, 1875-08-11


actor.
POWER or ENGLAND AND GERMANY.
Our readers hnye not failed to notice very
interesting and ably writson letter from Lon-
don, which appeared in THE TRIBUNE OF
Saturday lust, communicated to this paper By
Mr.. HonAcE Wn1TE, who is go well known to
its readers. Tho letter was mainly devoted
to an article which appeared in The C.t1oAoo
Tn1puvg Of June a8, entitled "The Decline Of
MI Etnpiro.n Concerning this article, Mr..
WHITE says:
have not the article If the FortniehHr Rsrfcr be-
fo.o me Which furnished the .e1t for THE TAlnuNaa
argument that Great britain Is in declino Euro
raan Power, but ffcollect It, the diff was very
much ~ ono had said 1t TIM outbreak Of tho REBEL
lon that, tho sonth should seEze tho forts, arsenas
aud y.yards within her hints, tho Government
could not PIT CIV soldiers into TIC Aed 10 prsvont
It. Buch etatementa wore mAdot and were perfectly
true, yet the fact did not prevent tho Government
from subsequently, Railing 20t o00 men To recover the
captured property. The Fortnyh!tg said that II Ger
many should reln1ne her threatening attitude toward
Francs and belgium, and should mike dosccnt upon
tie latter country, Hroat Britain would not bs aho to
oppose more thau {D,0U0 men 10 her progress, and
would be utterly unable to prsyent tho execution Of
her designs.
With this text for theme, Mr.. WHITE
very ably discusses tho relative war-power Of
England aud Germany, and socks to ostab-
lisl the fact that the former Kingdom is 10
far from being in o decline" tAat it would
successfully cope with Germany and main
tain tho neutrality of Belgium against all
odds. To this conclusion some exceptions
nav bo takon. In tho first place. tho writer
proceeds undcr misapprehension in attrib.
utiug the assertion Of tho decline of English
military power to TIE TRIBUNE That asser.
ton originated with tho FprtRiqlttiy Reptelp,
one Of the ablest and most thoughtful Of tho
English periodicals. The article in TuE
Tn1puNE was devoted to recapitulation Of
tho statements set forth by the former, and
an expression Of SURPRISE thereat, so TINT Mr..
Wu1rz'a dissent il rather with the statements
of tile Fortuigat{v than with those Of TuE
T.n1prHH- He neyertholess has 1aid down
A pxopostion which can bo areued in Chica-
m M well as In London. The fallacy in his
nrcu,uout. 1t secms to US, LES in this, that
tl,o paraiIo, which he drnwg botvoen tho
Northern States at tho tin,o of the War Of
tho Rebcllion does not hold in any respect rs
bctweeu Germany and England. When hos.
tiiitioa broke out between the North and
South, the two sections were virtually in tho
sa,ne state Of military unroadinass, and en-.
joyod similar Ignorance of the art of war.
Neither had d standing army or disciplined
militia. Both sections had to commence
operations with crude materials, with volnn.
teers who Ind never been under fro, who
were uudri1lod, uuseasoaod, poQfectly raw. and
innocent of ali Knowledge OF camp-life, SOL
d;cr'a f1utios. or niitnry 1nanual and formation
rrhara vera sone men accustomed tn tim
nss OF the rifle or shotgun in hunting cnmo
in tbe Nort}, and so,no in tho south. 4 few
n,;da,o aoa; ,,o,, bod fopoht i, t,,a ,s,ar ,r;th
Nar,co md ,rera r,at;lv avoi,nh,a I'm officers
~I - .,,,.I,;,,o tbo ,,o;,r;t, ~ +,oeo ,,o, ~,
.ha aont;, Was, po;nt o,eo Ind furnished
son,o I'm officers in nhont anal nnnno,tton tn ,l,o
Nor+r md tho South rim material IN hoth
or,r;a. cama rnw md g,rc, from tha uor,,.
r,,ons t1,o fam on1 tho combine -,oor,
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,,a..~;.1 H., :. h. ,oo,do3 ;nto gho,,a .,a
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sf,su ,ho W.. ,on,,,o,,oJ i. woa w.
1onned fou~ ,aora xvh.rcoa II ,ron,d hnyo
hen .ot,,o3 M % ~ onoforrth ~ ~ .hat
tina hod s;tha, tha No,,,, ~ The so,tb ,,aan
m,,;,n~, ,o.ua. ;,s.an.,,, ,..,,,, 49, .-:.,,
a va,ar.,, 49,. 49, n;t,, .a,n,a n-ona...;a.
and accommodation -, n,,,oxia, F., ,~.;a. ~
fao.. tha wor ,,;rh, ,,ovo ,.., o,.r to,o~.
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