The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-08-14
JUDGMENT FOR
MONARCH|ES
European War May Mean
End For Dynasties.
United States Occupies Unique
Position and Must Be
Kind To All.

An aged ruler, seeing death ap-
proach, feared that his passing
might be followed by the division
of his empire. Within its borders
were conflicting racial elements,
bound together only by the despotic
sway OF the throne. On its flank
was brave little country that rep
resented the national ambitions of
many who yielded sullen submission
to the old mans scepter.
A mailman slew a Princeling. The
fearsmiten Emperor saw. or thought
he saw, behind the wanton blow a
deliberate plot against his dynasty.
He was human; bitterness filed his
soul: passion inflamed his mind; am
bilious statesmen famed the fires
of hate.
Around him lay Europe. vast
magazine of explosives. awaiting on
ly the spark to release its disrupting
and destructive forces. Yet. with
his hand trembling from the palsy
of age. he flung the lighted torch
into it's midst.
Today the boom of the cannon.
the rattle OF rifles and the scream
OF the shell that carries death on
its jagged wings. tell the story of
&he old mans deed. A little crimson
stream begins to run that will
broaden into river. dyeing the
soil OF every old world country.
Two other rulers. each fearing for
Abe stability of his throne or the
Integrity of his dominions. have
Joined issue, and are dragging into
the choas of strife Europe's one
great republic. desiring peace. and
having in herself no occasion for
quarrel, finds war forced upon her
by an invading army.
And England, where democracy
has made of monarchy in most
things but a symbol. calmest of all
great Powers. striving to the last
to avert the threatened cataclysm.
arms to defend herself and her al
lies.
Into the whirlpool Of war will
be drawn little States to whom
peace is the only good, but whose
defenseles territories lie in the
pathway of the great armies.
Swarming to the feast of carnage
will come the hot-blooded men of
the Southern mountain kingdoms.
to whose fierce courage fighting
is like wine.
Thus three Woodworking crown
by accident of birth-have sent mil
/ lions of their fellows to face what.
for all they know. may prove to be
the most stupendous horror of the
ages.
And those who marched today.
and who tomorrow will pay in the
coin of blood for the upkeep of dy-
nasties. had no voice in the issue.
The die was cast by the jeweled
hands of rulers that called the
bare and knOted hands of toll to
lay down tools of PEACEFUL craft and
take up guns against their brothers.
1t is significant that underlying
all the cheering of the thoughtless
mob, drunk with the wine Of 10y
n hn
been heard the deeper mutterings
of popular protest.
In Russia alone of the nations of
Europ has there been evidence Of
genuine and widespread eagerness
for war. Russia is still barbaric.
The leaven of democracy has made
small Roadway among the masses
OF her people. Those who would
distribute II are sought out, seiz-
ed and sent to Siberia.
But Italy. afraid of her working
class, declared herself neutral. In
Germany thousands of men and wo-
uasn paraded the streets of the cap
itsi and shouted. down with war;"
I'm France the workers raised
like cry. and the international"
the song of labor's worldwide
brotherhood. has been heard more
often in the, streets Of Paris than
tie ''Marseilaise.
In England Lloyd-George. the
mouthpiece OF democracy. is said to
have split the Cabinet by his opposi-