The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-06
THE EEFTILE esgaAS PRESS.
How Bismarck Created War Scare
for His own Eads.
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FSfl Mall Gazette
The most marTel0gs example os the
results whish can he attained under
the German system 81 pre- nobollng
AZ hoHse and OF journalistic idioey
sbro4si zas The European scare pro
daced 81 the alleged concentration OF
Russian troops ou the German fronf-
Ter. A. a matter o. fact. there WAS no
such concentration. The Russian
government had moved 900 troops
from Moscow TO Warsaw That was
the solitary ami slender substFatnm Of
fact, which vas Of coarse perfectly
Weil known 70 the German var once.
But il 50 happened that al that time
Prince Bismarck, for reasons best
known 10 himself, vas Snxioas 10 -
cure, Hith the moral sanction II
Europe and the unanimous vote OF the
Feichsfag. the addition ei 7u9Gsamen
~ the German army AMI also to cont
pei Austria - add several millions 10
HeT military expenditure. A. Europe
Was IA . condition o. p1oloInd peace
the operation OH nos seem easy. To
genius, however, ali things are posi-
bic. especially b Eenius thas has 10
rraplea ana that has repsl.e pres
- Ig came 10 pass one iIne dag. nearly
a m0Hfh after the 900 troops had been
moved mp, that one OF the reptiles in
s1Eus eisscgFe cnrner q Germany ais
covered that the Russians were pour
Ing troops westward toward the Ger
suan frontier fnstantlY az the ether
resitlles discovered this iaenaciag an
n0aueegaeHt, and reprinted Il for the
cdi4eatiou ii the German pahlie. The
English c9Fresl ondeuss 81 course tele-
grzphesi il to london. The news goes
the round Of tie continent. growing,
VI course. a. it goes. To sbe excited
Imagination u nervous Europe
the Russian frontier seems burst
ing witA armed men, all day long the
phleefn4tic German seems 10 hear the
ramhie Of batteries Numbering UP
irom the unknown DEPTHS Vi MHscogv
% concentrate on the frontier o. Posen
or the boundaries OF Saiicia. When
the san rose IN the ezst its rays we're
ohscared hy the lance OF Cossaek
hoFdes swarming 10 the plumber Of the
fatheriand. Every day brings Heas OF
fresh concentration. vi the departure
or arrival of uew endorsements for
the frontier. Innocent hy ISLANDERS in.-
agine that all this thunder i real
/. produced hy aEtinee. AMI Is sheer j.
iasion. But il Is wonderfully realss-
tie. Everything seems so natursi, ami
OF course 20 true. lit -yere not true.
would a Iatefnal government, with
all facts az its finger ends, allow such
alarming statements to harrow UP the
soai OF every Teaiong 20 every one
said. and even the Russians, who
81 81 -
had taken place was the dispatch Of
1000 men from Moscow TO Warsaw
1000 out OF 40 fssl--weTe not a little
puzzled 20 understand what it could
mean The toHrses of Europe we've
disturbed The rouble, which has
heen steadily going dosnwara until
Il i now worth about exactly one-
half OF IL nominal yalue. took a
further plunge toward zero. Russian
securities declined. Business trans ac-
tons ali over EuroTe we're checked,
from dread q approaching war, stiii
wa sept up he rolling ai the German
tomtonss and 4 ttsoasand sheets
echoed the revegberatons OF the
be&VF tread OF marching millions of
menacing Muscoyites
At last the Psychological moment
atfA A&tft ahAtktsa ~ t4t sac t4E+Esf Ire
advent of the hero j. heralded rs long
duurisises Of pTeia1aiteFy music in
Ekieh al the salt Of the orchestra /
EsYluyed ia leading up 90 his en-
trance, 80 when the pah.ie mind was
strained % the utn4slSt verge and eli
the continent rang ith the changer Of
strci aaa tie thud Of she Cos sask
troops. Prince Bismarck appeared in
ihe tribune and ccsg auJle0 che grant
necessary 60 add TstGeo fathers OF
families 10 the effective strength uf
the German army. Il Vas peTh rs
the most tremendous blood tax ever
imposed "a s siasie Spcsch. Bot
80 fusFve.9usly ha9 tbe mise
81 scene tesa maaagcsl. 30 3oN-
teroaslY hs8 tie great repiilian or.
eisestr3 paved agon the nerves q tsta
nations. that i scesael IKE Fsi -
na;aFai thing 20 the world Al she
ac;iaas ol the German parliament
unanimously and enthusiastically ac-
&c iesi - his demand. and the pres oi
Europe declared that the last iugoad
q ngatArisus upon indGs srishsm vas
iorced upsn tse ,frTsaaa government
oy i1assrsoas necessity.
And then whea TIE money bad been
vote. &ad the men adde's q the stand
arts the deception, having served Is
tarn. wss ccreuasglaasgy aistarded
without even dropping the curtain Ia
conceal TIE scene .h.tters frum she
doPes u the great iiiussaa-