The Harrison times., 1914-08-29
The Cause Of the European
War.

of Germany and the czar OF Russia
are first cousins, grandsons OF Queen
Victoria.
Germany and England are related
so closely by blood, by intellectual
ties, by history and tradition, by
religion and political institutions
and domestic usages, that it really
is civil war, and civil war is always
the most bloody, savage and relent-
less OF wars.
Unless there is an early termina-
tion Of the war, Germany and Great
Britain seem destined TO fight TO the
death for national life-the two
great nations Of one race and kim
dred tongues.
For the first time in a hundred
years England is called upon 10
hght TO maintain her supremacy on
the sea and to retain her colonies
throughout the world.
Germany, menaced on every side,
realizes that it is life or death for
the Fatherland; should she lose con-
troll Of the Kiel canal, the ports Of
Hamburg and Bremen, and the riv-
ers OF Elbe and Weser, she will be
hopelessly shut away from the
ocean and her commerce crippled
beyond repair. Before she suffers
this tragedy we may expect the
most terrific sea Sight the world has
ever known.
On the 2Sth day Of last June the
Austrian crown prince was assassi-
mated in the capital Of Bosnia,
which is an Austrian province. The
assassin was a Servian, though an
Austrian citizen, While Austria has
long desired TO invade Servia and to
make her an Austrian province, vet
she would never have dared do so so
in the face Of the opposition of Eu,
rope bad she not had a plausible ex.
cuse in The murder Of the crown
prince,
Austria asserted that the murder
was eharceable 70 Seryian intrigue
She had no proof that the charge
was true, She at once made press.
ing demands sServia granted all
but one, which was that Austro'
Hungarian officials be permitted to
SIT upon boards ofiDquiry regarding
acts Of conspiracy by Scrvians 70.
wards Austria, Il seems very clear
that Seryias self respect as well as
her autonomy could not permit a
foreign government and a bitter
enemy-to sit in her courts.
When this unreasonable demand
was refused Austria immediately in.
vaded Scrvia Germany stood by
and said You may invade Rus.
sia said you shall not lrlly says
81 don, care" England and France
say You shall NOT So we now
have at actual warfare all the na.
lions above except Italy The
strength AZ war according 70 David
Star Jordan is as follows;
Austro.Hungary, 100000; Ger.
many, 3,600,OlO, total for Austro.
Hungary, 6,2O0,0O0, Seryia, 20O,.
900, England, 100000, France,
100000, Russia, 100000 To.
tal against Austro.Hangary, l2i
100000,
No other such armies as now face
each other at war, have ever been
maFshalled in battle array The re-
suits can hardly be said 20 be prob
lcmatieal
Austro.Hungary and Germany
will be crushed, In the above emu.
meration we omitted Belgium as
she was no party 20 the original
trouble, bat had The war forced on
her by Germany invading her terri
tory She has proven that she is no
mean foe with which 20 contend,
The war will be fought as never
before, IL will Oe on the land, on
the water, under the water and in
the air, The whole mode Of warfare
may bc changed by the results OF
the airships and our submarines,
our Sl0,000,000 Dreadnoughts may
be as helpless against The submarine
torpedo or the ar craft with It's
lyddite bomb ss a river steamer
would be against a battleship,
The cause Of the war which has
set al Europe ablaae is Gs follows
The yen,gfy9'd haired Di the
Serbs and the Austrians, each for
the other growing out OF the strug.
gle of the Serbs for unity and free.
dom, in which Austria through her
possession Of Seryian provinces, e.
iteWally bars the way
The impdssioued rage of the Ser.
ians that they who have thrown
Of the yoke OF the TURK in tcrritor,