THE MORNING NEWS ENGLISH EDITION OF EL IMPARCIAL Page San José Costa Rica, Central America, November 20th. 1915 X Europe Expiating Error of Aiding Germany to Grow Great, Says, Prof. Ferrero.
The Great European War of 1914 1915. 1908)
GER Readers should read this section every day, from which they will obtain a perfect knowledge World has Awakned from its Stupor and Forged Chains of a Formidable Protective Alliance which is Growing Stronger Every Day of the underlying causes and events, Ly GUGLIELMO FERRERO adding, by her science, every year we wished at all cost to take poswhich have led up to the new arms to the arsenal of violen session of the castle in the air exFamous Italian Historian, Lecturer ce and fraud.
present conflict.
isting only in our own imaginaand Writer on Militarism tion, and getting furious with our YOUNG TURKISH REVOLUTION By the declaration of London of luctance of the Russian govern. Two provinces long annexed to HOUR OF EXPIATION IS NOW AT selves because our wish could not 1871, to which Austria Hungary ment, conscious of its military and the Habsburg monarchy de facto Our generation sees the princi HAND be fulfilled.
herself had been a principal par political weakness, to take extre became so de jure, and the vision ples involved in this war, test in Well, whatever trials we may The grouping of the great con ty, it had been laid down that con me measures seemed likely to be of a Serb empire with a free out this war. But what a war! This Germany was strong, stronger have to face, and they are not li tinental states into two opposite tracting powers could only rid overborne by the Pan Slav enthu let to sea, never very practicable, immense crisis in history which than her neighbors and rivals. kely to besmall of few, we ought but not necessarily hostile camps themselves of their treaty enga siasm of the Rusian people, and was finally dissolved. Of vastly for the moment has taken the Germany had conquered, was con to bles them if in this world eri helped to preserve the balance of gements by an understanding with the Austrian statesman policy to greater importance were the moform of war quering and would conquer. Ger sis we lose our wickedness, our power and the peace of Europe. their co signatories. This solemn have placed him in an impasse ral and international issues invol Our generation sees the princi many therefore was in the right. rancour and even the memory of Any aspiration of one or another reaffirmation of a principle on from which it would be difficult ved. The whole conception of an ples involved in this war but it is The century had left its youth these days when, almost without of these states in regions outside which the whole imposing struc to extricate himself, save at an ex effective concert of Europe, or of not quite sure it can see the end. behind; the fables learnt in child perceiving it, Italy cowered at the of the continent of Europe could ture of international law had, du pense greater than that on which the World, based on the supposed Therefore it cannot be repeated hood were no longer believed feet of Germany as if she were a most probably have been satisfied ring the 19th century, been labo he had calculated. At this point sacred obligation of treaties and too often that this war is not like the fables that justice conquers protected Power.
by mutual concessions. In the Bal riously built up was now cynical Germany, conscious throughout the validity of international law, any of the other wars born in all force and that the overbearing countries in all centuries between ty educated to nobler things, have to weaken the German hegemony forces for mischief, but even the pli. protested. but the astute sta the end of March 1909 the Ger dream. The most momentous outIt was our duty to help Europe had been for many years latent confronted with the fait accom intervened with effect. Towards tally, as the baseless fabric of a kan Peninsula, however, there ly violated. The other powers, of holding the key to the situation was revealed, suddenly and brutwo or more states of conflict of are always punished.
which in reality was only a mask well defined political and econoA generation, who were certain counterfeiting empire placed on matic negotiation have been kept tation as foreign minister of the armed with an autograph letter caused by Austria high handed se forces could by means of diplo tesman who had staked his repu man ambassador at St. Petersburg, come of the international debates mic interest. It is a species of ly educated to nobles things, have the monstrous face of a new ty in check had it not been for the Dual Monarchy on the success of from the emperor William II, action was the complete triumph chaos in which, little by little, the reasoned thus for forty years.
ranny; the tyranny of an oligar Turkish Revolution of 1908.
whole of Europe is precipitated this coup had well gauged the had an interview with the tsar. of Bismarck principle that trea Having destroyed or put aside chy of great manufacturers, of and dissolved; it is the first and as antiquated all the old measu great merchants, impatient to. The easy and apparently character and force of the opposi What were the arguments he us ties cease to be valid when the terrible result of that folie des res of virtue and of vice, of me spread their goods.
complete victory of the Young tion he would have to meet. Ba ed is not known; but the most private interest of those who lie grandeurs which in recent times rit and of guilt; not having knoTurks, and the re establishment ron von Aehrenthal, himself mo powerful are supposed to have under them no longer reinforces have disturved with its turbid wn how to create new measures DUTY TO HELP EUROPE IN DAN tution which had been in abeyan his name, had served a long ap had been mobilized on the Polish no reaffirmation of a principle of without a struggle of the consti re Slav than German, in spite of been the German forces which the text. Henceforht, it was felt, ravings the legitimate pride in for she had mistaken the significe since 1876, took the whole prenticeship in diplomacy at Bel frontier. In any case, the result international comity and law, so its great successes.
cation of limits and tradition world by surprise, and not least grade and St. Petersburg; he was immediate and startling. Rus successfully violated, could serve Let us try to understand well our generation was reduced to It was our duty to help Euro those who believed themselves to knew how fully he could rely upon sia, without previous discussion to disguise the brutal truth that the deep meaning of the events measure the power of a nation too pe in this danger, because if Ger be most intimately acquainted the weakness of Russia, and that with her allies, dissociated herself in questions between nations, in that have appalled the world dur according to ordinary weights and many and Austria were to win we with the conditions prevailing in if Russian Pan Slav sentiment from the views she had hitherto the long run, might is right ing the last year. Who was it wis measures.
too should have to bend beneath the Ottoman empire. Whatever could be cowed, he need fear noth held in common with them and ac that there is no middle term bethed this war, who prepared and And now begins the hour of ex the yoke of this new tyrany to views, however, may have been o ing from the resentment of the cepted the German Austrian stan ween the naked submission preaprovoked this war in the hour piation of this long error.
save ourselves from a grave peril. penly expressed, or secretly held, Serbians. He was strong, too, in dpoint. All question of a confer. ched by Tolstoy and his discithat seemed propitious? The case Thus encouraged by her own No nation can make itself the as to the revolution so far as it the moral and. in case of needence was now at an end; and all ples and Napoleon dictum that has been judged: it was Germa success and by the world tho object of admiration of other na affected the Otoman empire it the material support of Germa that the powers most friendly to Providence is with the big battany.
ughtlessness, this power, Germations as Germany self, there could be no doubt that ny. With Germany behind her, Turkey could do was to persuade lions.
But what was Germany before hy, has grown and grown. until has done, through glorious act. its effects on the general situation Austria Hungary had little to her to make the best of a bad bar In Great Britain, especially, pu one day she persuaded herself ions that, at least in part, are for in Europe would be profound. fear from the opposition of the gain. The Ottoman government, blic opinion was quick to grasp that fatal 1st of August 1914, she could fall suddenly on her the good of all.
These effects were not slow in re powers of the triple entente, preoccupied with the internal when the earth suddenly seemed frightened admirers and crown fying the world and do not of October Prince Ferdinand of sia. This diagnosis of the situa the abortive attempt at counter was the immense armed power of We have not succeeded in terri vealing themselves. On the 5th Great Britain, France and Rus questions which were to issue in this truth. It was realized that it as if it opened at our feet, and herself with victory.
the sky was about to fall? It was think that after the war of this Bulgaria proclaimed himself king tion was justified by the event. revolution in April, was in no con Germany that had made her the the admiration and the model of When the danger became mani last year anyone will ever be able (tsar) of the Bulgarians; and For months, indeed, Europe see dition to resist friendly or un arbiter in a question vitally affec the world. No nation was so much fest the world awoke from its stu again to terrify the world. We ha two days later the emperor Fran med on the verge of a general friendly pressure. The principle ting the interest of all Europe.
admired in the last decades, even por and forged the chaims of a ve done great and glorious servi cis Joseph issued a rescript an war. During the autumn the na of a money payment in compen: Germany alone emerged from the by those peoples who were to be formidable protective aliance, ce to the world; but it was in far nouncing the annexation of Bos tionalist excitement in Servia and sation for the shadowy rights of crisis with prestige enormously its first and its most unhappy vic ench link of which becomes tsrong off times and men memories nia and Herzegovina to the Haps Montenegro rose to fever heat, the sultan over the lost provinces enchanced; for without her inter tims.
er and more closely soldered eveare weak burg monarchy.
and Austria responded by mobi was accepted, and Bulgarian in vention Austria could not have re ry day.
But how was the scourge of Eu It is not out of place to renew lizing her forces on the frontiers dependence under King Ferdin sisted the pressure of the powers.
rope able to mask itself for so And even to this alliance suc old memories and place them side GERMANY SUPPORTS AUSTRIA IN nians as a precaution against a and was recognized on the very The cry for disarmament, encouBOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA long as the model of the world! cess came slowly and with diffi by side with the new and glorious rising of their Orthodox country eve of the new victory of the YoAnalyzed in that sense we disco culty; but this is not surprising, work. If we fulfil our whole ci Whatever cogent reasons the men. Only the winter seemed to ung Turks which led to the depo raged by the action of Sir Henver the mortal weakness of our all worked unceasingly to make end; if fortune favors, as it cer status of these countries in view bound to become general.
because for half a century we have vil and military. duty to the re may have been for altering the stand between Europe and a war sition of Abd ul Hamid II and ry Campbell Bannerman govern times.
the proclamation of Sultan Ma ments, suddenly died down in En We admired Germany not only Germany great and powerful. tainly will favor, our cause, if we of the changed conditions in Tur THE GERMAN AUSTRIAN VICTORY hommed gland; and the agitation in favour of an increased ship building as giving an example of industry, It is necessary that we keep these also can deliver a telling blow key, there could be no doubt that of order, of enterprise, of ability se thoughts always present in our against the Empire of the Haps the method employed was a viola For a while it seemed as thoprogramme, that followed the rein organizing the forces of indivi minds if we are not to relax for burgs, if Italy, too, is present on tion of the public law of Europe. ugh Baron Aehrenthal ambit The change made by these e velation by the first lord of the ad duals, but also, and chiefly, be a moment the strength of thought the banks of the Bosphorous on and arming the Catholic Bos. ion had o erlearped itself. The re vents in the territorial system of miralty (April 1909. of Germany accelerated activity in naval cause she had been victorious in and deed which is necessary to the day when non German Euroconstruction, showed that public two wars; because her riches, the the people of Europe in order to pe retakes possesion of Constanti number of her sons, her fabric confine within the limits of justi nople, if we can put barriers to Charlton in the Prisioner Bench.
opinion had been thoroughly awakened to the necessity of mainta and her power grew visibly; be ce and wisdom this excessive po the German ambitions across tho cause she forged much iron and wer.
se paths which it is our duty to Below ining for Great Britan her mariti be may seen the members made many machines; because she This is the common duty of all defend, the adequate recompense me supremacy, on which not only her position in Europe but the ewas reputed invincible, because non German Europe, as it was for so many sacrifices will not be we feared and envied her. their common guilt to permit the waiting.
xistence of her over sea empire de Italy will be greater in a better pended.
BOWED DOWN SMILING BEFORE growth of the excessive German power.
BOASTING POWER Europe, liberated henceforth from Partly from a sincere desire, that servile admiration of numONE OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF Partly intimidated, partly daz partly under the pretext of learn bers, of quantity, of power which led, we bowed down, smiling ob ing in their schools whatever the has been the greatest sin of our THE FOREST sequiously, before this dark and Germans could teach, Italy let generation.
overbearing power who boasted us own it frankly. has let herOLDEST FIR TREE IS FOUND IN of having overthrown and of mea self be too much Germanized in General Yon Mackensen to Assume ning to overthrow too many of the last thirty years. At least part OLYMPICS.
these boundaries before which of the intellectual and moral disor Command of the Turks at our fathers taught us to pause as der from which our generation What is believed to be the oldbefore sacred places.
has suffered so much is due to Ger the Dardenelles.
est fir tree in the United States We all pretended not to remem man ideas and teaching. Through has been found in the Olympic ber that Germany had prepared thoughts always present in our national forest in Washington the war of 1870 with diabolic art right and justice in the great af. GREAT RECEPTION PREPARED so as to make believe she was at fairs of the world; our sense of FOR THE AUSTRO GERMANS State, by a ranger, according to a report from the Forest Bureau.
tacked when she was the aggres the humanities in art, philosophy The tree has 350 rings of growth literature and politics; the ambit CONSTANTINOPLE.
one ring for each year, which We pretended not to see, when ion of perfection in too many bran ni order to maintain her iniquitous ches of culture and of industry. ATHENS, 17th. It is reportwould make the big stick well over gains, Germany forced Europe to ed that as soon as General von a thousand years old. The oldest engage with her in the strife of DAYS WHEN ITALY COWERED TO Mackensen arrives at Constantirecorded fir up to this recordunlimited armaments which has nople he will assume command of breaker had 740 annual rings.
been the real cause of the present the Turkish troops in the DardeBuying of timber in national ruin.
Hence the madness which made nelles. It is further stated that forests in Washington and OregWe did not blame her, rather us one day, in order to secure pea this will take place soon, and that on is on the increase, according we praised her, for seducing our ce lend our ears to the voluble dis a grand reception is being preto the reports issued by the minds with her philosophy to the seminators of infalible specifics pared in honor of the Austrobureau, which estimates the repoint of absurdity. confounding for the rejuvenation of Italy, and Germans who cut the Serbian Charlton was charged with a daring burglary in New York city and being ceipts for the first quarter of the the criteria of truth and falseho Europe and the world another day lines and established communicayear as more than half what they od, of good and bad, that men had to hasten to run aground in the tion between Berlin and Constan caught in the act, attempted to murder the well known bànker Mellini were for the entire previous fiscal held as most sound and clear: for Sirti; and on still another when Itinople.
and Baron Sciacci but was hedl by the detectives.
ITS MORAL of the Jury.
WHO OPENED THE ROAD TO sor.
GERMANY year.
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