The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1914-08-13

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in Europe is speculative, pur
. and simple.
ut is staggering to contemplate
for if all Europe is involved, it mean
that 20 million men will be availabl
for war" an officer says. "Russi;
alone can put between 6 and z million
men in the field and Russia vii
make a far different showing from
what 1t did in the Japanese fight.
"Then Russia had to haul it.
troops and supplies 5000 miles over
a single track railroad, which was in
poorer condition than any of our own
six trans-continental lines. The Rus
sian army is in good condition and is
a dangerous foe.
Bloody, such war will be, in
deed; possibly the D1oodiest in his
tory for its duration - it will be
short. The world could not long f.
nance such a struggle. The expense
Of keeping 20 million men in the field,
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be taken from industry, the cost of
their equipment, in these days enor-
nous, the cost of their maintenance,
the cessation of commerce and trans
portation, will make terrible total,
with the loss in human life not con-
sidered
at might well be imagined that it
would be the last great war. The
result would be terrific enough to
give civilization lasting horror of
the whole business and to establish
a congress of nations for the com
pulsory arbitration of differences.
Europe, aside from Austria, goes
into this war reluctantly. With Aus
tria, it was choice between war or
and it chose war deliber-
ately in the belief that it alone can
save the dual monarchy. Austria's
prestige was ruined by the Balkan
wars. On the southern frontier there
sprang up Servia, in all respects re-
ocHipliHS INC todiulila WHICH III LliS
asst century became the corner stone
If United Italy. And as France stood
'orth as champion of Sardinia and de-
'eated Austrian armies, so Russia
S ready to help the proposed Slav
umpire.
Victorious, Austria can annex
oil ha
Inder the Hapsburg crown and re
ume its march to the Aegean, UNI l
threatened by Servia. Defeated, it is /
ound to go to pieces. Galicia, Buko-
ina, Pennsylvania, Herzegovina, Bos- {
ia, Croatia and Dalmatia may fall
D Russia, Servia and Rumania But
'ithout war, Austria is doomed to a
rumble. 1t has chosen war as the
rice of national existence. t
"For Russia, the problem is differ il
Mt. It's existence is not at stake, n
ut if it wins Russia's frontier will o
lfallibly be carried to the Carpa- Z
lians on the southwest and the Ger L
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lcient Polish lands of Posen and p
asst and West Prussia. Again, once n
ustria is destroyed and Germany B
the last obstacle to Russian Of
of Constantinople vanishes CT
I'd the dream of centuries of Russian tC
Hers and statesmen is realizable II
gain, Russian victory will arouse I'll
e deepest emotions of the race. Re-
non, quite as much as race, too, cries 1t
It against the Austrian despoilia- fo
IN of the Serb states. Victory for A
e Romanoffs might consolidate Rus to
rs internal life and postpone the A
so long threatened. al
Defeated, Russia cannot be dis tr
It's bulk immunizes it an
om the danger that threatens ha
ance and Austria. Russia's pro N,
ess as great power may be de-
'ed while, but nearly 200 million &c
lvs cannot be restrained long. Not We
defend Servia is to sacrifice pres Nj
e at home and abroad, to lose the Tr
oport of the racial and religious Ing
otion of its own people, to be- tiv
ne contemplate in the eyes of its mi
n subjects. an