The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-02-16
SOME GERMAN WARS,
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| klon. Inc popNlAlau Oh some Oh tAlT
provinces was decreased by half, and
all at them had been devastated dur
| ing the terrific struggle which was a.
nalie settled by the peace of Westpha-
lila, France being given Alsace, with
Metz, Toul and Nerdnu and becoming
| The FIRST power in Europe. II has been
claimed thar poiygamy was practiced
/ n Germany after this great conflict
closed. but there il no evidence to
upport the assertion Morals, II IL
true We're at low ebh. which wAa
4 aalural under the circumstances, and
we suppose few Of the survivors had
Il the least idea that their country
would ever rise again.
Hut Frederick the Great came along
4 in due time and for sevo.a years the
; Germans, under the domination of the
king of Prussia. went through another
! period nf IRE and sword. This war
ended In victory bat all over the
, country were seen evidences of des.
J truetion aud decay when Frederick
made his triumphAl entry into Berlin
( The capital city itself had been more
J than once plundercd and the popuia
ton was greatly diminished, The sit.
ualion was not so desperate AS at the
close OF the thirty years war, but II
of was bad enough To chill the stoutest
> iojcing which followed the signing of
q the peace treaty at Hubertshurg. Ma
> cauley sums up the situation ia which
@ the people Of Germany found them
9 selves in these words;
n The ruin OF private fortunes, the
D. distress OF all ranks, was such az
might appall the armest mind Al
!. most every province had been the
a. seat of war, and of war conducted
n with mercliess feroeity, Crowds oi
ID croatians had descended on Silesia
" Tens OF thousands of Cossacks had
u been let loose ON Pomerania and Bran
!. denherg The mere contributions lev
"a led by the invaders amounted, il Was
o, said 10 more than hundred millions
IL of.vlollars, and the value of what the,
. extorted was probably much less thar
ia the value of what they destroyed. TIT
fd fields lay uncultiYated, The very seed
y corn was devoured in the madness o
lg hunger Famine. and contagious dis
eases produced by famine, had swep
40 away the herds and fiocks. and ther
ne was reason 70 fear that a great pes
het thence among the human race wa
TO likely 20 follow In the wake OF tha
Nv tremendous war Nearly fifteen tho'
AZ sand houses had been burned TO IN
W ground
HF hbDuiNAiih VI AtAt RaAh""AAf Af'
az in seven years decreased 10 "a
eh friehtful extent OF Z per cent. A slxt
IN OF the males capable of bearing arm
az had actually periRhed on the field !
~ battle In some districts no lRborer
~ eKcept women, were seen I'm the flelC
III al harvest time In others, the tra
ise eler passed shuddering through 81
lIe cession OF sffent villages. in Whit
~ not a single inhabitant remained. 1T
'ni currency had been debased the q
nv thority Of laws and magistrates hi
~ been suspended. the whole social ~
Nv tenn had been deranged. For, durlI
that convulsiye struggle, everythii
that was not military violence was d
archy Even the army was disorga
zed Some great generals. and
crowd OF excellent officers had falle
m and il was impossible 10 supply the
N place The difficulty of findlng reeui
had towards the close OF the W;
been 80 great that election and rela
is lion were impossible Whole bait
nv lions were composed of deserters
Of prisoners II Was hardly To
hoped that thirty years of repose al
Ida industry would repair the havoc pI
avs duced BY seven years OF war
ain These we're the conditions that pi
vailed at the end OF a successful W
al anu AdtA@ ~ AN AAAN kAaRF ma" @@A tfA&
a.. paid thAt the king of Prussia mig
was be called great Passing over I
80 sapnleonie wars and coming down
40. 1870 W. find Germany one OF the ms
~ pow erful nations of Europe. Aust
! q, had been decislyely beaten In j.
- aud the hour had struck when Fran
On WAS 90 be raYaRed and humihati
ne, The thing worked out. Aisace a
Lorraine were attached to the G
,rr, man empire and tho losers compel
- % pay an indemnity staggering
~ amount Since that time Germany
! og 0een silently preparing for the y
A. which IL now In progress, and viii
,sad If successful. will leave that coun
- mot only the master OF Europe,
80 of the civilized world.
tfoul II ia for this reason that the
don teute allies cannot turn back and
am b for his reason that the neui
gro natIonR cannot afford 10 allow a c,
y plete triumph Of the German ar
arKal BY reason Of their high state Of I
paretlnrsk the Germans have conhl
the war for the most part TO the
! rtory Df the enemy Countries. and
-, 3afg{IlHn population Of the empire
49, escaped the On spsakAbie horrors
- The thirty years war and the ]
p struggle which Frederick the CT
~ OF pre- 'p'tate" " t..'@ - - a.
aum - RpoH 'tl -, :
- would save them. But il the al
-, larmies once break through the 4
-, and carry the war into German Il
- tory fne empire viii lose its D
: 90 among the powers Of the hfst 81
,.,,is al she blood and treasure poured
..r zifhouf stint wiil have been exp
: - I'D IN vain. and there vii be no {
A. nk back u the league 70 snf'
/, tsrI peace Is formed. about which thsT
frr,r. little doubt
I thp n The United States is forcet
declare war as a result OF the U
etricted submarine campaign the
lingering doubt as 10 The cute
+. J vii have been removed. and a (
..sr..,.. mem f.rauffHauE men believe