Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1908 — Should the Powers Disarm. [ARTICLE]

Should the Powers Disarm.

It is very probable that the new altnation in the Balkans will help to postpone international disarmament Several of the greet nations are interested there, and the powers forming one triple alliance practically stand together on the question. No doubt the feeling of military preparedness put backbone into the diplomats of several capitals of Europe when alarming news came from the south of the Danube in October. It seems to be generally understood that the Balkan Question is a big one. The Hon. James Bryce said recently that tbe'region just north of the Mediterranean **is almost the only part of the world in which there are left nationalities with the capacity for development into Independent nations.” The people are’ready to fight for nationality and independence. Their valor is not worm eaten by the greed for trade. The Boers showed In 1899 what a few thousand hardy riflemen can do. Shelling a couple of seaports will not crush the Balkan patriots. There are surely wars ahead before that primitive virility and those primitive aspirations have worked out their destiny, and Europe cannot calmly face disarmament while so much fighting blood is at the boiling point.

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