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svept like q torrent over the land defeating the
volunteer English force at Dox-nhi Uultioru, anu
then AGAIN at Dorking. We have not space to re-
copnt the varied incidents attendant upon the advent
of a victorious army upon the hitherto unconquereo
soil of England, and we would refer our reauers "
the article itself.
The results as set forth by the BlGckOOod writer
all hinge unon the successful use of a new torpedo,
ond that there has been such an engine of attack and
defence offered to the British government ana reluseo
by the Admiralty is a fact.
Whether an invading force would be warranted IN
donond;no nnon n new and untried invention OF this
character for destroying an opposing squadron Is q
matter of great doubt. Nor do we 'hlnA ~ "A0S
that the sagacious minds at the head of military al
fairs in Prussia and Russia, who STUDY al c0nun-
cepc;es and set their armies in motion, only after
they are fully ready to meet any ana all . l Tue
st,cIes TINT mou oppose themselves, would be willing
to risk all on Que move. England 5 coas' . "c
sible at more than one point, and in spite of her i'm
mense naval force, it would be pracucaiiy an i"p0'-
sibility for her to defend herself successfully against
tho combined fleets of Russia and Prussia, unless as
the BLacklcood writer says, they hau t"o ye"'S
get ready in instead of two ceeks.
The article in BtackOOod is evidently written by
a man of military experience. who Whlle giving MS
countrvmen due credit for their patriotism, pluck,
and courage. still recognizes the great peril attendant
upon the sudden massing together OF volunteer troops
without sufficient drill, and harassed by the unaVold-
able confusion that aiOays bewilders the men fresh
from the daily routine of civil life and occupation.
8. Das exerciren macht den guten soldaten,' excialms
a member of the victorious army " occupying |" a
private house near London, and he is right
Gentle peace has not brooded over the United
States so long, but that we remember how enthusi-
astic and universal was the rising in response to the
call to arms, when Sumpter was fired upon, but
what think you could those thousands of brave but
unframed men that each State sent forth, have done,
supposing an army such as Prussia alone can furnish
should be landed on the Long Island coast2 Try to
stem the food there and then? No, rather let the
invader seek an ever flying force, that retreating
each day, and gathering numbers, and gaining dis
cipline as it flies, could at last turn on its foe, and
hemming him in on every side cut off and destroy
him.
But England has no boundless west, in which to
gather a new army if one is lost From her coast to
London communication can be kept up with ease,
while her enemies press her defenders on, until the
sea arrests their march. Traversed as she is IN every
direction by railroads, that are as useful to her enc
mics as to herself, with no large depots far inland,
from which to draw supplies, with her only arsenal
lost to her, of what avail would be her scattered navy
Let her look to it. Let her recognize the fact that
while she is manufacturing for the whole world, she
cannot produce within her own borders food enough
for her own people in time of peace; let her contem-
plate the horrible waste unseperable from a state OF
war, and then. and not till then will she seriously
1900, g., r,boE ;f che ;Dfands RI rociSt Tho nDoroach-
ments of the Northern Powers, must come-invasion