The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-22

England StAll nfr1endly. Iso-i,ras-
/ sla Got Gay and Delivered an III
/ timatam and France Whipped Her
i'm Ten Days-Mh~n War Wa a
Trade Just Lake Politics H. Now
/ Modern Weapons T-ad To Pcaoe-I
/ The Grrat Rattle of Fridlaad-
/ Real Scouting Somewhat New.
+ bilkinsville. y. C. Aug. Is. 1914.
/ Correspondence OF The Caucasian
Enterprise.
In 1906. after a series oy nisun-
derstandin's, which became more
pronounced after Russia occupied
/ Cattaro. French territory. an which
/ did not seem TO be settled. even after
/ the treaty between the two countries
wuz signed on the 20th on July. 1906,
the TWO countries went TO war again
The Russian Emperor. Alexander.
| finally refused 10 ratify the treaty
after the formation ov the Rhemish
confederation. The same thing caus-
ed England 10 break OF peace nego-
tiations with France. About this
time Prussia assembled an army
which entered Thuringia, an after
some more negotiations, 1900 Sax
ons Joined the Prussian army. Prus-
sia wuz now feelin' purity guide an on
the first ov October she delivered an
ultimatum to France. This docu-
ment demanded that France at once
withdraw her troops from Germany.
To make things look real dangerous.
the ultimatum announced that Prus-
sia had formed a league with awl ov
the countries not originally includ-
ed in the Rhemish confederation,
which would render Prussia some
thin ov foe. But this didn't scare
France. Az quickly az possible the
French began TO sail into the nearest
division ov the Prussian troops. The
ultimatum wuZ delivered on the first
ov October. On the 8th ov October
the French defeated the Prussians at
Schleiz. On the 10th another divis-
ion ov Prussians were e-defeated at
Saalfeld. On the 14th the battle at
Jena an Auerstadt decided the fate
ov awl the countries between the
Rhine an the Elba. Napoleon Bon
aparte then declared Saxony a neu-
tral province, an marched the
French army to Berlin, the German
capita, while the grand duke of Berg
an General Soult with a part ov the
French troops pursued the feein'
Prussians an Saxons through Surin-
gia. On the 18th another division
ov the Prussians were defeated an
Marshal Ney's division ov the French
laid siege to Magdeberg. Napoleon
entered Berlin on October 27th. On
the 2Sth a large force ov Prussians
surrendered at PrenZlow. Blucher
still made a show ov resistance, but
on the 7th ov November he, too, sur
rendered. Thus in exactly five weeks
after the ultamatum wuZ delivered TO
France, Napoleon wuZ victor over
| Prussia an the Saxons who had join
ed them for the war. Napoleon had
| fought England to a standstill, con-
quered the Swiss, Prussia an the
Saxons, an had the whole ov Ger
| many down to their knees An he
wuz yet young, had hardly got hiz
| seat on the French throne warm
/ But a second war soon started.
Like most ov the wars in the past,
especially European wars, nobody
seemed to know why or how hit
started, an nobody could guess when
nor where hit would end; in fact, at
that period wars continued such a
great length ov time that people be-
came accustomed TO them an rather
| enjoyed KILN an gittin' killed.
Same way thousands ov years ago
when the Jews and Hittites an Am
monittes used TO get up little fra
casses which would last thirty or
forty years. perhaps, an in the end
they wouldn't be ennuff ov either
side left alive 10 make a decent sur
render Along this line, allow me TO
say that modern weapons, rapid-flre
guns, large an small. repeatin' rifles
1 an sich things, are doin' much TO
| bring about peace. AZ lonz az the
ancients used bows and arrows, sling
/ shots an otaer weapons ov that ma
ture, war WIZ an every day business
One modern rapid-fire gun capable
ov shootin' a thousand shots q min
ute, will do more 10 discourage war
than anythin' under the sun. There
liz no glory in gittin' killed by q
rapid fire gun. There wuZ none un-
der the old style. But fellow mite
pull through gittin' hit fatally By q
rock thrown by an antagonist, an IL
the war happened TO end in less than
. seventy-ave years the survivors
, would probably reach home in time
J to run for some ofis. Yes, the pros
| pect ov funeral IL nifty discouragin'
/ to the average soldier nowadays.