The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-16
AN OPPRESSIVE PEACE.
EUROPE LYING THE LIFE OF
ClNTONlfENT,

CiNT0SMENT.
Industry Iuert and Progress. Stnrnn,.,-
None Dare Work for Fear of Can q,
rtGht-Irritntion Bred OF Miitsri-m.
From IL, Lo-Ioa Spectator.
Two accounts have reached London thi.
week as to military preparations on the Cont.
mont, which may prove to have even q historic
importance. According to one. tho Austrian
Government and people have alike deter.
mined that they will not increase tho nuinbors
| OF thoir soldiers or the expenditure ON thcir
army. believing that they have already nearly
reached the limit OF e%xertion. and had better
wait for the last supreme effort until war actl.
ally bt enks out. According to an other. tho mol.
| crate leaders Of the German Liberals aro earn.
estly cntreating the Government not TO dis.
solve on the Army bill lost the Emperor shoali
be defeated. but rather to seek some compr,-
! misc. or even withdraw the measure. The coun.
try, these Liberals had previously ,aid, Is sick
OF sacrifices. Even should both these accounts
be n little exaggerated. and soee further con.
cessions he made to militarisin. they indicate
n general opinion among persons not hostile
to Governments in the abstract that tho great
military states OF Central Europe have
reached the limit o. war-like preparation in
peace time. aud must henceforward await
events with all the fortitude they may. 1hey
can polish their weapons. acquire bettcr arms.
or avail themselves Of any new inventions;
but they can utilize no more OF their rppula.
ton until war actually arrives. This decision,
moreover. had previously been announced by
Italy. which. indeed. pressed by her
financial burdens. had even slightly res
duced her forces. and revised. with q
view to economy. all tho arrangements
for IL sudden mobilization OF hor troops.
Tho whole of central Europe. therefore. may
- 1900. a.. a.,o ,v.aaJ that thny NiIl ga
invade. and can do no more to render tlem-
selves safe against invasion. Nearly the snms
may be said Of the threatening power upon
their borders. France Is as completely armed
as she can bear; has. indeed. reached the md
Of tho conscription possible in peace time. has
finished her fortresses. and in spite Of hcrcx-
trordinary wealth which the rest OF tho world
even yet hardly realizes. Is most unwilling.
most the same position. Her finances are
whether she would gain strength. by aecumu.
lnting moro of her army in. the West. where
hiready the increased cost OF loodi i9rnge; ana
Military Department which still requires large
sumst. perfect its supplies OF scientific muni-
II this is an accurate accountant. We hos
lieve it to rest upon the best information-,the
in which IN armed peace. excessively but not
unendurably costly, may last for years. per-
Afraid to break It. and the Peoples are nc not even g
Inclined. The former undcrstand the maGni-
two great parties into which Europe is divided.
and the diillculty OF Discovering the military
forv as one sid a.o or tNs'd otS Sesuri Th heya have VIC TO-
pick for the most part among .untried mon:
and in modern warfare the untried, man may.
The latter, understand tho horrible carnage
though on Il wit viii. face it III il attackcd. thoy "d DO
net urge their rulers to begin. are rather, in
they close up questions which might load to
war. They arc sensible iolk. and have their
This is II kind Of pence. and one would say
was s' " satisfactory 1c Kind % The nations are not
they, learn how to obey. how to face danger.
Under n men n more Enlightened than Themselves.
Military training, when it is not cruel. 10
SCION saHa ' toWardf c sa g " is "H Kept sr under !s str iissP re.
preston. There can. moreover. hardly be Q
stronger r 7srr or 81 more o5s permanent ensm9 or bs sanbf fo Wb peSSss
ruin. Treaties = may !" te broEen ID distances may
s es Gsefs0 be made ,aa H soed. hut fl a p pood Healthy R1tssy
dread Of the fight must keep the armed popu.
perfectly trne. and Is admitted By the moss
stntesmnnlike observers;
men: For one OF. them it does not produce
S The iormsr S Viii not T d fs'sFe q! Of an s1e hoaRs so Sow:
ever great the relief would he to their treas.
sntes e ON a their an saSsIsfftis; the %h letter ea Tilt not ct
finished in a few months. industry does not
la snG,al T., and md s enter rise, Is not dead a. fSusthe
only to be retained IN heaps until there Is
m nnSsrt ss5taiatyy nd t Tss Ire'oo deni,n Of R RsT
caution. inclined to count time and to say they
p %us their ,ir' su psessS,n 30 It IS time 70 Tor ' the direct
railway to India. time for great works in the
intsr &c s'o Of / Aff Et ~a fully '' acce ,Ds 'aaA but tho
nations shrink back. and with money choking
all markets say tahn they w9 3Tbd rniat wat iNF
real as the quiet In a camp at night; but it has
none OF the material advantages Of 1u'et
put himself in any position in which. I, the
quiet were broken by loud cries. he could not
s erer unss &c rsal' Fl fho ,He pace " on the G"n whola II IN
dustrial world has become slower. and II, the
truce , lasts thirty II y ns1 rh1sI nr yeaes VIII tha sno Nv
any OF the recent thirties which, have pro.
coded them. The nations grow rich. i is true;
as they grow rich in bustline and prosperous
Workshons. There Is a in.i even Q in intelis sa
M in III" an'0H Es the o. gs FIR e9oks san .
n 1e" i"suc. and Wp| cvsry 1firI is duly ~ xncc,ant Of
II contingency which may never, occur. but to
meet WHlVu tNtISlIiIE u ~ hVpb III on
orderly routine. The armed peace produces
something like tho halt ,of. nn. army where all
j. Iuiet, hut all effort Is felt to be useless or
ont OF place. ard Is consequently half-hearted.
1t il u strange situation; and there Is 3
peace all say. and TIL to-day we should have
believed say truly. that peace Is aGood thing
hrraus". among other results. y assnages
ties rs private firms do. and disinclines m
ti"ns tn, those exhggerations Of their gricy.
anccs which are the usual preludes 10 war.
TINT is not true. there is no hope for the word
~ lur Ms war is concerned. and certainlY.
though We do not belong 10 the peace party.
or sec how nations can settle differences
such Ms divide France or Germany cN-
rrut by. war, wn should never dream. as a
ri'o.. OF denying the proposition. Fenc'
should brcc! i"acr. But we would ask my
honest advocate OF p"nco-does this particular
truce. long ms II has lasted. and long AS 1t MAJ
be expected to continue. produce any o. th"-s
rasutst AS far as Wa can see. the irrithhll'y
81 the NATIONS grows instead OF lesseninE, ,Ihs
French really hate the Germans ihrlcr than
they ala twenty years ngO. and are beginning
to hat, lis tnD. who have nothing To do WITH