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"War Hoes u Nation rs u Farmer
Hoes 4 Field"

To THE EDITOR OF The SrN-Sir. NV
sympathy goes out to Pastor Mendes,
whose letter Peace or Earth" appears
In THE SIN Of December 81. In August.
1914. I was standing at the desk OF the
Windsor Hotel in Montreal when a
priest came up and asked for his mail.
] said to him Father. what do you
think of the war; He looked at me
with an expression of dull bewildernent.
II am upside down. he said in a break
ing voice. Both these men are repre-
sentative of n large body OF the worlds
best intentioned citizens. whose whole
system OF philosophy has suddenly
turned turtle. The plan by which they
live has been obliterated.
Thus II is that we see men with great
hearts and noble aspirations grasping
at new schemes, such as a United States
OF the world. International unions of
workmen, socialists. universities, &C.. be-
lievinc or hoping that therein lies the
remedy for war. 1t seems to them most
necessary that war be abolished.
There is n nation hat has learned
% live without war. This nation limits
its population by destroying a ropor
ton of its female children at birth. In
this way II has succeeded in keeping it's
population from exceeding its food sup
ply. This is the only alternative TO war
so far discovered. II II has serious
drawbacks. II In an interference with
the laws of nature. and man has made
all his advances not by interfering with
nature but by assisting her and follow
ing her teaching.
II will be objected that war kills the
finest and best the bullet has no selec-
tive power. SC. Closer observation shows
that the great bulk Of deaths In a wal
are not from gunshot wounds, They are
from exposure and disease. Inability
to stand the strain eliminates the unfit-
OF course there are many fine. valuable
men destroyed. but the residue is worth
all 1t cost n far more. Wal hoes n
nation as a farmer hoes a field.
Napoleon fought France down to six
teen-year-old boys. vet in two genera
tons France balanced her population,
and her strides in art, industry. science
and nave made the whole
world marvel. II the finest and hes,
We're all killed, how could this happen
II all our best men We're destroyed IN
the civil var We ought to be In q worse
condition than We were in 1860. II the
flower OF Germany persisted in 1870. Their
human culls are capable Of as much &C.
complishment as heroes are.
War, horrid as II seems. Is one Of the
means by which we make tremendous
upward strides, and ii Is necessary &c
continued existence in the world.
The population OF what is now Ger.
many has increased in the hundred
years ended in 1900 considerably ovel
100 per cent. France. 10+ per cent
Britain. 1870 per cent. This In spite OF
wars and emigration. The United State.
of America has increased 66S per cent
We must arm. STANLEY WHITING.
NEW YORK, December %,
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New York the worlds Metropolis.

1t is an interesting coincidence that
brings to light New York's suprem-
acy over London. in size. just as the
New Year celebration Is at hand. 1t
Is incumbent upon the largest Of all
cities to set the world a good exam.
pie, to prove that the largest may lie
also the wOrthiest. Hut there Is much
to he done before wen New York
a shine ike n gigantic good deed
In a naughty world.
Statistics prove that life and prop
erty are better safeguarded In Lon
don than In New York. England's
municipal governments are a standing
reprOach to our badly managed Amer
lean cities, and while New YOrk's adj
m~inistratiOn has improved steadily
until 1t Is i~ncontestably superior to
that Of other large American cities,
extravaganza must be eliminated and
the taxpayers business done thor
Oughly as well as economically before
the municipal machine can be nc.
cepted as completely satisfactory.
The Greater New York has evolved
into the Greatest City. Now let all
good citizens on the day Of high re-
solves dedicate themselves to the task
Of making a Better New York, a
worlds metropolis that shall be free
eventually Of the defects that affiict
the community NJ present.
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Are We u Despised and Degenerate
People. Colonel?

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. In
THE SUN of December % Mr.. Condo b.
Fallen says. Our national honor has
been lost in academic verbiage until in
the eyes of the world we are a despised
and degenerate people. who love nam
mon better h a Righteousness"
Is this mere academic verbiage" on
the part Of Mr.. Fallen. or does Mr..
Fallen really mean what he says? If
he means what he says. will he tell
Americans just wherein our national
honor has been lost? Will he tell us
why or how we are a despised and
degenerate people who love m
better h righteousness? or II he
would yield to the desire to ehirk per-
sonal responsibility 10y sheltering him
self behind the qualifying phrase Tin
the eyes OF the world" will he tell us
what eyes OF the world see us that
way or what justification the eyes Of
the world" have for seeing us so?
Mr.. Fallen also says when Bel
gian territory was violated. then was
the suspicious hour to put in evidence
our moral force as the greatest neutral
In the world. A. 4 nation We sat mute
and cowardly; the war of frightfulness
followed"
VIII MIR. Pallen kindly say what the
United States as a alton should have
lone that IL did not do when Belgian
territory was violated?
Mr.. Condo i. Fallen must have read
in THE SuS the thorough and eNhaus-
tive editorial articles showing that the
United States was bound neither by
treaty nor by law TO intervene in Bel
GUM. and that all our traditions were
against Intervention in European affairs.
And Vet Mr.. Fallen says we are a
despised and degenerate people" and
that we are mute and cowardly." Mr..
Pallen Cannot Justify that language. He
Will prefer to sit mute and cowardly."
The American people are getting
weary of the abuse heaped on our Gov
By Condo b. Palien and other
copperheads because our Government
will not embroil our people in "A foreign
war with which we lave no concern.
Mr.. Conde Pailen and others Ike him
whose affections are centred in European
countries rather han In the United
States would be willing to see our homes
broken up, fathers and brothers and
SONS sacrificed. our land filed with or
phans and widows. m our country inn
poverished in helping their favorite Eu-
ropean nation out of the trouble they
have brought upon themselves, while
Mr.. Fallen and others like him sat by
''cowardly'' If not mute But the
American people feel otherwise, and We
have n wise. level headed American
President, thank God. who Is following
out the precepts of our first President.
and who viii not permit our people Ia
be mixed up in the European war OF
frightfulness" EDWARD KENNY.
NEWARK, y. j.. December 80.
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Times False Face.

To TuE EDITOR ~ THE SuS-Sr. In an
sNer to -. P's" inquiry as to why thu
hands Of the watchmakers' signs point to
seventeen minutes after &. the expiana-
tion that It denotes the time that Lincoln
was shot is not borne out by facts. Booth
shot LAAcoln at a much later hour on
April IL, 1898,
II Ia a commercial reason that causes
the jewellers to have the hands on their
clocks point at the same time. BY hav.
Ing the painter drop the hands down TO
these convenient figures plenty OF room is
left for the Insertion OF ne jewellers
name on the false clock. Placing the
hands at seventeen minutes after s gives
a nice spread over which the name of the
Individual or Arm can be placed In a posi-
tion TO attract the eye. W. d.
NEW YORK. December 80.
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lexicon there was no such word as
encouragement. He assumed that
Yale, with its fighting spirit aroused,
was unconquerable, and he made
every man on the field believe It.. He
came to New Haven in 1910, when
the prospect was blue as indigo, and
he galvanized an inferior lot Of play
ers into something like championship
form: PrincetOn's high hopes were
dashed, and the conceit was taken
out Of an o~verconfdent Harvard team,
neither side scoring. This year, when
Yale seemed incapable Of beating u
second rate eleven and was thor
oughly whipped again and again, the
mighty SHEvLIN responded ono more
and literally wore himself out in the
service Of his alma mater. One Of
the greatest surprises in football an
nails was the defeat Of Princeton In
the Bowl at New Haven. Called into
consultation. the Minnesota lumber.
man had restored the patient. It was
an amazing resuscitation. There was
reaction, however. and a collapse in
the Harvard stadium. but SHEvLIv
could not work n miracle. The wiz
ardry Of HAUoHToN Is another story.
To Yale men it will seem deplor-
able that Tom SHEvLIN in n sense wns
a martyr to his devotion to the uni
versity. for the pneumonia which car
rled him of was the pesult Of n cold
contracted at New Haven while he
WINS COachinr tho team.
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BARNES READY TO APPEAL.
Taxation OF Costs In Rooss,-I 1
Case Only Formal Act,ou.

Henry r. Wolff of WINS. Wo'" 4
Hoguet. counsel for William Ba,ue,
corrected yesterday any possible ms.
conception as to the meaning of -
hxing OF costs which Mr.. Yarne, , o
pay as a result of losing his l.be. ,4t
against col. Theodore Roosevelt. :
the intention of Mr.. Barnes to appsu
from the verdict. Mr.. Wolf sud
The proceedings in Syracuse on
tuesday were merely forma ltl,~. .on.
sisting Of the taxation of costs and .h.
entry of the judgment and of the 'oruA
order denying the plaintiff's motion ~,
"A new trial. This motion was denied
at the conclusion OF the trii', ana fh.
present order does not constitute 4 ,aw
decision, but is the entry " the order
then made.
Up to the present time % has 'eAu
impossible for Mr.. Barnes to talk an
appeal because this judgment and order
were not entered. These prel!mlna-,
steps having been taken, Mir. Barnes
appeal VIII now be perfected and sc
be heard in the Appellate Divls.o. af
the Fourth Department. Obvious.v NJ
Barnes could not have lost his apr~4l
when none has been perfected or heart
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POLICE CAPTAINS SHIFTED
McGtrr and Buchanan VIII he re-
tree TO-mOrrOw.

Police Commissioners Woods announced
yesterday the retirement OF two po'. .
captains At "A pension OF Sl,375 q YEA
Capts. patrick j. McCiirr Of tie N.s',
chester station and John Bu,HArar .
the Central Office squad viii he ~,
lieved at midnight December 2r NJ
Cir Joined the force in April. lSS-. SID
buchanan in February. ISIS Nei --
was appointed a captain n 'el'
Buchanan received his last rr...a.0.
In December. 1900.
The consolidation Of the fns'H.s,
College Point and Flushing sit.a., 100
II precinct. commanded by CAM 1s'.
rick O'Neil, necessitated a SHIT o. csp-
tains. Capt. Patrick Cochran : cole
lege Point was assigned 90 OBJ. '"''
Island precinct. Capt, Thona. NtHiN'
formerly at Whitestono, goes '' N'@
chester, Other shifts were ,ar' j"nH
Wiegand, Central Office squad 70 RON
away Beach To relieve ac'.f- an
Louis A. Haupt, Ilsupt VII N' ..i''
ferred to the Elizabeth street -.'''n ''
relieve acting Capt. John \n''. '''
latter has been assigned 20 ''' I'
nu station in Brooklyn.
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Victories Of Science In south Africa.

In southern Uganda between 1898
and 1903 2OO,OO people died of sleep
ing sickness. 1t was the experience
Of Uganda and the lower Congo that
brought about the cOnvOcatiOn of sci
entitic men in London from all the
countries Interested In tropical Africa.
a meeting that marked the turning
point of the disease. Sleeping sick
ness is still n formidable enemy Of
human life, but 1t has been checked /;
and II will be mastered.
The little Sesse Archipelago. in Vic
toria Nyanza, about 10000 of whose
! people died of the disease. is again
the scene of planting, harvest and
prosperity. The Waganda till their
fields in safety. We hear nothing
10Y of the great terror that ravaged
the lower Congo basin. The depopu-
lation Of tropical Africa is no longer
threatened.
The disease was reported in 1909
on both sides of the equator. about
half way TO the tropics, from the At
lantic seaboard eastward to Lake Tan
ganyika and Victoria Nyanza and on
the north shore of Lake Nyassa but
IL was worst In Uganda and the lower
Congo basin. This was about the
time that hopeful indications began
to appear. Previous experience had
indicated that they infected person
was doomed hut AZ last "A majority
Of the mild cases and not IA few of
the severe cases began To be cured by
the atOXyl treatment introduced by
Or. Koch.
Ii took Il long time to discover all
the facts about the fly and its life
habit that were needed to fight the
disease. We knew some years ago
that a species of the tsetse fly, Clos
sina palpalis. Is found not in swamps,
but only along the edges of flowing
waters, as lakes and rivers. II
matches in the shade of scrub and
underground Mt a distance of not more
than thirty yards from the water.
Thousands Of miles along brooks. riv-
ers and lakes have been stripped bare
Of all vegetation affording shade. All
natives who are compelled to work
in the fly infected districts are now
fully clad from head 10 foot. A Ger
tain shrub that Is sure death to the
fly has also been widely planted.
The bite of another species Of the
tsetse fly has no effect upon man. but
Is fatal to cattle and horses. Within
the tropics, on the high plateau of
the southwest Congo basin. ARE vast
plains covered with nutritious grasses
that would support many thousands
Of domestic animals; but the tsetse
fly has kept out the herds. Thes,
animals are needed I'm great numbers
in the neighboring region of the rap,
Idly developing copper and gold indus,
tries of Katanga.
Science IL adding hugely 10 the
value of tropical Africa.
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a general consciousness that It Is the
people themselves and not the ambi-
lions and aggrandizement Of their
rulers that must be considered, there
Is nothing to indicate that this con-
sciousness would disarm Its new re-
cruits, or work a fundamental change
In that universal weakness to which
all vars are ultimately traceable, the
continuing infrmities Of our imper-
feet human nature.
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COMMISSION
FOR DIAMOND FIRE
Investigators in Report TO
Governor Name Lynch.
Wizard and Lyon.
DEMAND THEIR REMOVAL

ALBANY, Dec. 2S.-Responsibitv FOR
the loss Of life In the Diamond factory
Are in Williamsburg on November 6 il
placed squarely upon the shoulders ~ the
Industrial Commission in n report mad.
to Gov. Whitman to-day by a commute.
Of New Workers. Twelve lives we're lo.,
and thirty-five persons were injured In
that fire.
Gross neglect Is charged aguius, the
members OF the commission as a who.
and against James NJ. Lynch Of syria.
cuse. head Of the inspection bureau
Louis Wizard of Batavia. head of the IN.
dustrial code bureau, and Edward p
Lyon Of Brooklyn. head Of :k legal bu.
Gov. Whitman is urged not tn
send the names OF these men to the
Senate for confirmation and to name new
members in their places.
The report consists OF seventy three
printed pages and is dlviled into thr..
parts. First are excerpts from the min.
utes taken at the Coroner's inquest and
an analysis OF them. second are facts
not brought out in m ~ the publ,
hearings, and third are the and
conclusions.
The signers of the report are France,
Perkins, for the Committee OF Safety
Florence Kelley of the National Cor
sumers League, Maud Nathan OF III.
New York City Consumers league.
Emma b.. Beard Of the New York STATE
Consumers League, owen Il. Loveoy Of
the National Child Labor Committee
Mornay Williams Of the New York Child
Labor Committee aLa Mabel Spinney o.
The Association OF Neighborhood Work.
ers.
n first two parts of the report are
designed to show that the law places
! upon the Industrial Corsmissie,, part!cu.
larly upon Mr.. Lynch. Mr.. Wizard ana
Mr.. Lyon. the responsibility for correct.
ing such fire violations as existed in the
Diamond factory. and that the comm,s
sion. particularly the three hen named.
showed gross Lbsligence in performing
their appointed functions.
Far from assuming such respons,
bility Gas was assigned by law" tNs
report says, the commission has up 10
the present time sought to shield itse /,
by suspending two observation-disclosures
u. Ash. supervisor OF the district where
the Diamond building is located, and
George A. Rosquist. a factory inspector
OF the first grade who made the in-
spections in and made up the orders
against the Diamond building.
The commission was forewarned an
TO the terrible consequences resulting
from the neglect of proper fire pro,ec.
ton. The Triangle fire and tho Bing.
hamton fire had shown the dangers IN.
m~istakably.
The records of the department revea,
the lax administration without need OF
further proof.
The great State department which h,
charged with protecting 1000 0O0 wo.k
ing people has conspicuously failed m y.
duty. The time has come 10 lift the "a.
of inefficiency."
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Irish Words In English Speec'

To TIE EDITOR or THE SuN-Srt some
Irish words In English, with the proper
Gaelic orth geography, are: slogan"
sl~uaghgairm; galore" 60 leor, literally
80 enough: Shamrock seamrog. "spor-
ran" spartan. 'brogue," brog. literally "a
shoe; keen" caoin. to lament; "cau-
been" cabin, literally "an old hat. glen"
gleann; road rod. The English render
ing Is a vocal approximation to the Irish
pronunciation.
The difficulty Of learning Irish has been
exaggerated, O'Growney's Simple Lessons
In Irish" will In u very short time enable
the uninitiats to read and understand the
hundreds of simple sentences they con-
tain, A. c. HuuHEs.
NEW YORK. December 90.
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STRAIGHT FROM THE KAISER
He Knows Germans and Americans.
but the Hyphen, Nlcht!

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: on
an occasion during the earlier period of
the kaiser's reign his chamberlain in
formed him that Il prominent German
American desired to be presented to him.
Thereon the Kaiser exclaimed Elm
Observation-Disclosures? lch kenne einen
Deutscher, ich kenne auch einen Ameri-
kaner aher einen Observation-Disclosures
kaner kenne ich nicht."
"A Gcrman-Americanr know n Ger
man. | also kno an American but a
German-American | cannot comprc-
bend" ALEXANDER l.. MAYER.
MOUNT VERNON. December 20.
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RancOr Of the Non -cOmbatants

To THE EDITOR % THE SvN--Sir. In Tho
Old Regime In Canada" Francis Parkman
describes the effort "a. u, l665-l7OO, to
place the Church of Canada on the foot
Ing of the Church OF France. He writes;
The conflict lasted for years. with tho
rancor that marks the quarrels of non
combatants OF both sexes"
BosToN, December 80.
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Read for Example Of Life and In.
structiOu Of Manners"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Those
Of your readers who are interested in
s%idelights may find 1t worth while to
reflect over the significance the Church
of England attaches to the Apocrypha.
In the thirty-nine articles is found that
the Apocrypha' may be read for ex-
ample of life and instruction OF man.
ners." Cou il ave been better
phrased' Scorer E~PIsCoPALIAN.
SOUTH BETHLEHEM, Pa, December 90.
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The delegates on MIR. FoRp's peace
tour OF Europe are said to find the
Rev. JENKIN LLOYD JoNEs's whiskers
very amusing. Mr.. JONES is an expert
player Of leapfrog, and enlivened the
trip across by exhibitions OF his skill
in this entertaining sport. The more
we hear Of this lively gentleman the
more firmly we cling to the opinion
that he sailed on the wrong ship.
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Mr.. WILSON has the privilege Of
withdrawing his name from the Dem
ocratic Presi Dental primary ballot n
Michigan. The situation Is less en-
barrassing to him than to Mr.. RoosE-
WELT, named in the Progressive petit
ton. because the Man in the White
House has. in a purely political view.
only the fast fading recollection OF the
One Term Baltimore convention to
make him modest.
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Prosecuted under the antitrust law.
the principal maker Of gasolene was
dissolved into its components. Now
the components are to be prosecuted
because Of the rise in the price of
gasolene. Did Mr.. GREGORY and his
bright young men ever hear Of a law
of supply and demand?
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The statesmen Who are struggling to
get the Enthusiastically to Mexico for
some of their devoted followers I'M
doubtedly feel that things are 30 bad
In Mexico even q deserving Democrat
could not make them worse.
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In a letter attributed to Field Mar
shall o M~AcKENsEN the writer says
that the plan of the German General
STAFF Is to equip "A million Turks with
arms and force the Russians back
across the Ural Mountains" As the
Ural Mountains bound European Rus
sla on the east and are 1900 miles
from the Dvina. where the Germans
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Certain sociologlsts at Washington
declared that Colonel RoosEvEL.r's argu-
ment in behalf OF preparedness was
fallacious, but none of them asserted
that the Colonel was soft and slothful.
or a poltroon.
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The pride of Kewanee. H.. is RALPH
Houston. champion photographer Of all
the States school children. who spelled
500 words correctly. Young Mr.. Hous-
TON has evidently been so unfortunate
as to be tutored by an old fashioned
schoolmaster,
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DIR. katharine b DAVIS, -. ="
". Cruger n AleNaUdc" VI" =
We're sworn in YESTERDAY awe
Mitolcl as members 81 the ff NV
COMMISSION. Rurdette q j. ""
also sworn i'm as tommissr.'" co.
rection and Samuel l. Mar Oh F'
tive secretary to the Mtyo'
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Indiana Early Coal Producer.
From the United States Geological Smre
RuIof.p

The United States Census reported The
production OF coal In Indiana at s,sss tons
as far back as 1870, The industry devel-
oped slowly from that time until 1865.
when It was ascertained that the block
coal mined In the Brazil and Terre Haute
districts made a satisfactory blast furnace
fuel in it's raw condition The construo-
ton Of railroads throughout the STATE Mt
about that time also gave an impetus to
the coal mining Industry which has shown
generally steady progress.
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Berlin's Population.

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Add
ing to the statistics given by Water j,
Ballard. | pray your hospitality for these
Stadtkreis igures on Greater Berlin,
census OF 1910:
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The court has ordered WILLIAM
BARNES to pay Colonel ROOSEVELT
$1,443. Either as plaintiff or defend
ant, the Colonel always wins.
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Greater Paris had. by the census o,
1871, S,S46, Csc. Hamburg, Germany, Is
another city having a population OF
over a million,
FERDINAND kAEGEBEHN.
WEST HoBoKEN, N. j., December 90,
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To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sv. Is A. i
Lance, NJ. u. surgeon Of Portsmouth,
H., eligible for the Hall of Fame?
ovA X. 0ouLD.
AMEsBunY, Mass. December 20.
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There r few European monarchs
left who are not sick, wounded or out
OF breath.
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" our friends scho tdror va NTH mdnS.
scrtpts and iliNsfvdfi0ns for publication tctsA
20 have rejected articles retained hsv mSsf
n all cases send stamps for that purpose.
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and Russians are dug in and dead
locked, II must be obvious that the
kaiser's favorite commander never
wrote such ~nOnsense.
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China puts her trust in diplomacy
So did Europe up to August 2, 1914.