The Slavs of the war zone . oda water from a big sj^phon. The swing doors easily open, and those who are wise, slipawaj- through them, dishevelled possibly and perspiring, but atall events, knowing something of the race problem of the DualMonarchy ! Scenes like this form part of everyday hfe in the Slavonic andItahan lands still under the sway of Franz-Joseph and givewarning to all who have ears to hear and eyes to see that theracial passions in these countries must sooner or later burst intoflame. And when they do, neither diplomats nor powers willprove capable of subduing the conflagration.


The Slavs of the war zone . oda water from a big sj^phon. The swing doors easily open, and those who are wise, slipawaj- through them, dishevelled possibly and perspiring, but atall events, knowing something of the race problem of the DualMonarchy ! Scenes like this form part of everyday hfe in the Slavonic andItahan lands still under the sway of Franz-Joseph and givewarning to all who have ears to hear and eyes to see that theracial passions in these countries must sooner or later burst intoflame. And when they do, neither diplomats nor powers willprove capable of subduing the conflagration. As well might thelittle Austrian with his syphon of soda water hope to represselemental forces. When shall the dream of Napoleon come to pass and lUyriaas a kingdom arise again ? When—^in the words of the poetVodnik— shall she stand in the : ill glory of liberty, and restingone hand on Gaul, give the other to Greece ? When shall shebecome—not only in poetry but in fact the jewel of Europe ?Shall the great war decide ?. A Farmstead in Bosnia.


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