Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-08-07
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
HISTORY IN THE MAKING.

So many events are happening daily in the
war-smtten countries of Europe, our information
beyond conj acture and wild rumor-is so
meager such great governmental earthquakes ere
taking place, that we are hardly able to get the
pnIport of it ALL to sense the many moves in this
bitter game of International politics, to anti
cipate what the next hour let alone the next day,
viii bring forth. If it proceeds with the ravenous,
devastating speed with which it started, no man
can tell what the outcome may be; if by some
mex pected move in this ny-checkered game,
generated behind the closed doors Of the courts
-sf Europe, the havoc of the war is stayed before
Il gets manageable far better off will the world
i be-
What great blot on the boosted civilization
OF the twentieth century will this, the greatest
MAR in the worlds history, be Starting between
mighty Austria Hungary and little Servia, it's ten
Gncles have spread broad and wide and are still
spreading with Russia, Germany France and
England already caught in their clutches, Italy
and Belgium holding off, and Japan waiting only
England request to join It's ramifications are
worldwide, grasping every colony of the old
WBrld' conntries-Englsh, French and German
Mid not to the countries themselves directly in
waived, which if it would stamp it the great
est war in the worlds history, but reaching out
10 every country on the globe, wherever one ma
lions vessels or another's have stopped for bust
ME1s, wherever the hitherto silent game Of in
Sensational politics--the politics of business as
well as Of governments--have carried their peo-
Pas. And SO the whole world promises to be the
battle-ground Of this greatest war.
IN it the United States is keeping strict neu-
xraiity. To us the other nations are looking to
handle their broken diplomatic relations, and to
Our farms and factories their peoples will look
x1r the foods and many necessaries they must
have And it may be, too as the Puyaup Valley
Tribune points out in a most comprehensive edi-
xorial that the navies of the nations may destroy
anach ct the merchant marine and an opportunity
xmzy be afforded to revive American shipping by
zhr sudden demand for vessels at war prices"
And then, as this editorial goes on to say, 'those
whO wish to avoid wars horrors will come in in
ssxeasing numbers to shores just as the Panama
fSEanal "opens the direct route to the Pacific, and
.shEs the may accelerate the settlement of the
Ha1ifc coast even beyond our anticipations. Men
ssf capital in Europe will seek to invest it in this
ez0nntry, where it will be safe from the chances
sand axactions of war. Thus the United States
asill be apt to profit greatly by the agonies of
Xurope, through the demand for our products,
expansion of our industries and fastening of our
development.
Think of 100000 men ready to march into
Eha field, think of from 1000 to $500 battleships
KHady to carry the battle forward on the SEAS
axhlnk of an expenditure of $54,00O,0OO day
axhink, and if your mind can grasp the magnitude
a0f. these figures can glimpse the myriads of
swords points where conflicts may occur through
ant the world, then will come scant realization
sf the awfulness of the struggle. 1t is too great
For one to realize it all at once, its complications
numerous that is hard put to fit the puzzle
together. Time only will tell the story and as its
paragraphs are spelled out in blood and gold and
sjeyastaton, will the understanding of its
aAeaning