The War’s Costs and the Call for Mercy Across Europe
A reflection on Europe's ruinous arms race and the moral cost of war. The author laments vast military expenditures draining Europe's wealth, condemns destruction visited on France and its peasants, and praises the relief work of nurses and the National Society for the Relief of Sick and Wounded Soldiers as a hopeful counterpoint to violence. Florence Nightingale is highlighted as a hero guiding humanity forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Prussia
Gruglly
Europa
Europe
England
Farstead
Africa
Good Samaritan
National Society For the Relief of
Napoleon
Royal Court News From Osborne to Balmoral
The Queen attended Divine Service at Osborne, with Prothero officiating, as Templetown and Hope dined with her. The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Dupplin Castle en route to Abergeldie. The Queen returns to Windsor and may travel to Balmoral. Galatea’s voyage to Simon's Bay is noted, and ministers plan to stay near London amid European tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Bentley
George Prothero
Viscount Templetown
James Hope
Prince and Princess of Wales
Dupplin Castle
Perthshire
Earl and Countess of
Kinnoul
Abergeldie
Windsor
Balmoral
Daily News
Rks
Highlands
London
Duke of Edinburgh
Simon’s Bay
Cape
Australia
Prussian Occupation of Nancy and War News
Reports from the August 12 occupation of Nancy by four Prussian soldiers and a 26-strong Uhlan detachment. The mayor paid 50,000 francs for safety while 300,000 francs were demanded. rails torn up, telegraph posts down, and daily rations arranged for the troops. Other dispatches praise Prussian artillery, recount frontier retreats from Woerth to Saverne, and describe panicked refugees fleeing toward Saarbourg with families and livestock in tow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
Lorraine
Department
the Maurthe
St. Max
Essey
Maxeville
Weissenburg
Woerth
Saverne
Siedle
Vosgeg
Saarbourg
Chamois
Corps d’Armée of
MacMahon
Telegraph
Saarbruck
Times
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Gladstone
Mrs. Gladstone
Mr. W. S. Gladstone
Town
Lord Granville
Walmer
Odo William Ragsell
The
Foreign Office
Charles Spring-Rice
Patrick Cumin
Committee of
Council On Education
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