San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-02-28

ariue Of Arraeon. and the beautiful
MARY queen Of Scots." Tha hsadless
body Of the latter Was brought here
from Forthsringay. The pusilanimous
Bishop Of i.incolu's funeral sermon for
Mary was . model one for cauti on.
"l.et Us" he said, Awe thanks for the
happy dissolution Of the high and
mighty Princess Mary, Of whose life.
and death At this time l have not
much 10 say. because I was not ao'
auaiutsd with the one, neither was l
present at the other"
But have already trespassed too
much upon your time aud space. One
word however before close in refer
enco to the great powers Of Europe.
Lovers OF psaoe can surely gather but
slender comfort from the gloomy out
look. It seems to be . part Of the
6xed policy of the great Christian
Powers. to stretch one hand 10 the
name Of peace while the other grasps
tho hilt Of the sword. The Russian
armies are being pushed toward cen.
trail Asia, while Grcst British, not sat
is6ed with the subjusation Of Afghan.
istan, is now castiug longing eyes iq
the direction Of Herat. Il is scarcely
probable that the national jealousy OK.
listing between these two great pow.
ers can ever be allayed without blood
letting. live turn our eyes from the
scenes ofactual war. and carnage, aud
lake . view Of the nations Of Europe
that are at peace, the prospsc is scarce
ly less discouraging. On the war
footing, the army Of the German Em.
plro consists at the present tim, of3l,-
195 officers. l, 273. 3ls rank and file;
28l, ,642 horses and 200 guns. The
troops Of the field reserve, aud those
of the landsturm are not included ip
the above numbers, and with them II.
is safe to say, that Germany may put
in the field at short notice. two and .
half millions OF armed men. Oae
would have thought this sufficient ip
a country which has not certainly eight
millions Of grown up males within its
boundaries. Butthe German Chan,
ccllor and his ad dvisers think otherwise.
1t now appears that q proposition
has been seriously mado to increase
this colossal forca by forty thres bats
talions in other word, nm addition Of
nearly sixty thousand m,n. The 70.
served force is also to be remodcled.
Thus the army on the war footing will
be increased by about one hundred
and Fifty thousand men, The ostensi-
lereason for these great military meas
ures, is the increased strength Of the
Russian and French armies. The
true reason however is to be sought
for 10 the consistent course which the
German government has pursusd 10 its
policy OF rigid imperialism which h.
made its peiuhbors boundaries .
frontier ofvolcanos. The new empire
has been built up by the sword. and
by the sword it must be sustained. It
is the offspring Of war and aggression,
and the security it has gained within.
is counter balanced by the revenge it
has inherited without. The German
authorities have reason to say, TO live
we must fight" '
Surely all this mighty preparation
does not mean peace. 1t IS a gloomy
prospect to the psace.loving philan-
thropist. But have not time to say
more. sai ri tH8nl4 gtf nRai ~
/ sail for New York on the 7th inst.
on the steamer Erin" Of the National
Line. Meantime l am busily engag-
ed visiting the variou; great hospitals
Of this great metropolis. so;sasi1s as
Adios, A. N. DENTON.
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