Show IN EUROPE A TERRIBLE condition exists in Westphalia the great reat coal mining region of Germany Thousands ot of coal miners are ou out t on a strike which is producing an enormous amount of distress The a assertion is contained in the dispatches that thata a single man cannot live Uve on the wages that the miners have been receiving and it is therefore themore the themore more apparent that families whose heads are out of work must be ex- ex experiencing experiencing ex experiencing a So famine That the trouble has reached a desperate stage is indicated by the fact that the employers will wiH no longer ne negotiate with the strUt strikers strikers ers through the latter's latter representatives representatives It would seem from this that the miners must make an unconditional surrender on the terms that have been prescribe prescribed by bythe bythe bythe the men wh who own or control t the e t mines or they and their families must continue in a famishing condi condi- condition condition tion Troops are held in readiness j 1 to suppress any uprising of the starving men and the situation is isone isone one which is seriously embarrassing to the government The sentiment i of the is with the miners To add to the seriousness of the general situation in Emperor Wil Wll- Wil- Wil William's William's liams liam's domain it seems BeeDiS likely that Bismarck's efforts to prevent the 4 ace of a friendly under under- understanding understanding understanding i standing between Rus Russia ia and Aus Aus- Austria Austria Austria tria cannot much iauch longer continue successful and that the latter is de- de determined determined de determined to recognize Prince Ferdi Ferdi- Ferdinand Ferdinand i inand nand This ac action to on Austria's part means her recognition of Rus Russian ian supremacy in Bulgaria a principal principal- principality principality principality ity lying so near the that Russian control of it is intolerable t to several of the Powers including i Germany If Austria consents to support Russian control in Bulgaria it will wUI break the alliance between Austria Germany and Italy For a small Alpine province perhaps for much less Austria can purchase Italy's consent to refrain from thus Bismarck will be left alone in inthe Inthe th the defense of Turkey unless Eng Eng- England England England land sustains him but she has bas latEly refrained from taking an ac- ac active active ac active tive part in continental politics Russia and France are firm friends and if they can induce Austria to joIn them and make Italy luke luke- lukewarm lukewarm lukewarm warm in her friendship for or Ger Ger- Germany Germany Germany many which seems reams to be the pres pres- present present present ent trend it will wUl be Russia's time timeto timeto timeto to strike for the attainment of her tradItional purpose the possession of G the Germany cannot depend upon Austria as against Russia b because of the fact that so large a portion of the latter latter latter-Is s population are which race pre predominates ip Russia i and of the spread of a p pan pan n sentiment in those and other othel countries where the same race is found The Latin and T races have no marked affinities for forE E each other tb r a fact that weakens any t compact between Germany and Italy while the latter country has nearly all the the time for centuries been friendly with France another Latin Power The SaXon Anglo Anglo and the races have generally generally been friendly One of the elements now working out in European politics polities certain marked effects is racial affi affinity sympathize with each other other r entertain a mutual friend friend- friendship friendship friendship ship while the Teutonic elements of to English blood gravitate towards their continental kindred Blood will tell No period of the worlds world's world si r history is so fraught with rich les lessons sons concerning the forces that JV operate in the politics rise and fall faU t of nations as are current develop develop- developments developments developments ments in Europe rf |