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Show SLIGHT CAUSES FOR WAft. Olrodshed Often Bcrjun With Very Little Provocation. At least It wns no small matter that brought Russia and Jnpan to hos'lll-ties, hos'lll-ties, There wns a good deal of truth in tho saylnn that England drifted Into tho Crlrr -in war wit tout knowing exactly why It did eo. No leas accur-ato accur-ato was Lord I'almcrston's familiar declaration concerning tho Schleswlg-Uolstcln Schleswlg-Uolstcln troubles. Only thrcb men In Europe, he said, ever know what those war-making troubles were. Two of tho men died beforo tho war broko out and tho third forgot what was tho point In dispute. A slighting rotor-enco rotor-enco by Frederick tho Great to Mmo. Pompadour was ono of tho exciting caiucs of tho seven years' war. An overturned glass of water was ono of tho contributing elements to nnothcr. Tho omission of a stmplo "etc." was tho peg upon which an earlier ono was hung. Tho theft of n lady's petticoat brought Moors and Spaniards to bloodshed. blood-shed. Tho smashing of a mandarin's teapot was tho basis of a war between tho Imperial forces of China nnd hill tribes which lasted for generations. |