Show The State of the Nations Nations' The Rev Dr Crafts of the international reform bureau at W Washington returned from Europe to New York a few days ago after ter a four months' months study of conditions abroad and gives as his pinion opinion that militarism is the great vice ice of Europe It seems to tous us that t f fear ar is the great tune misfortune of Europe Great Britain is afraid fraid of war with Germany Gernian r Germany r is afraid of war vat with Great Britain and France France is afraid of war with Germany Hungary Austria is afraid both of herself and of surrounding states and the lesser states are afraid that if they relax in the let least their preparations for defense the they r will one by one be sWallowed allowed up by more powerful nations 3 t-i Russia is simply imply following her old barbarous cormorant land landl l lust st st. She wants control of a continent Hence the struggle ev everywhere every every- ry where ere to train more men for war to build more warships We Vc do n not t see how this can be he stopped at present or in the ilear future except through a r rising sing up In all those lands on the part of the people or through the invention of some new means of wholesale destruction so terrible that no army could stand before be be- f fore foe e it Within the next fifty years there may be another terror wakened that will cause European nations to quarrels and und unite in defense aga against the brown and yellow races It is not impossible that the upon southern Europe by the bythe the Goths and Vandals and Huns may be repeated by the Asi ics when hen those hives fully sw swarm swaim rm and begin to m ve west This lear fear filled the mind o of 0 the emperor of Germany some years ago agol l and nd caused him to deplore the war between Japan and Russia Russi t his thought being that the Caucasian race should hoard its strength and above all should not teach the he the art of jv war r or awaken within them a comprehension of f their own possible possible pos pos- sible prowess As As for our o own nation thought our is that a military ry training pIn of a a year should be given all our young oung men as they thy finish school to th teach them the rudiments of military education that tha they may not in case a war should be sprung upon us be slaught slaughtered t t red led by tens of thousands in battle and b by disease befOre re those S who lio l o might be left could become disciplined soldiers and that our fl fleet et should be increased until both coasts would have a reasonable reasonable reason reason- able abie defense against any possible enemy Then pursuing a policy of peace c convincing the world that ff Vve v coveted nothing that any other nation had and gaining all nIl the I in power after a few years flag would become a symbol of liberty and peace to all ull the world |