Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-11
German Riscontcnh

II mist be confessed IIa. ''-e Vtesen' ma ?
lial COZ clifton OF Germany Is bSra., .-- 49,
10 avalon Cheerful. coDIentvl tone Il IN rs
III her people. Not that our State derrL 8
blaming. or that we are marching toward
Eussian. Austrian or Italian stale o. ipa9cfa
embarrassment; nor do we grnan uuder "a az
pftSslVe taNation-t should like orr Vrlmhi..~,
10 have 10 pay French or italian taxes Tor a
sir gle year-o1r national debt 3 by no means
tNCtssiye. end We ieel our taxation 50 keenIy.
perhaps only because Fl Is direct while otheF "a
lions larGly notice that they have 10 contribute
thlee times as much on tobacco sugar bear ard
VINE. Tor the tact ought not 10 be overlooked.
hat tie sim total paid by every German
arruaEy Tor direct and Indirect taxes scarcely
eHc66Gs lbs, " heroes an Ergiis Imam pays az
TIE rate ei 4cs.. Freedman even Of 54s.; set
we never Lear them complain CT oyfr-taXai.un
IS iouciy as our German rate-pSyers are wont
20 dc; ror should We forget thai In England
fffnce and Italy half The budget is sIenr In
rayIr & CT Interest. while IN Germany II EOes
t.oe, car ais. reeds. &C. Is II The army Which
weighs Upon u.s.. ASK every man belonging 10
tie EjoC.e class high or low. pI,cisaly
that class IL which most complaints ale
Etard; Let vc.e would tc given IN ali Ger
many In favor OF the abolition ~ universal
service. such wishes would he mOr. easily
net with III traLce, Russia, austria o. Italy.
NHe1t Cur military :! stem mas been Introduced
tut has Lot found tie same favor as IL has with
US. is IL the lergih CT tine spent IN military
service Which inFecoS u? Surely not the ,du-
Gated. for hey serve but one year. and are FIRE
10 chcoSe the time ard place sCcCNting to Their
tNt CENtbfhCe, IN 1acj. we near OF 40 desire
on tie part CT shy one TO he exempted. AS Tor
he lCwtr orders, they aTC only required 70
serve three years. ard actually seT1, hut two
and bali, lille IA France they have 10 r.
L ain i've years ia The ranks AS 20 The liability
tost1NeiCe IN time OF var, that extends Only 10
IL years OF q mans life In Germany. instead OF
~. as IN France Is II that too many soldiers ale
Ttcruittd from the ioHer sjIata of socieAs oar
army amounts TO 490,00n out OF 4 pcpula-
lion or 10 ,00O. COO. p, per cent. The French
army hunters 3oO0V soldiers to population
of 81 te0,tAo or rather mere than 4 per cent.
Is our military organization too expensive?
NEo does rot Know that the German soldier
cCstS bis country on an average % per cent less
Than tie French? True, III We were TO believe
tie unscfupuloCS statements cf certain Eng
fsh, ard. elias, also German. radical papers
We sIeBd tWo-tbirds OF our budget upon our
amy; but theD II is high time such barefaced
mlslepiesentations should at any rate be LEFT 10
1oleen Journalists. The truth is, that we Ger
n abs are spending annually eighteen millions
lCr military purposes, while France spends thir-
~. England even thfrty-two millions. In other
terms, The expenses OF our army ard
neet amount 10 one-flfth, whereas those OF the
western powers consume one fourth OF the ma
tlonal revenue. In fact, II is impossible 10 keep
up so good an army as ours at a cheaper rate
5nd, as have said. no German would dream OF
OF siring It's suppression. at least 10 ca rman OF
The middle class, of whose discomfort alone we
ere speaking here. All this croakiDg, however,
Gees more mischief than We think for by IL
Europe has gradually been Induced TO believe
that We really are at the extreme limit OF what
rs tearabie ard must soon crush our possible
enemies In order TO enable ourselves TO shake
OIL the burden. or, as the French have f. lump
drow1ed-hGH HiReOrdl"f, tn ON 7tpOrdT0
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