, 1870-07-30

E,:zza fo1 Jena, shout the gidiy French
r1-u they prepare to march over the
thine, They recIll with exultatiou the
>h"at, -Aarp. decisive campaign OF lsfH,
wl-u the great SAIuleon overthtow the
Prr'ssinns, routed anl captured all their
Asnlies, and conquered the kingdom in five
,,r.kH; and seem to anticipate repetition |
ii the sane nnlnzing strcak of luck But
the relative positions Of the two powers III
i~tr' unl $50 are widely different When
NAPOLEON marched against the Prussinns
s,.ty-four wears uso, he commanded tho
resources cf nll Western Eun'pe Ali Ger
1i;!by. A'1strih, and Italy lay conquered at
lii, fret lie had absorbed Belgium, 11ol~
lA.:d und Switzerland, md he drew SOL
,i:.:1s and supplies from all Germany except
I'nls>ia. He hail under the control Of his
C'Eacription SerEeauts population OF
IL - than sixty millions Of souls; he had a
:n...;'.1. ri veteran soldiers waiting to be
lei .4 quasi for. P1ussia at that time was
:. struggling kingdom Of not to exceed
tn ..i,io,ls vi inhabitants, with M
.su,y, Ill told. Of less than .A>,0N
, ..1'. who llRsl seen no service since the wars
& frederick the Great, forsy-fye gears he
f'.sr- The French had been practising war
,sa ,izen years; the rrtlssians had uot
,:s,l i gun fur nearly half n century.
III l4ntrhiig to iava.lc The l'russians, Ma
+" 7-.,,s had no orposing armies to overcome
,r f"rir.sscs t., capture between the bound
.,ry .t France n1.,l the territory Of Prussia.
N!.l.tz WIS in his hands, as were all tho
other German strongholds. His army
...arcted without interruption almost to
1,-ilric before meeting P1ussian. The
Lttlc-tield Ut Jena was hut four days
march frnn Bcrlin. When that field WAS
won. there was 1;othing t" in:errose aS S1inst
III. advance Of the victorious French Tie
c,t,,.,ry was level. fruitful plain. Thu
,'n1y army the Prussians la1 WAS routed,
:,s,tken. anl aseiug in every direction,
I.us, tue campaign was soon ended, and
t""'! Prussia was made to bite the dust
fore the irresistible veteran legions Of
:l.s great Napoleon.
l;,,t there awaits the Third Napoleon O
,l,tl.ten: reception. He must confront all
Germany Oh its Western confines. 1t is not
IT,. lower Of sixty millions Of French mud
G..::ns,., against ten millions of Pf1,ssians,
l.'s, forty millions Of Tnassinns and Ger
,;.arls a,ainst thirty-nine millions of French
8.,.ra;:'s.t emerge upon Prussia from Ba-
sati,. Or Belgium, or Hanover, hut must
:i=l.t his WY q. cvary step against q million
III German riilenten, AMI through country
that tates the Invaders with deadly mud re-
l,.ntlt,a hatred. LaxcuLurg fortress be-
i"uss 10 Holland; A1ayence and Ehren-
l,.-ltstcin are in the hands OF the Germans.
,4s.,l (it independence Ut Belgium is guar
:1,.,rcll Ly Great Britain, The Germans nre
allie to muster man for roan, ana
Gun t"z gnn. They are rs we'll disciplined
as tue French, md have seen rs much scr
,:"e. The present campaign must be COZ
tested III u r.:41row field OF operations, a
thu VI ullnle line Of invasion Is but two hnn
d-.e. sniles in length. and. practically, bn
,sns bundled. Napoleon must do Ills chic
lighting in tho triangle bounded. on tvs
sides. by the Rhine and the Mosellc, Wit
tie fortress Of Mayence at the apex Of th
h,..;!c as the base Of the German army o
,s.Sfrnce.
I.4.k st the situation from, any stand
Ir:i,t, through any Int French eyes, AMI
H.. i..:,.easur.sllc difference in position
strength. aud chances ct the opposing
s.,-r'4, compared with tho French inva
s;na If Prussia in leuG, mist be Oh
,i,,,s TO the t1ullest comprehension. What
...r success the French attain must b
q. .l:irsca l,v greater willingness to die 10
-.r,ry" than the Germans fuz lio1nb m
I.,tl.e5laItl.