Young America showed to very great advantage in the Grant parade, which
will be memorable as the second occasion on which such a great number of
boys were marched in line. The first time was at the Columbus celebration.

It is said that nearly five thousand lads marched.

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It is somewhat sad to turn from our own beautiful military pageant to the
Græco-Turkish war.

The people of Europe are speaking very severely about the behavior of the
Powers in regard to Greece.

The decision of the Powers, it must be remembered, is not the result of
the wishes of the people, but rather of the scheming and planning of the
diplomats of the various countries.

The Powers have a great deal at stake in Turkey, and there is no doubt
that, whatever they may say, there is not one of the diplomats who does
not wish to see Turkey get the best of it.

There is a great deal of European money in Turkey, and, shameful as it may
seem, it would appear that this money has played a very important part in
the action of the Powers, a part far above and beyond the fear they all
have, that if Turkey is beaten and the empire divided, some one country
may seize a larger slice of the plunder than another.

Turkey, as we have said before, is bankrupt, and to be able to carry on
her government at all she has had to borrow enormous sums from the rich