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Show H liBffl That was a striking remark made by Herr B tHnnRn Bebel in the German Reichstag the other day when H fjUfffffi making inquiry if the sale of certain German B ifflffl steamers to the Russians was known to the Ger- f JtWMHW man war office, he added these words: "The mLw ilPHMffi world is filled with tinder material. One spark Hr IHHI can set the wor ahlaze." That was a great truth mLm IIBBn an was most aptly expressed. There is cer- R lMW tainly great danger that a world war will grow iBI fflilHiBllffl Qnt of eastern complications. Then Southeastern lHi lBiSK Europe is in just as combustible a state. Again, W if JhHHH e emPror of Austria is a very old man and HkfllHlH when he 'dies it is almost certain that there -will mm lomSirM 1)e an atempt on the part of the Hungarians to establish an independent government. The "sick man" thinks it is the mission of his empire to convert the world by the sword. "Tinder material," ma-terial," Indeed, half the world seems to be charged with dynamite. |