Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-14
EUROPEAN ARMIES.

war NlAltufs luc SUMMON uN'f NH'l'
l., 10 put II mildly, critical In the cx.
trcmc. The mauWuvrcs Ia which the
French army l. being exercised at
present occasion seriou. comment ~
London, a. well NJ In European capt.
tails. The sham warfare Of today j.
c1nlrasted with that OF tweniy.one
years ago, when General Lebouf A..
sutoj the French Emperor that hi
army was ready 10 march ON Berlin
History tolls Us how little right tn,
Gallic soldier was, aui what bumil
iatlOn the French people experience
shortly after. However, II wa. not MI.
clear lO--. The empire was subyer,eI
aud replaced by n republlc.
II Is said tho French army Of today
Il perfect one, aud the evolution,
being performed at present arr stated 10
resemble actual warfare with Ger.
many. But 10 was u said n
tho opening Of tho Fnuco.Rus.
Sian war that there was not even
Raltcr button missing Ia tho Who'll,
French army. Il took 0uly n few
months 10 prove how fallac ious wen,
the opinions of French army experts
and the miserable lasco at Sedan
brought a nation to It. senses.
But what aids Interest TO tho rltua.
ton at present Ia Europe Is the fact
that French bankers have loaned
Russia 5OO,O)l,OJO francs. The Cat
has obtained the loan which the lie.
brew bankers Of Europe refused 10 con.
tract. This shows that tho Russian
Minister Of Finance Il no noophyte IN
political economy. lloaynllcd himself
Of the fratornal feeling between France
and Russia, bcgottcn Of the reception
accorded 10 French vessels ut Cron'
stadt lie arranged with group OF
Paris bankers Tor the issue OF his loan
on very favorable terms.
Sham warfare Is the order Of the day
In every country In Europe. Should Thu
DO tho prelude 10 actual war, what .
horrible probability presents itself; W,
are all more or less supcrdclally
familiar with the Size aud efficiency OF
the armies Of Europe, We rarcl,
stop to contemplate actual figures, hu
when We do We arc appalled, at thol
Dimensions.
The armies Of the varlou, oountric
OF Europe as now organized ar,
divided into four departments. Their,
IL iirt the "actiye army" sec ond III,
"neld reserve" third tho "flrst 10
serve" aud fourth the "tccond re-
serve" Taking the grand totals o
these departments for the dlitrcn
armies, we hni that Ger
many has 1901 ,as7 nou.commis
stoned officers and men, togothe
with bs.0l2 com missioned oiilcerl
France has i,l6i,5O7 non.commissionct
officers and men, with $3.50 officer.
Italy has g,6aD,55O non.commissione,
officers AMI mon, with 2s,30l ciiicors
Austria.Hungary has l,sS9,Oil non
commissioned officers anu men, will
n, 9s9 officers. Russia has 5,73s, SOL O
all ranks, Great Britain l,l0i,il2 an
Turkey 177,OOj.
Even tho second aud third rat
powers haze large armies. The gram
total Of the standing Rrmi os aud To
serves Of Spain Il i5l ,0i3, Of Belgium
| l7J,2D, OF the Netherlands l5i,s5s, O
Denmark I5,OsS, Of Sweden aud Nor
way 2s),7di, OF 5sryla i3l, 2do, Of Rou
mania 81, is2, Of .Roumslia 1900. an,
Bulgaria l2T sO0.
These figures all summed to
go,her make grand total o
some thing over $500 1900 Of men
actually available for war, aud read,
70 take the field after u very short In
tyryal
In active service ready for wa
France hal last December ,2ll s5O. O0D
officers aud men, Germany hnd sos. 72l
Italy 500, 900, Austria $4,000, Russl.
| ,5ii,322, Great Britain la7 l7G, an
rurkoy 10000. The IN On employed h
the various nayles, both active an.
reserve, are not included In these Il
ufes.
The immediate cause Of the prosen
excitement was the permission gtantr,
by Turkey TO Russian war vessel Il
pass the Dlrdanelle-. Russia wa
previously shut out from the Basnhu
rus Mt the request II Turkey. J.,
England, France and Italy Nrv
! Turkey Sields to her ul,.lm,