The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-15
PRESENT WAR WILL REACH
SOCIAL BEDROCK OF EUROPE
In France 1t Will Turn Eight Insides Out-Changes In
England Will Be as Great as Any on the Continent
Views of Francis Grierson.

scribed as the most enigmatical per-
impressions of the great European
conflict. lie has had a wide knowi-
edge OF the political and social affairs
of Europe. His experiences began in
Paris in 1869, when he met all the
leading politicians. writer's, artists and
social leaders of the Secon Empire, |
including the principal members of
the court of Napoleon.
the court Of Napoleon, says the New
York Sun.
He witnessed the outbreak of the
war between france and Austria in
1870 and in Baden he met the newly
created Emperor William l. and the
Empress Augusta in 1871. He was in
Berlin when Bismark forged the last
links in the imperial chain Of the
German Empire and he passed the
year 1872 in ST. Petersburg, where
he was the guest of Alexander IL.
Mr.. Grierson was personally &C
quainted with King Albert Of Saxony
and Queen Garcia. and at a reception
followed by a banquet given in his
honor at the palace in Dresden he was
presented to all the members Of the
Saxon court, among whom were
Prince George. the future King: the
Minister of War. the Minister of State
ana many OtneT ulpnltdTleS.
AT another reception given him by
the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland
at the Cumberland palace in Austria
he met the Queen Of Denmark, moth
the %reigning Duke of SaXe-Altenburg
and the Dowager Empress of Russia,
the Queen Of Hanover, mother Of the
Duke: the Princess Marie of Hanover,
the reigining Duke of SaXe-Altenburg
and all the members Of the different
courts assembled. and in Berlin he en-
tertained many members of the i'm
perial court, including General Count
Won Moltke. the present chief of staff
OF the German army.
Three Of Mr.. Grierson's cousins
were the famous military leaders
General Lord Wolseley, the late com
mander in chief of the British army;
General Sir James Grierson, one of the
foremost leaders of the empire, who
died while on the way to Belgium to
fight the Germans, and General b. H
.Grierson, the famous cavalry leader
in the American civil war.
Francis Grierson is descended from
Sir Robert Grierson. the fourteenth
Laird of Lag, born in 1850, and it is
from this ancestor he inheritS his eX-
traordinary powers of institution. II
his last book, THE %Invincible AL.
lance" he has a prophetic pen pic.
ture OF the winding up of the present
IL ViiAN4 In u k4S
fierce rush of the GeHnan army to-
ward Paris. No one in England be
lieved it possible.
Asked if the English realized tn,
gravity of the situation, Mr.. Grierso1
said:
England AWakens.
England is awakening from he
long slumber Of a hundred years. Ye
even now many are rubbing their eye
rxfp tn ~0n 1tOn he ~onfv r. -
for Americans to understand full
the position Of the English people a
this j%uncture. All their wars sine
the overthrow Of Napoleon I, hav
been far removed from the shores G
Britain. The Boer war in South Al
RIGA occurred 10000 miles from Lor
lon. I was living in that city at tn
time. England has always profile
by the wars waged in Continents
Europe. Now for the first time
the memory OF men the scales a,
tipping to the other side.
Heretofore the English people r,
garded war as a romance. Peep
read about it while sitting in eas
chairs, in the intervals between
game of golf and the vaudeville. Tt
idea OF a great army composed
dauntles foes just across the channs
m with terrible instrument OF d
struCtion. was u~nthinkable to Il
happy-go-lucky people Of London.
"On the other hand millions of En-
SHINE are brought UP to regard En-
land as sacred soil which no natl,
would think OF attacking. We are
longer a nation of fighters said a hi,
parsonage to me in London not 10,
ago: we are a nation of cricketers a.
tea drinkers But in spite Of the let
argy. the indifference. the luxury a
the fashionable chronic idleness a f,
were left who could see the approax
ing storm. Lord Roberts has 1
years been like one crying in t
wilderness.
Not Ready.
"A score OF times he declared, y
are not ready to fight Yet he Y
not needed. l have it on the b
authority that the death of Gene
Sir James Grierson was brought alb,
by anxiety and apprehension eau.
by the sudden turn of events in C