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THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1914.
8
DR. DERNBURG'S WAR
ARGUMENTS ANSWERED
George L. Beer Believes Former German! 7WL0t?A
Colonial Minister Is Hereto Stem
Tide of Public Disapproval
not u .
Cmtinuetl from Ftrtt Vaga
jrlMb Ambassador In Paris! "Nobody
j,,r f '.i that In this dispute, so fur
m K i"-'' vrt Kt'ne "r'tl-"'1 treaties or In
wet'i ' Irvolvtnl, We can
ine u detinue piouge in inter
r Win-ii. on thp ilay pro.
i 'hi iiolginn Minister nt
- ( .i-1 -i t Unit such support
n iii-cii promised (u France
. hi i ittunahiy misinformed
-. n.i v.- to HUM conclusion
- init a t niisldoriiblo niim-
iirspnti lies In the llrltlsh
,k were systf nmtlenlly full-
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v i . i. jl reull thi- !lrit to
. ir. i'i!iy of llolgiuui. liu'
i in l already done o.
it- thu mains thorn iv-i-
In- hideous fnto that hns
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i.. .. i.. ami tniuily. a Antrim
i AiniiiiH'iuVr In ltor'..ii
1 1 t'.criuni St-croiaiy -I
, , ,n I whether Germany
, i.. iiirj1!ty of Itclgium
,r i. ,! at oil' i rep", il n ih
.. , m-.ii thp had to nd
,i 1 1 t . iho nil. k.'st anil
... ,ic i lie able "to gel
v"i no r operation ami
.! : . tnt decisive blow
.Mi-iMbli'." Hp explained
w l- a matter of life and
i iik the routo to Franco
,i .ir, territory was blocked
iay
'roo; 5
control Its notion In International rota
tions rest upon the doctrines of Mnclil
avolll, The great Florentine taught
thai there wan a fiiuilatnontul dlstluc
tlon between the standards of public
ami of private ethics and that raison
d'eiat ruporseitcil In Inteniatlonal rein
tlons the eth'cal code that was binding
In Hie hie of Iml'vldimls, Thl! prlnci
pie liu In ei elaborated by many
modern G.'.ir..iti unlets, notably b
Ttoiiselikt-. and b his disciple. Item
hard.. Acouid.il; to them "the morality of
the H aie miif, be d( 'eloped out of Its
own pei iillnr eM:MK'e, Just as lndlvldti.il
mipiulltj Ih n xi ted in tli" per.ionallty of
the man and Iks duties towatd oooloty."
"The end all and be all of a .State Ih
power," nir mere material force, Ik It
Mild, but power to protect and promote.
the lilglirr Interest, which In thin cne
are Inevitably Identloal with (lerman
Ku'.tur. "Tho Ktat l Itself the high
est oonrcpt on In the wider community
of man," and Is bound by nono of the
-.iiutnl conn pts that restrain the In
dlv'duul man The world In represented
as I'omii sd of n series of such morally
solf-i-tiri.- lent States, each a law unto
.Holt and i -ih etriv.ni? for mastery
o. r Its nelc'ihor. Hloloincal aualoirles
the struiTiiie for e. strnce nnd the sur-j
viv.il of the llttest are crudely used
to explR.n the uhole process of social
evolusl-n. As a riult Br-at Htros Is
'.aid titirn military strength, which Is
i yarded an an Infallible Index of a
flute's cultural efficiency. As the fore
men Pint Una of the State Is to increase
;:s power, so It is Its duty to waue war
v.liene..-r lie conditions are favorable
for sutli an increase, and It Is "an un
pardonable blunder" to miss such an
opportunity.
"It may be." writes llcrnhurdl, "that
u Krowing people cannot win colonies
from uncivilized rnces, nnd yet the
State '.ushoii to retain the surplus popu-
tndln nnd
control of
the Imperial Parliament are open on
equal terms to llrltlsh ami Herman mer
chants, (lerman merchnnts and -esicIs
are found In- all British ports, nnd no
Inconsiderable part of Oerniany's pres
ent prosperity comes from this sntirca.
of the world would Germany appro
priate If she should perchance ever bo
In a position to put Into practice her
ambitious designs. Though presumably
outside tho realm of practical politics,
tho subject In woll worth considering,
ttermany wnnts two kinds of colonies:
those to furnish markets for her ex
panding Industries nnd those to furnish
home.? for her prospective future sur
plus population, Of the former, she
would have an unlimited choice, but she
would probably grasp nt Kgypt nnd
India. The neutrul commercial na
tions would bo Interested, for presum
ably these free mnrkcts wotiM then be
come the monopolistic preserves of the
Oermnn merchant nnd manufacturer.
ARMY AND NAVY CHIEFS
AGREE WITH GARDNER
TjroitB la no one thoroughly fa
miliar Trtth the state of the na
tional defences of this country
who does not know that Repre
sentative A. P. Gardner of Massachu
setts poko the truth whrni ho rose In
t . .-.pe.-i. wiucn woum tie
, i .,t the samo time enable ution which the mo'her country can no
iht K- .ris to liring tlieir troops to longer feed. Then tile only course leu
thuGirr i fi -atier. is to acquire the necessary lorrnory
Jji . t aaion." he said, "wa ijy War. In such cases might
the tr ' .-r,iian nsoi, wnne inai o; -ives ihe rlglit to occupy or 10 cumiuvr.
('!Vj was a i inevhaiutlblo Mipply of .t liclit- l onre the supreme rlulit, nml
the tllute a to wnnt n riKni m or.
rldcd li) the iirliltrnment of nor. War
'h day Sir lCdward Ooschen
col.td i ' ' Chancellor, who like-
, . i ! 'h.n -"for strategical
reisor.b ' ws it matter of life and
(iea'.h tt f .'" to advance thtougli
joik Jtn " ' i' Mermore. the fbancollor
fra Wv k' - i'- d .n tho ftcichstuK that
Me- h.il d wrung, but thai "iiife
nty Itr ,v- i law." In none of this-e
f a"T.- '- w is there any attempt to
..it. j.i ' i ourse adapted by t'lalm
ng t' a ,r . i t ! r country hud vlolnf-d
il-.cijr . i't.i .ty. Thus, oven if It
v, ro , t - -i that Mich violations
..ad o -r. 1 It ciiulil not niter our
aiem ' ' b nnaiiy's action. Vor Its
i,. ti ,r. . tilvtn without Mmaltl' ration
.r i,- .v 'ire of such alleged t cts on
the r .. Ki.iiici- antl Cre.u Hritaln.
Co i . . . ii, ..ui toward Belgium
rest-1 "i the prlnclpl" of "Stilus
I i- i - -.ma lex." one of whose in-vi-
. - !Url-.s in thai Inlf i-natlonijl
re. ..illy voluntary selt-H;mit,i-
.01.8 ' : 4 merely so 1 m as tho
Kltr n tilnloglrell) Just derlvlon. tlnre
Its drrWons rent on the rer) nntiire of
Ihlnwt."
It is superfluous to point out that
BUrti doctrines Imply a complete dis
regard of tho rights of other nations.
Their mennlng will probably be brought
more clearly to Americans by one
further quotation from Hernhnrdl which
ouches us to the quick. According to
him. ' Knglnnd commuted uie unpar
donatle blunder, from her point of lew,
of not aupporting the Southern StatM
In the American war of secession."
slnco It allowed tho growth of a rivul
nation which, so he claims, Is a great
menace to Knglnnd's fortunes. Tho
imagination does not like to dwell upon
a hilt would have happened had Oermnn
political science dictated England's- de-
Isioti.
I
1
ate m j was i xHte i k. m. 'i
Welcome His Suggestion of Investiga
tion Into Our Unpreparedness for War
Real Fighting Strength of Country
heads of the army and navy have been
endeavoring, through their reports to
Congress, to throw a publlo searchlight
upon tho condition of the navy, nnd
more particularly of tho army.
It Is an axiom of International rela
tions that wars result from the conflict
of policies. Tho United Htnten ha sev
eral policies which, because of their
conflict with tho Interests of other na
tions, are a constant Invitation to chal
lenge. Among theso policies so lon
established an to be practically fixed
American institutions are the principle
of forming no entangling alliances, the
Monroe Doctrine, which has recently
been 1 interpreted as meaning, among
other thtaff, the determination to -aure
to the other peoples of this conti
nent the Tight to control their awn af
fairs; the open door for trade in tho
Fax Bast) the eicKtslcm of Chlntev,
Japanese and other Aslatlo Immigrant
from the continental territories of the
United States, and tle oxclunlo mili
tary control of the Panama Canal and
Its contiguous waters.
Each of these poltclen, wltn tne pos
sible exception of the llrst, In contrary
to the Interests of one or more of the
great Poworo of the world, both on the
East and on the West. Homo of theso
policies aro each year growing leas and
lenn acceptable to the nations most af
fected, and many observers believe that
these policies will remain unchallenged
only so long as the I.'nlted States Gov
ernment Is able to satisfy tho world that
It not only tntonds to but can main
tain them by force. No military ex
pert In this country now believes that
the United States Is thus prepared.
Mexico has now at least 30 per cent
moro armed and veteran soldiers than
tho United States, and it has a great
many mor field guns adequately sup
and supplies. There Is an adequate
supply of rifles and rlflo ammunition.
and tho military authorities believe they
can count upon the factories of the
country- to turn out with great rapidity
tho nocessary articles of equipment nnd
clothing whenever tho emergency arises.
Thoy havo not the same assurnnco,
however, with regnrd to Hold irunB and
artillery ammunition, nnd Congresn has
annually been sought by tho War De
partment authorities to mnlto the neces
sary appropriation for remedying the
deficiencies In theso departments before
thero Is actual need of them. Major
Oen. Leonard Wood a year ago maOo
the statement that In lilt opinion no
modern war between first olnss Powers
would last more than a year, and that
unless American manufacturers ore now
encouraged to manufacture ammunition
for our guns they wilt not bs In condi
tion to do so unyjjjafter tho war Im fin
ished, and the Army's supply wouKJ
therefore be limited to what the Gov-'
ernment amenals could turn out.
It Is a favorite saying of tho
member of Congress that in time of war
the militia will come to tho rescue and
tho American citizen can bo depended
upon to defend his country. Such Is
tho condition of the militia that tho re
sponsible military authorities oonslder
that were It called Into flolfl service
suddenly tho words of Gen. Tllchard
Henry Leo would apply directly to
thorn. Soon after tho revolution Oen.
Lee. wrote:
"A government Is the- murderer of its
citizens; It sends them to tho fields un
informed and untaught, whero they nre
to meot men of the same age and
strength, mechnnlzed by education nnd
discipline for battle."
On paper the United States militia
has a strength of moro than 100,000,
In fnc It conitints of only a loosely
organized forco, full of Inequalities of
discipline and equipment. Military ex
perts consider It useful as llttlo more
piled with ammunition. General Villa than a force, which can on short notice
has more cavalry under his comma. nd be assembled fully equipped nnd turned
um" " " - "i mm int0 mobilization camps for a period of
1$
rhotf Copyright br American PrM Aiiarlfttlon.
Representative A. P. Gardner of Massachusetts.
Congress last Thursday and declnred
that tho United States Is unprepared for
war, defensive or offensive, against a
Nor hns Great Hritaln frustrated
Germany's nttcmpt at territorial ex
p:inlon, as might easily hnvo been done.
At the co of allunatlng sentiment In
1 the Capo Colony she permitted Ger
It is Kile ror ur. nernourg lo coniemi ,,, , .npMrn im,,nrt.int Interest,. In
Unit these fundamental principles aro,Afll(,a slmllIirly, Australia and New
not the actuating forces in German v,.n1r.rt hav resented tho r.resonco of
i'acltlc. In
Is is merely
blunders,"
Indications of
MBIA f 1 i II' II II f 'f 111 VI'Il It'IlL. 11 111,1
I , ; , in r.trmnnv. ' """i11". L J "T V"Y,r" ""' the German Hag In tho 1
. .,.. i ,nr.. i ...n.e- .'.f , "":aK, rof "sor . 1 lr.m'l,,al . Gorman eyes presumably th
'., . V, .... ..... 1 n..n',n,, writings or ireitsciiKe ami Hern- j a ,orlps nf parilonable
V,. fr..n it,.i. luln" ari ,n',rPlJ' ,,U,H" "5 l,rlv,il" '"'lone more of the many
. , a. ..t- . n.i- ,in ,;..,, .n ,ii,.i,i,,iu , ti . unini. (iln'iu n rn nnrm ....... . . .
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i....o,iy arena u.iu o llml(,r ,hr; ti,i,,e.it of veneers
,-is lo be shlftisl to tn.!ln ,.rlno von n,u,w, "imperial Ger
many. The utterances or an ex-i.nan-
cellar who directed Herman polloy for
. years cannot hut can y conviction. This
book, which may for hlstorlcdl, If not
' literal y inison. Ivi-nme a classic lilte
, .Mui hlnvelU's "Prince," prove' conclu-
nlv.ly that lerman policy '3 based solely
1 upon self-interest and U not In the least
. tnlltienced by any con ideratlnn of the
I rights of others.
ir ; writes:
i.ei'd Atin'i'lciin renlers
- ki.ew thai as early as
en.-li guns were in Liege,
h.ve been captured
! . Prenr-li oiTlceiti nml
Sin h is stated in a Inter
" 1 1 Mr. Lehman, house
s , -. ir.l. nt of the Hwcher Me
tr.or i Hili'ng from his brother
in f'."-ni'ir who has been on the
rvr " wi it v miM they think
If ' v is pi nod. an it Is n Iteil In
tv' -'ll...r. Government Jour
r...' - u,i wounded 1'renclimeii
had f ui '1 la Namur who ald
th.-' I-, c. merit, the l-'orty-llfth,
i' '1. 1. : t.i Namur as early as
J' Pi fie V.venimi I'oil of
to- 1 1 '.1 fr.im Huston relates
cn v - an"i. r.tv the landing of
P irfi'iiM in otend on the
0t'' of ,T -'v
Thn humanitarian would also wonder
what would be the fate of those Orien
tal peoples In tho hands of a Power
that has never been able to conciliate
tho Kronch and Polish population
within Its own borders.
The choice of an area for the settle
ment of German emigrants and the
formation of a now Germany would,
however, present the gravest difficul
ties. I have often discussed this point
with thosw who Insisted that Oermnny
needed such colonies, but I have never
The question now arises what parts received a satisfactory answer.
real military Power, fn no qunrter wns
army and mllltla.
Tho United States navy now ranks
third, after Oreat nritaln and Germany
with Ftance and Japan next In order
and with tho probability that the United
States will sink to fourth or fifth place
If Franco and Japan adhero to their
present pro gram mo nnd the United
States does not mnko up for itn rocent
slackening of battleship construction.
The United States navy, however. Is
lacking In men properly to man tho
ships already built. It Is lacking In
reserve supplies of nmmunltlon nnd It Is
lacking In torpedoes.
Though the requirements of tho situ
ation In Mexico during the last eighteen
months havo considerably demoralized
the. work of the navy It Is undoubtedly
true that It possesses, with the excep
tion of the deficiencies named, a gen
eral efficiency which Is unsurpassed and
Is in slzo able to cope with any but the
llrltlsh nnd German tleets on more thnn
equal terms. It Is truo also that the
training a little shorter than would ho
necessary to lit the volunteer storo clerk
or factory hand for nctunl servlco In
the field.
I...tnry men do not seek to lay these
conditions before Congrons mid the
country without offering some remedy.
They accept the fact that the Ameri
can people nre unwilling to support a
large standing army, though thoy do de
sire. It is believed, tjm thn small regu
lar army shall be perfectly tralnod and
adequately equipped. They agree with
the member of Congress that the fnlted
Stntes must rely upon Its citizen sol
diery for national defence. Hut they do
not accept the idea that every Amer
ican citizen can he made into a ."oldler
by placing a ritlo In his hand anil put
ting a uniform on him,
Thoy are asking that provision be
made for tho creation of a body of citi
zens who shall havo had military train
ing and wno will therefore he prepared
whenever called to take the fle'd nt
soldiers In tho armies of Prance, Hel-
gium, Austria and Ruh.i.
"Our national defences would be
found to bo In a had way If wo came In
HOW THE SPY WORKS IN THE FIELD
Mr. GardnTB mJCKPstion that a mi- t Htandard adopted nomc yearn ntro by once. Just as did tho rpnervpn of trnlnrd
tionnl security commission be created HhouId ft o fnrty.epht bimle.
by Congress to examine Into the condl- Hn)pa bj. 10,0i naH bpcn wofuIlj. neK.
ttons of the national defences and re- J locted nnd Is now Impossible, of nttaln-
port to Congress what should be done j ment. In fnct through tho number of , conflict with a big Power," said llepre
more wolcome than among those whose, bnttleahlps becoming obsolete from age - sentntlvo Gardner. "Our regular nrmy
task It will be to defend the coutvvry In ,nP roal '"J"11 strength of the navy Is nn etllclent mnchlne. Hut It Is not
. ... hns Increnwil but little In recent years Inrgo enough, nor Ih It adequately
case of a war. For years the responsible j excppt 0(J ,ne nowop pn)p(, re cqulpp(Mli nlc,y
1 more powerful thnn tho old. "If I am correctly Informed, our navy
i-ar uirrereni is tno suuntion wltn 1 is noi an strong ns has noon roproscnted.
respect to the land defences of tho , Shortly after the Spanish war. through
I . (iernillli llotltll' In IIiikIiiikI,
l'p to about 1M0 (lermnny was con
tent to follow the lines of development I
marked by Hismarck. but since then slm
has deliberately ombatkfd upon n policy .
of world empire. Her foreign trade has
expanded rapidly and her mercantile ,
marine has grown at nn equally satis-
1 factory rate. Tim demand became ever '
more liiflsteii: that Germany should
,111,1' her "pl.i. .11 'be un." A large
jmrilon of the world has been divided
1 up .since the formation gf the German
Kmplie in 1S71. and although Oermnny
Iiii.iIiiih tin- Authority. 1 had iicqulrtd t rrltory five times as
Whn w-.u' l Dr. Dernburg jy if the1 large as her own ea. it was felt, as (
American p due gave credence to l"-- . rnhuig sa. "that she had not
M-rlet ' fl. r-n.n atrocities olelv nn ' her due share." Th" demand for the
fch ui'-. rS-' could any e.-.dcni annexailon of oversea territory was In
'1 rn r- n ,. v ilmi this? Tar more ', P'lrt bastil upon th- claim that more
dr. n-.., an 1 apparently well an-j hind was needed for her overllowlng '
the-., i- 11 t. were produced -n prove population and more marketH for her
'he si'. .11,: r ., mvtl.U-u! army of Itni- 1 expanding Industrie. Although this
flans t-n, An hangel through nnglaml nrgtitm nt has a certain validity, It -o
li-litn l'.ery 0110 reilizes that ' should, however, be emphnslzfil that
w-nr- . ,.o 11 luigo crop of fan. 1 1 1 1 imlgrniltm from Germany ban virtually (
pc- i ctase.l and thai her foreign commerce
Hi' cart fr.im such roiwMeratlnns N growing most rapidly, even unuer tne
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United States, with tho exception of tho
I forts whtdh guard our harbors, nnd
oven theso forts havo barely enough
men to operate the guns. The plans
of the General Staff of the army for
resisting an Invnslon of tho United
Stales call for a forco of some fiOO.000
men. which It Is estimated will bo
needed the moment the first foreign
. soldier sets foot upon United States
soli. The United States has not ono
I quarter of this number of soldloTs avall
I ablo either In active service or In re
I servo,
I The autlhiorlttes declare that It would
j requlro at least six months, and moro
1 probably a yenr, to put Into the held
I this number of men trained nnd
j equipped for their task. In other
words, onco a foreign expedition woro
, landed on our shores It would be many
months before tire Amorlcan peoplo
ajuld offer any resistance likely to
match tho strength that nn Invndcr
would bo certnln to have nt the mo
ment of landing.
tho Impetus given tho building pro
grnmmn by -that war, wo ranked third
among naval Powers. Wo now stand
fourth or fifth, away behind both Great
Hritaln and Germany.
"Wo an short of torpedoes and still
shorter of mines. Somehow or other
we appear to have overlooked tho fact
that mines aro tho moet effootlvo
weapon which Russia found to use
against the Japaneso fteet. Aa for tor
pedoes, my recollootlon Is that wo havs
Just about ono torpedo for each torpedo
tubo on our ships. That Is almost a
absurd as If we sent nrtlllory into notion
with one shell for each cannon.
"Tho first year I wan in Congress
voted for five battleships, but since tfcat
time we have pigeonholed tho plan of
tho Dewey board that built up tho navy.
If I recolleot rightly, for the first seven
yoars aftor tho Spanish war our navy
increased by leaps and bounds under o
weU thought plan. We wero second to
Great Drltaln. Then came tho slump.
io-nay we aro struggling with France
Apparently an innocent landscape; really a detailed plan of a fort.
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,.ei.innni. Hi-., i-'mnee I alleged unfavorable conditions
l.i Wum's neutrality. On I The desire for a world empire Is. how-
ea the outbreiU of h..-tll!- -er. 'n part only based on economic
'on ment so-vned Inevitable., grounds To n great extent it sprang
" !-. v leleeriiuhnl to the !'"'' ",(" Instinct of .mplre from the
vi, is.i.loi s in ll. r'dn and Paris lMre nnd sclMmpo.-ed duty of Ger
'hi -(.pe lse li.iiern-1 lnll"y " Impress her Kultur upon the
-h tl.ev we.e ritcred ted world. The -rouble nrose when Ger-
' t the neu.ra:iiv of Mel-, manv trle.l to rea'le her ambitions for
: . "iv evaded ihe h,ii... while '' "orhl f 1300 did not contain the
.."i-'l iiely gv-. the requested! "nipty spaces which t ie Portuguese.
Whet. It is einembered that I Kpanbdi. Kr. neb Dutch and hngllsh
keenly 1 """ l,Pcn "cquuiim. "minis im
VOloping lulling ine ;nsi mm lemuin-n,
Practically every deslrnbli' portion of
the globe had already been appropriated.
Grrmnny hntl com- too Into upon the
scene. Her ambitions could l,e nnlled
onlv at tlio expense of other nations.
1 fore u u a"' mt 'i i l,,,net' nm" "rl,alr" "R ,h0 4'''",r'' "f
'.1 hep "had s." 'f.e.l on 1 the greate.t of these world empires be-
Clime IHO OIIJOCl 01 IICI init-nni- iihiuh
1 . verntnent w.is
-..1 ure Great rirltjlu's iiip
liinl rn. t n yet been as-
":ce!vab that there wa
vi of th. - rvmrnntee?
llelvun Minhver of War
n.-cerud tho'.e 1 ' eatloiis,
I ;. ' : Aril.-!.. m.n ln 1-eok.
I Itl I Vl'tllMl " I 1 .lilill. WIM I'
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ti r.en.mn A,i.n.,.i,.,. 1 to Genmniy's Icgltlmnt. goal.
uubllslteil Inculcating the doctrine
that the llrltisli Mmplre barred the way
lb
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ti u i the itleilKtll of illicit.
I .i' I'mso h. It would ni'
'i if.i,, the following frotn
' iti men' :
ui Government did not
"i" :lmo of the Ayadlr
1 1 to warn foreign Am.
' tonus wh'ch could not
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' ' 'ii"l respect for the
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How far is It true that flront Britnln
lias thwarted Germany's legitimate
aspirations? It tins been contended by
some that llrltlsh Jea'ousv nf G-rman
comtnerclnl exi-anslon Induced her to
enter tho war. Hut nobody has shown
how such a cnnlllct could Ho mote tluin . ...... i .. T. . j- i u j m
temporarily cluck Gfrmany's foreign The innocent landscape drawing "decoded. I'ortificd position disclosed to enemy in all its details,
trade If this were Groat llrltnln's ob
ject snielv a much "more ilTeotivi- and Tlli: llrtt lllusti'itlon shows an ap- render of this paper. They would not position ; H, siege howitzer position; V
Tho I'lilted States aottinlly has 86,000 nn4 JnDan to wnlch ., rfimn,
soldiers in tlm regulnr nrmy, of whom . oxtremeiy bad third to Oreat Hritaln
only f.8,000 nro now In the United States nnd q, rrnftnyi
or will bo In a yenr to come, and of "noughly speaking, I should think the
these B8.O00 one-qunrtor are required amnnn AreMnowM strength is about
or the const defences nnd cannot bo twlco n Krpat our , h
, included In the mobile nrmy which Is , HunmnrlnPR wo fl foua'h
i tho force which must be counted upon Rm , nftV(U Iow(rfl Jn
to meet nn Inynder of f somu VMSo)s absolutely
No one doubts that plenty - f Amer -1 outolstnncef,, rjermany has about live
lelency In artillery Is so groat that nil m'i"Th
the factories and ntsennls In the coun-' L? J00"1 part moro
try could not remedy It If they worked ' T 'r' 'vr'
full time for two years, nor could they
Tho trouble with tho mllltla Is 1hat
a lot of men enter without any idea of
going to wnr. Then when tho timo
comes thero Is always a percentngo of
them who go to tight without any liking
for the Job, Until this percentage Is
eliminated, or Its backbone stiffened, i'.
Is Isiund to bo a handicap to tho or
ganization ns a whole. Wo havo about
a million up to date rifles and that Is
Ten
ft sniely a much more ilTeotivi- and rT",!n; first lllusti'itlon shows an ap
r is expensive way to accomplish I ,, ,,mV innocent drawing of a
o desired result would have been to - ., i... ... .. ti.i
levy heavy Import duties on German 1 '
goods, not only In the homo country landscape, nc-lved h the spy r Gov
but In India nnd In the frown Colonies ernment, Is read nccordlng to signs, nnd
ns well. Nor has Gront Hritaln tnken the reult Is n plnn of tho fort ns shown
nny measures to hinder the growth of In tho Becend drawing. In this tho letters
ilern Germany and .which tho Germnn mercantllo marine. Tho have been put In merely to help tho
appear, of course, on the plan. Appar
ently casual long and short lines nt the
top right hand corner of the landscape
aro for orientation, ngnln nccocdlnc to
code, Tho letters we have placed on tho
key refer to tho following: A, wire
entanglement; H, Infantry trench; C,
ftiQl gun position; D, field howitzer a short vertical north and south.
In one year provide nn adequate supply
of ammunition for the nrtlllrry already
In existence.
The proper equipment of Meld guns
for the necessary force of 500,000 men
for tho defense of tho United Stntes Is
1,292 gun.t, Tho United Stntes now
, possesses n grnnd totnl, In tho regulnr
I nr.iiv unit dth 111,-, rn 1 1 1 In of 'JST. trims. I
which have been described ns the most "" vur
miscellaneous collection of field artillery ,mr nrmH equipment.
, In existence. With the exception of the "r fe''' 1!k" " V?K' rrylng In tho
Immobile guns mounted in the coast do-1 wilderness against tho Influence of An
fences. which cannot even be swung ,lrow 'Mrnegle's nillllomi. I ennnot help
aniiirol to defend the forts against land , tliinltlnir that Mr. Carneglo 1h doing a
Inttnck the I'nlteil States army has no'"'"1 1''"1 01 1,,lrm. All of us Congress
i guns whatever to compare with the ' "'en aie vulnerable. Wo realize what It
' irie.it Bleu., u-uns in iih In I'.nron,. to. I means to have the Carnegie men calling
day, which are being moved about with i 8 Jingoes, .Moreover, It Is a bad thing
amazing raplditv. An American well fr nnv community to bo faced by a
quallllod to observe military operations sysleumtlo and highly financed plan for
saw a few weolit nro In Franco n force drawing a screen of bcnovolenco be
lli n ton mile segment of n baWlo line 2.ri0 tween the people nnd tho affairs of
miles long with mors artillery than ox- human n.v.ure, .which sooner or Inter
Ists In all the United Stafs, thoy must face.
While the most glaring deficiencies of "The blamo for our insecurity rests
tho military situation of this country on Hopubllcans and Democrats alike;
nre tho lack not only of the men lmt uui tne rooi 01 uio wimio manor is
ronilj G, outer ditch; II, Inner ditch;
I. armored gun turrets; .1, observation 0f tho menus of getting them quickly deeper The country has never yet been
turret, KK. double entranco to fort, when needfd and of field guns and am- awakened to the understanding that 42
l., station, M. railway stock; N, double , munition, the ui my Is likewise nr. pre-1 centimeter guns ami superdrendnoughts
lino; O, ditch, with water;. P. orienta
tion marks. A long nnd a short hori
zontal equnl east nnd west; a long; and
pared In tho matter of cavalry nnd of j present stronger nrguments than past
signal troops, particularly In nvlntlon
sections, nnd nlso wlrh regnrd to means
of transportation for men, equipment
victories and present treaties, The timo
has come fcr us to rub our eyes and
loot: about us.''