Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-08-07

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A general European var involves
nors than 10000, 900 trained fight
ing IN. With the advance in STRAIT
-, var machines, ana methods in
transporting and feeding large bodies
% nm, ~ horror Of the clash Of
this terrible armament is beyond the
miads Of men to conceive. Ameri.
cans, especially, can have NO ade-
quats idea Of what agony Of death
and suffering from wounds, lack Of
food, weary marches, and dreaded
diseases, are involved on the part Of
combatants, and the heartaches, pow
erty, and lonliness which will afflici
those least able to bear them-ths
women and children, left to treat un-
protected With alien soldiers half
mad with blood lust.
GREATEST WAR OF HISTORY
Not since the time Of Napoleon has
such a cataclysm been threatened.
and against the day which has now
arrived have all the peoples Of Eu-
rope been preparing, building ships,
and training men, at the expense Of
over-taxed citizens dreading war.
All Of Europe is an armed camp, and
any part Of ii is a possible battle
field on which will be waged a IT,
tanic struggle for world supremacy
the greatest since the beginning Of
the world. The mobilization Of the
vast armies and navies bring in par
ade the latest engines Of war-the
dreadnaught Of $4,000 tons displace-
ment carrying great l5-inch rifles.
the monoplane dropping deadly ex-
plosives on fort and city; the sub
marine, taking unawares the ship
manned by 1000 memo warsmen;
the terrible 16-inch siege gun to drive
more than half ton Of steel through
a wall Of stone; and the lesser,
though deadly field piece machine
gun and high-power rifle to deal
death swiftly and at great distance.
ELEMENTAL STRUGGLE
When the elemental passions take
possession Of the hearts Of even the
most civilized, 10000 years of striv-
ing after ideals Of peace and good
will are forgotten in the primitive
struggle for dominance, and in the
bloody fray men strive red-handed in
their greed for loot, vengeance, pow
er. In this fight there will be little
thought Of fair play, mercy, and the
other boosted refinements Of twen-
tieth-century civilization. Austria
broke without excuse the plighted
word given at the Congress Of Berlin
in 1878 by annexing Bosnia and Her
zegovina, and her aggressions on the
Slavs Of Southeastern Europe pre-
cipitated the war; Germany has not
hesitated to invade the territory of
Luxembourg made neutral by the trea-
" of London. Peace advocates main
'ained that International finances
The interlacing of banking systems.
stock markets, investments, etc.
would force the world to keep the |
,eace. But neither treaties made in
.ood faith nor essential Industrial
demands have played any consider
ible part, except to name allies with
community Of interests and to pro-
7ide the substance for carrying ON
A WAR OF PRINCES
The world was told that war
Il princes would never again be
ought. yet to bolster up the waneing
louise Of Hapsburg the emperor of
Austria declared for battle: for the
'lory of the Hoenzollerns. Germany
oined the strife; and in loyalty to
he Romanoffs. Russia marshalled
Ter millions of fighting men. II is
lot likely that Germans are athirst
or the blood Of Russians or, that
Austrians seek madly to slay French
men. There is no comfort left for
he peace enthusiasts who have
reached disarmament in preparation
or the era of universal peace.
ALL EUROPE INVOLVED
After the close of the Napoleonie
'ars. the powers Of Europe gathered
{ Berlin to adjust the balance of
over. Since that time every ma
ion has felt that the day would come
Then that fine arrangement would be
disturbed and they prepared for the
ay. That any nation had the te-
nerity to bring on the catastrophe,
; almost beyond belief, yet the En-
error Of Austria seemingly hesitated
ot at all to plunge his own people
nd the nations Of Europe in the
loodiest war Of history. England.
rance, and Russia formed the triple
ntente to counterbalance the power
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