THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1011.
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Old World and
With Wars and
Seven Nations Fighting,
and Seven Others May
Become Involved
lly JAMES A. EDGER.TON.
ST was the Prince of Peace who
said, "And ye shall hear of wars
nnd rumors of wars." Now we
have nil equal paradox. Alter
J, Oil years wo have a universal peace
congress, with arbitration treaties be
tween America nnd England, America
nnd Franco nnd other nations, but
ngnlnst this white background nppcur
red flashes of war or threatened war
nil over the earth's surface.
In Morocco an uprising of the tribes
Is being put down by French soldiers
who have already penetrated beyond
Fez. Spain Is also taking Moroccan
towns, and n German war vessel has
appeared at Agadlr, one of the ports of
the country. Out of this situation has
grown a diplomatic crisis that makes
possible a general European war, In
volving not only the three nations men
tioned, but Great Britain.
Turkey has two uprisings on her
hands, one of the Arabs on one side
of the empire, In which the Turkish
troops have been driven back by tho
rebels, and another on tho opposite
side of tho sultan's dominions, where
the Albanian highlandcrs are being
exterminated. This last named strug
gle threatens the peace of Europe, for
tho king of Montenegro is massing
troops along tho Albanian frontier, and
behind Montenegro stands Russia
ready to declare war on the Young
Turks. The Balkan war cloud Is still
doing business.
Nor do these complications exhaust
tho troubles of Asia nnd Europe. The
ex-shah of Persia, who was driven out
with great enthusiasm a few years
ago, is said to bo on tho frontier rais
ing a revolution to regain his power,
with the Russian bear backing him.
A similar situation exists in Portugal.
There the monarchists aro massed on
tho border ready to undertake tho over
throw of tho republic. Mnnuel, who
was chased off tho throne as a prelimi
nary to establishing the republic, Is
said to be fomenting this disturbance,
but Spain has put a wet blanket over
the affair by refusing to countenance
tho uprising.
In the Hew World.
So much for the old world. Now for
tho now. In Cuba a revolutionary
leader with as much as one company
following him gave President Gomez
fifteen days to resign and said that if
Gomez did not fire himself as per
specifications ho (the revolutionary
leader) would firo the whole island, in
Venezuela, where another Gomez Is
president, the perennial and Irrepres
sible Clpriano Castro Is reported on
the premises bent on trouble, while
another Venezuelan revolution, inde
pendent of both Gomez nnd Castro, ii
organizing in Now Sork. In Haiti
there are several candidates for the
presidency, eacli rovolutlng on his own
book, but nil united on the proposition
that President Simon must go and
Simon has gone. In Mexico there is
still occasional fighting with possibili
ties of another revolution before Ma
dero is elected to tho chair almost
worn out by the long occupancy of
Diaz.
Ilcro nre seven nations actually
fighting, with possibilities of seven
moro becoming involved, for if tho sit
uation In Cuba grows critical the
United States will probably bo com
pelled to settle tho difficulty. Yet we
hall this as tho dawn of the ngo of
peace! It makes one almost as pessi
mistic as Alfred Tennyson In his wall
of "Locfcsley Hall Sixty Years Aft
er," where he mournfully declares that
"war will die out lato then will It
ever, late or soon?" nnd proceeds to
answer, "Never till tho earth Is dead
as yon dead world wo call the moon."
That ought to hold Andrew Cnrnegie
for awhile Leaving Tennyson, tho
moon and tho laird of Sklbo out of
tho discussion. It Rtill Is u fact (hat
war is very much alive in this the
tenth year of the twentieth century.
The dove of oaco should be very cir
cumspect nbout where sho roosts If
she does not want her feathers shot
off.
There Is one hopeful sign, however.
These countries in which there Is ac
tual fighting. Haiti. Morocco, Turkey,
nro on the miter fringe of lOjylllzatlon.
In Mexico tho trouble Is jnriiost over,
nnd In Cuba It has scarcely begun.
As for Franco' nnd Spain, they nre only
doing police duty in Morocco. Thus no
really civilized country now has war
on a scale worth mentioning. For tho
great nations there are only portents
of trouble. One hundred years ngo a
general European war would havo In
evitably resulted from such u situation
as that relating to Morocco. Now thero
Is a reasonable hope that any war
whatever may bo averted. Thusrwe
are moving toward peace, although we
havo not yet fully arrived.
The Moroccan Situation.
Returning to Morocco, tho situation
Is somewhat as follows: Beforo the
AJgeciras conference England nnd
France came to an understanding as
to Africa. It was In effect that France
would leave England nlono In north
eastern Africa that Is, in Egypt nnd
nearby territory and that Encland
OOC
the New Racked
Rumors of Wars
Moroccan Situation Most
Serious, but No War
Likely to Come of It
would cease to molest Frauce in north
western Africa, Including Morocco and
the country round nbout.
Everything now seemed lovely and
there was nothing left but for the two'
nations to go In and cut tho African
melon. But they reckoned without
Germany. Now. Germany as a nation
got Into the colonial game rather
late. The modern German empire only
dates from the days of Bismarck, unci
by the time he came on the stage most
of tho world's available territory for
colonization had been taken up. !i.
the past few decades Germany h.i'
been growing by leaps and bounds,
commercially and in every other way.
Not tho least of this growth has been
In ambition. With her expanding trade
she wanted to expand lu territory so
that her people might have their shnr,
of land to settle, exploit nnd develop
Withal she was getting very decidedly
Into world politics.
Thus It was that Emperor William
dipped Into the Moroccan game. He
perhaps had no excuse to do so, ex
cept thnt he could and did. Germany
has sohio Interests In Africa, but they
are not In the region of Morocco. But
Germany's ambition being what it is
CHANCELLOR OK THE BRITISH EXCHEQUER LLOYD-GEORGE;
2, ADMIRAL VON TIRPITZ. GERMANY'S NAVAL CHIEF; 3, JULES
CAMBON, FRANCE'S DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVE IN THE
MOROCCAN DISPUTE: 4. KING NICHOLAS OF MONTENEGRO.
and William's temperament being
what it Is, ho did not proposo to stand
Idly by nnd see England and France
divide up n continent. So about tho
lime Franco got ready to do the be
uevolent assimilation act for Morocco
William II. suddenly appeared at Tan
gier and mude a speech. Tangier has
a position of strategic value both be
cause it is in Morocco and because It
Is just across the strait from Gibral
tar. Therefore tho kaiser by that
speech not only threw a diplomatic
rock nt tho Gallic cock, but stepped
on the tail of the British lion.
Germany Emperor Butts In.
This made a pretty kettle of fish,
ono that required all tho great powers
to cook, and then they only got It half
done. Tho result of Germany's first
butting Into the game was tho Alge-1
ras conference. To put It briefly, the
Algeclras act, as it was called, ran to
tho effect that the Integrity and In
dependence of Morocco must bo main
talned, but that Franco nnd Spain, be
ing the nations nearest at hand,
should have polieo powers nnd see
that tho Moors kept order nnd lo
haved themselves. It also provided,
or Implied, that the reigning sultan
should bo kept on tho throne.
Just to show how much respect they
had for the honornblo conference, the
Moors hardly waited for tho seats of
the delegates to get cold beforo they
chased this particular sultan off his
throno and out of tho country. They
aro a nervous bunch, these wild tribes
men, having a holy war or some other
kind of a shindy about every fifteen
minutes, and they wcro in tho act of
driving another sultan across tho bor
der when tho French stepped in.
Spain also got busy taking a lot of
choice towns If anything In Morocco
can bo called cholco towns which the
French regarded as being in their own
particular zone of influence. Ah a re
mit there were diplomatic doings bo-
tween Spain and franco and almost a
threat to break off relations.
It was shrewdly suspected nt tho
time that Germany wa,s behind Spain,
egging her on. At nny rate, Germany
now showed her own hand by sending
n gunboat to Agadlr. n lwrt surround
ed by ruins down in tho southeastern
corner of Morocco. The representa
tion was that German interests had to
bo protected, but thero arc not enough
people around Agndlr to threaten the
Interests of a KVanese chimpanzee.
The Possible Outcome.
Germany's second appearance In
Morocco wa -? sudden nnd sensation
al as her first and set Franco nnd Eng
land as much by tho oars. Chancoll.ir
of the Exchequer Lloyd-George, Pre
mier Asqulth and Opposition Leader
Balfour nil made speeches tclllnc tno
kaiser very plainly that Great Britain
Was Interested in this came and thril
if William intended to start nnythl:ig
he wanted to bo sure beforehand thnt
ho could finish It. This situation is
lent all the more thrills because Eng
land nnd Germany have been talking
fight for tho Inst three or four years.
If John Bull can now get France to
help him out tho two of them ought
to bo able to trim tho kaiser in a way
to mako him stop being so sudden and
brutal In his diplomacy.
All Uie part that poor Spain seems
to havo In tho affair Is ns a pawn of
Germany. Tho Spaniards In Morocco
have reported ono great victory, how
ever. The other night n drove of pigs
broko through n Spanish fortification,
whereupon v tho alarm was given, the
half awakened soldiers tumbled out of
their bunks nnd fired a volley, and the
pigs scampered away with n large
amount of noise. In tho darkness the
Spaniards thought they had driven off
some wild tribesmen and so reported,
only to find tho difference in tho mora
ine. Evidently tho dons nro more sue-
oessful In defeating Moorish pigs than
they were In fighting "American pigs."
Tho general opinion In Europe now
is that Germany will "climb down" ns
gracefully ns she can, but may demand
a few thousand square miles of land
in tho French Kongo or elsewhere as a
consolation prize. After that France
will at last cut tho Moroccan slice out
of tho African melon nnd nil will ngain
bo lovely.
Minor Disturbances.
As for tho row in the Balkans, It Is
not exactly new. In fact, there lias
been a Balkan war scare once or
twice a year for as long as I can re
member. This time it Is the result of
tho new motto in tho Ottoman empire,
Turkey for tho Turks," which has
caused tho fight with tho Arabs as
well ns with tho Albanians.
When Tersla adopted her new con
stitution sho concluded her Joy would
not bo complcto until sho scared the
shah over tho boundary. Recently tho
Bhah showed a disposition to come
back, when she offered bo large n
prlco on his bead that ho went Into
hiding. Strange as it may seem, thero
is a Yankeo treasurer general nt the
Persian capital, W. Morgan Shuster by
name, who has become tho center of an
International situation all by himself.
Tho consensus of opinion in Portu
gal is that ex-King Manuel might car
ry an opera bouffo counter revolution,
but nothing moro serious. Tho new
republic Booms to bo as firm ns tho
rock of Gibraltar, which Is on Portu
guese territory, oven though fortified
by Britain.
In tho western hemisphere tho trou
bles Boom nbout over, President Simon
having fled from Haiti and the threat
ened Cuban revolution having failed to
rovolortc. Anyway tho arbitration trea
tics aro now signed and the thousand
years of peace have come on paper,
however it may bo in tho actual world
of deeds.
CANDIDATE for PROTHONOTARV.
To the Republicans or Wayne Co.:
I take this means of announcing
myself as a candidate for the nomi
nation of Prothonotnry nt tho pri
maries, Sept. 30, 1911.
To most of you I am known per
sonally. During my seventeen years
of service as a clerk in the Hones
dale postofileo my efforts have been
to perforin my dutle3 faithfully and
courteously to tho patrons of the of
fice nnd the public generally.
To the voters with whom I am not
personally acquainted I would say
that, since a severe injury sustain
ed by my father a few years before
his accidental death when I was six
teen years old I have tried to make
an honest living. My birthplace was
In Texas township, district No. 4,
Wayno county. My school days
were limited to the district school
and tho Honesdale High school. As
a boy of eleven years I spent my
summers slate picking on the Dela
ware &. Hudson dock and attended
school during the winter. I also
spent several summers working on a
farm In Cherry Ridge.
After school I entered tho offloo
of the Honesdale Iron Works, known
now as the Guerney Electric Elevator
Co., where I stayed a number of
years and later entered the Hones
dale postofilce serving two years un
der William F. Brigs. I then went
to tho Carbondale Lumber company
as a bookkeeper, remaining with
them until the apointment as post
master of Miss Mary E. Gerety, who
later became the wife of Hon. C. A.
McCarty. In June, 189G, I returned
to the Honesdale postoflice where I
have been employed ever since. In
coming bforo tho people and asking
their assistance and vote at the com
ing primaries, let me say that I am
no tool of any boss or bosses. I
simply desire in common with every
American citizen to better my condi
tion. Your support will bo appre
ciated and If nominated and elected
I will devote all my timo and atten
tion to the duties of the office to
whiah I aspire.
Most cordially yours,
JOHN N. SXIAUPSTEEN.
REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE For PROTHON OTAR Y
To the Republicans of Wayne
County:
Pursuant to the requests of ray
many friends In the county and'the
general understanding three years
ago that I should again offer mysolf
as a candidate for the nomination
for Prothonotary at the coming pri
maries, September 30, I would state
that after a short start by way of an
education in the public schools of
Wayne county, I completed a course
at tho A. M. Chlsbro Seminary In
Monroo county, Now York. My post
graduate course was about thirty
years in the school of hard knocks
as a farmer and lumberman In
Wayno county. Havo met many peo
ple In the varied relations of a busi
ness man and this long experience
has enabled me to meet many whom
I esteem as my friends and gain at
least enough knowledge to appreci
ate tho neecrs and requirements of
my followman.
My aim has steadily been to deal
honestly, frankly and fairly with
all and to dearly cherish all of our
country's institutions, and to en
courage and assist every true effort
to maintain and advance them. I
Invite the fullest investigation of my
record and with pleasure refer you
to the expression given at the polls
by my home district threo years ago
as Indicative of the feelings of those
who know me best. Although al
ways a resident and largo taxpayer
In Wayno county, I never asked for
office except on tho afore mentioned
occasion when I waB defeated by M. J
Hanlan who, though opposed to me,
never, to my knowledge, said or did
anything detrimental to me. I
therefore earnestly request your
sunDort and promise if nominated
and elected to faithfully perform the
duties of the office to the very beat
of my judgment and ability and in
all things observe tho spirit of tho
Golden Rule.
Faithfully yours,
i WALLACE J. BARNES
CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF
T. Y. BOYD.
I wish to announce to the Repub
lican voters of Wayne county that I
am a candidate for the nomination
at the coming primaries for tho of
fice of Sheriff. Your vote and your
support In my behalf will be greatly
appreciated.
T. Y. BOYD,
Boyds Mills.
r. G. rflMOXS,
Sterling, Pn.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
DIGNITY and
CONFIDENCE
It Is wonderful what an
amount of dignity and confi
dence one gets from the fact
that he has a growing bank ac
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yourself makes you Independent
mentally as well as In regard to
material things.
Become a regular depositor in
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We will help you with three
per cent. Interest. Each new de
positor Is presented with a use
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hold bank.
We mako a specialty of loan
ing money to Wayne county peo
ple. Business accounts solicited.
Call and see us or you can do
your banking with us by mall.
Write and we will tell you
how.
JOS. A. FISCH, Cashier.
E. C. MUMFORD, President.
Roll Of
Attertfon is called to tne STRENGTH
of the
Wayne County
The FINANCIER of New York
City has published a ROLL Olf
HONOR of the 11,470 State Banks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this list the WAYNE
COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands 10th in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wavne County.
Capital, Surplus, $527,342.88
Total ASSETS, $2,951,048.26
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