The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-30

general European conflaEratien YVES
not kiniled n the prt-seYrre Of Aus
TRAN soldiers on ServisrT soil. Neither
was he match applied by the sssaSsss
nation uf Francis Ferdinand by an
Austrian Serb The fn4ai fire was
IT in reality in 1905 tn the heart Of
The mountains Of Macedonia, when
y Turkish office: sent q telegram to
Sultan Abdul Hamid demanding the
reestablishu1e of the constitutional
form Of government In Turkey, failing
which he was prepared 20 march on
to Cons antin"gsie and present his re-
ouess "a the end 0f his mems hagn-
nets pAis YrgpstsSAStr~-.t thundsri}0H
striking powder rnagazinc- the
first suE ~ a chain Of fatcful events
The success Of the Turk sh f.tb< rails
was Immediately followed by the cleo
. ton of REPRESENTATIVES, to the Otto
fpan parl 'eme0t Remote sls the cor
rAe'ion NAV seem st first the trouble
arose tn thts act by the terms 81
The treaty Of Berlin. Turkish suzer-
atnty over Bosnia and 3crzeR oYina
had been recognized, b1t the two prov
inces were turned over to. Austria for
admfnistr;ttson Their inha b!tnnts.
among whom Mohammodan are MT
merous now claimed the right tn send
representatives To the Turkish cham
her IF Deputies The demand created
government had been accustomed ia
consider both provinces Is integra!
portions az the Dual monarchy. The
Austrian Statesmen found themselves
a 81 dilemma, To submit BOSNIAN rec
.ama1ians Implied wea ken3ng of Aus
ran Influence n the region. They
aut the uastrr sh9rs by definitely an
uctIng both provinces
The fatal step may bo considered *
fhe prologue - The impending cpl
l0gue of carnage ~suth Bosnia and
Herzegovina arc neopled mainly IN
serbs. These men, although stlhject
TO Aust tan sovereignty. speak S=rvla.n,
and have preservea the custosna IF
Their countryman IN sarvfs Their
dream Is TO unite with the little Serb
kingdom and reconstitnte the power 4
fai nation Of old Servla. which at isa
aphgee Ia the fourteenth century ~
tended from the Adriatie sea to the
Aegean. Needless to state that Aus
ira will not Tolerate these schemes
which lmperil her own, or r. s4ate
IL perhaps more correctly. Germany's
j ACKNOWLEDGMENT AZ a consequence.
hatred between the cofsendfnfy p4rfieF
grows steadily, with its Inevitable Bc-
com pltshment of political crime. &c.
adjustment q material law. and tar
rorfsm
sersia's Hopes Wrecked
When his hope af q greater sefyia
Was shat tered hy the annexation 81
Bosnia aud Herzegovina n 1908. the
little kingdom Galno near declaring
war on Its powerful nete14fsor Its
bellicose ardor was eurbed only with
the realization Of Russia failing sun
port Then came the Balkan alliance
now generally believed TO have been
engineered hy Russia as ii direct reeut
+ Of this annexation. In fsGking over
i'usnia and Herr 8opSna the Teuteu
E1d increased his domain at the ex-
DENSE Of the Turk Tie Slay. unwiA~
ing 10 be outdone. promptly proceed
.to spoil the Turk IN his turn. and
s'Crceeded In brewing within the
fpfere NJ his influ etlce territory oou-
sidsr9hly in excass Of the area
absorbed by Austria Germany and
p Austria had supported Turkey SO long
against kuasta that every inch Of ter
.f3tory reclaimed IL Christianity after
the Hslsan war VIA loss to the leu
ton and gain for the 9lav. In this
manner Russia averaged herself IN
full for tho annexation OF Bosnia ara
Herzegovina
For TAT the bottom Of It all the fight
ia hetwaen Slav and Teuton II is
g grim. relentless atrugg1e for exfs-
tenee that Ia shaping itself in+o one
of the worlds TierceRt racial contests
pressing in fronn The Fsasr on western
civilization, though not with ths bar
harlty which characterized their earlier
onSlahGnts on the cipiIizad PomanF
Hfssians Poles, Lets C.H4r hg Slo-
Veners, Gerv!ane. Croets Boanians.
MontenegFins and BuIgarians ara slow
, ~ erowding on tho deerendants Of the
b}ue~ey@d and fiaxeu~h aired bar5ari-
/, ms OF Roman times who now repre-
sent the Gern1pnlc peoples
This slavonfc westerly push has al
|, ways f,eeu blocked hv the leading
power In the West France opposed
u in the Napoieonic period Grea7
Britain checked It IN the latter half
Of the nineteenth century, Today &c
y Gernauy's turn to stand the brunt
of its massiye bueiua As matters
stand, both Germany and Russia art,
vigorous young and fast-RreWing The
two races have taken root on adjacent
land like two sturdy oaks They are
now Ia the stage nj which The sofgs
npurishnent nuffires oniy for one
The weather must wther
Considered from the broad stand
point OF a world movement England
France. italy, and even Austria row
merely figure as secondary actors IN
The drama atasged on the old cnuflnen.
Tho star performers are Russia ana
Germany. The grouping of Euro
TWO nations The grouping or Euro
pean nations with Russia is mere Pc
suit OF GerTnany's. nrcpondefa 1T
strength, The end of fhe conflict win
| necessarily witness recasting ~ qfli,
ances along with changes of frontier
lines. Tho prediction may be hazard
ed. however that new alliances ~
ententes VIII aeafn he formed are 1na
Germany on the one side and RusSsa
on the other. The Teuton In expand
ing eastward the Slav is spread5nE
westward Their main clashing gone
happens to be the Balkan peninsula
The ceaseless agitation In this ares
and it's menace TO the worlds peace
Is a consequence of the antagonisan
between the Pan-Slavic Colossus ana
the Pan-tierman Titan.
/! Germans's Expansion
L Germany's expansion is a natural
phenomenon, The country il over
populated. It must EXPAND The
Atlantic ocean il barrier to tn;
westerly expansion The North 10 mn
inviting The South is being drained
Of Its resources by active and intell{
gent Inhabitants. The ''Drapg mach
oston" Of German Imperialism ID