Show THE EUR SITUATION A london paper discussing the probable course of political events in europe during the year points pointe out the impossibility of making forecasts for ecate with any degree of certainty there th ere are at least three different factors to consider all of which are beyond calculation cu lation accidents may happen rulers bulera may change their minds siso nations nation may be to those attacks of insanity which sometimes seem to load lead them on toward death and destruction st it is therefore quite possible that things may move more on all ae they are now but it Is alsol alao possible that great are imminent any day something might happen in france by which the attitude of the republic would be entirely changed oban ged another eruption in constantinople might make intervention unavoidable A arrangement rearrangement re of the european alliances alliance might take place perhaps as a result of the spanish situation the lamina famine and plague in india may poo poe bibly lead to a military rising there which would tax to the utmost the power of great britain or new dew inventions 0 dfwar of war might render the tha european armies practically use uge lew legs until at an enormous expense they all had been supplied lup plied with the new weapons it la is further pointed out that there are six elx persons to in europe the three emperors emper ore the sultan and the french president sudden death would result in great changes in the present situation but even it if they all are being spared their decisions and ao ac tlona are incalculable no one can may ay what the hultad or the gar german man emperor or the russian czar la Is likely to do ao next in a moment any one oi 01 them would be in a position to overthrow the best beat laid plans should their interests inte reala seem to require it and finally nations are governed by circumstances much as individuals lB are in times of excitement excite ments aund sound reason often falls to obtain a hearing bearing brain might yet demand to be led against the united states emperor william might be prevailed upon n to iset et the triple alliance in motion but more likely than any other contingency the mohammedan millions in asia alia might be seized by one of those paroxysms of fanaticism for which diplomats cannot account what they under the influence of such euch an attack attach would do la Is not easy to foretell nor bor what the result would be it has bag often been observed that the pence peace of the world rests rest upon such trembling foundations that the slightest breeze may injure the entire structure that an era of peace will come la Is sure aure but the foundations must be gelald in justice fustice to all there la in much inflammable material in the building that cannot stand the test of the fire that will have to be destroyed aud then all things will be made new |