October 15. Already 165,000 men in all have been sent to Cuba. The Spanish Ministry of War intend to dispatch 40,000 more, because yellow fever and other diseases have already greatly reduced the number of the effective. A loan of a milliard is planned. October 18. Rear Admiral Tirpitz has elaborated a naval budget of 150,000,000 marks. The _Post_ writes: “Tirpitz has made use of a long leave of absence, under orders from the supreme authority, to formulate from the strategic-technical standpoint a plan for organizing our fleet so that from the military standpoint it shall correspond to the demands of the present time.” When shall we ever plan from the ethical-humane standpoint how circumstances may be shaped so that from the standpoint of the philosopher they may correspond to the demands of a better future? November 9. Yesterday our beloved Rudolf Hoyos departed this life at his Castle Leuterburg in Silesia. Ever more and more numerous the graves! November 10. Telegram from Washington: “The English ambassador Pauncefote lays before Secretary of State Olney the proposals for the Anglo-American treaty pertaining to the settlement of all future controversies through arbitration.” This news may announce the dawn of a new epoch of civilization. Yet our “serious” politicians do not touch upon it in their leading articles. The following letters were exchanged between the Austrian Peace Society and the Department of Foreign Affairs at London on this occasion: Austrian Peace Society Vienna, November 17, 1896 My Lord Marquis: The Committee of the Austrian Peace Society venture to express to your Lordship their deep gratification in the treaty passed at Washington, November 9th. This is the greatest triumph which the cause of civilization has hitherto attained, and posterity will never forget the part which, in this happy achievement, is due to your Lordship’s wisdom and energy. We have the honor to be, respectfully Baroness Bertha Suttner (president) Prince Alfred Wrede (vice president) To the most Honorable the Marquis of Salisbury London, Foreign Office London, Foreign Office November 21, 1896 Madam: I am directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th inst., expressing the gratification of the Austrian Peace Association in regard to the negotiation between Great Britain and the United States on the question of arbitration, and I am to express his Lordship’s thanks for your communication. I am, Madam, your most obedient humble servant F. H. Villiers The Baroness of Suttner, Vienna