New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1914-10-03
THE GREAT WARS OUTCOME.

Dean Burgess of Columbi
University, a historian, VI ltin'
Sf the great war in Europe il
Sundays Times Picayune close
with rather alarming picture o
what the success Of the Tripl
Entente would mean to us o
America. We are all rather dis
posed to think that whatever tn
outcome we would be able to fol
low the even tenor Of our way IN
harrassed by entanglements tina
would draw us into the quarrel
or jealousness of Europe, but-Mr
Burgess puts it otherwise as fol
lows:
"Finally, as to the outcome
not much can yet be said. The
is nothing so idle as prophecy
and l do not like to indulge in it
Whether the giant of Middle Flu
rope will be able to break the
bonds, which in the last
years have been wound about him
and then under whose smarting
cut he is now writing, or the
letters will be riveted tighter,
cannot easily be foretold. But,
assuming the one or the other,
We may speculate with something
more of probable accuracy re-
garding the political situation
which will result.
1.-The triumph Of Germany
Austro- Hungary Bulgaria can
never be SO complete as to make
any changes in the present map
Of Europe. All that they could
effect would be the momentary
abandonment of the Russian pan
Slavic program, and RELOCATION to
dormancv of the French Grew
anche' and the stay Of Great
Britain s hand from the destruc-
ton of German commerce. On
the other hand. the triumph o.
Great Britain Russia France can.
not fail to give Russia the mastery
Of the Continent over Europe
and restore Great Britain to her
sovereignty over the seas. These
two great powers, who now al
ready between them possess al
most half the whole world, would
then indeed. control the destinies
Of the earth.
"Well may we draw back in
dismay before such a consumma-
ton. The "rattle of the saber'
would then be music to our ears
in comparison with the crack of
the Cossack's knout and the
aianking of Siberian chains, while
the burden of taxation which we
wculd be obliged to suffer in or
der to create and maintain the
vast navy and army necessary
Tor the defense Of our territory
and commerce throughout the
would against those gigantic pow
srs with their oriental ally,
Japan, would sap our wealth, en-
danger our prosperity and
threaten the very existence Of re-
publican Institutions
# what Mr.. Burgess says is
true that we will have to burden
ourselves to maintain enormous
armies and navies. in defense
against the pan-Slavic enormity,
then tits time we get busy and
and help the Germans that condi-
lions may remain in statu quo.
for he says their triumph can
mean but little change. How
ever, we believe Mr.. Burgess, with
al Difference to his distingui'
scholarship, is seeing things, and
that he has placed himself in the
class Of those who have been
nenacing the world with an
AS16ClC uOOO.
As a matter Of fact it is i'm
possible to fOrsee what will hap
PEN whichever side wins in the
war. but it is certain that civiliza-
ton will not be swamped, neither
will any overgrown power DOM
mate Europe or the world. The
allies themselves on each side
vonld not dare permit it for
their own safety. The chances
ere. considering the great senti-
ment against militarism. that
saner Europe will result.-Adver-
kiser.
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