The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-01

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stop to Napoleon's aspirations by force e
of arms-by war. The result Of this
war was that Europe injoyed an unin-
terrupted era Of peace for more that \
thirty-five years. What would have
happened if Napoleon had been vic
torious, can easily be imagined by &
anyone who has studied his character
traits.
The next great war was the Crimean,
1854. Nicholas l., the most obstinate
and self-willed of all Russian autocrats,
had set his heart on the possession Of
Constantinople, in order to become the
predominant factor il Mediterranean
affairs. Only after all expostulations
had failed, did England, France and
Sardinia come to the assistance Of
Turkey, and frustrated Nicholas plans
by war. From all we know about
Russia and Russian rulers, it cannot
be deducted that it would have been
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had been permitted to have her own
way. Still, do not wish to use either
this war, or the Russo Turkish war of
1877, in defense of my argument.
I now come to much more impor-
tant matter. the unifcation of Italy,
brought about by the wars of 1859,
30. '66 and 20. Does anyone wish to-
tell me that Austria would voluntarily
have given up the two richest provinces
of all Europep That the king of Sicily
and all other Italian rulers would have
laid down their crowns and sceptreS,
would have presented all their posses
sions to Victor Emanuel, and would:
have gone into exile-all for the mere
pleasure of seeing Italy united? No.
indeed! They had to be driven out Of
the country by sheer force of arms-by
4 warl And Pope Pius TX? Did he
want to give up his temporal reign?
Not much! He appealed for armed
interference not only to Catholic
powers, but also to England, Prussia
end Russia, with the result that
Napoleon III. prevented Victor Eman-
uel and Garibaldi from entering the
papal dominion. But after the French
defeat at Sedan, Plus was without
protector, and his possessions were
taken from hilo by the Italians. Plus
, TX, az well as Leo Kill, and Plus x,
have never ceased to protest against
, this action; nor ceased to pray for the
T restoration of their temporal power,
which they consider absolutely neces-
sary to the proper exercise of their
spiritual functions. And all these
, popes know full we'll that their ardent
desire can be fulfilled only in conse-
+ quence of new war.
r Neither could the unification of Ger.
many have been accomplished without
war; certainly not without the war Of
1856. Austria would never have con-
sented to give up her predOminance in
German affairs to Prussia, neither
. would the other German rulers,
amongst them the King of Hanover,
have surrendered their lands to Prussia
l If they had not been forced to do it
by the adversely of.war.
Q shall pass lightly over our own war
q of the rebellion, because the case is
E anomalous-it being civil war. The
s cause was secession, brought about
d largely by the slavery question. AS q
q matter of abstract principle, the South
Q had as much right to secede from the
/, Union, as the Colonies had to secede
= from England, one hundred and thirty
s years ago. But the North thought it
} could not allow the establishment of q
IL totally antagonistic government at its
II very doors. Whether the result of this
terrible war has been beneficial to one
e or both sides of the controversy-that
II my hearers may decide for themselves,
IL But the theory advanced by the two
le writer's in THE MIRROR is under all
n circumstances untenable.
If In the beginning of the "Universal
n Peace" article, its author cites con.
is ference in London, and other matters
d which he evidently knows about only
< by the reading of one-sided newspaper
n articles. He quotes the "Hon.'
% Andrew Carnegie as an authority on
ID arbitration, and refers tolhis writings
sr on the subject. 1 can tell him some
le thing about that, too. Mr.. Carnegie Il
IS a very prosperous ironmaster, who II