The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-08-06
R WOULD MEAN TO US.
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bs SIX great Powers of Europe flying
.,,,her's throats, a situation would be
..i staggering to the imagination. We
=. vet begun to realize the dire signlfi-
4 ,nch an eventuality. yet as calm OBJ
tbs people of this country should be
a,,rsesome of the consequences. With
:, spirit and the passions behind it
IN those countries the calm voice of
!, likely to be drowned by excited
The cost is not counted and the effects
A be felt until the death struggle is act
rtsred into. 1t is true they are feeling
,Surs even in anticipation, but not
asD We are, and thus far hardly as
As long as they can call upon US for
nj We are forced to respond, it is the
States, having no direct interest with
spss Of the far-flung quarrel, that will
yite as much as those nations that are
|rspsrng themselves for the worst.
demand comes upon US at critical time.
tr released many millions for the move
G the crops and the fabrication of our
nsus.Elal processes. 1t was supposed
&ns geld drain upon US had ceased for the
md under normal conditions that sup
N would have been correct, but should
aystenrd eruption actually occur the
mi and seriousness of the burden that
4 be imposed upon US cannot well be
S Smd To very great extent American
ras: would he thrown back upon US and
khe process exhausted itself we should
EBnspond with the precious metal. But
OILY oEe feature of the situation that
cause tor apprehension. Even though
.ght weather the drain with no more
n1sequeAces than temporary embar
tl, We should be likely to find, as the
EDmnued, that cur commerce was being
3xE ismoralized The cold-blooded opti-
ETIr which some have regarded the out
business way fails to convince US.
s couple of generations the Atlantic
mas atJrded comparatively peaceful
III commercial operations and inter-
Ea Piracy has been driven from the
Ep7ateering has ceased and even when
| AtOns nave been at war the rest of the
as not teen greatly embarrassed d in its
EHe enterprises. But with six formidable
|aagaH on the high seas it is going to be
(aall ever for neutrals, for, according to
(Eeement among nations, neutrals must
Eclen ncontraband ware, either absolute or
F1la, II hey are to receive the benefit
|Ea' misfortunes, which some financiers
|asA furthermore, how is our commerce
Fnng which there is no question to be
p We now depend upon the ships of
@d1tries that will then be facing risks
shev may be indisposed to take. Already
Rangers Of German lines entering New
FHy that With a general war and Europe
Alle they do not see how they could get
Eh 1t will be the same with Great
f france and Italy.
sat kind of plight would their regular
EiSal from The ocean service leave us :?
|a'f been preparing accommodations for
AssSt vessels at our port and most of the
r seaports haye been doing the same
En greater or less degrees. We would
" depend upon our own resources, ana it
4 De long time before they could be
! : saSguately effective. The question of
*SF 10 American vessels has thus far been
:! academic 1t would become very
'''i ii net vital in such situation. and if
'Ass We're once established it would be
! 0lg years before they were abolished,
"'ef how the world conditions might
" 10 look upon events as they have
~ 70 be shaping themselves in Europe
'ppfoval on the assumed basis Of self
>S'seems to US the climax of folly.