The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-21
ForrIgn NOtes Of Hc;I Interest

Dr. hgc has given some interesting testimony before
'le Royal Labor Commission in London to the habit
OF marriage in the upper and loSrr classes England
For instance out of 1000 miners 1o4 wed when thny
a'c under 70 and 1879 under III whs!o in the p.ores.
rona aud independent classes III. corresponding pro.
PORTIONS are IS! AMI :. or miners wives 43Y per
ihOh'"ni marry under -. as against lc7 of the
""h,ihrr classes. Inry marriages among the moor
mean a'y' families hn: This. accord ng to Dr. Uge Ia
cou"' aIanc"i partially BY the enormous morality
among til" children with visw Of moving the reia.
ton between the c deaths anh the drunken habits Of
!"worc.t-s Engsh women the Doctor said he had
found ;aat Of about 1000 children II year who die NJ
suucaiOn III bed times mr. many cases occur m
saturday night as on any Other evening In tho week.
An article III ths ha'd' W'he"h'r under the heading
OF the war OF the Future presents the Government's
Arguments Cor the new Military bl No one expects
that any par. OF tho army will helm
on our west front Tor in the OF q war facing
east and west Austriaulgary must concentrate all
hr forces on the east front. Italy has very extended
coast line. which her railways absolutely follow A
number of her largest cities or close 10 the pse
ami are open 10 attack by n hostile ueet It's mute
possible that she might be compel He'd TO Keen ba TX con.
siderable forces for thn derrnc.. her hee son. 10
nor strong enough to hDli Us own AGAINST tho French
Mediterranean ieet BGt allowing ,Le most favor..
hie CONTINGENCIES and that ner army can im,ped,ai6
upon mobilization take the Held In Tho north how cam.
assist us on our w"s 'front.' Adrect invasion Of euch
territory across the Alps would doubtless IL, most
materially By compelling the French to divide their
nav W ''VAs hIIs No easy task,
only he safely undertaken II the of the seas
secured and this Italy cannot he assume ed IN nos.
sess Besides II would be long and tecious "a
A. means OF italian cooperation our west froutH
portion OF the Italian army would therefore have to 10
sent across the TJro to join hands IA on our west
frontier But this operation would have to be car.
Tiei out On snge line OF railway. in many respscs
EHaiapclfoT The purpose, una would take at any rate
much time that before 1t accomp sh cd tue do
cisiye blows would have been struck wnero Ger.
many can only BRING numerical superiority to
bear against ths French by inassing tho Whols
OF her forces ~ her front. In the case
OF war with two fronts. this Is simply out
OF the quo stUn Tho Russian army 10 superior to
that OF Austria Hungary that Germany must put Up
part of her own Amy on her eastern frontier. and
then Tar from n"hgnumercay superior the French,
We should n' inferior to them allowing for ono
sixth OF their !orces being immobzed the italian
frontier, Even II events at hr.t took the shape
as in 1870 i"w defeatr in the field would no longer
lay the int"pfcr France open 10 INVASION The French
wogd retire behind their double line OF foriresses and
intrenched camps to await there the mobilization u
their second hyhting line. To attempt to advance
without having taken somo OF those fprtrsssas would
be a sheer impossbility. for without them shopd
not have the command Of r.ngle railway i;He. ana
without railway line c0ulI transport tA- pro-
visions aud ammunition upon winch large army
nowadays more than eyeg dependent. II u.s. therefore
incohceyahle mat even under favorable C0u!tions
any part of forces could he released al IN
early date after the outbreak Of hVsi!es Tor opera
tions sssnbt Russia"
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