THE INEVITABLE WAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 88, 4 August 1914, Page 4

THE INEVITABLE WAR.

Less than three years ago Germany informed Europe that she stood beside her allies "in shining armour." Now, evidently counting on military unpreparedness in Russia, and the recent military scandals in Franco, animated by Bismarck's great desire to "find eibow room" for the Teutonic people, and realising, from her standpoint, the necessity for breaking thu Slavonic power in the near East, she has taken

the opportunity to break or be broken. She lias realised that the longer peace with Russia lasted, the more formidable in numbers and in quality would Russia become. "Germany," says Dr. Dillon, "cannot brook a powerful neighbour who may at any time develop into a terrible foe. If Russia is to become the predominant Power in Europe, she must not be a hostile one." But Russia was hostile to Germany. "The spirit of the Russian nation is becoming more anti-German every year. ■ Racial animosity, which is now more accentuated than ever, is also taking a specific Germanophobe turn." So, at least, Dr. Dillon concluded. Thus it seems that the dreadful war that lias been entered upon—a struggle which may change the face [of Europe completely—was inevitable.