The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-06-01

| Is now In alliance with Germany arc
| Turkey against Russia, England
Japan and the minor States.
In the same period Russia has beer
at different times, in alliance with
Austria and Prussia in warning upon
France; in alliance with France
against Austria and Prussia; In ALI
ance with Austria against Poland and
Hungary; in alliance with England
against France, against Austria and
against Prussia; and fought single
handed, against allied France, Eng
land and Turkey; again with Turkey;
then with Japan, and now is allied
with France, England and Japan
against the Central Empires.
During the same time England has
fought France in alliance with Rus
STA and Austria; then again In alli.
ance with Russia, Austria and Purs.
STA; and again in alliance with these
powers and Sweden; has fought Rus.
STA In alliance with France ad Tur.
key; has fought Turkey in alliance
with France and Russia; has fought
Sweden, has fought Denmark, has
fought Holland. has conquered and
destroyed the independence of the
Boer Republics, and is now fighting
Germany and Austria and Turkey In
alliance with France, Russia and ia.
pan.
Each of these powers has been in
alliance with each Of the others and
has fought each of the others and
HAS ALWAYS EITHER MADE AN
ALLIANCE WITH OR DECLARED
WAR UPON THE OTHERS TO GAIN
TERRITORY OR TRADE WHICH
ONE HAD AND THE OTHER GOV.
Erred.
In the spoils Of this incessant quar-.
reling and fighting all have shared,
winning here and losing there. The
most notable permanent gains have
been those Of Russia, England and
Prussia.
England has taken and kept The
Transvaal, the Orange Free State,
Egypt. vast territories in Africa and
Asia and numberless islands and
strategic points scattered over the
globe.
Russia has seized, kept and re.
morselessly crushed part of Poland,
and all of Finland; has seized Persia
in partnership with Great Britain;
and annexed immense territories in
Asia. Prussia has retained her share
of partioned Poland and has seized
and kept Swedish Pomerania, Hano-
yer, the Duchies Of Schleswig- Hol.
stein and Lauenburg, and Alsace-Lor-
raine, besides smaller territories and
huge money indemnities.
In the course of those wars Eng
land has twice forcibly violated the
neutrality of Denmark, seizing the
Danish capital and destroying the
Danish fleet without any previous de-
claration of war; Germany has vio-
lated the neutrality Of Belgium and
Luxembourg in the same identical
way; Russia has violated the neutral
ity of China; and England, France,
Germany, Austria and Russia have
repeatedly violated the neutrality.
oyerrun the territories and destroyed
the independence of weak peoples,
and have forcibly coer,ed Holland,
Sweden and Denmark to obey their
orders and yield up territory.
These quarrels and wars have not
always left us Americans to our own
peaceful pursuits.
During the administration of the
first President We were embroiled in
hostiltes with France owing to the
determination of the French diplo-
mats to compel us to side with them
in their war against England.
And while the nation was yet In
its beginnings we were forced to go
to war with England owing to the de-
termination Of the British govern.
met TO compel us to assist England
indirectly in her war with France.
When the nation was torn by civil
war and struggling for its very life
the British government fitted out pri.
yateers to prey upon our commerce,
gave aid and comfort to the armed
enemies of the Union, and offered
truculent insult to provoke a war
which, as Mr.. Lincoln remarked with
unwonted bitterness, it could have
when the job on hand was finished
In the same time of anxiety and
peril the French Emperor, with the
encouragement of Austria and the
consent Of Great Britain, landed an
army in Mexico in purDosed disregard
OF the Monroe Doctrine and with full
intent to provoke war, while the Am.
erican government was thought TO be