, 1875-08-11

down H>o grass before tho tnrriblo onset Of
their vetcran legions. Washington would l,avc
been soi2ed ~ carly as A1ny, 1a;i. 1,alti-
moro, Philadelphia, and Nov York would
l,ave quickly fallen into their hands In
short, whcro could not their columns iave
marched Our superiority Of numbers
would llnyo nvailed nothing. Wo should
| hare been crushed before M n1my could be
disciplined md prepared to fight with any
chance of aucccss. Tho South, in the case
supposed. would Lave tlictascd terma OF
peace in Boston aud Chicago to the Enst and
Nest.
Now, England bcarss to Germany, In respect
to preparation, The sa1s,o relation tint pro-
fcsson'l heavy -weiglt prizc-hgllter bears to
an orlinnry citizen who knows nothing Of the
''manly hrtof sclf-defense." Germany ism m
tiou Of warriors. Every mnn between 20 antl
81 years Of ngo In trained fighter. Germany
has 2,000,o0O Of disciplined men who hnvo
fought in two wnrs; England hay not 100000
disciplined men, and tho FortnighNy declares
that she sI,aro but ~, 900 men sufficiently
drilled to bo fit to BEND into Belgium or
Franco. England Is rich, but Germany is
economical. Grent britain hns but nree-
fourthH Tho population of Germany, md
therefore is not match in any ovons. Cor
many has grown to DO military empire,
whcro every ablc-bodicd mnn is veteran
soldier; England is a commercial nation.
Germany is constantly studying tho art Of
war England is studying tho art Of making
money. Germany has n force Of 450,o0o
youug men in hor training school Of arms,
ready for the field Mt tlay's notice, Behind
tlia force undergoing instr7,ction she has
million and q half of grim warriors who havo
graduated in the art of war, who can he sum.
n,oned into tho fold at whntovor numbers the
war ,nay reqnire to instantly oyerpower md
crush tho enemy.
Against this irresistible power the Fort
nightly md other British authorities confess
that England can do nothing; that, in fact,
she has not trained soldiers enough who can
be spared from homo to meet one single
army corps Of tho twonty-fous Germany pos
sesses
To be sure, England has 100000 voluntoora,
but they aro exclusively homc-gaards, and
! utterly unfit rs an army of invasion to cope
| with German army On the Continent. Be-
sides, they are under no obligation TO cross
! tho Channel in search Of fight, and are
quite unlikely to do it. With such an enor-
mous disparity Of prepared force. England is
no mntch whatever for Germany, and every
Euglisl, military man freely acknowledges it.
No Engliah journal has denied the statements
or conclusions OF tho Fortnightly 4Magasiae
article On which wo commented.
Tho natural courage and tenncity Of the
British race hnre not detariorated or weak
encd, but tho people are uninstruotcd in the
nrt Of war, are unfamiliar with arms, md
ignorant of the soldiers trade; whilo Cor
| many is a groat milton Of veterans armed to
the teeth, completely equipped, aud ready to
march to tie front ut tho tap Of the drum.
Any militia forco England would sond into
Franco or Belgium to meet these disciplined
warriors would be mown down like grass be-
fore tho acytho.
There Is only ono way in which England
| can regain hor military standing and prestige
in Europe, aud TINT way Is to adopt the Ger
man military system and put oil her young
1non in trimming in the throo Kingdoms; give
them thorough military education and dis
cipline, such 0s al1 Germans have received; !;
and at the end Of q generation England will
hav1 force Of men competent to fight the
Germans on equal terrna She will then
amount to something as an ally Of France or
guarantee OF tho Independence Of Belgium
! aud Holland. Her monaco will then carry
weight; her protest will be respected her
arguments will then bo convincing. And
when the British lion roars, the other animals
of the forest will, as Of yorc, tramblo and
hide; but at present the British Lon haa
neither claws nor teeth which he daro ven
tura to flesh in his Toutonio rival.