Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-10-02

menSe sums, winch the maintenance
of so many thousand soldiers. so many
fortified places and so many military
ex. enses require" Here he had dis
covered a way to overcome the appar-
entity insuperable difficulty in the way
Of disarmament to-day, viz: The i'm
possibility of making any power believe
in the sincerity of the others. Does
it not" continues Sully, reflect shame
and reproach on people who effect
to be so polished and refined in their
manners, that all their pretended wis
dom has not yet guarded them from
those barbarities which they detest in
nations the most savage and unculti-
vated?"
Fourth-The House Of Austria had
appropriated everything in sight. One
member of that family was King of
Spain, another Emperor of Germany.
Its power was a menace to nearly every
country in Europe, and kept them in
state of uneasiness. Henry believed
that fear and Jealousy Of the House of
Austria would enable him to enlist
other States in his scheme (Which it
did. When a coalition had been so
formed, he would persuade or compel
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it's possessions in Italy, Germany and
the low countries. The territory SO
taken was to be distributed around
among the States Of Europe in such way
as to produce as near an equality of
strength as possible, or, as Sully puts
it, so that none CT them might have
cause either to envy or fear the pos
sessions or power of the others" Spain
was to be left to the House of Austria,
the islands on the Spanish coast and
some others were to be added. She was
to be assured of peace in her Ameri-
can possessions. Every concession was
to be made to the Hapsburgh fondness
for grandeur, so far as was consistent
with kicking her out of Central Eu-
rope, where she was nuisance. AS
her possessions in Italy and the low
countries were gradually bankr-upting
her, Henry thought she might see her
own advantage in the scheme If her
pride was catered to. M not, she was
to be thrashed into it. Henry did not
intend beginning mis- enterprise with
proclamation as Nicholas has done and
as William is said to have intended to
do from Jerusalem. He wanted to do
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before any proclamation was made. He
was to march a large army to the Dor
ders of Juliers and Cleves, meeting two
OF ers brought thither by the Princes
of Gel4any and the United Provinces.
Juliers and Cleves were to be taken
possession CT. Then the whole scheme
was to be published, Austria was to be
notified of the plan and tne other par
ties to it were to proclaim their con
rection with it, The arrangements
for the publication afforded a striking
proof OF how clCse-worki1g a politician
was Henry This was three centuries
ago. The rise of the people had not
begun. They had no political power.
1t was they, however, VINO g1oaned, as
now under the burden OF the military
establishments Careful provision was
therefore made for getting the publica-
tiCn around quickly among the people,
when the time fer the proclamation
came. that 50 the people, being in
formed, and Joining their SURFACES, an
univei sal cry from all parts Of Christ
erdom would nave been raised against
the House OF Austria.'' Rather ad-
vanced politics for 1910.
y
after disarmament involves too many
de,ais for me to describe it fully. No
one could say whether it would have
worked, but every feature increases our
establishment at the wonderful astute-
:, eso OF eEsc Iuar NJ no devised i..--I ~a,,
only give the most general outline. The
Is States that were TO be recognized in
Europe were TO compose three republics
(of States). There was to be a self
acting arrangement for arbitration or
ouarrels by councils of those States
farIhest removed from liability to pre-
judice Over all was to be a great ap-
pelIate tribunal, modelled, as Sully says,
on that Of the ancient Amphyctions Of
Greece" To this four councillors were
to be appointed, each by the Pope, the
Emperor and the greater sovereigns.
TWO each OF the lesser.
Sully tells us how Henry first breach
ed the subject TO him, and says: My
reply was a mixture Of pleasantly and
compliment" Henry dropped the sub
ject. bat returned to * again, confess
irg that ne had been ashamed Of being
la.ghed at as q visionary. Suly says
that he himself was hard to persuade,
and this | consider as an effect of that
cold cautious and uneLEeTprising tenn
per which makes 90 considerable part
of nv character" Henry kept at him
and made him study it out. He found
to his surprise that that which he had
considered the most insurmountable
obstacle would be really the means Of
its aocOmplis and at last, as he
states. Il found myself confirmed in
the opinion that the design OF Henry
the Great was upon the whole just in
its intention, possible and even prac-
ticable in all its parts and Infinitely
glorious in all its effects"
This old story has seemed interesting
to me at his time for several reasons.
The mere suggestion Of disarmament
bv the Gar to-day is welcomed as a
great forward step. IL is notifying to
find that a most careful plan for eff
fecting it was worked out nearly three
centuries ago by the greatest politician
CT his day. 1T is a lesson on tingolsm
to find one who loved the personal
danger and excitement Of battle as few
men have, prepared to make great sac
rificess to put an end to war.
1t is amusing to find so long ago the
prctccype of Buck Fanshaw," who
was going to have peace if he had to
fight for ii"
But everything connected with Henry
is interesting. He was not good man,
but he was a coed King. His love af-
fairs were TOO numerous and too close