The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1914. WANTONLY FLUNG ASIDE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 36, 29 September 1914, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1914. WANTONLY FLUNG ASIDE.

Discussing the war outlook on August 14th, the London Commercial• Record says: The German agitators who havo continued to pin-prick their neighbour; have apparently yet to learn that France is a great and patriotic nation, not inferior to Germany in the arts 01 peace or war, whilst the visit of the British fleet is an object lesson for the bettor observance respecting treaties of neutrality. Germany, of course, blames Russia for the unprecedented upheaval now taking place, but a graver cause of provocation than the Servian question might possibly be provided at a few hours' notice and developments prove that the mighty German army so well equipped and admittedly always ready for any risk or war, that so admirably organised n force ought surely to be used, even for a war of offence before its efficiency begins to decline. As in previous cases, the diplomatic bargain should have been better studied instead of being struck and employed in order to cover an iniquitous usurpation. The persona! reasons which induced the German Emperor and his Ministers to invent and precipitate .. quarrel will remain in force. He may wish to extend his self-importance to silence domestic agitation, or exhibit his own son on horseback on a field of battle. The far weightier reasons which ought to have bound him to a policy of peace wero wantonly flung aside.