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Show BRITONS ABE ALARMED' j BY THREATS OF WAR Austrian and Russlsn Preparation! Toward Mobilization Forohadew Appalling Consequences. ( LouJon. Tlie danger of a grcntet war than that between the Halkaa states and Turkey absorbs public lo terest far more than the first bout ol diplomacy between the bullgcrenta. The steps towards mobilization which Austria and Kuiuila are taking. Although but preliminary precautions, have ii i a Jo possible a vision of th rant consequences which, as far at Great Hrltaln concerned, are consld end nothing leas than appaling. Apparently, the Itrltlah public hai no drflre to sacrifice lives and money, paralyze commerce and rink the navy over the settlement of the statu ol the Balkan peninsula. Yet It U uneasy because Ignorant of how far (Ireat Hrltaln's diplomatic ngaBements with Franco and Russia extend In the dl reel Ion of an alliance and of how much likelihood there Is that the rot emtnent will be drawn Into a conflict In which one or both of Its partner In the entente may be engaged. The liberal proas la unanimous in urging Great Drltaln to preserve neutrality, neu-trality, The majority of the consrva-tives consrva-tives demand the same policy. The Times, declaring that none of the European Eu-ropean peop'e want war, says "yet that U whither the nations are blight-Ingly blight-Ingly drlf.lng." |