St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-30

the potent factor of a general European
war has had its influence wheat will go
50 per buShel, and | venture TO pre-
dict that this price will be obtained be-
fore another crop is harvested, and L
hope to see all farmers who can, with
justice to their creditors.
HOLD UNTIL MAY
| next, by which time the war cloud will
| probably burSt-if not beforehand full
| prices be realized. | know. of course,
that many cannot hoid-that others have
not storage room-but let all who can,
hold, and let spectators hold, that our
! country may get the benefit.
If l am correct as to the war, the
| prices necessarily follow. All know
the fearful waste of war. the trampled
fields, the stacks and stores OF grain
burned that they may not fall into the
| enemy'S hands, the untitled fields, the
want of labor to s0%i and harvest. But
very few have carefully studied the
European situation, and so much has
been heard of a probable war in the
old world for several years past, that
most of our people think that the war
cloud will again blow over and dis
armament soon be effected.
The question is one OF so vast I'M
portancC to us that beg to occupy some
of the valuable space in the columns of
the GLOBE to discuss it. even at some
length if necessary, that the facts in
the case may be clearly understood, so
that each can make his own deductions.
FirSt-War is apprehended in Europe
from three quarters. Arranged accord
ing to the order of their probability
they are, first, between Germany and
Italy allied, and France.
Second-Between Germany and Aus
tria allied, and Russia, with treaty stip-
ulatiOn that if France comes to the aid
of Russia Italy shall aid Germany
and Austria, and a well-understood
agreement between Lord Salisbury and
Bismarck, without formal treaty or
written alliance, that
ENGLAND WILL AID
the allied powers against Russia with
her navy.
Third-Between England and Russia
in AfghaniStan as a prelude to the
struggle for India.
1t is well to bear in mind that the
difficulty between Germany and France
arises from no violation of treaty rights
or infractiOn of national law, and that
hence the difficulty is not one TO be adj
JuSted by diplomacy or settled by arbi-
tration, as there is no issue to be Joined.
1t is simply a case of bitterness of feel
ing, of mutual hatred daily growing in
intensity, of desire on the part of
France for revenge and determine
ton to retake AlSace-Lorraine, and a
determination on the part of Germany
TO hold the territory wrested from
France in the late war, and
an impatient desire to settle
this question at once and forever,
and to so crush France and despOil her of
territory that she Germany can safely
diSarm and devote her energies to the
promotion of her industrial interests.
A certain consequence, in the event
that France were defeated, would be
that Italy would get part of the Medi-
terranean coast of France, Germany an
other slice on the division line between
her and France, and Bourbon be put
GU the throne.
Germany knows that France is de-
termined to retake her lost territory as
soon as she is ready-that almost every
Frenchman has sworn in his heart to do
this; that Jules Favre, one of the ablest
statesmen of France, is mObbed in the
streets of Paris because he opposes a
war with Germany; that BOulanger,
with little ability, is everywhere greeted
with shouts of ''Vive BOulangeT," and
has been elected to the assembly from
many districts by large majOrities, and
that his popularity depends on one
phrase, which he constantly reiterates,
viz: Il am III favor of maintaining the
INTEGRITY OF THE TERRITORY
of France"-the meaning of which not
only every Frenchman, but all Germany
understands. Add to this known deter
minatiOn to renew the struggle with
Germany the fear that BOulanger will
yet be made dictator, and the aim, like
Napoleon. to run career of conquest,
and you will understand why France
stands isolated among the Western pow
ers. Germany and Italy being ready for
the fray-and anxious be relieved of the
burden of constant preparation Ger
many as prOvOcation arrests Erenchmen