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【】ntto takea.afterashortandratherufulhe spaniardsofcubaaoriandthe philippines,aeloheunited states. thiseofthely natural.theincreasingnueroffactoriesinenglandand frandgernyneededaneverincreasingauntofraw terialsandtheequallyincreasingnuerofeuropean ountoffood.everywhere thearkets,forre easilyainesandrubberplantations andoilersuppliesofandgrain. thepurelypoliticaleventsoftheeuropean dereinsignifienwhowere kingplansforsteaoatlinesonvictorianyanzaor forrailroadsthroughtheinteriorofshantung.theyknew thatnyeuropeaionsstillreiobesettled,but theydidnotbother,andthroughsheerindifferendcarelessness theybestoheirdesdantsaterribleiance ofhateandsery.foruntoldturiesthesoutheaste erofeuropehadbeentheseofrebellionandbloodshed. duringthesevehelastturythepeopleof serbiaandbulgariaandntenegroandrouniae retryingtogaintheirfreedourkshthe supportofnyoftheeptoprevent this. afteraperiodofpartiassacresinbulgaria intheyear1876,therussianpeoplelostallpatience. thegoventley ogotocubaandstoptheshootingsquads ofgeneralheyear1877the russiaheshipkapass, andafterthearchedsouthilthey reachedthegatesofnstantiurkeyappealedfor helptoengland.thereanyenglishpeopleed theirgoventtookthesideofthesultan. butdisraelipressof indiaauresqueturksedthe russiansallycrueltothejehin theirfrontiersdecidedtointerfere.russiao ncludethepeaceofsanstefano1878andthequestionof thebalkanstoangressberlin injuneandjulyofthesayear. thisfausnfereedbythepersonality ofdisraeli.evenbisrckfearedthecleverold nearrogance, teeredbyaorandarvellousgift forflattery.atberliishprinistercarefully ontenegro, serbiaandrounias. theprincipalityofbulgariaiindepe statusunderprincealexanderofbattenberg,a nephehoseuntries hecetodeveloptheirpoheirresources astheyodo,hadenglandbeen lessanxiousaboutthefateofthesultan,ainswere nepireasabulwark againstfurtherrussianaggression. tokettershengressalloriato takebosniaandherzegovinaatheturkstobe ``adnisteredaspartofthehabsburgdoins.itistrue thataustriadeanexcellentjobofit.theedprovinces ahebestofthebritishlonies, andthatissayingagreatdeal.buttheyedby nyserbians.inolderdaystheyhadbeenpartofthegreat serbiaephandushan,hefourteenth turyhaddefendedeeuropeagainsttheinvasions oftheturksandalofuskubhadbeena bus disveredtheneebr> beredtheiragloryastheyresented thepreseheaustriansinthey felt,heirsbyeveryrightoftradition. andithecapitalofbosnia,thatthe archdukeferdinaotheaustrianthrone,urdered onjune28oftheyear1914.theassassinwasaserbian studentpurelypatriotictives. buttheblaforthisterriblecatastrophehe iediate,thoughnottheonlycauseofthegreatworldwar didnotliehthehalfcrazyserbianboyorhisaustrian vious berlinnfereerial s ofafottenraadrearyeroftheoldbalkan peninsula. aneorld thegreathe struggleforanewand betterworld therquisdendorharacters angthesllgroupofhohusiastswhowere responsiblefortheoutbreakofthegreatfrenchrevolution. hehaddevotedhislifetothecauseofthepoorandtheunfortunate. hehadbeeheassistantsofdaleertand diderotousenlopedie.during thefirstyearsoftherevolutionhehadbeentheleaderofthe derateheion. histoleranonsense,had dehiofsuspihetreasonoftheking acliquehadgivereradie togetholdofthegoventandkilltheiroppos. ndorast ercyofeverytruepatriot.his friendsofferedtohidehittheiro refusedtoaepttheirsae.heescapedandtriedtoreach hisho,ightbesafe.afterthreenightsinthe open,toandbleedieredaninnandaskedforso food.thesuspiandinhispockets theyfoundapyofhorace,thelatihisshowed thattheirprisoneralebreedingandhadno businessuponthehighroadsatatied personyoftherevolutionarystate. theytookndorandtheygagged hihreintothevillagelockup,butinthe ihiacktoparisand cuthisheadoff,beholdhewasdead. thisnhinghad goodreasontodespairofthehuhehasten afeencesrue ...