. War echoes; or Germany and Austria in the crisis .. . ld not be so if Aus-tria were decadent and truth is that Austrian troopshave displayed remarkable braveryand effectiveness throughout the have practically disposed ofSerbia and are holding back the Rus-sian masses, while other forces aredisposed along the Italian borderready to make serious work for anyItalian offensive movement. There have been many reports ofconflicting sentiment in Austria andfrequent statements that the Empirewas divided within itself. But thegovernment keeps at work, the troopsare effectivel
. War echoes; or Germany and Austria in the crisis .. . ld not be so if Aus-tria were decadent and truth is that Austrian troopshave displayed remarkable braveryand effectiveness throughout the have practically disposed ofSerbia and are holding back the Rus-sian masses, while other forces aredisposed along the Italian borderready to make serious work for anyItalian offensive movement. There have been many reports ofconflicting sentiment in Austria andfrequent statements that the Empirewas divided within itself. But thegovernment keeps at work, the troopsare effectively used, the navy isshrewdly placed and the wise oldman at the head of affairs is appar-ently as strong and capable as he wasin his prime. Germany and Austria keep theirown counsel as to the nature of theiralliance. That it is a compact whichholds together in life-and-death bondsis conceded. This fact alone makes itcertain that Austria will not makeseparate peace, and it also serves asa warning to Italy that its hopes of 280 EVOLUTION BY THE LAW OF WAR. AUSTRIAN MOTOR-BATTERY ON THE WAY (By Courtesy of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung) an easy acquisition of Austrian ter-ritory are vain. Not a foot of Aus-trian or German territory is occupiedby any enemy, although the foes con-tending against them are immenselystronger than Italy. The report that Austria is willingto make peace is echoed in Russia—an indication that the wish is fatherto the thought. It is far more likelythat Russia desires to make peace than that her enemies are seeking has nothing to gain from try-ing to penetrate Germany and Aus-tria. The prize she really seeks isConstantinople—a vain and emptyambition so long as Great Britainstands in her path. ? Unquestionablyif Constantinople were handed overto Russia she would quit fighting atonce. Should the fortunes of war goagainst the Teutonic allies, they may take steps to placate Russia by facili-tating her ambitions at Constanti-nople. But the time has not
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