The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-20
Chap. V---PRESENT TIME Part a
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MI thes" things hay" conc to pass
since William IL. assembled tho throne
The middle trade classes have be
come enormou.ly rich ANA powerful po-
iitically. They have favored the i'm
crease OF army and navy. especially tn,
latter, az II would protect their foretgu
trade and help Jts growth, which II has
done.
The growth OF militarism has been
resented, especially by the working
classes, who not only objected to II be-
cause OF tho terrible drain II made in
taxes and in time spent in service. hut
also because OF the class feeling Il l.4n-
Grated Tho Kaiser has ever stood Tor
the supremacy OF the military. ana nc
has put the honor OF the uniform abt.c
any other. Probably IN no other coun-
t:s In the world has military AFRO
r"nc" become NOR" offensive than iu
~" German empire. Eut all this Is
forgotten now, and the army hating So
ciaiist Is lighting with no thought but
that OF country.
Which was effected by Bisnlar,,..
diplomacy at the close Of The French
War, was the defiance which he threw
down To BUNDLED France and the re-
mainder OF Europe. Al first II ,,as
composed OF three cmpires--Germanv
Russia and Austria Hungary 1t vas
hr"kcn, however, when he favored Aus
tria At the Berlin Congress- ana uaNc
hci Bosnia and herzegovina, while
russia got nest to nothing for her de-
feat Of Turkey.
Two years later he tied up with Aus.
tria, the agreement being that II either.
should be attacked by amy country bur
RUSSIA. tho other would remain ncu-
ifal. Int II Russia declared war. she
should be fought by both
The French occupation Of runis was
regarded 10y Italy as an infricndlv act
tail
This feeling caused Bismarck, in 1882
10 suggest To Vienna that overturcs
be make to Rome looking to receiving
Italy into an alliance with Germany
ana Austria. This was done. and a
compact was made which Ia now called
the triple alliance.
rms agreement has never been sat
'siactory to the Italian peoplc. for
theN are racially related TO the French
ana II seemed to them unnatural that
! thcE should be IN combination with
their hereditary enemy Austria I'M.
rnnisian affront by France could moi
Offset the aid she gave TO the Italians
IN their war for independence Their
rcpublicanism is OF French stock and
the snirit Of freedom is strong i'm italy
$" ~ Is not strange that they have
remained FESTIVE under an alliance with
such autocratic nations az Germany
ana Austria This accounts for thc
feeling. saiG TO be universal among
the people, that the alliance should
I be dissolved
As a result. partly Of the triple al
! ilancc there was formed about 1oO5
The triple entente. AN agreement, SINH.
lar 10 the former, by Great Britain
Russia and France
Morocco" TIN Gives kaiser Tin.
Frances succession OF Presidents
ias IN the main had administrations
differing in general policy not great
I Ia
! has proSpcrcd both at home aud
'broad. in spite OF II few Crises" with
! gu, which political life there appar.
. chtiN could not exist There has been
u" really grave situation which ar-
fc:l"d the country'S international rcia
lions. with the exception OF the Mo-
rocco incident in 1911. In July of that
year Germany sent a note to France
SAVING that for the protection of Ger
man merchants i'm Morocco il MIGHT
be necessary 10 land troops a, Aga.ir.
i'he German cruiser Panther proccdoJ
10 that place. but was met there b,
French and English warships
rms caused great cxcit cincnt in all
lhr"e countries and there were warm
debates at Paris and London The mat
ter was finally adjusted at, a meeting
Of representatives of all the countries
concerned. Germany at last WAS com.
PEELED 10 recognize tho French protcc-
'oratc In Morocco and received in re
turn portion OF the French holdings
IN tho Congo. This result was re
scntcd in Rcrlin. but II is said that as
the Kaiser had dispatched tho Panther
TO ASadir purposc(y To unmask the real
relations between France and Eng
land. aud that they had thug been re-
Ncaled TO him. he was quite satisfied
and he began the day he found this
out to prepare for the war in which lie
Is now engaged.
Russias long and terrible struggle