, 1889-02-14
POSSIBILITIES OF WAR.
What General Miles thinks of the Gen.
eral Situation.


eral Situation.
Speaking of the possibilities of
war. General Miles said in the course
of an interview with a Can reporter
last night: 1T is almost too soon to
speak of doing anything. A few
months ago there were very few men
who cared to know there was such
place in the Pacific rs Samoa, and
now that this trouble has arisen it is
being talked of everywhere. Inju-
dicious men are exciting the flame
into fury without waiting for care
ful, thorough investigation of the
cause of the dispute 1t should be
fully, impartially, and coolly investi-
gated before speaking of war. The
accounts from Berlin and from Sa-
moa are so different that l can't
guess what is the true cause of the
trouble"
However, if it were necessary, 1
would maintain our dignity, though
l look on war as something to be
avoided. We don't want war, and
our people know from experience
how it affects the country Germany
can appreciate a similar feeling, and
it is not at all to the interest of Ell
ther great nation to become involved
in war"
"The result OF a war would be,
without doubt, in our favor. Ger
many is really weak power, inas-
much as she is chained down with
an enormous national debt, and has
comparatively very little money. She
would stand the brunt for six months,
or q year, but after that what would
she do without means? Then we
would only be beginning to use our
treasury, and our army would be on
better footing. In this we are the
stronger power"
eve would undoubtedly form a
powerful European alliance-France
Us, there's France, willing to be
allied with US, willing to defend her
interests and fight with Americans.
She is drawn to America by ties of
early kinship, Lafayette, and her
people in Canada. Italy, too, would
join France, and if Russia would
make a move, we may count on her
as our best friend. Russia was our
best friend in the late war, and she
is ambitious of America for many
reasons. England, that is called the
Mother Country has her interests
with Us. We are the great English
speaking nation. There are other
bonds between US to form an alli-
ance."
1--WE czn organize an army in six
weeks, and surprise the world as we
did il 81 by forming an army of A.
100000 citizens, who fought with in
telligence and zeal, and not because
they had to fight. In this new army
would be veterans from north aud
south; who know more than German
officers, and who have been through
the fire of more battles. We have
commanders, whose names are al
ready HISTORICAL; and they are young
er than Won Moltke or the other mill
tary leaders of the Germans"
1t would be nonsense for Ger~
man army to attempt landing in
America 1t could not be done. No
European power could do it singly.
Yet it is quite possible with the as
sistance of the French and Italian
natives for America to land an army
of her citizens in Europe fully equip
ell and provided FOR. This very fact
would affect all the Powers"
"Bismarck's letter is very sensible
one. The Germans feel they have
been wronged, and they wish to pros
tect their citizens But it seems the
affair is not perfectly known to them
yet, or it has not been correctly rep
resented at either side"
THE Department OF the Pacific is
still. There is no order so far from
Washington"