The Alaska daily empire., 1914-08-27
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ON TO PARIS
 By Gertrude B. M.llsuo ',

Once again a watchful world hears the Teuton cry "on to Paris!" and knows that France Is on the defensive. Tbis time there is no Bismarck at whose feet may be laid the trick which caused 1t all. But that other tinie' that August of 1870, there was Bis marck. And he wanted war. It De- gan by King Williams suggesting that Prince Leopold announce himself 6 candidate for the Spanish throne shortly before vacated by Isabella H. France felt that Prince Leopold was not the man for the place, if French interests were to thrive, and She e%- pressed herself accordingly demanding that King William force the Prince to withdraw his name from the candi' dacy. William himself refused, but in q few days the Prince withdrew of his own accord. Then France de- manded that Prussia give her prom ise that Leopold would never be per mitted to renew his candidacy, and this request was politely but very firmly refused.
 There was no real cause for. war, but Bismarck wanted war, for he felt that the union of Germany depended upon war with France and he knew that Prussia was we'll ready. Bis marck was dining with Moltke and Roon when the telegram detailing the interview reached him. The Prime Minister later said: "As read 1t to them they were both actually ter rified. and Moltke's whole being chang ed suddenly. He seemed to be quite old and inirm. It looked as if oul most gracious majesty might kpuck le under after all. asked him (Molt ke) if, as things stood, we might hope to be victorious On his replying ir the affirmative, I said Wait min ute!" and, seating myself at a small table, boiled down those two hund red words to about twenty, without otherwise altering or adding any thing. It was the same telegram, vel something different-shorter more de termined, less dubious. handed Il over to them, and asked, "Well, how does that do now?" "Yes," they said "It will do in that form" And Moltkt became immediately quite young anC fresh again. He had got his war, hi trade.
 Then the press took up the matter and convinced Paris that the French Envoy had been snubbed and Berlir and that the Prussian King had beer insulted. And the war spirit rose tt fever heat. Crippled France rushed blindly to her own destruction anC superbly fit Prussia cried "on tC Paris!"
 Hostilities began in August, tht fatal mnoth in tue Franco-GermaI struggle today and beginning witl the Prussian victory at Worth, the! led straight to Sedan, one of thC worlds decisive battles. the battle that dethroned a dynasty and chang ed the government of France, the bat tie that sounded the death knell O. the Napoleons, the battle that result ed in the surrender of the larges army ever known to have been taker in the field. The way was clear, tho French capital in an uproar, Napol con III a prisoner, and the Germans marched "on to Paris"
 The city of Paris is one of the most strongly fortified cities in the world and every effort had been made tc provision 1t. On the 27th of August the siege began, lasting until January 2S. 1871, when the starving city sur rendered, and Prussia's Bismarck had won his end. The German Empire settled under it's new constitution which was practically that of the North German Confederation, with the addition of the south German states, and King William was pro, claimed German Emperor"
 And today the world is watching, and the German horde marches "on to Paris!"