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The Great Round World

And What Is Going On In It

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Vol. II., No. 11. MARCH 17, 1898 Whole No. 70

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[Sidenote: =With the Editor=]

Spain and the Cuban situation continue to form the great centres of
interest in this week's news. With the continuation of active
preparations on the part of the United States and Spain, the crisis
seems to be rapidly approaching. It is to be hoped that each will
succeed in making itself so strong that war may be averted because of
its probable magnitude. The presence of two strong fleets, opposed to
each other, on the high seas could not but prove a menace to the
interests of other nations; the prospect of this may of itself lead to a
peaceful conclusion through the intervention of some one of the great
powers. War seems a glorious thing to those who have not known its
horrors; to experience it is quite another thing. In any event it would
mean to many loss of fathers or brothers, destruction of property,
paralysis of business--and all for what? That some point might be
attained, some pride gratif