Show THE few people of experience and close observation were deceived by the ostensible peace negotiations between the warlike nations of europe 1 has been felt for some time past that a conflict as fierce as the world has ever seen must occur very soon and these delaya are not much with the real intention of obtaining a lasting peace as to make secret war preparations and to insure the greater fatality of the conflict when it shall come the re calling of russian officers who have been absent on furlough the attempted negotiation of a war loan by the czar the uneasy slate of foreign securities in france always keen fand well informed and most of all the change of ministry in england point unmistakably to ft coming strife the contest will be a frightful not necessarily in duration for modern deadly invention hag made long wars almost impossible but it may be sanguinary and extensive beyond anything of which history speaks behind england and russia are all the other powers of eu rope these two giants have their royal adherents and no other nation will possibly permit its ally to be placed at auch a disadvantage as to disturb the present delicate peace equilibrium each of the other governments has taken sides more or less pronounced with one cheso two titanic combatants either from sympathy or for a more tangible advantage Glad stones action saved the pa alon from war in the recent crisis Salis burys pride and probably big honest views will prevent his following alio plan of the deposed minister when the challenge shall come englund will scarcely again fly the encounter tho national sentiment will easily change with a determined and powerful ministry from cheap beer to honor should many of the leaser powers of the continent become involved it is not impossible that the war will create business for the map publishers at the writing war 3 imminent it may not be too much to say vw 41 |