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uFE«t:::naauaaaaaaaa na a a a a aTHEDAILY GLEANERTUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 191-1.. . —.THE AWFUL DOWERS OF NATURE ' AND THE BLIND 15AGE OF MANKIND.Compared with the critical situationin Europe which lias been created..by Austria’s invasion of Servia, all other matters of the moment' pale into insignificance. Even the severe earthquake shock which was felt all over the colony early yesterday morning failed to make any very deep impression on the public mind —if we are to judge, at all events, by what took place in Kingston andithe vicinity. Under ordinary crmdi-man armies have been huited ut different points in north-easi-m Franco; and one of those armies may have boon sent through Luxem ‘ .ug, in defiance of the terms of the * * • .iiy to which allusion has been n...de. Hut this is not made clear by 'lie latest despatches; and we shoU b.wo to get much fuller information «»u the subject before it will be. po»Hinio for us to form anything line a n.r-rect idea of the actual stale ui tit-, fairs. Meantime, if France has beea attacked by Germany, what will, Great Britain's position be? A couple of days ago, we were informed that Italy had declined to make common cause with Austria-Hungary against Servia, on the ground that the Triple Alliance binds her to rally to the support of her allies, only in the event of those allies being attacked by such countries as Franco and Russia: she is not bound to suppuittions, a seismic disturbance of *• ;lt;*bintensity (more particularly a.1- t «asj cither Austria or Germany if they followed by two or thom min..r|are tlie. attacking-parties. We tako shocks) would have set the uM-ven.it tlial * he-Euum1'* Cordial** is am of this community a-tingling for the entire day: and practically noGilng else would bave been talked about.For it is safe to. say that no shockagreement of a s’nr.lar nut u re that,it throws no obligation on Great Hri-'aiu to assist. France in all her quarrels with Germany, Irrespective of ■half so alarming has 1»• • • • 11 e\periene-j *he merits of the questions that may*»d in .Jamaica since the fatal I nh happen to bo imn'ved. in otherof January, 1907. Indeed, thT '• words, we presume that the motherr-iu'ement (founded on actual tneas-, country has only pledged herself to urernents) is authorjtji*i\« ly made by, support France. if Franco is assailed Mr Brennan, the Afsis'uni to the! by Germany. Hut France is now Gc. ernment Meteorologist. 11h re-1 being Invaded by (he Kaiser’s forces, port* tua* yesterday's shock wasjif the cable despatches which we pub-■‘s»*c«md m intcUit ' to the esrth-displaceun 'd wh ch c’eurFed on thedate allud’ d to, and the fact that Ulish this morning are literally und substantially correct. Will it not bo Great Britain's duty, therefore, todid comparatively little damage to attack the German navv and blockadeproperty, and was not accompanied by loss of life lt;ns fur as we know up to the present , is only accounted for by slowness of its motion.Apparently the parishes of Portland and St. Thomas suffered nmre from the visitto lt;»n than any other part? of the fid ind. Messages received from our lt;orrerponrtentu, by tele-:be principal German portsandperhaps also to despatch large bodies of troops to the theatre of war on 'he French frontier?* If so. we may expect to hear in the course of a few days news that will Mtber fill us with pride or plunge us into profound sorrow and humiliation. Mayi)1)D 0 Dings in i’urt Antonio, official and conirncrcM1. were tit .in red to an appreciable extent that In Morant Hay the Parish Church and one Of two other edifices sustained similardamages and that at least one estate house in St. Thomas has been rendered uninhabitable. Even in this neighbourhood, the earthquakedid some carnage and produced wid**-spread niarm. The King Edward Memorial lt;lock at Halfway Tree andthe clock on the Mico College towerwere ‘ slopj ed short'* by tin* oscilla* Hon. thus registering the time of the j visitation with great accuracy. Anr not only were pictures, books and crockery displaced in many home*,csuccess crown every effort put forth | graph, announce that several build- by His Majesty's Government totnako the war of short duration! May vaulting ambition and pride of power and a mad desire for military glory be brought to nought! Great Britain lias no old scores to settlewith Germany, and she does notovet a single square inch of German territory. Hut German aggressiveness must be put an end to. If the British navy is capable of accomplishing that object once and for nil. May God defend the right!THE FART PLAYKD BV STATESMEN in pREcrrrrATiNGHOHTIUTIEH.One of the most curious stories Inlm, ,Tiiml.1.nB walls and fences TOnnecUon wl[h tbe Kur0pean crisisthrown dor.',,. An event to alarming L„ one wh,fh purporU t0In its nature would, in ordinary elr- ^ ,hB 0armaQ Kaiser’. prwrfpltat*cumstances, have produced the great-action in calling; upon Russia to stopeat ,on,motion and coBStern.tUM (he mobmatlon of bRX t0r*e*,«l4Tv re. And it did have that effect for | in aflklnK Kranca to daclare what herattitude and intentions were. It Isan hour nr two. Hut the excitement»j soon wore off. The war between • \u-'r.:i and Servia and the danger of a general European conflagration : monopolLs-Vi (or nearly monopolised)I the attention’ of the public. The J greater anxiety swallowed up the bsf-er. And by the middle of the j forenoon, the seismic disturbanceasserted tr.at towards the end of last week the Czar made a personal appeal to Emperor William to useall his influence for the preservationof international peace, and that the latter not only promptly replied that he would, but started to bring pres-sure to bear on the Austrian Oov-jl, ha,I lo all Intents and purposes beer „nment Knd eollc|t?d tha assistance fervour,,. Thus are we reminded nf (he Br|Ush Kore,jn Minlater 81ri o' the shifting and unreliable charterer of human values. What fillsEdward Grey, to arrange matters sat-sfactorlly with France. While theeeus With convert, one day Is regards,. , paclflcatol). tM.pa ware balng ukenthe Btory uileges, news reached the Kaiser that the Czar had ordered the mobilization of the entire Russian army with a view to the invasion of Austria-Hungary. This was naturally regarded aa a personal insult by the Kaiser, who decided that he would he played with no longer. So, negotiations looking to the maintenance of peace were suspended; and the telegrams referred to (which produced such a profound and widespread sensation) were despatched forthwith to St. Petersburg and Paris, We cannot number ourselvesus of trivial moment another day \ And conversely: what sends us into ^transports of delight under one set Jjof conditions, gives us little or no pleasure under an entirely different ] set of conditions. Thrice hlesBed is the man w'ho tan regard all matters losses ns well as gaihfl, sorrows as well as joys, defeats as well as victories—‘‘sub specie aeternitat is”.Unleashing the Doga of War.And what of the war—or rather,of the general situation in Europe?Due hardly knows what to think ornay about it? A veil of mystery hat among tha enthusiastic admirer* ofbeen allowed to fall upon the events that have been happening there for the past four or five days; and even the latest telegrams to hand scarcely serve to iift a corner of it. On three separate occasions we have been informed (tnrough American channels, of course) that Germany had declared war against France; and Just as often the infbrmaMon has c^me . to us that the news lacked confirmation.William II His forceful personality, remarkable ability and ardent patriotism are, of course, - a dm 1L tad. But he has been an unsettling ©foment in Europe for nearly twenty years: hia belligerent utterances and his naval antk military ambitions have cdnstantly disturbed the psscs of all the surrounding nations and leji to the squandering of enormous gums of money on war vessels andNow we t-ie told that Germany has | armaments—millions upen miUtona invaded France without any declra-!of pounds that could have been de-tion of war; and yet even here the j voted to much more useful purposes, announcement is accompanied by a'But we can understand the resent* t‘ of intelligence that seems fto j inent he felt when evidence of the throw doubt on Its literal accurst^. Czar’s obvious breach of faith w!tnI)/.•■cording to one despatch, the point at which Germany has decided to strike firs*, is the fort of ffirey. abouthim was placed before his eyes. What else could he think than that I he Russian Emperor had invited his miles to the south-east of j friendly offices, not with the ohteet or j Nancy; according to another, the1 jireservlng European but *im-| British Government regards the ln-jpiy to gain time for the purpose of• •; vasion of the Duchy of Luxemburg«cgj*ying cut extcame mohtlftfng | as a desperate violation of treaty i operations'’ if the Czar acted as it ( obligations seeing that the neutral- Id reported that, he did. he was c«r-lity of Luxemburg was guaranteed ttlhty guilty of the most reprehensi-hy a solemn international agree-, ble treachery. But have we any ment many years ago. But a rigju to condemn him without far-glanee at the map of Western. tblr proof? We know that he Europe will show any IntelH-1 a«Ied the Kaiser to Intervene In th# gent observer that Luxemburg Is far interests of peace; but do we know In the north of drey, nnd that ifithJt he ever received the Kaiser's Germans 's Immediate objective is, ref y? Statesmen do many things that stronghold, ail t ha* the Kaiser: in 'the arena of diplomacy which has to do is ii.arch hU troops'th^y woul 1 scorn to do in ordinary straight serosa t'..- Fn-ncli border i l*n«lness nffnlrs They resort to from German l.orr.dii- Of course j shirp practices, dishonourable *„b-tt la possible, that or three Ger-| terfugea, without the slightest com^
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