The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-05
EUROPE AN ARMED CAMP.

In spite of all the talk OF peace and
brotherly love among nations Europe
is just as much OF an armed camp as
ever II was, Germany and France are
ready to fight at the drop Of a hat and
have been ever since the latter couu
try recovered from the war of 1871,
when Bismarck insisted upon taking
Alsace-Lorraine in addition to an in
demnity of two milliards Of money in
cash.
Greece fears an attack By the Gun
speakable Turk" and is bending every
energy to be prepared when the blow
falls The war cloud is likely to ap-
pear in the Balkans at any moment, for
every since the fatal day when the AL
lies went TO war over the division of
the spoils Turkey has resumed her place
as the dominant power in that territory.
Unless the great powers interfere
Greece and Servia will have to fight
for the territory so recently acquired.
That Turkey means business is evi.
denced by the fact that she recently
purchased dreadnought being built for
Brazil
The passing of old Franz Josef, the
aged emperor of Austria, is likely to
result in an attempt on the part of
Hungary to divide the empire, and
while the Archduke Ferdinand is re-
garded as soldier it is by no means
certain that he will be able to hold
the realm together. There is also
chance of the German emperor stepping
in and attempting to bring Austria
into the German Empire. Franz Josef
is more than four score years old and
in the natural order of things will soon
be gathered to his fathers.
Russia is perpetually in danger of
revolution, Hundreds Of thousands Of
soldiers are constantly under arms and
are merciless when called upon to put
down anything that looks like an up
rising among the people. The peasants
have suffered so long under despotic
form Of government that they have
little love of country and no respect
at all for their rulers,
Spain, Italy and Portugal are COM
| PEELED to maintain great armies. The
latter country has been almost in a
state Of anarchy ever since the assas-
sination of the king and the heir ap-
parent Spain is fighting the Arabs in
northern Africa, while Italy is com
PEELED to keep up a vast military estab
lishment on account Of being a memb Der
of the triple alliance.
World wide peace is beautiful
thought, but the swords and spears OF
Europe are not being turned into agri-
cultural implements at the present time
1t has often been said that there is no
prospect of universal peace until after
another general mix-up among the Eu-
ropean nations, resulting in the death of
countless thousands of human beings
and the devastation of tho various
countries. Then, it is claimed, the rul-
ers and the ruled would be content to
sign arbitration treaties. That strug-
gle is always imminent and will surely
come unless there is dispensatiou of
Providence and thoughts Of revenge or
the aggrandizement Of territory are
cast aside as unworthy of the twentieth
century
1t is doubtful if Secretary Bryan will
be able to induce any of the great pow
ers to do more than they have done in
agreeing to his peace plan in principle.
| Signing hard and fast treaty is an
other matter and treaties, after all.
have never prevented war