| Show TO ARMS The London dispatch stating that through a n blunder the fact tact has hall leaked out that the th British war office con eon contemplates contemplates templates tho the possibility of ot baring to call caU upon br ry available man to 10 re cc report port lor for Cor tivo military mil I tal service senI Is It de decidedly starting If It It Is true tru a 11 storm must mut be bo brewing browing for tor which the gov gor CO considers It U best to be bo j pro pre prepared rc pared In time Orders of that kind are not sent out ot except when Justified b by circumstances The extraordinary measure may pos possibly sibly 1111 bo be an indication of tM tb serious seriousness ness fleas of tho the South African situation The extension of martial Lw law through throughout throughout out ut the entire Cape Capo Colony may have hae havethe havethe the effect of ot driving a large luge part o othe or of ortho tho the hitherto loyal Dutch over our to the th In Insurgents ins s A new situation confronts confront the and It U is not u II farfetched that the government deem It necessary J to be bt prepared for an ann any emergency n that may ma arise arUt The Th strength tr of ot the tho Dutch j In n th the tho colony U added to 10 the loch forces i 1 S 11 In n the th field fleM should sho 1 not IO be b underrate 1 It t would bo bu folly to do so eo I Out the order orl r may also have been Is III Issued I sued with regard to European I condi condl condition ton tion Tile The Avar arar preparation of Ot t Oreti Orell have havo for a n long time been made on n a 1 larger seals scale than called for t r by b lid iho th loer Joer Vast t um uma have hare be on n voted by y Parliament for modern rifles ammu ammunition ammunition nillon cannon tort fortS dock etc until the country Is per pel taps imps better equipped for tor than thant I It t has been for tor many years What particular conditions have n inch stich preparations Is III of ot courso course not mown known except t to the tile Initiated In n a general way It Is hs apparent att alent t M I there It Is muck much unrest unreal throughout Hu Eu Europe I rope ope The Tho Triple Alliance always alwa re cc yarded cd us ua n It guaranty of pence seems to o bo be b In the th process prOC Sil Ot dissolution dl Aus AWa Au Autria tria and claim that nil nfl the ad d ot of that arrangement are se secured I secured cured by Germany white while the tho burdens fall all on them Doth Both Germany O and am JU arc nrc struggling with Internal troU l ll that seriously menace matinee mo their progress and prosperity While Italy Wily Is loaded with debt to the limit Tho The and revolutionary parties teem cem to be In ascendance In till the mUd mitt of ot that affairs In Spain and Portugal the lie people are dia satisfied Revolution Is I almost boiling over In the states statte Kusala U Is known to be bo by revolutionists ns as a never nover before In ne word oril there theres Is s commotion everywhere In the tho Old W Id The precaution taken by b tho British lt government as stated In the dispatch is s best explained after a 1 review of ot both the ho south Bouth African situation and the general conditions IU In Europe Jo For very often pUen wars WorB grow out of ot such conditions In n spIte gf of the efforts Of ot governments to conjure tho lie demons of strife strIte To be bc thoroughly thoro prepared for tor war Is 18 some ome times Imes the tho only on I means of preserving the tho peace pence |
