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SWOKN CIROUI.A.TIOH.
Dally uvernR for K months endlnc
December 31, I9t3, S6o.
With Medforil 8lop-Ovf
LONDON. Aur. , 1:20 a. m. No
Kreat battle has yot licen fought on
lend- or sea In tho war of soven na
tions, unless tho Gorman nstault up
on tho fortresses at Liege eventually
nssiitna tho proportion of a battlo la
history.
Haiti comlwitanta claim victory thcro
with the IlnlRlans slill holdlnc tlio
forts, nml Iho MiM'innna occniyl"K the
city. .
The situation Is a unique one.
Thoro hi no confirmation of the Pallv
flail's report that tho French have
encased the Cermans and cut oft
tholr rclreat, Infllctlnt: a loss of 8000
men. Tho Iieiglaus claim that tney
havo taken S00O prisoners on Belgian
rail, bat military mou regard all the
estimates of tho belligerents as great
exaggerations.
Apart from Liege tho fighting of
tho first week, when rctolved to tho
proper perspective, eventually, doubt
less, will be considered inslgulftcant.
German rorymtlon Weak
Ono of tho most important dovelpp
ments in tho eyes of experts, is tho
general testimony that tho German
Infantry formation Is obsolete and In
effective against weapons of today,
and means an enormous slaughter if
retained.
Prance and Austria finally official
ly are at war, tho ambassadors having
left tho respective capitals. The
French government broko off diplo
matic relations with Austria on lh?
grounds that Austrian troops wcro
reinforcing tho Germans.
Austria appears to have abandoned
the advance on Scrvia for a time and
apparently Is co-operating with Ger
many In the supposed strategy of at
tempting to crush Franco beforo
Russia can mobilize.
Financial conditions In England
aro returning to normal although
there is a great dislocation In many
trades. Tho prices of foodstuffs have
risen only slightly.
Austria mill France Ureal;
Diplomatic relations between
Franco and Austria liavo been broken
and tho embassadors havo left tho
capital. Tho French foreign office in
a statement says the initlatlro was
tajtcn by Franco becauso Austrian
troops wero aiding tho Germans.
Tho French aro advancing In Alsace-Lorraine,
but against what op
position is not known.
The Gormans occupy (ho city of
Llcgo, whilo tho Belgians hold tho
forts. Stroug forces guarded all tho
approaches to Drussels.
Tho Austrlans before Servla aro
rtlll bombarding Belgrade, whllo part
of tho fjorvlan army is taking tho of
fensive in Bosnia.
The North sea Is again closed to
t)io fishing fleets, which is regarded
an significant in view of tho fact that
there aro largo British and German
fleets In that water.
Tlio German cruiser Karlsruhe,
which arrived nt San Juan, Porto
llico, reported nn engagement Friday
Jilght off Bahamas with four British
and French cruisers.
Tho. French government forbids the
publication of tho French casualties
list, so that Germans may nut knot?
tho movement of tho French troops.
All Gormuus and Austrlans In Bel
gium must dcclaro themselves within
twenty-four hours, or tWwIll bo ur
routed us spies.
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WAR DUE TO
THE absolute iiioimitIiv, tho flub-ilitbfoovv of royalty,
tho lingo standing arniios, gigmitio navies ami forti
fied $t ronltolds aro all survivals: of feudalism.
Feudalism was an outgrowth of tho invasion of the civ
ilized Koiuan world by the barbarian hordes of the north
and east. "Medieval soeietv needed protection protec
tion from the raids of robber
discontented peasantry, from bands of pillaging outlaws.
The great landowner formed his estate into a territory he
could defend. His smaller neighboi-s came to hint for pro
tection, and swore fealty to him in return, becoming in
some form or other dependents. The baron, in return for
services rendered tho king, secured immunity and power
over his district and performed in it the functions of the
state.
Changes in conditions and the centralization of gov
ernment enabled society to free itself to a large extent
from the dependence upon the baron. The general gov
ernment resumed the functions he had performed during
the middle ages, but as feudalism disappeared its customs
crystallized into forms that exist even todav. Feudal laws
still hamper the growth of
tocracies lead useless parasitical existence, while the potty
tyranny practiced by the baron is now practiced on a
larger scale by the monarch.
The baron, in exchange for protection, demanded trib
ute, fealty and service when necessary. Koyalty does the
same and abuses the power, as in Europe todav, bv enforc
ing needless sacrifice of life and property to gratify per
sonal ambition. The citizen of twentieth' eenturv Europe
is no safer than the citizen of the dark ages. Life, liberty
and pursuit of happiness are all subject to forfeiture upon
the whim of a titled freak.
The average German citizen has to spend a large part
of his life in military training. Every Herman is liable
to service, and no substitutoii allowed. Liability begins
at seventeen and actual service at twenty. The men servo
in the active army and army reserve for seven years, of
which two years (three in the case of cavalry aiid horse
artillery) are spent with the colors. During his four or
five years in the reserve, (he soldier is called out for train
ing twice for a maximum of eight weeks. After leaving
the reserve, the soldier is drafted into the fhxt ban of the
Landwohr for five years more, for two trainings of from
8 to 14 days a year. Thence he passes into the second ban
and remains in it until -10 years old, that is from G to 7
years more, the complete period of his service being 19
years, junauy an soldiers are
in tlie lirst Dan ot winch they remain until ly. Tho second
ban consists of untrained men between :J.O and -15. Young
men who reach a certain standard of education are only
obliged to serve one year in the active army, but must de
fray their own expenses and are chief source of supply
forrcsorves.
It is a fearful price to pay for citizenship.
tTnder the German Constitution, the emperor is really
supremo ju loreign relations, .lie. is given power to declare
war, butonly in case of invasion or for defense. ITciice
"Williolnfs repeated assertions that he is actinir onlv on
the defensive in plunging Europe into a conflagration
an assertion belied by his every movement.
There is every indication that the entire German nnttnn
has been made an army camp, the nuvv created, and the
.German army incre;used in 1912, and 'the huge militarv
burdens forced upon Europe to gratifv the ambitions of
ll!11.1 1.. 1. J. 1 1 j . a .
n iiiietm who nopes to siiine in History as anotner Freder
ick the Great and to make Germany supreme among na
tions. As Frederick began the seven year war bv the sud
den and unjustifiable seizure of Silesia, so AVilhelm plan
ned the rape of Uelgium to give Germany a seaboard.
How does the German Emperor differ from the robber
baron of medieval times?
WHIielm's throne is threatened, as is every throne in
Europe, by the onward march of denioc.raev. As education
enlightens the multitude, thrones built upon suporstiti
and the past, crumble. The rise of Socialism threatc
ancient institutions. The Socialists have it in their power
to stop the present war, if they desire it and as there
is no real cause for a war, more than likely it will be so
stopped before it has progressed far.
Yhy should the German factorv hand shoot down his
brother workman who happens to work in Paris? Or
why the Russian peasant slay the Austrian farmer, sim
ply because some crowned head is egotistical enough to
order the slaughter of thousands to satisfv a personal
ambition?
The world is ready for the new political savior, pre
dicted by Tolstoi before his death ton years ago, in the
following remarkable prephecy:
Tho great conflagration (war) will start about 1012, act by tho first
torch In tho countries of Southeastern Europe. It will develop Into destruc
tlv calamity In 191.'!. I seo Kuropo In flames and bleeding, and hoar the
lamentations or hugo battlefields.
"About tho year 131C a strange flguro enters the stage of tho bloody
drama. Ho Js a man of little military training, but ho will hold most
of Kuropo In his grasp until 1925. rTe is already walking tho earth, n
man of uffalrs,
"There Is a now political era for tho old world; noomplres and king
dom.!, but tho wholo world will form a federation or the Fulled State of
Nations."
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LONDON. Aug. It, 3:110 n. m -The
Dally Telegraph's correspondent
who witnessed much of the Lloge
fighting, rays that tho Gorman nrtll
lery was excellent, lint expresses sur
prise nt the Intnntry In fighting In
close order. ltattAllnii nftor tmtlnllon
was thrown Into tho fight In solid for
mation, but ho nddn the ostltnnto or
25,000 louses was nn exaggeration.
Most ot tho captured Germans were
from IS to 21 years old. Their gray
uniforms wero stripped of nil Inatgim
and their helmets were lovered wlt!i
gray cloth.
Tlio clxlllnns of the town, says th
correspondent, showed tlnj greatest
rourngo under bombardment 'nml In
tho face of nlnrms brought In by the
frightened refugees. Tho German
shells did n little damage to tho city
In tho nnglo between tho river
Oiirtho and Mouse. Tho fnetiirles and
coal mines were in operation through.'
out tho fighting.
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day. predicted that iho Germans
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tVIli dint Iho Gorman plan1 of
Rwoeplng down tlio Meimo to Rarinii
must bo abandoned because It hnn nt
ready been so long delayed, I In say
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