Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1906-02-11

saw wagon-loads of gold and silveI
hearts" which were prayer offerings
10 the Madonna. These were place u
IN large show cases against the wallS,|
and the hearts were from the size otI
a small butter dish to an eating PLATED
see "Trip TO Rome"
Then there are cases of jewels, conf
tanning diamonds, ruDles and all tle|
richest stones.
And then, wouldn't it be funny til
see the assessors get back in the|
sacristy and haul things out. The
sacristy is a sacred place as YOU
would judge by the name. 1t is the|
dressing room of the priests, and gem
orally one OF the most elaborate apart
ments in the whole palatial push. (See
description OF Sacrsty of st. Marks
Venice, in Trip TO Romeo In a tenn
pie like this where there are nifty 10
IA hundred priests, imagine the price
Of tneir regalia, petticoats, unmention1
able, etc. Why the price of the laces
alone are fabulous. Some of those
bishops come out in $4,000 toggery,
posing as representative OF a poor
Jew, who, if we are to judge by his
pictures, wore only a PLAN slip of a
robe or dress and no laced unmentionT
|ables whatever.
Well the French government is-tak-
ing an inventory of all these things,
IN making its settlement with the
Church, and when the church objects,
and opposes, not wanting to hurt
them, the state just turned the hose
lon those old Cathedral rats, and
drowned them out, and proceeded to
haul out and look over and appraise,
all the gold, silver, jewels, and buds
in the whole place, all of which pretty
well establishes the fact that the re-
public is a verify, and that the reign
If king and priest is at an end.
For some time war has been threat
ened between France and Germany
over Morocco. A conference of the
Powers is being held at Algeciras,
spain, for the purpose OF settling the
dispute, and the outcome is doubtful
there is a big anti-military party in
both France and Germany, both OF
which are loudly proclaiming against
war. have been saying for years
hat the time would soon come when
The what is called the common people
would acquire sense enough not TO be
fooled by the false cry Of the patriot
ISM, and refuse to go out and try to
stop bullets with their bodies, at the
'Dehest OF autocratic and capitalistic
.ords and millionaire senates. Well,
ms feeling has broken out in France
lat is an infectious feeling and will
manifest itself in other countries be
fore long. Owing to the dap3er OF
WAR now pending the Anti-mifnarists
of France are busy agitating against
lit. The other morning, the Parisians
|awoke to find walls in all parts of the
lefty covered with large posters read
|lng thus:
War Against Warl Workinsmen!
Tomorrow perhaps you may be
by the fact that war has
been declared. For five years the
French colonial party, headed by M
IDelcasse, have been preparing for the
conquest of Morocco. Capitalists and
|army officers want us to invade thai
country, the first to increase theil
wealth, the other to gain new mill
|tary laurels, no matter how bloody.
Capitalists and militaristic Ger
many, inspired by the same desires, is
Opposing them. One must shuddel
lat the thought of what this may NEAR
millions of men fighting, shooting
leach other down with magazine rifles
|rapid-fre guns and mitraileuses. Mil
lizards of francs taken from the peck
let's of peasants and laborers.
There is no exaggeration in this
We are preparing for war in our nava
ports; our army is ready to take the
offensive.
In June, 1905, war was only avoided
by the resignation of NJ. Delcasse. Oh
1.-The 18th of December the order recall
ling the German Ambassador from
Paris, had been signed by the Kaiser
and for four hours all telegraph lines
lin France were closed to private par
tiles, that the Minister of War nigh
|use them without delay for the orders
Ito mobilize the army.
"The press knows these facts, bu
remains silent.
why? Because it intends to forc'
the people into a war on the pretex
THAT it is inevitable to defend the
honor of France.
THE Algeciras conference will enc
/ i'm war. The people have no desire
. for war, they want peace. Working
men have no interest in war.