The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-03

The different countries are all arm ing against each othen Europe is ex- pending annually upwards of si2,soo,. 900 on its armies and navfes. This does not include the cost of fortifca. tions in the different countries. nor tht appalling loss which European coun. tries suffer by permanently withdraw. Ing 100000 men at their best age from productive work.
 s'The crushing taxation. which is re- quired to keep up these ornaments has created widespread discontent and has produced Socialism and other subver. sive doctrines.
 sEach country has fits own tariff which creates a barrier against it's neighbors.. and this system has all ready produced most serious and very costly tariff wars.
 'swhere is this leading us to?
 "As far as human judgment goes, it can only have one result, and that is a European war. catastrophe which mo- body can contemplate without horror. considering the present perfection of the means of destruction.
 T maintain that there Is only one remedy which meets all the require ments of the complicated situation, and which offers lasting guarantee. and that is the "Federation of Eu- rope"
 "After all, the dificulties appear greater than they really are, and many of them will disappear If certain clear principles are adhered to. Above all, the independence of the several States should be maintained to the fullest possible extent. and only absolutely necessary sacrifices asked for All that is really required can be reduced to two points:
 That the Foreign once always and the military and naval command in time of war. should be in one hand, most likely in the hands of a perma- nent conference of the great Powers.
 That there should be one tarin for the whole of Europe, and that here should be free trade throughout Eu- rope.
 Any other demands would only in- crease the difficulties of agreement, and might wreck the whole scheme. Europe out to save annually about 19,000. 900 armaments. All to this the productive power of, say, three to three and half million men. which would more than double the above amount"
 Won't Return CasTket.
 A romantic story concerning relics of the True Cross'' wss told in the London courts during an action brought by Mrs. Angelica Fachris, a reek, against Robert Rustafjaell wealthy London merchant, for the re- turn of the casket. or s3.s75.
 According to Mrs. Fachris's story. the casket was brought to- her and her husband when they were living in Constantinople bl a Turk, who wished to dispose of it. Rustafjaell heard that.it was for sale and came to see 1t. He was allowed to take 1t away on signing an undertaking to return it within two months or pay &3,S75. He too kit to England, and instead of re- turning 1t or paying the money, he wrote to Mir Fachris asking for an ex- tension of time.
 Rustafjaell again visited Constan- tinople. but failed to restore the cas- ket. or pay the money. Fachris fol- lowed him all over Turkey and Egypt without recovering possession of the precious casket The owner of the casket sold Fashirs's goods and his wife's jewels because they had not re- turned the casket to him, reducing them to strengthened means, so they followed Rustafjaell to England and took this action against him. Because Mrs. Fachris's jewels had been sold, the action was taken In her name.
 In defense, Rustaffjael said he was quite prepared to return the casket if he was paid $f25 due him.
 The surprising part of the case was when the casket was. produced in court, and FachrIs denied that 1t was the original one, which he said was beauti- fulIyy chased, bore a Greek inscription and was worth S1o,oo0.