The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-03
WAR IN EUROPE.
The Present Armed Peace Cannot
Long Endure
In the OpIniOn 81 = S0ted Press corrs-
spSodent the German Emperor h
Nsazce The Gener-
Al OutIo0k-

Whether there viii speedily be q war
in Europe i q question that no one can
answer. or rather one N regard 70
which no answer l. worth the paper on
which Il j. written says Henry Lab,Ou-
chere IN the North American Rsvie-E-
At 10 period since the era Of the great
NAPOLEON have thers been such vast
armies IN Europe. and either the cont
mental powers must reduce their forces
or they VIII soon one and all bs
ruined The richest country = France,
but there -the taxation - enormous-
Both Austria and Germany are oOTnpar-
atively poor. Russia's credit = only
maintained by the French being ready
% buy It's bonds Italy Il practically
bankrupt already. and nOr"Ithstand-
inc this. all thf-s@ countries are engaged
in an insane Sruggie % compete win
each other IN zmzssiny the material 70
wage q successful war
II war dos occur II wil not IN all
probability b. entered into Of deiiOer-
a. design some foolish word VIII b
spoken: this will lead % further words
The passions will come into play. troops
will be advanced % the respective
frOntiers Of two states then there viii
b. a collision, and the whole of the
continent will b. IN flames One thing
j. certain: the present armed peace
cannot eterually exist Either the
continent must brIng il 70 an end BY
war or bv reVerting 70 a real p-sace
policy We're there conflict between
France and Russia On one side and
Austria. Germany and Italy on the
other. IL - b. no In=ans certain that
the latter would come out the victOrs-
The French army II thoroughly reorgan-
ized- and the French soldiers when
properly commanded. are the best on
the continent Russia has an endless
r---rve from which % draw soldiers.
and the Russians have more staying
power than the Germans. On the other
hand IL We are % judge by experience,
the Austrians and the Italians make
but poor soldiers, and the Germans, al
though probably their armies are more
perfect. viewed a. military marhin-s-
than any other Europe. have lost many
more battles than they have won and
one serious reverse would lead % the
disintegratiOn Of the new German en-
pire.
The most dangerous man 70 the Eu-
rOpean peace is the German emperor.
He is a crack-brained Trussian heuten-
ant. and All emperor b. the irony Of
fate His grandfather was under the
deIu.iOn that he was the vicercgent
Of Providence a. regards Germany; IN
this youth the illusiOn has taken the
form that h j. placed By Providence on
the German throne u regulate not only
the affairs Of that country, but Of the en-
tire world He IS fighty and unstable
u an extraordinary degree His idea
Of peace il that II should BE- a German
peace imposed upon Europe He sell
dom makes a speech without annOunc-
ing that he will smash" all who de-
cline % accept his views. and at any
moment he j. capable Of translating his
words into deeds and dragging those
who have been silly enough 70 become
his allies into war
The French viii never permanently
accept the loss Of Alsace and Lorraine.
but they are not likely 70 precipitate
struggle for the reacquisitiOn Of these
provinces without the ard of some
other power, and the only power likely
% help them is Russia But the ear
himself is 50 strongly disposed 10 peace
that he would hesitate long before en-
broiling Europe in war with France as
his ally. The FrancO-Russian under
standing. however. viii probably lead
the German emperor 20 eSchew all
thought Of setting out on a march
70 Paris in order % prevent France
from becoming a. strong "a she former
ly was: indeed, the moment when such
an expedition was possible has passed
away. Austria. moreover. although she
may have joined the triple alliance.
will always discourage a resort 10 arms.
and in Italy there Il growing up 50
strong a feeling against the country be
ing a ply % this alliance. that IL is
dOu btfu! whether any Italian minister
could give effect 70 its stipulatiOns, all
the more since the Italians have real
lied that they will obtain no material
support from Us Although, therefore.
armed % the teeth. anV continental
power breads war. not exactly xnOwing
what may come Of il. There are. now
ever. 80 many Questions" IN EurDp-;
there il such rivalry and hatred be-
tween the continental pOwers-therc
are - many real causes for difference;
the strain is 50 great, and the cost Of
huge arrnamrnts 50 enormous that II j.
difficult - believe that some spark will
not before long set this magazine Of
combustion on fire.