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Show THE PEACE OF JEUJROPE JEUJROPEThe EUROPEThe EUROPE The talk about another general Em Emopean European opean war warhas ' \ warhas ar arhas has most of the statesmen of all the world genuinely genuinelyaIarmed genuinelyalarmed genuinelyalarmed aIarmed alarmed Cool-headed Cool headed - students of ot history historv , hO\\eVel hO eVel however howevei.are howeveiare \ \ . , are pointing pomtmg out tMt U"t Ut that ' " , , since Napoleons Napoleon s time and the thebeginnings thebeginnings thetieginnings beginnings of modern nationalism naUonahsm , nobody has l1as e\en e en even eentried eventried eventried \ tried to stal stait start t a wai wal war of major proportions so long as asit asit asit it " ' was "as as " deal cleal clear that Fiance France Fl ance and England \ would could \ QuId shnd stand shndtogether standtogether stindtogether together It is lS generally gencrall } , agiced agleed agreed that Blsmarch.ould Bismarch Blsmarch Brsmarch \.ould .ould could couldnot \ wouldnot . .ouldnot not have ha\c ha c hatie \ gone through with his Ius attack on Fiance France in in1870 1870 if it had not been that the Kaiser Kaisers s son "as as aas "as1D.amed aasto " wasmarried - 1D.amed 1Damed . to Queen Victorias VIctolia Vietoila s daughter , and Vlctorn Victoria Vlctornwould Victoriawould Victoriawould would not { , ' 'permit permit ' the English government to takesides take take.51des takesides .51des 51des sides . against GermanyFortvfour Germany Genl1any Genl1anyFortvfoUl GermanyFortvfoul Fortv-foul Fortv foul Fortv-four four - years latei Iatel later . , when "hen hen alien " Victoria's Victorias ' grandson grandsonfirst , , first cousin cousm of the the'King theKing Kmg 'King King ' ( of England , was Emperor of ofGermany ofGermany ofGermany Germany in turn , , he did not believe beheve it possible thatEngland that thatEngland thatEngland England would could v . ould side . with v.1th v1th France against him , orlie or orne orlie ne lie . would v.ould vould not trot h have hatie ne started the war In 1n 1914The 1914The 1914 1914The The English policy pohcy in foreign affairs has al\\ajs al ajs always alajsbeen alwaysbeen alwaysbeen \ been to keep theI therest the I , rest of the world guessing guessmg , but the themost themost themost most experienced expenenced observers of European politics pol1t1cs are arenow arenow arenow now pointing pointmg out that the present British B1'1t1sh B11t1sh ' govern govern- government government government - - ment is decidedly pro-French pro French - and anti-German anti German - So Sothe Sothe Sothe the prospect that any nation natlOn or combination combmabon of na- na natIons nations na nations - - tIonshlCh tions \ ' which \\hlCh hlCh 'ainch ainch threatens the peace of Europe would v.ould vould could . have havethe havethe havethe the combined combmed forces of England and France to fight fightIs fightis fightis Is regarded as a pretty good assurance that no sanehead sanehead sane sanehead head of a government is going gomg to touch off anotherwar anotherwar another anotherwarjn war warjn in a hur hurry ' |