Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-21

Not long AFRO. the outbreak Of war
between the principal maritime powers,
BY which. OF course. we mean Great
Britain, France, Russia. Germany ana
Japan, looked Inevitable. In View OF
heir irrsconciiable interests In the Far
East. when the British fleet was con-
.entrnted in the harbOr Of Wei-hai-
vel. II would have been said by the
majority Of acute observers. outside
n certain foreign offices. thnt the
maintenance Of what was left OF
-hina's territorial Integrity could only
be assured by the armed intorpositlou
u Great Britain and japan. possibly
assisted By the United States, against
Russia, Germany and France, all OF
whom appeared 70 be determined 10
dismember the Middle Kingdom.
within the week. however, that ended
on September D. there occurred Two
events OF capacious import which have
materially changed the outlook. we
refer 10 the czaf's disarmament pro
posal. and 10 the report VI a coalition
between England and Germany, lot
which. although the present scope OF
inc alliance may have been exagger.
rtcd. there seems TO be n good deal OF
foundation. The Significance Of the
young cars proposal lay not IN inc
nt1otlng OF a suggestion essentially
lnpfncticabie. but IN the proof there.
by afforded that the peace party had
acquired complete asccndency at -
eptcrsburr. We are constrained 20 call
the scheme Of Nicholas II lmpfac-
tlcnbic. admirable as II appears from
a phlinnthrouic point o. view. because.
while the enormous armies which Rus
sia. Germany and France maintain
on peace footing might be scnslbly
.educed. provided those three coun-
tries would agree not 70 hight one
another. the existing strength ~ the
standing armies Of Austria. hal' nnf
rGeat Britain IL absolutely nccd'ul FOR
police purpo4ne "Hf ff
r'rrc the functions Of national unfit
cation and tonnoh1eillm hni.
Austria and Italy. which are allies ~
Germany. felt OBLIGED Tor domestic
reasons. 60 keep W the actual number
Of soldiers under the colofa. II u OBJ
vious that France and i'utrin. on their
part. could mt sfivij ~ dishand any
considerable frnction OF theiratanding
forces. Neither. Tor the military curtail.
mcfG, which Austria and iialy would
have o. refuse. could . naval reduction
Be substituted. seeing that the former
country has not single frsi-class bat
tis1hip. vhiie the lfifer has but a few
vessels OF the nrsi order, A. for bnk-
land. she would undoubtedly decline %
diminish her navy, merely because
Russia. France and Germany htd rul
down their armies. Tor ne reason that
already France aud iiuslin alone have
between them a. many nrst-cl1aa bat
ticshlrs A. has Great Britain. IN agree
meni. therefor. with regard 70 a par.
tiai disarmament on land, could
scarcely BE- rniched. while translation
Of ID In terms applicable 70 navles
would be- out q he question N Japan,
the nIfion that the Mlka1n should ~.
nS,irrc the renodeiing ~ his army ana
ne e-i,rtrtciion OF = fleei adequate %
the defense Of his tnepire, and should
gult quatly until Russia should have
nnirhtd tho Trana-sibfrsn railway,
would. Of course. BE- treated WIN
dsrln,on. A. Tor the unted States, we
need nj say that our present army
and navy fan Ear short OF the proper
tians appropriate 90 a nation number.
inr seventy millions. thu moment thtt
nltion emcrgra from ltH traditional ial9'
lniIon and acquires transmarlne rpfseF'
nlons. Outside. therefore. OF the dream
en- who attend the annual pace cpn-
rr-sr. nobody would look Tor any SUD
nsnntiai outcome from the diaafma-
mcns proposal. which the y1nnE nu
sian emperor put forth, no doubt IN en-
,ire roo.i faith. The real ana serious
meaning " the Incident II, - We have
80 The demonstration which u ar.
forda that Count Muravier, th. minis
ter for foreign affairs and head OF IN.
war party. Il, for me moment, GUY OF
favor ~ 81. Petersburg, anu that pre-
pondcrance In the councils q ~. I'M
oeriai master has been Eraineh ny ~. us
wltie. the minister o. hhahss. W. n, his
eonxirtion fIat IN vital need 81 nus
II. 4. si,.oiutc tranquility for from Tour
10 six years 10 come. BY which lstts,
s,n, ~ hopes 20 have conpietsu ~,
sniy the Trans-slbrrian railway. nu'
sirS thr Manchurian branch, anh,ihort-
over. 10 have introduced me E0ll ss
ard throughout the emp"e'
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