Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-02-27 | Page 39 | War Compared to Old Pent-up Volcano

WAR COMPARED TO OLD UP PENT-UP VOLCANO Historian an Forecasts Beg Begin Beginning ning fling of a New Migratory Migratory Migratory Migra Migra- tory Period B By CHARLES P P. P STEWART United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON Feb 16 6 by m mil il This This is not an ordinary war This war is a new outpouring of barbarism from the north a reCurrent recurrent recurrent re re- re- re current factor older than written history These are the migratory hosts host h with science as their hand hand- handI I maid male The view is Lovat Frasers Fraser's the historical historical his his- and international political writer The picture he draws is a dark one If we could only get it into our heads he says in a recent article for the London Daily Mail Mall that we are dealing with one of the most tremendous tremendous dous recurrent factors in human history his his- history tory rather than with the personal ambitions of the kaiser or the German herman general staff we should cease to speculate speculate speculate spec spec- any more about the end of the wa war We should recognize that we are perhaps at the beginning of another of those great migratory epochs during during dur dur- ing which civilization after civilization has been overthrown I I This particular outburst was long overdue It was checked for centuries by the thc discovery of the New World which diverted mens men's energies in fresh directions When the New World began began began be be- gan to fill up the old Volcano volcana in northern northern north north- em ern Europe burst forth afresh Let us ponder over these things and talk no more of the end of a war which if history is any guide may be only just beginning and perhaps has far vast vaster r and more tragic episodes in store Can we save our civilization I think we can and arid firmly believe we will but we shall only do so by first transforming our whole habit of thought regarding this warWe warWe war warWe We must make up our minds that it t may go indefinitely on that it may bring far more tremendous disasters in its train and that before very long all the great nations may have to ac accept accept ac- ac accept a much lower standard of living for for- many generations to come We Ve have to fight on without ceasing not until Germany is destroyed for destroyed for that is impossible impossible but but until the unity of Germany is is' broken The key to the whole problem is Prussia and the universally universally- hated Prussians aie ale not Germans at all but Finno Not for nothing did Mr rr Asquith say that we have to go on fighting until until until un un- un- un til Prussian militarism is wholly and finally destroyed I would add as an alternative iso iso- It may take years it may in involve involve in- in volve all that we possess civilization may may be uprooted in the process but until it is accomplished the world will never again ain know peace