Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-03
THE WAR IS ON.

r, r.- IN the east. its TnaEnltuue'
-he number Of men 70 oe engage
.ba consequences and results Of 'iie
,ey,. are beyond comprehension.
r,e-s seems no possibility OF avoiding
a general combat between the ha'''i'S
already involved nor any prooao
thar any European nation, large o'
au can avoid ENHANCEMENT Ihese
arc countries where every man Is SUI
4ac- ~ military service, where every
male not physically disabled IN oas
way or another which units MN ioi
var IS a soldier, where tor years every
.<-or- 70 he inspired by ooyetousness
~ ~ terror has been bent to"afa
armament. equipment and the ou'io-
ing I'D Of a fighting machine Tor o.
<a,s. ar defense. where call 10 arms
a.no,,,la7es the farms, leaves factories
and employing agencies OF all Sorts
and kinds without service ana i
obaved instantly by practically the en-
ira able bodied male population
vhere the engineering departments Oh
me military establishments have
manned every stream and elevation
which may give military advantage
where strategy boards have eanVasseo
every possible move each TO It's own
.sva,-aea and with the knowledge
mat some day it would all De neeoeo
.,d n,t into prac tice in deadly earnest
u.,ara every peasant expects and waits
for the struggle even he knows 20 De
inevitable. There is universe! pre-
-.a,ees for conflict. The mooiliza !
~, ~ ., army is a matter OF days
instead Of months as in TINS country
Armies appear full armed and ohl-
oe,ad as nv incarnation. Millions upon
millions Of men ranged on either s'oe
! of fortified boundaries are at each
| o-hers threats. It is something &c
s-agger the imagination. AND IL ID
| reversion TO type. to the Roman OF the
! Commentaries, the Goths and Nandais
and Vikings and Gauls and the chleis
thar led them, when Europe was bar
barous and Rome was cruel end blood
shed was at once the diversion and
business of tribes and nations. The
Intelligence Of civilization in the light
of European developments seems to
have substituted the high power rife
for the battle axe and spear without
changing the primitive impulses OF
those who use them against each other
Man is fighting animal. War L
always popular Probably in this coun
try more than any other the peace
spirit exists and the understanding
that war is a crime holds strongest
But we have but lately urged invas
ion of neighboring country under
standing that it meant years of strif
and bIoodshed. When our marine
march up the streets of foreign cit!
under fire we ask no questions but de
mand swift reprisal. The ightini
shirt never dies. People rise to de
mand war over fancied wrongs. Al
offense to the flag is casus belli il
every hamlet. We crowd about tn
bulletin boards and cheer On our dog
of war Imagine then the situation
on a continent where the fighting spiri
has been assiduously cultivated an
patriotism runs high as anywhere o.
earth. Imagine the countries OF Eu
rope most of them crowded clos
against each other as Minnesota an
Missouri are set against Iowa.
The war is on. With clash Of arm
and cIank of steel the Germans ar
over the border. The French tri colo
leans toward Berlin. The moujik Is
marching order, the Austrian eagl
stops above Servia, the English fleet
are out, Itaiys 100000 msn are unde