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Show VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES Frederic Harrison, tho political writer, predicted In nn nrtlclo ln tho English llovlew In January", 1913, Hint Germany would go to war for Eiropean conquest nnd bring on the crisis that has now arrived as a sequence se-quence of tho defeat of Turkoy by tho Halknn allies. Ho construed Ilalknn results as a sot back to tho plans ot doinlnnnt militarism In Germany, Ger-many, nnd in his vlow dangers to England and to Europe were already Imminent as tho logical outcomo of German tendencies. Tho current numbor of tho magazlno reprints tho artlclo by request of aomo or its roadors. "I say it deliberately and sorrow, fully today," Mr. Harrison wrote twenty months ago, "that England, Europe, civilization aro lnporll from Gorman oxpanslon. A tremendous crisis Is boforo us. Thoso who aro blind to It or refuse to meet it may bo guilty of ono of tho most awful catastrophes In history." Although his major prophecy hns been fulfilled, tho compelling causos of tho war as annlyzed by Mr. Harrison Harri-son nro still baroly touched ln pub-He pub-He discussion. Ills prediction kindly kind-ly ranked Emporor William as a creature cre-ature of circumstances, rather than leading actor. Tho Gorman peas-nntry, peas-nntry, tho workmen In thousands of Industries and porhaps the emperor would bo good nolghbors with all of Europe If loft to follow their own wny. But tho hereditary casto of militarism ha8 permanent control of tho civil nnd military organization of tho omplro, and associated with it 1s an Intellectual ordor which controls lltoraturo and education. Emporor William Is tho organ of this bureau-crncy bureau-crncy of warriors, professors, Journalists, Journ-alists, plutocrats and speculators. They wero to give tho signal for war, and ho could not resist It. |