Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-11-16
GERMAN ARMY BILL.
Aore Than Six Hundred Thousand
Mon Constantly Under Arms.
und~r the law. IN Time .f War. tho
Miiitnry strength vo.if Ne sta Mil
Hone = .ernsny'. Tremeraou.
b.bt-Insr"a.sd Population.

FRANKFORT, Nov. ia-~Finnncc Ia
gradually getting the better Of politics.
and decision between the two must 10
coming ON apace With debt Of four
billion roubics, an unrcdccmed no,o
issue Of about an equal amount and a
several years deficit OF something
like 500, oo0. 900 roublcs. also uncov-
cred. Russians have again failed
To raise tho contemplated loan
la France Ardcntly as they may
wish to play OFT Russia against Ger
many. tho French decline 90 send mon
ey To their ought-io-be ally In his
straits A. the London r1d Beriin
markets are likewise closed to them. II
follows that the Russians have got "a
be pacific or else 20 play some desperate
trick u they wish To try and mako
things square. Though incomparabiy
better OF, Germany and France. 10 say
nothing OF Austria. Italy and the minor
fry. arc following In tho wake Of tho
lettering ear
Nothing dauntcd by the deficit of 20.
00o.00 marks, the German govcrnmcn,
proposes g. add about 100, 600 men to ia
standing army ht an outlay 81 100 900.
600 marks year. 10 formidable an in.
crease being required 20 restore tho
military equilibrium between the triple
and dual alliances Germany, "a Italy
and Austria are losing breath. thinks
herself obliged 20 bear the brunt Of tho
day. and do alone what her friends mr.,
avowcdly unable to take hand In. A
few figures will clucidatc the strain put
upon Germany In consequence.
The German population. notwith-
| standing nm exodus Of 200, 600 n
year. has increased % per cent within
the last twenty years or the -. OOO. 900
males included In ~. 900. 900 inhabitants.
about $500, 600 being between 20 aud ~
years Of age. aro liable 10 serve when
called out Under the new bill rather
more than 10000 men nrc "a
be kept constantly under arms.
all able-bodicd men being now
for the first tlmo placed I'm tho
ranks This VIII cause the cancellation
of 100, 600 exemptions hitherto annually
granted for reasons 81 economy. N this
IL fearful tax 10 bear in times of
peace. the burden will be incompnrabiy
| augmented Ina war, when. with an an.
nuai recruitment 81 ESQ. 900 men, liable
"a serve twcnty-four years In line and
| reserve, the army. after allowing for
deaths and invalids, must be estimated
at about 5000. 600. or two-thlrds ~ ali
able bodied males In the prime OF llfc.
The present figure OF 4. 300. 600 was
considered the acme OF military cffor,
compatible with the continuance Of
civic life; the future total suggests no
longer an army. but an armed nation,
on the pattern Of tho. ancient Teut0nio
tribes when on the war.path. what was
natural enough two thousand years
ago Is the reverse Ia these modern
times; what was n spontaneous ef-
fort on the part OF primitive tribes.
rejoicing in dealing and receiy-
ing death. Is left an accurssd Indie.
ton upon pacific race bent upon de
Tense only. and threatened by French
vanity and Russian savagcry. nevertho-
less Looking uron things from n pure
~ arithmetical point Of view, and
drawing inevitable conclusions there
from, IL Is hardly 10 be wondered a,
that the leading military writer's OF
Great Britain should just have combin.
ed 20 pile volume on the chances oi
what they represent a. ''the Immediate
ly impending war"