The herald., 1896-12-13

tions the bulk of them being due to the
British thirst for conquest ana terrltoli-
al rrandizement Her wars, aside
from these are not numerous. Napoleon
was responsible for the long struggle
between 1T9S and 1915; then there was
lapse of a score of years, when the war
broke out. Eighteen years passed anu
then came the Crimea, and since then
her many struggles have been with the
ratives of the countries in ASIA anu
Africa that she has swallowed
Germany had the war fever badly IN
the decade bounded by 1850 and 1870. 1t
had Napoleon to contend with for sew
enteen years between 1898 and 1913, ana
this strife satiated the martial spirit OF
the nation until 1S4S. when the Prussians
battled With the Danes. sixteen years
later the Teutons again battled with tnelr
Danish neighbors, and with such marked
success that the Germans thirsted Tor
new foes to conquer, and for time sat
isfied their desire by the seven weeks
war with. the Austrians in the summer oil
1866.
The German war spirit was then at its
height and eager to revenge ltself upon
the French for the many drubbings ad-
ministered by Napoleon. But the mas
terly Bismarck held the nation in check
until the perfection of military strength
could be realized Then, when France
threw down the gauntlet in 1870 and the
vain glorious Napoleon III. imagined
that he would repeat the triumphs OF
his great ancestor the united Germans
made haste to accept the challenge, and
in six short months divested France of
its martial glory
Since 1870 Germany has practically had
peace, and with the exception of colo
NAL uprisings, like the recent rebellion
IN NADIA gascar, France has been at
peace for the corresponding period. Of
Epa Hn
, internecine strife many times during the
| rast century but these are merely an &C.
| centricity Of the French people. Aside
| from the conquest of Algiers in 1929, the
Napoleon wars and the 1870 struggle with
| Germany, Frances only other war was
| her part in the Crimea in 1854 when. with
Turkey and England, she allied herself
| against Russia.
Summed up, Russia has had peace
since the Turco Russian war of 1876;
! France and Germany since the Franco
| Prussian war of 1870; Austria since the
| italian war in 1861; the United states
| since 1883, and England since the At
CHAN and Zulu wars of 1883, excepting
the present Soudan campaign and her
other Egyptian quarrels. Thus. with
the variation of a few years all of these
nations have had peace for about gen.
| Grafton.
Theosophis,ts are stern believers in
| cycles, but their cycles are extensive af-
fairs The earth was convulsed 4939
years ago, according to them, and ir less
than year a 5000 year cycle will come
to an end This has greatly disturbed
the Theosophists, as they look for ter
rible calamities. Before she died Nine.
Rlavatsky predicted these catastro-
phes as follows:
Many of us will witness the dawn OF
new cycle. a. the end of which not a
few accounts will be squared and settled
between the nations. England is on the
eve of such another catastrophe, France
nearing such a point of her cycle, and
Europe in general threatened with, 9r
rather, on the eve of a cataclysm. The
next reign of terror will affect all Eu-
rope when it comes and not one country
. alone.
we are at the end of cycle and at
the beginning of another. Cataclysm
is to follow cataclysm. Not only will
men be swallowed up or slain by thou
sands new lands appear and old sub
side, volcanic eruptions and tidal waves
appall. but secrets of an unsupported
past will be uncovered. to the dismay u1
western theorists and the humiliation 81
an imperious science. The driftins
ship, If watched, may be seen-to grounl
upon the upheaved vestiges of ancien
civilizations, and go to pieces. Sec.
ondary nleh WILL be discovered, and witi
him his long forgotten civilization (pre.
sumably the lostAtlantis)
When the equinox enters In . few