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The World On Fire

…felt like a victim of that maiden of armor and spears that once executed justice on the weak. And all this had been accomplished without sword drawn or cannon fired. Here then stood Wilhelm, dauntless but defeated. His diplomacy had failed; his one ally was handicapped by domestic unrest; he was isolated in Europe; England was increasing her navy at a pace he could never beat; France, with her three years' law, was proposing to in- crease her army by fifty per cent at a stroke; Russia was turning flank, pushing on through the Balkans subtly and…