Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-17

the Germans vas pAsson--reyenSe %
snces new ally. Russia. long sun.
kS .,s 70 be the most powerful a. eonfinenisi
s saIi,p countries. can nut but q sOo ooo
ecnrsa "a me neld- This estimate ls of
ana .t pased upon the laws that govern
Nv Nv me population Of what Is kno1-n ~
AuAsla In Europe. Not even the car ar NJ
isasN trusted counselor can give ANYTHING
h.s ~ Seeurate estimate Of the hories of
sAaotrlAns on the Siberia and Trans-tfrai
souuo! who would follow his standard In
80 81 war. Ca the other hand Rusria's
snv " un a peace footing Is the largest OF
MI, ~ numben 1000, and still the Gar
sI.nAs o. Increasing that number because
aileady they ARE spread cut too thluly along
me tremendous frontier that reaches from
~ n' nalue 90 the north TO the Caspian Sea
Ensland's military strength la iare.iv
rlooiematieol. On the face OF her laws ana
,sn e p9puiAuon Of Great Britain and Ire
t su she Is credited with the ability 10 nut
INTO the field $50 900 men. OF cat,rse Ria
uihes no consideration OF her popuious nnd
Nehtny colonies. They are not Considered
veeause as a factor In war their value IL moi
Known. Many able writer's on the art ~
war and diplomats OF skin and acuteness
nave ueueved that colonies arc a source Il
weakness II seems almost sure thai a.
case Of great war England would H. corn-
peHed 70 DO more for India than India could
OF would do for England. sun II india
we're loyal and enthusiastic In the support
OF the tight little island her 900 O00 O6l
Of population would pour into the feid such
IN enormous number Of troops as almost 10
insure s victory, provided they could be armad
uhu disciplined 70 meet the crisis Al all
events u seems certain that India would
furnish half million Sepuys. Canada and
Australia, as we'll as the South African
colonies, would undoubtedly be loyal Ia
case OF war, but would they be able 10 40
more than project thomselyes-admlttln
oven. that they could do that But from
military standpoint the English Army ls OF
lees Importance as factor than tbs English
Navy, IL is TO her sailors and not 10 her
soldiers that England locks for glory and
power. But II the great struggle should
come north Of the Hlmalaya Mountains
where ships would have no strategic infu-
enee and men only would count, IL would
be question who would win, for the hordos
Of the north OF Asia are certainly loyal 10
Russia, while the hordes OF the south Of
Asia are but prohlematically loyal to Eng
land
Austria and Italy. those weak sisters
IN the Triple Alliance which Germany
brought in with her that she might have
the Battle at her back and the Mediter-
ranean at her front In case Of war. together
have three million men. Added to the five
million OF Germany the united armies would
exceed those OF Russia and France by nearly
a million and a half
What the outcome Of the great struggle
when these men shall meet, az all students
OF contemporaneous events agree they will
" to be no man can tell. The United
States has but little interest in European
or, In fact. any other war. She lies far
from tho possibilities OF entanglOment hut
II that day should come when the old nag
would have TO be sustained against foreign
foe, the world would be shown once more
that 1t is not milltarism that makes a
nation powerful, but the number. courage
and loyalty OF her sons, and Of them your
Uncle Sam has $500. 0OO