The Washington herald., 1910-09-04

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England and Wales together measure
57,ssS square miles. with population OF
s.. IS. 900. Wer9 their area enlarged to g.
345 square miles the density CT popula-
ton remaining the same. they would
support 2g740CO, or practically. 100000
people. In> agricultural possibilities.
Greater Servia Is certainly not inferior 10
the British Isles. and II nature has de-
MED Il the vast stores OF black dia-
monds" which form the basis OF Britain's
wealth and power, she has endowed II
all the more beautifully with liquid
coal" the water power OF thousands Of
streams. The coast Of Dalmaiia. dis
sected into innumerable bays. whose
shores generally drop down perpendicu-
larry into the sea, affords an abundance
Of the finest land-locked harbors. equaIed
only by Norway British Columbia. and
/ Alaska. Forests Of unsurpassed beauty
cover the mountains Of the interior and
II the coast OF Dalmatia Is bare, It is
due not 10 climate or soil. but 20 the
havoc wrought by Roman and Venetian
! shipbuilders in days when the word con-
servation. IN the meaning now familiar.
was as Yet unknown. Happily the exam
pie n Southern France proves that where
forests once grew. they can. by human
aid. be made TO grow again. and there
can be no doubt that the Dalmatian
peaks, now frowning in sullen blackness,
Will ere long resume the verdant crown
which Is their rightful heritage
A country Of such size. lowered with
l fNh ,,.s
sea as the Adriatic. and inhabited by such
a people, can not fail TO assume an i'm
Portant rank in the family Of nations In
the near future. Twenty-Five millions is
a moderate estimate OF the population
which it will eventually support VIII
these twenty-five millions be friends or
enemies Of the dual monarchy That is
the momentous question now confronting
the Austro-Hungarian government.
In pleading for European union, an
American is emphadcauy "mindinS his
own business" II Russia loses Siberia.
Britain must inevitably lose India, and
vice versa Asia would then become
united into a tremendous power Of 1000
millions, and, joining hands with the
Mohaminedans Of Turkey and Africa,
would be able to reduce Europe to help
lessness. The 100000 Of the United
States, left without allies. would then be
powerless 70 resist the Asiatics' demand
for unrestricted admission. The entire
Pacific Slope Of America would quickly be
Mongolized. and the yellow wave would
thence sweep eastward. irresistible. The
white laboring class. that fertile soil from
which all the blossoms OF our civilization
have sprung. would be robbed OF that Ia
Dor which Is the source OF life Thus
every American able to see farther than
the end Of his nose must recognize that
10 work for the union OF Europe is his
foremost duty as a patriot
Even a citizen OF a republic. II he be
logical, II he recognizes that forms OF
government are, after all. but means TO
an end. must rejoice at this moment that
Austria-Hungary IS monarchy. The
birth of Greater Servia Will not be ac-
complished without violent struggles in
the two parliaments, in the course of
which many acrid things are sure 10 be
said, sufficient. unless -neutraltzed 10 cor
rode all the links OF sympathy between
Servia and Austria. It is highly fortu-
nate. therefore. that the monarch has 1t
In his power, by a very simple measure.
to decide the outcome OF the struggle IN
advance. and thus. by political alkaH.
so to speak. to neutralize the acidity OF
any brutalities the wranglers may pour
in afterward
The dnple measure Is this: Appoint as