen ofmlllloni 01110 luhabllanti lu order lo regain tun ioiaiilou of a tow tquarn mIles of lerrltory which now la I almoat thoroughly Oirmanlted AustrIa and Italy can have no Unlrc aa they have not tho lawer to engage aluglehauded In a combat with their mighty lolb boor aud Ilunla la I about the only ooe of the great power that really la In a lOilllou to contomplatu an aggressIve war From Czar Ieter Ihn Uroat that iounlry1 bIde Inhrrlted as a nerd Irualth obllatlou lo posh forward < toward Couitautlnopie an otject ol which they hay never lost light and probably never will until their via lorloui hcrdM have pltuled their eagles on lha ihorta of the lloiphorua The greatest danger to tho peace ut Ktiroia It Iheretore In lha orlenla qutitlon That la I a Uordlan knot that will yet have lobu rut asunder by thr word of an Alrxandtr but lie lima It I probably not yet at hand for the fine ttrokr Aud It la I not likely that a general dlaarroament cau take place before that problem hat found a sails factory solutIon The following figure recently pub llihed allow the military atrenglh and Iti I growth In Europe va IWO Tranra ee ViUUOO 4awOJj lorinany l3vu0uu B < MUUJO ItUMlo lKUiw 4000000 AllllrU TMIUKJ l 1000101 < Iluly 7uiumi iiHiH inilland OuoJ MUuoo Hpalll 1 4UUUll MWtU lurkoy aMWU IWuuO Other rauutrltt have cndtavored lo follow lull The total number of iol dlert In Europe during 1892 was 22 249000 an lucreaie of more than thorn to one sInce 1SG9 To maintain Ibis vail number of armed men a total ex > pmdltuto of 800000000 U required divided Iin franca foliowi 1MXI 1WJ Itniala rjoujDOO WIUKJOOO Finiuu 47IVUUKK U1I000110iO i iiiKland M Hlooowu uBuuoumj IHIIIBIIJ iJIWIOUul MIl UKM AuiirU lijjuu > ioou 3iaunuu 1 Italy lllUUOuoo 300100100 m Knuln IUOOODUOU llg0000eiu Holland 1 lluuiiCKXi foIWOooo ll lillllU aiUIKJlMI OWMMMJ hwlncrUlld JUUUtKJ UMUIU Iorliical 1 tOOOM aawwwo Kwcdoll 1000100 1UOHH Huumiinla lluuoouo JOouwHU lioniturlc Huooouo l1IIOJ UrnciHl 1UKIIIUU lUOUUWM KorvU l wiooou Jtiuoouuu fill iinormuui lucrumo III nut enoil burro li I alto nlhrr out of proportion when compiled lo tha Inireain ot nulnlloii and rinuron The flu unoinl oondltlon II even wnrne than II I wu twenty > ear > ago In many le optoh particularly among Ihoie 01 wluaa Khoiilderi tile burden of mill tnrltm fall bloat hinvlly The limit KUII lo bu rtachol and a rtactlo uught naturally to follow |