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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
THE GRAIN MARKETS.
what Deelines IN Favorable CroS
Advice.

Nay whea, sold OF nearly Ic. . bushel
'u,srdsy. and the July position declined
aopt t.c, under selling by the longs.
hiding was narrow and professional.
Nd VAS still badly hampered by = wire
ertcc that was almost as poor as on
zanday. Foreign news was not an
Important influence, and the weakness
rs ascribed by many 10 the very favor
Tia reports from the Southwest. includ-
ts an Oklahoma State report show
Ing condition OF 9S, and q private esti-
nate claiming u loss Of but per cent.
the growing crop since December,
An estimate of increased farm reserves
vas also a factor Liverpool closed v
% I'D. higher under short covering
simulated by frmness in Manitoba Offers.
and fewer Plate offers spot demand was
also better. A decrease In worlds visible
Spply OF over 100000 bushels WAS re-
lor,sd.
Corn advanced slightly In the fore
room trading, but weakened later, In SYM
p.thy with wheat. Selling was also
Prompted by an increase In the visible
ND reports Of an unsatisfactory cash
semsnd The market closed about NC
over. at the lowest point OF the day.
Vsu advanced about NC. shortly after the
openlng, only TO recede with other grainA
4oslns &c lower. Trading was dull and
satureless
sradstyeets visible supply Of wheat In
as United States east Of the Rockies de-
ssased l,0s5.000 bushels and west Of the
sockes Fl 900 bushels. Wheat In Canada
seressed 2,233.0oO bushels. All Ameri-
IN decreased 3,S3s.0O0 bushels. Europe
"a anoat increased 100000 BUSHELS.
sorlds wheat decreased 3,13s,000 BUSH
Corn, American. east Of the Rockies
a1essed s24 900 bushels. Oats, Amert-
decreased l.o%5.000 bushels.
element, Curtis 4 Co. estimate the re-
.n OF wheat In farmers hands NJ
VI per cent. or ls0.2S%.0o0 bushels,
yainst Ella per cent. or 1855. &S3.000 BUSH
last year. Corn. 3Al per cent. or
$3.50 900 bushels. against <i.3 per cent
L2ss,s55 600 bushels. Oats. a0.s per
t' or 34 $4,000 bushels, against %2.e
s,eent or so>2is,000 bushels. last year
me consumption OF corn was 10000
Nv bushels less than last year, owing 70
Ie"dins Of oats in place Of corn. The
eNes of corn In surplus States are
zen a, $4,000 900 bushels. against
"ooo,ooo last year.
| chicago prices vere,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
FINANCIAL NOTES.

@. e. wills. manager for y, W. Harris
4 Co, Montreal. will Join william r. Bon
bright a 90 as general sales manager at
their New York office.
In response to requests the executive com :
mittee Of Group WILL, New York State
Bankers Association, has published In
pamphlet form the addresses made by for
eign bankers on tho occasion VI the annual
dinner of the group on January 10. 1914.
The pamphlet :. being sent 70 all those
who attended the dinner and 70 AL the
banks In the United statss as we'll ~ 70
tho large corporations And banks through
out the world.
Meiklsham 4 Dinsmore are ofsrin0 che
~ per cent. bonds OF Allegheny County
Psnnsyivania NJ 1880 and Interest. A total
Of S'isS,oo Of these bonds vss sold In
Pittxburg last week.
Tho firm drawing fer the rstiremsnt Of
ei7oooo par value out Of the $1,000, oot
ssrt~s A preferred stock Of the Americas
smsatess Securities Company has t,s been
and Trust Company. The certificates rep
resented by abe numbers SO. drawn will b
redeemed at par on July !. leh. ~ the
once OF the trust company
y. N, schwerser. broker In investment
curb and Inactive securities. announces the
removal Of his offices TO " Broad street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
STEEL COMPANY HAS BIG YEAR
Lackawanna's President, However,
IL Doubtful Of Fusupe

The report Of the Lackawanna Steel
Company for the year ended December 81.
1919. shows that the earnings OF the COM
pany were the largest In Its history. The
profit for the year OF s3.023.osA WAS
equivalent 10 SIS per cent earned on the
3a<.S7s.o00 capital stock, AZ compared
with 2.s9 per cont earned on the same
stock In 1912.
In spite Of the exceptionally profitable
year President Y. A. =. Clarke Ia not
encouraged by the outlook for the near
future He says that while the plants
were working at nearly full capacity for
the greater part OF the year business fell
OF rapidly toward tho close OF 1918.
Tho gross sales and earnings were
32s.s7s,27S. as compared with S27.26ss76
In 1912. with net earnings Of s6.s05.7 ISL
against S,s05.4%2. The profit and loss
surplus vas s7,5i4.s7e. as compared with
S4s39.3ls in 1912
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
SpSiaG.

Brooklyn Rapid Transit for soms days
has been one Of the most consistently
strong stocks on the list A. yesterdays
high the stock was within . fraction Of
the top Of the year. Some little curiosity
was expressed over the impulse behind
this exceptional nrmness In Brooklyn at
time when the rest OF the marke< was
In a state OF virtual deadlock. Operating
conditions under which Brooklyn and the
other local fractions are working hardly
seem TO call for the manifestation Of any
special enthusiasm on the buying side Just
now. But after all . specific reason may
not be considered necessary for the move
ment. March ] usually marks the In
auguration Of the traditional bull CAM
paign in the Brooklyn fractions after
many long months Of alteration. The
spring season. therefore, may be regarded
as officially opened In Wall Street.
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THE BOSTON MARKET.

BOSTON. March s.-The local market
had n generally irregular tone, being &C.
tive only in spots. New Haven was the
weak feature, with a decline to 65%. of
~. the lowest price at which the shares
have ever sold. The poor record of earn
ings and tho fact that profits this year
promise to be less than IL per share are
the Immediate factors In depressing
prices. Boston and Maine sold as low a.
%2%. OF u. while the preferred weakened
two points TO Cd. Boston Elevated softenei
y to s2E. American woolen lost q
point owing TO the poor annual report
published to-day. The copper stocks were
without feature. The summary.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
BUSINESS TROUBLES.

THE THEIoN CHEMICAL COMPANY Of l
Madison avenue me, ma. hied petition In bank;
Ns consisting OF cash in bank. 81; check, q.
and accounts. ~. There ar. only thrse cred
,ns second DO time s' The compsny has BEEN in
s'1 asc sSs r. WEED 4 :aS1 on s' w.. in
IssB fisd |" 'RYrrExpERs. living at .
ton IN bankruptcy, with liabilities Of IN STA
g. len .a.ss Ts a. ess hsSS Win
bank, s. and an suiopoeiis in storage
'7os and mo Seventh avenue Brooklyn and
was sold under foreclosure on February "a
Her troubles are attributed TO LOSSES In tho
Ryno Film Company. a moving picture bus.
mess She IL creditor Of that company for
THE BERTHENE WAIST COMPANY. INC.
manufacturer OF women's waists, AZ - Eass
Tenth street. has made sn Assignment so Ber-
ns in ny s hs wts r ,,o
ton In bankruptcy was ni.d against him on
Oct cher 2 iS7' and he received . discharge
SAMUEL GOODMAN. manufacturer Of imi,a.
on pearl and rn milne .m sxspy , Mnr
y sissel. He began bushes, in 1887.
CHARLES = HoADLEY, cArpen,er. of yon.
liabilities of u, 800 and no assets.
NORRIS WILSON. ieweller of 1895 Amsterdam
With disabilities OF 1904 and .ssets Of u. Sss.
MARIE y. DIXEY-JudEe Hough has dis.
missed the petition IN bankruptcy filed on
October Z, 49,? by Marie " Dixey Of 81.
Central Park West, with liabilities Of $3.50
She T. the wife Of Henry plxey:
THE HUDSON BAY IMpORTING COMPANY.
Judge Houyh has dismissed the petition In
bankruptcy filed on February II against Nor
ris and John A. Kosofsky, trading ~ the
It.A. nn.r U..,.a saaar .NAA a.
furs al 20 West Twenty third street, on . set.
Element with creditors NJ 20 cents on the dol
notes due on October 60 November 10 De.
cember 70 and January 20 next.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
MISCELLANEOUS MARKEra
Csaee Advances sa Small Trade
PPOvlsions STEADY,

The conee market showed advances Of
to IL points yesterday on the Arm
European cables and the smaller BRAZIL
Ian movement. Trading was exceedingly
light and mainly OF q local character.
Total transactions were $4,000 bagA
The worlds visible supply Of coffee de-
creased 36+.so5 bags during February,
compared with decrease OF 5e5.5s0 last
year. Total visible supply figures on
March were l2.s27.ssi bags, against
l2.O0<.l95 year ago. Previous esti-
mates of the decrease ranged from $50. 900
to 100000 bagM
Prices were
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
ST. LOUIS TERMINAL ENJorNED
Judges Decree HelSs Association "a
It's own Business Strictly.

Sr. LOUIS. March a.--The fnal decree
signed by Judges gsnborns. Hook and
Smith In the case Of the United States
against the st. L0uis Terminal Railroad
Association was handed down this morn
Ing.
prenas Court OF the United States and per-
petuslly snjolns the terminal railway as
ISOLATION from using any properties OF It's
own or those Of IT. constituents except for
terminal purposes and from making any
so-callsd arbitrary charge within \ hun
drsd rlles Of g.. Louis that 10 not In like
manner charged ovtside Of that area.
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Exports and rsosipts xsrs /:
THE COPPER MARKET.

Copper producers. including some Of
the large agencies. have lowered their
asking quotation for electrolytic to IAN
osntx which La . net reduction of 4 Of
q cent pound from the peg Price OF
1<N cents. which has Just been aban-
doned- II cAme to light yesterday that
some OF tho big producers have been
doing business from 14& cents down to
l4h for the past few days. though tho
volume involved was comparatively light
This concession in price IL the outcome
OF the waiting policy which the consum-
ing interests inausuratesi some t,ms sro
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
Erie Notes OversubscribeA.

J. r. Morgan 4 Co. announced yester-
for the 3l3. 1000. 900 Erie three year ST.
per cent, collateral notes. dated April l.
1914, rendered II necessary to close the
subscription and make allotments. Price
Of tho note~ was par for delivery on
April I. All sales were mado subject to
approval by the Public service Commits
sion. A part OF tho issue was sold abroad,
The notes are ca,lsbls At iO2 after one
year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
American Can Company

A quarterly dividend OF ons and thres-
quarters per cent b as been declared upon tho
Preferred stock of this Company payable
April ist. 1914, to Stockholders of record at
the close OF business March lTth 1871. franc
fer Books will remain open. Checks mailed.
Il II lSMON. Secretary y Trensmrer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
AMERICAN >OI, ,OMpA>,,

AMERICAN HANK NOIi GONpANN
N-72 Broad St, New York, March Sid. Iyit
A. the Ann ual Election " this oinpany, held
March Ord, the following gen tlemen were elected
Directors for the ensuing year:
Y. G. lounsbury.
Y, {. Convene.
James II. ord.
Charles A. Moore.
Warren l.. Green.
VIM. Nelson Cron we'll.
J. Il. In Lamar.
|. S. SmiiheTs,
John Mason Little.
Andrew Y. Stout
Wallace Nesbitt
Alfred Jaretzki.
W, Murray Crane,
Ambrose Monell.
u r. Noodhul
Vim. r., Corey.
ChAs. II. Sabln
At the subse quent meeting OF the Board u
Directors he following ofNcefs were elected
PRESIDENT, Warren l.. Green
l1rst Vice President ~ v. Woodh oil.
\. ClaNton Cary Man ufacturinO
W.. rx..,x.n. j Claudet (Sales),
II Victor keanc Western.
., jose q. Mschado ,Chnedisnl.
Treasurer. Chas. l.. Lee
Secretary. Geo. II. Danforth.
asst se&s''"r''' Jr rreaa~.ii, Jr.
gro N DtSToRTU S.r,ctsr,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
CURB STOCKS, CLOSING PRICES.
THE CHICAGO MARKET.

CHICAGO. March 3.--Union Carbide was
moderately active. selling up to l50%.
but closed unchanged for tho day at
1919. Booth Fisheries preferred and
Edison were easier. Chicago Railway
bonds were active. the first 81 closing
70 lower. The summary:
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". I. du POINT de NEMOURs POWDER
COMPANY

Wilmington, NeTHWHrt.
Notice Is hereby given that the annual
meeting OF the ookholders of the L 7. du
Pont de Nemours Powder Company VIII b.
held at the once Of the Company, No, 81
Newark street, Hohoken, New Jersey, on
Monday. March Is 1914. a. 10 o'clock noon
ALIENS 7 hu PONT Secretary.
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DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST.
NE DELAWARE & HUDSON COMPANY.

Nov Nork FNh. AUtIl, wv
A quarterly dividend of TWO AND ONE.
QUARTER t?N 50 PER CENT. on the capital
stock OF this Company will be paid At the once
OF tho Company, ~ Nassau street, In this city,
on and after Friday, March 20. l9lt. TO stock
holders of record al close OF business to-day,
BY order of the Board OF Managers
CHARLES A. WALKER. Treasursr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
THE AMERICAN HARDWARE CORPORA
JlON OF NEW YORK

III IaftYetf- Street, Now IOrk
The annual meeting OF the Stockholds-s
will be held Tuesday, March 10Th. 1914 ct
80 Lafayette street. New York. at noon.
Directors for the ensuing year will Be
elected. also inspectors OF election for the
next annual meeting
Dated New York. February 90 1914
EDWARD MEYER, Secretary.
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II A. ". bids TO Liverpool were: March.
LII: May. MA; July. n.7t: October.
llM The market there 10 due TO open
uAay I points lower.
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Provisions closed steady. Cash pork
Mess. e3aG3sab0; family. S25oS3s50.
Cash besf-Packet els6 SIS; family.
9isae3o Cash lard-Prims Western.
3los5: refined continent 3ll.l6: South
American, Sli.s0.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-04
ELECTIONS AND MEETINGs.

THE FtNNSi I\ANlA RAILROAD COMPANY
General Orrce. BROAD Street station.
phllade lpha. Uh March. 1914.
AN ELECTION ron FOUR DIREt TORS. to
serve for the term OF four years to succeed those
whose term will expire with the "a ID election. VIII
be held on Tuesday. tile 2sth day OF March. 1919
between the hours OF ten O'Clock A. and elk
O'Clock J.. NJ. at the General once OF the Com.
pAny, Broad Street Station, lhiado lphla ~ that
time and place vote. or votes, win also be- taken
on such other subject. or subjects, as shall have
been directed by the Stockholders at thei snnua |
meeting on the 10Th OF March, lall
LEWIS NELSON. Secretary.
Notice IL hereby given that the Annual
Meeting of the stockholders of The Anerl
can Tobacco Company and an election TO-
Directors thereof will be he'd Al the ONCE
Of the Company, at 10 First Street Jersey
city. " ut eleven clock in the forenoon
OF Wednesday, March nth. 1914
Tho Preferred and Common stock transfer
books we're closed from II o'clock noon
February 10Th. 1914. and will be reopened 81
10 4 II. March 18th. 1914.
JOSIAH T. WILCOX. Secretary
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The Liverpool market closed barely
ready. There was fair business IN spot
o,,on with middlings l point on. a,
isM Sales. 5000 bales. Receipts. $4,000
,les Including $1,000 American.
Prices at Liverpool were:
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$1,000 Can e - notes, .iosx ~ iex ~
5000 Kelly Spring r a.. II 70 n 70
1900 N = CITY tHs iss,. .ieeX 1904 ioeS ieoK
sell esnts psp shaPa
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-10
THE EUROPEAN WAR
MAY HELP, NOT HURT U. S.

European great powers
death toll of million lives before it is The war
untold hardshps and suffering millions people in Eu
stagnaon trade but how will it effect the United States?
of encouragement and good cheer from
manufacturer the who his trade letter this week.
The first the advanced the value Of food
stuff in this country nearly billion dollars.
When prices increased at the in this the
suit this country must inevitably be greater prosperity all along
the line.
ANY continued undoubtedly in mills
being full blast and American factories being overtime
to supply Europe with food clothing and supplies The immense
exports Europe to South America Australia and Asia must fall
America.
According the of economies every American fac.
tory empoye will be working at full time good With
bumper and the farmer cannot being
prosperous than ever before.
This crisis surely eyes
center the United States place for conservative investment
Conservative European capital by millions almost certain
into this country to seek Investment here.
As result of the condition, New York stands chance
to take from London her the center Of the
American industries under the influence cheap money
wider market will prosper and rapidly than at
previous period s~'|~ -
well known editor views the situation words
The Business Outlook
The will losses confusion for brief time
The base metal mining the west will be partially suspended but
the harves will bring better prices The beet enterprises
which depressed will be revived the for the
at least will be filled with the will
running their utmost capacity When millions
drawn from the ranks of the producers ought help
swell the ranks Of the other In the
states the should keep all the manufactures running
capacity the tumble he only temporary
surplus of anywhere in the world All the grain that be
spared will be wanted for food for the armies the soldiers and the
army horses. ~
Not danger any direction
We cannot why business all the should
normal conditions the first shock of the
and the people understand the exact situation.
We suspect that within weeks enough foreign
een ships will be exchanged for flag the Atlantic
merce to full proportions and why there should
nyStefla
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-10
SOCIETY
Miss Plested Hostess.

One OF the most dellghttul OIL the
juvenile parties to be given this
summer was given Saturday from five
until nine o'clock when Miss Bernice
Plested entertained number of her
young friends at a lawn party. A
doll dressing contest was the feature
of the afternoon. Miss Carolina Nc
Laughlin won the prize for the most
prettily dressed doll. Miss Plested
was assisted in entertaining by her
mother, Mrs. W. &. Plested and Mrs.
NJ s. Eyer. The guests for the aft
ernocn were the misses Dorothy Dun
lavy, Ethel Crouch, Dorothy Eyer,
Bess McKinner, Angelina Bongera.
Corrine and Louise Quilitsch, Caro-
lima and Theodosia Mclaughlin.
Elizabeth Yeaman, Florence North
cutt. Sylvia Marty, Louise Franks.
Katherine Bell. Christine Mason and
Margaret Jameson.
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tConunued ffona PAGE Ii
stationed. The rivalry of the con-
testing troops was everywhere mani
tested. The sports yesterday demon
| strated that the United States cav
airy is an athletic aggregation of
| men who are not only skilled in
horsemanshi3 but physically trained
as well in the athletic contests and
the show that was offered held the
attention of the assembled crowd
from ten O'Clock in the morning un-
til almost $50 in the afternoon
when troops X and NJ scored a vic
tory over l and l. in baseball game
that was, TO say the least, exciting,
and marked by some good play and
heavy cloutinG.
| The commands taking part in the
field day events were those of Cap
tains Shelley, Mcclure, Mckinley
and Lieut.. Cox. The Officers served
as judges and visitor to the camps
and an interested spectator of the
sports was Major w. A. Holbrook of
the Fifth Cavalry and who was the
first military commander in the
strike zone of southern Colorado.
Major Holbrook has been in Routt
county with the federal troops and
more recently at Walsenburg He
stopped off at Ludlow on his way to
Trinidad.
The feature of the program yes
fnr Low I.
and skillful riding of the competing
troops in what was entered as bare
] back squads. Each performing troop
was allowed ten minutes and in that
time the spectators were treated to
some Cossack riding and equestrian
gymnastics that was real novelty
and the equal of anything seen in
the well advertised wild west shows.
The hurdle jumping by trained cav
airy horses was another feature. the
horses clearing the four, five and six
foot barriers while the crowd ap-
plauded with unrestrained enthus-
iasm.
An exciting event was the rescue
race. Mounted men dash to the end
of the field and pick up an unmount-
ed trooper and the one reaching the
starting place first is the winner.
1.-THE potato race was every bit as
novel and exciting. The mounted
troopers dash down the field picking
up potatoes and returning droa
them into a bucket. The winner is
the one who gets his six potatoes in
his bucket first.
IL There were several contestants in
every event, the 100 yard dash. the
high jump and the running broad
jump. Two squads contested in the
tug-of-war on horseback. Small
cash prizes were hung UP for the
winners and the interest manifest.
ed by the individual contestants for
these small prizes was equal to that
shown when big purses are offered
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-10
|ENTERTAINS FOR
MRS. W. n. HOWELL

AhS. W. ID. dUWELL
Mrs. Charles Bell was the hostess
Saturday afternoon to the local chap
ternoon to thet local chapter Of P. E.
o. in honor of Mrs. w. H. Howell,
who is to depart shortly for Denver
to make her home. With fitting
presentation speech, Mrs. w. o. Sher-
man presented Mrs. Howell with a
P. E. o. spoon in behalf of the So
ciety. Mrs. Howell responded with a
short farewell address. The house
was beautifully decorated with P. E.
o. colors of yellow and white. The
afternoon was spent in a social way.
followed by dainty refreshments be-
ing served by the hostess, assisted by
Mrs. w. o. Sherman. The members
of the P. E. o. Society present were
the Mesdames w. H. Howell, A. l..
Branson, Kate Branson, A. ]. Floyd,
Gilbert, G. F. Harlan, Charles Past,
Gilmore Floyd, Harry Ingram. r. R.
Ross, George Stracy, E. c. Whittel-
sey. Elmer Shear, w. P. Dunlavy.
The guests of the afternoon were
Mrs. Palmer, of Wichita, Kansas;
Mrs. William Sherman, of Denver,
Mrs. Will Orth, Mrs. Palmer of Mis-
souri,. Miss Ida Wolcott and Miss
Grace.
The chronicle=news., 1914-08-10
ADVANTAGE WITH 700
ENEMIES OF GERMANY
from the Pueblo star-Journal.

From the Pueblo Star-Journal.
| With the war in Europe less than
a week old the advantage is all in
For four days the .Belgians, with a
greatly inferior army, withstood the
assaults Of the German army and
won brilliant victories, In the latest
one OF which the Belgian king led
a cavalry brigade against the invad-
| ers. Germany was blocked in its
march across Belgium to Paris and
held in check until the French army
arrived with assistance. 1t was a Sc
rious setback for Germany, but 1t has
been followed by others. and the
week ends with series OF defeats
that must convince the kaiser that
defying practically all of Europe will
demand bloody toll from his loyal
troops.
France apparently has her scheme
of mobilization completed and has
taken the initiative with two bril-
liant victories. The French army
hurrying to the relief of the Bel
gians defeated the Germans at Lux
SIhpuiS, Ouiy ~ ullle6 ITOul IIleSe,
while an army of Invasion penetrated
Alsace, the former French province,
defeated the Germans and captured
Mualhausen, considered the key to
Alsace-Lorraine. For the first time
in more than 40 years French troops
and the French colors gladden. the!
hearts of former subjects in the
lost provinces" No wonder all Pa
ris rejoices at the news from the
front.
Possibly France may reverse the
story Of the Franco-Prussian war by
humbling Germany In quick order.
hut this seems doubtful. as Germany
has not yet been put to the supreme
test. Germany. however. must yet
reckon with England and Russia.
The task is an impossible one. An
other week will see the battle lines
drawn closer and the deadliest kind
of fighting by immense armies. All
signs point to the ultimate defeat of
Germany. The only question seems
TO be how long the war will last.
Unless Germany gains an important
victory soon the war will be over in
y few months at the longest.