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POWERFUL. CAUSES THAT GAVE RISE
| TO MOST HORRIBLE WAR OF HISTORY
(Continued from Pas? One)
island and look upon the continental sys
tem as a system of which she was not a
part, in whose affairs she could Interfere
or not interfere as it suited her fancy
upon each particular occasion. Indeed,
since tlie Crimean war she had contracted
no European alliances. The sun never -s,,i
upon her flag, she was mistress of the
seas, her merchant vessel? carried hei
wares to all quarters of the globe and
she maintained the predominating navy
of the world to protect her widespread in
terests.
Rise of German Sea Power
But the German nation had meantime,
under the careful guidance of her states
men and financiers, had become a great
nation of manufacturers. Producing more
than she could herself use. she sought
markets abroad for her goods, and soon
a myriad of articles, from children’s toys
to great pieces of machinery, articles of
.commerce marked "made in Germany,”
made their appearance in every corner
of the world. Her commercial growth of
course marked her agrarian decline. Her
rapidly increasing population flocked to
the factories and crowded the cities.
As to Foodstuffs
The country no longer produced suf
ficient cereals, to feed her people, and large
quantities of grain had to be imported. It
became vitally necessary to gain enough
money from the sale of her manufactured
goods abroad to pay for her Imported food
supplies. Any halt in the sales abroad
meant that she should be living beyond
her Income, and if such conditions should
continue even for a short time she would
become a bankrupt nation. As carriers
for her goods, therefore, heavy subsidies
were given her merchant marine, and soon
her flag was flying in every sea. To pro
tect her merchantmen and her trade
routes the construction of a powerful
navy was begun. Bismarck had concerned
himself mainly with the internal solidarity
of the empire, of subordinating the local
Interests of the many integral states to
the greater good of a united Germany,
and the establishment of a powerful mili
tary machine. He had made of Germany
a vast manufacturing nation, but lie had
not Insured to her the markets of the
world.
When the present Kaiser, William IT,
succeeded to the throne he “dropped the
pilot." Bismarck's resignation came in
1)590. William continued his policies in
the main, hut urged the Germans to the
sen. "Our future is on the water,” he
said, “the more ^he Germans go upon the
] water the bettor it will be for us." To in
• sure friendly markets and ports of rest
j for'ids warships lie aimed at colonial rx
1 nro'f’p. which Bismarck had neglected.
From his accession until today, at every
shitting of the hoards. W illiam has threat
ened to unloose his dogs of war unless
spoils in territory were given him.
'Germany’s Intimidation
By this policy of intimidation Germany
has gained what colonies she has today.
They are not many at present, and they
are not particularly valuable, but they
re but a small part of what she evident
ly aspires to acquire. Upon examining
the map of the world one will see that j
some large tracts of wild country are
under her domination in Africa, that she
has gained a foothold in China, and some (
island possessions In the Pacific. Up |
to the present the Monroe doctrine, with I
the American fleet to back It, has warned ,
her away fro mthe western hemisphere,
but it is well within the bounds of pos
sibility that if Germany’s naval and mili
tary power should survive this present i
war, we will some day find Germany bid
ding defiance to our guarantee of the
j integrity of Uatin-America.
Abandons Policy of Isolation
Germany’s growing commerce and her
rise in naval power became a direct chal
lenge to England's supremacy of the seas.
Her hunger for new colonies became an
Imminent danger to the British colonies,
and her great self governing dominions
overseas, held to the mother country, as
they are, only by the slender threads of'
sentiment. For every ship Germany
< launched England built two, and the ex
I pen sen of the competition began to impose
heavy burdens on the taxpayers of both
countries. The drain on her riches becom
ing more onerous every day, England be
gan to doubt the wisdom of her aloofness
from continental alliances, and began to
look around for a friend upon whom she
could count to help her when the test of
strength should come. She found France
with a splendid army and a respectable
navy nursing her 30-year-old hatred for
the conqueror who had violated her ter
ritory and injured her pride.
The English had been the traditional
enemies of the French. For centuries
France had been subjected to the period
leal depredations of “Perfidious Albion.’ i
But a common fear of Germany made!
friends of the ancient enemies.
The Entente Cordial
In 1904 England and France promul
gated the "entente condiate,” a “cordial
understanding." It did not amount to an
alliance from the first, and the exact
extent of the obligations imposed thereby
was not definitely known to the world.,
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Many people In both countries, believing 1
that antagonists of such long standing I
could not get together, considered it as
of no great consequence. Nevertheless it
was at least an expression of mutual sym
pathy, ami Germany never doubled for
an instant but that the understanding,
whatever it might amount to, was aimed
at her. Russia, as the .illy of France,
was thrown into tlie aggroupment and
what is known as the ‘triple entefite*
came into being.
rIn the years that have followed it looks
as though William’s entire ingenuity has
manifested itself in attempts, subtle here
or bold there, as befit the particular mo
ment to sever the amicable relations ot
England and France. On one occasion
at least he, or those around him, placed
Europe on the very verge of war. In 1911
France and Spain commenced the parti
tion of Morrocco,. in accordance with
previous arrangements In which Germany
had acquiesced. Then a bold stroke was
made. In July, 1911, Germany sent to
Agadir the famous gunboat Panther.
All Europe looked on in consternation
and amazement. As Germany had previ
ously agreed to the whole Morroccan
programme the Panther obviously had no
business there and her piesence was a
threat. It was the customary cry ot
"spoils of war;” but it was more than
that. It wTas a blow at the entente cor
rliale, and a test of Its strength.
Suddenness of the Coup
France was stunned at suddenness
of the coup, and looked appealingly to
England. Several intense days went by
while all the world looked on with breath
less interest to see w'hat England would
do. Rut England placed herself at the
side of France and the entente was saved.
Germany backed away with the spoils
that France was willing to give her4-a
vast strip of wild Congo country—and
the peace of Europe for the moment was
retrieved.
The joining of her enemies against her
was a disaster to Germany, hut in the
meantime her condition at home was be
coming precarious. In order to promote
new' industries and complete Germany’*
economical metamorphosis in an abnor
mally short time, a dangerous system of
banking had been instituted. German
bankers borrowed heavily from other na
tions and loaned, often for scant collat
eral, to anyone who needed money to
promote or sustain an Industry. The
system was exactly the opposite of the
French banking, the most conservative in
the world. Any depression in business
meant wholesale failures. Besides, the
socialists w'ere growing increasingly
strong and w'ere scattering broadcast
propaganda direc ted at the thing the gov
ernment had spent 40 years in building up
—her military power.
Like Gianjt Aeroplane
Germany was like a giant aeroplane,
its very velocity gave it the stabilitv it
had; but the moment foreign markets
were closed t oher wares she would he
unable to pay for her imported foodstuffs,
her factories would close, payment woutci
bo demanded of her foreign debts, which
she would be unable to meet; in sturt,
her whole economic system would col
lapse. England had firmly placed herself
in tlie way of Germany’s gaining the com
mercial facilities the latter country
deemed aboolutely essential to its fu
ture.
Both countries were burdening them
selves almost beyond the limit of endur
ance to keep up their armaments. The
pace set could not be kept up; something
had to be done. As events have turned
out. It seems as though the expedient de
cided upon in Germany was war—to unltn
the nation behind the Kaiser and save the
situation. The sooner it should come the
better, was perhaps the German view, for
there was still a chance that the entente
had not reached the proportions of an
alliance, and that England might remain
neutral If Franco w'ere attacked. In such
case England could be attended to later.
If Germany first crushed France. So the
mailed fist was ready to fall, and Austria
furnished the excuse.
Austria-Hungary’s Part
Tt seems that Bismarck entirely igrore«l
the Balkans as a source of danger to the
peace of Europe. At the time he wa's
urging Austrian to qxpnnd at the expense
of the Sultan, he stated that the whole
eastern question was “n<St worth the
hones of a Pomeranian grenadier.” But
the Balkans of Bismarck’s time were not
the Balkans of today. A strong, growing
nationalistic spirit among these pe .plea
lias Impelled them to push the Sultan’s
forces step by step southward. Thi*:
awakening on the other sdo of the
Danube has also erected a formidable
harrier in the face of Austrian ambition.
At the same time It has given the C*ar
Increased Influence, for. the Balkan peo
ples are largely Slavs and first cousins to
the Russians. Seeing that Austria was
intent upon devouring them, they listened
to the Osar’s counsel, and sought his as
sistance. The so-called Pan-Slav move*
ment obtained great Impetus anion*
them, all of which, of course, was to the
detriment of Austria-Hungary.
Bosnia-tlerzejrovina
I On October 6, 1908, Au»trla-Hunga
annexed Bosnia-Herzegovlna. with the
customary German support. The Czar
demurred, but the disorganized state of
his armies, as a result of the Russo
Japanese war, tied his hands. Servia
was enraged, as the inhabitants of the
annexed territory are practically all
cither Servians or their kinsmen, the
Croats, and Bosnia-Herzegovlna figured
prominently in the Servian plan of a
Greater Servia. The latest indignity
w.iieh Servia had to suffer at the hands
of Austria was the establishment of
an autonomous Albania, following the
last Balkan war. Servia had won the
right to at least the northern half of
this country in her brave fignt against
the Turk, and an outlet to the sea was
considered vital to her interests. Aus
tria, however, robbed her of the fruits
of victory and established the new
state with the view, of course, of an
nexing it at the proper moment.
The rest is recent history and needs
only a hasty summary. The heir ap
parent to the throne of Austria and
his consort were assassinated by a
Servian in the capital of Bosnla-Herze
govina. Austria sent an ultimatum to
Servia, a part of which no sovereign
state could be expected to accept.
Servia agreed to all that it could agree
to with dignity, but Austria declared
war. The Czar's hands were tied no
longer, Ills armies had been completely
reorganized, there were millions of
armed men at his call. He informed
Austria that Servia should not bo
crushed, and mobilized a great army
on the frontier. Germany then came
into the open and declared war on Rus
sia. at the same time disposing her
troops on the French frontier in such
a way that France had to mobilize In
order to face the menace.
At this point Germany declared war
on France, seized unhappy little Lux
embourg with her standing army of a
half dozen soldiers, and sent notice to
Belgium of her Intention to send troops
through Belgian territory. This last
act was a challenge to England, for
England was one of the signatories
who had guaranteed Belgian neutral
ity. All eyes again to England! Would
Great Britain, harrassed as she was
with her Ulster crisis, stand at the
side of France?. The answer was the
speech of Sir Edward Grey, whose calm
words will go down in history. The
Ulster trouble disappeared as if it
had never existed. Britain answered
the Gefman ultimatum to Belgium by
giving the German ambassador his
passports. •
Thick and Fast
Declarations of war flew thick and
fast during the fortnight. Practically
all of Europe is involved or waiting
for the proper moment to become In
volved. The struggle of the ages is
on! The magnitude of the interests at
stake make it certain that the contes.
will be pursued to Its bitter and re
lentless end.
When the clouds of war ultimately
float away one or more nations will be
prostrate. The map of Europe will b.:
changed. Millions In money and hun
dreds of thousands of lives will be
sacrificed. Germany is fighting for
her unity and power, Russia for the
Slavic race, Britain for her empire,
France for existence.
LITTLE NEGROES
SENT TO COUNTRY
BY MRS. SEARIGHT
Mr*. Wilson Searight'* office, In the
city hall, Is a haven of refuge for al:
who are In trouble. Yesterday mornlns
a negro woman with three small chlldrer
appealed for aid.
The woman had suffered an accldem
and one of her arms was broken. Sh«
could not work and support the chlldrer
and confided her plight to the sympa
thetic head of the welfare department
She wanted Mrs. Searight to buy a rail
road ticket for the children to Mott'i
Mill on the Central of Georgia railroad
where relatives could take care of them
Mrs. Searight gazed on the three pick
anlnnles and they looked back with ai
appealing sort of smile and the work wai
done, for she Immediately dispatched
Mrs. Kate LJndely. her assistant, to thi
Terminal to purchase transportation foi
the negro children. ,
"We'se gwlne ter de kuntry,” said th<
oldest of tfie little darkies, "and we'se al
thanks yer. mam."
File Tariff Schedules
Boston, September 1.—The New York
New Ha,ven and Hartford, Boston ant
Maine and Boston and Albany rallroadi
have filed tariff schedules Involving ai
increase of from 2 to 2*4 cents a mile li
their passenger mileage book rates,, t
was announced today.
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Weather Forecast
Washington. September 1.—Forecast
for Alabama and Mississippi: Partly
cloudy Wednesday and Thursday; not
quite so warm in north portions Thurs
day.
Georgia: Partly cloudy Wednesday;
Thursday local showers, not quite so
warm in interior.
Tennessee: Partly cloudy Wednesday,
cooler tonight; Thursday fair.
Local Data
For the 24 hours ending at 7 p. m.,
September 1:
Highest temperature . no
Lowest temperature .. ... 72
Mean temperature . 81
Normal temperature . 71
Deficiency in temperature since
January 1 117
Rainfall .i.. n.12
Total rainfall since January 1 .. 30..V;
Excess deficiency in rainfall
since January 1 3.11
Relative humidity <7 a. m.) .... 77
Relative humidity <7 p. m.) .... 80
Weather Conditions
Birmingham, September 1.—<7 p. ml
Although there has been considerable
cloudiness over the cotton states during
tlie past 24 hours, Birmingham was the
only station that reported rainfall. Rains
were general north of the Ohio and Mis
souri rivers. St. Louis reported 1.86
inches since Monday night. Many sta
tions throughout the corn belt received
good showers. West of the Rockies the
weather has been fair and the tempera
tures relatively high.
In the cotton belt temperatures ranged
slightly above SO degrees in all sections
except interior Alabama, which was
slightly cooler. Rather warm weather
extended over all southern states, east
of the Mississippi, and ranged as far
north as the takes and the Potomac
river.
Summary of observations made at
United States weather bureau stations
during the 24 hours ending 8 p. m., 75tli
meridian time.
Temp’ture l're
High Low ip
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day.X’ht. t on.
Abilene . 92 72
Apalachicola . 94 74
Atlanta . 90 72
Birmingham . 90 72 .12
Boston . 88 66
Brownsville . 96 74
Buffalo . 82 70 .92
H'irrwood . 94 78
Calgary . 72 ."1
Charleston . 88 78
Chicago . 82 70 .46
Corpus Christ! . 88 80 ...
Denver . 78 .. .04
Des Moines . 76 64 .98
Dodge City . 88 6.'
Duluth .!. 60 56 .14
Durango . 78 40
Fort Worth . \94
Galveston . 88 82
Green Bay . S2 64 .16
Hatteras . 84 70
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Havre . 66 42 .04
Helena . 70 42 ... t
Huron . 56 4S .16 ..
Jacksonville . 92 7S
Kansas City . 90 76 ...
Louisville . 90 72
Mempi 's . 90 71
Miami . 66 82 . 32
Mobile . 90 76
Minneapolis . 62 .86
Modena . 82 46
Montgomery . 92 72
Nashville . 90 72 ...
New Orleans . 90 76
New York . 86 70 ...
North I'latte . 70 B4 ,02
Oklahoma . 90 74
Palestine . 92 76 ...
Phoenix . 68
Pittsburg . 84 70 ...
Portland . 78 5o
Raleigh . 99 68
Rapid City . 60 41 .73
Rosebnrg . 84 46
Roswell . 92 64
Salt J-ake City . 80 no
San Antonio . 94 76
San Francisco . 64 66
Sault Stc. Marie . 74 64 .74
Sheridan . 62 48 ](I6
Shreveport . 92 74
Spokane .. 84 44
St. Louis . 88 74 L8S .d
Tampa . 92 74 . 66 V”
Toledo . 84 72 .12
Vicksburg . 90 74 ... "
Washington . 90 66 ... »
Wllllston . 64 42 !.. '
Winnemucca . 94 44
1 Winnipeg . 66 46
i. E. C. HORTON, Local Forecaster.
PORT OFWRA CRUZ
Regard Action as One to In
crease Present Custom
Revenues
Washington, September 1.—State depart
ment officials who today discussed Gen
eral Carranza’s action In closing the port
of Vera Cruz pointed out that his object
was probably to Increase present customs
revenues by diverting commerce to ports
under Mexican control. At Vera Cruz
duties are collected by American officials,
and after deduction of the cost of adminis
tration the funds collected are impounded
to be paid to the Mexican government at
a later date.
Little embarrassment to the American
forces at Vera Cruz from the Carranza
order will be felt, as there wll be no in
terrupting of shipments destined exclu
sively to tr»M port, although coastwise
traffic is shut off.
Any falling off in Vera Cruz customs
due to the new order will be borne by
the Carranza government, since the cus
toms ultimately are to be turned over to
the Mexican government. Part of the
Vera Cruz customs receipts are pledged
to redeem a loan advanced to General
Huerta by French banks.
Will Not Withdraw Forces
There is no indication that American
forces will be withdrawn from Vera Cruz
soon. To all inquiries Secretary Bryan re
plied today that the request for the I’ar
ranza government’s recognition had not
been formally answered.
Admiral Fletcher, who has been on leave
for several weeks, will confer with Sec
retary Daniels tomorrow when the time
for his departure for Vera Cruz will be
determined.
The sale of pulque, the national drink
of Mexico, and \ll other intoxicants has
been forbidden in Mexico City because of
the recent clash between constitutionalist
soldiers and the police, according to ad
vices received today by the state depart
ment. Perfect order now prevails at the
capital the message adds.
The consulate at Tampico requested that
Americans be advised not to come there
looking for work at present. The message
stated the town was lull of Americans
thrown out of employment by the closing
of the oil companies and the consulate
was unable to render substantial Assist
ance.
INNOCENT NEGRO
KILLEDAT OXFORD
Gun Goes Off Accidentally
During Dispute, Killing
Bystander
Anniston. .September . .1.—(Special.)
Clyde Gwynn, a son of Thad Gwynn of
Oxford, and one of the most promi
nent merchants of Calhoun county, ac
cidentally killed a negro. John Den
nis, below Oxford this afternoon.
Gwynn surrendered to the sheriff
this evening and an inquest will be
held tomorrow morning. It is said that
Gwynn and another white boy were in
dispute with Nsome negroes about a
wash hole when the white boy drew a
gun from his pocket and that the trig
ger caught on his pocket and went off,
killing a negro sitting on the ground
nearby, who was not in the dispute.
Miss Noma Staey, victim of a brutal
assault, returned to her home at 7430
Morris avenue, Bast Lake, yesterday
and her mother stated last night that
she would remain there. The youna
lady left home a few days ago to avoid
the morbidly curious, who gathered
about the home in crowds. She visited
lelatives in Birmingham, according to
hi r mother's statement last night.
When asked if Mise Stacy would re
main at home, Mrs. StaiV^said: "Oh.
she'll go visiting sometimes,course,
but for xthe present she will T,*vat
home." ^*-1
FEAR ALABAMA '
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Florida Delegation Backing
Bryan While Alabama Con
gressmen Remain Divided
Over the Appointment
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Washington, September 1.—(Special.) '
Between the multiplicity of candidate*
from Alabama ami the activities of Sen
ator N. r. Bryan of Florida In hi* own a
behalf, fear today was expressed by sev- jg
eral Alabama members of Congress that
their state might not All the vacancy of '
the federal bench in the Fifth Judicial cir
cuit. caused by the death of Judge David
D. Shelby.
While the members of the Alabama del
egation are divided between six aspirants,
those from Florida have united behind
Senator Bryan, who also is lining up the
senators from other states In his Inter
est. No wavering In their respective alle
giances was noted >uua> among the mem
bers of the Sena'e and House from Ala- <
bama, and the division remains the same
as It has for several days. . *
Loyal to Walker
Senator* Bankhead and White and
Repiesentativea Uniter wo id, Taylor and
Harris remain loyal to Judge Richard W.
Walker. Representative Brown stand* ^
stoutly behind O. R Hood; Representa
tive Blackmon is > *+'•&'*'*-* John B. <
Knox; Reprw- ftln is working i
for his brr' ,, Harrington P. Heflin,
while Juu-’e Grubb and Judge Anderson
both huve friend*- The only positive
movement, however, seems to be cen
tered behind Judge Walker, whose sup
porters decline to listen to a suggestion
thk^ they advocate Judge Grubb for the
circuit court and Judge Walker for the ^
district'syurt, and who are determined to
present JMgc Walker’s name to the
President on return at the same time
friends arc understood to be working
quietly for Judge Ofubb.
Bryan Uetk-Busy ^
in the meanwhile Senator Bryan not
only has lined up his own delegation, In
cluding Senator Fletcher, but 12, under
stood to have obtained the sijma(Si£0 of
DO per cent of his other colleagues uf-^he
Senate to a petition for his own nomin*v
tion. Should Alabama lose out In this
appointment, the state would be without
a representative on the circuit bench for
the first time in many years. C. E. S.
Coal Striker* Arrested
Trinidad, Col., September 1.—Six arresta |
were made here today on indictments re
turned by the Las Animas county grand
jury Investigating coal strike disorders.
Those arrested arc William Diamond, ip
ternatlonal organizer of the United alln*
Workers, and one of the leaders of the
strikers here; three saloon men and two
strikers. The six are charged .with mur
der on several counts growing out of ths
battles between strikers and mine guards /
during October of last year and April al J
TWO BALLOTS
TAKEN FOR POPE
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Paris, September 1.—According to a
Rome dispatch to the Havas agency
several thousand persons assembled
this morning to watch the chimney of
the Sistlne chapel. Presently smoke
arose. Then the people knew a pope
had not been elected on the first bal
lot. Toward noon smoke again ap
peared. Indicating that a second bal
lot had been taken without result. The
smoke was from the burning ballots.
Certificates of Incorporation
Montgomery, September 1.—(Special.)
Certificate of Incorporation was filed at
the office of Cyrus B. Brown, secre
tary of state, Tuesday morning by
Manley 4, Co., of Roanoke, Randolph
county. The capital stock Is listed at
(5000, half of which has been paid In.
The concern will engage in the sale of
cotton planters and other agricultural
Implements. The incorporators are: C.
D. Manley and M. V. Manley.
SEVEN SPEAKERS
AT AD CLUB LUNCH
At the luncheon of the Ad club yestei*
day at 1 o'clock at the Newspaper club,
the subject, “The Value of Price Cut
ting In Advertising" vs. "Price Mainten
ance” was discussed by seven speakers.
1 Arthur Barton stood flat-footedly for
the maintenance of prices, as did also A.
E. Blackstone, Jr. R. W. Ewing said he
did not believe In price cutting, but did
not give a specific reason for his belief,
i F. J. jlolberg of the 8aks store believed
In price cutting on seasonable goods, In
which the element of fashion counts fot
| much. Jerome Bterne talked along prac
tically the same line as Mr. Hodberg, say
ing he believed in the value of price cut*
, ting only when seasonable and fashion
able goods were affected. J. A. Marten,
who took part of John Sparrow’s time,
favored the maintenance of prices.
Mr. Sparrow said that it had boon his
- observation that some merchants of Bir
mingham, in their anxiety to sell more
, than a competitor, took a position that was
{ virtually cutting each other's throats in
stead of prices. Instead of beginning on
1 cut prices at the end of the season, they
; start at the beginning and continue
throughout the year, he said.
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