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neighbour. But we would have thought knows, since the annexation of Bosnia 

 that the experience of years would have and Herzegovina, that Austrian policy 

 taught the Press of other countries, and recks little of moral scruples or honour- 

 especially of Great Britain, the utter able holding of engagements. Servia is 

 worthlessness of news culled from the a united nation which would fight con- 

 Vienna papers. Why seek for truth in scions of the righteousness of the cause, 

 the cesspool of European lies ? And since this would be the defence of the 

 yet the crisis in Europe, with its alarms, fatherland ; but Austria is no nation, 

 its anxieties, and its losses, lies at the and even the walls of the whited 

 doors of those responsible correspon- sepulchre where lie entombed the hopes 

 dents and newspapers who constituted of her various races are cracking already, 

 themselves the unpaid assistants of the Two weeks ago every railway bridge 

 Austrian Foreign Office. Cases could and every culvert from the Roumanian 

 be cited without end. There was the frontier to Salzburg and from Semlin 

 sensational interview with the " Russian to Budapest was guarded by police or 

 Ambassador in Berlin, Cte. d'Osten troops. And this in time of peace, 

 Sacken," which woke a wave of war hundreds of miles away from any 

 lust in Austria. The next day it trans- possible enemy ! What is to be ex- 

 pired that the ambassador had been pected in time of war ? The more than 

 dead and buried for some time ! The 50 per cent, of Slav population is 

 most noteworthy instance of continuous articulately against any war with Servia, 

 and barefaced lying to the world was and it is necessary to perform a jig- 

 the stories relative to the fate of saw-like performance with the various 

 Austrian consuls in the Turkish terri- regiments to place " safe " troops near 

 tories conquered by Servia. Servia or Russia. The delay in the 



various military laws leaves the army 



Everything, too, would in a bad state, notably in respect of 



If Austria makes sccm to poiut to it bciug artillery, which is far from being all 



War on Servia. practically Impossiblc equal to the Servian guns. There is not 



for Austria to make a too much money, and there is no en- 

 successful war upon Servia alone, and thusiasm amongst the majority. The 

 certainly not upon Bulgaria in addition. Servians, who have never had an idea 

 Let Europe not be blinded by the of attacking Austria, but who are pre- 

 obsession that, because we have always pared to defend their land against 

 considered Austria a Great Power aggression, can put into the field some 

 and Servia as a small State, any idea 300,000 men, well equipped and fresh 

 of Servian resistance is ludicrous, from a victorious war. The spoils of 

 It would be more exact were we Macedonia, in the shape of guns and 

 to think that an Austrian attack munitions, would add greatly to the 

 upon Servia would be the height resisting force of Servia. To hope to 

 of madness. It is no question here of defeat this army of veterans would need 

 the moral aspect of such barefaced at least 700,000 men. Judging by the 

 seeking to enter into possession of a numbers needed to subdue the dis- 

 Naboth's vineyard, for the world organised resistance of the Servians in 



