Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-10-13
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Il may, hoHsTer. IL argued tAat
esYeYl gran>fytl that oa,tles ana marc..-
- nay IT. les. destructive, there
III be more IT them, be,cause. eTery
aalebod!ed man bciIg trained <or
war, the resistance T.ll bauore I.ro-
longed than formerly, nat tins pro
lougc1 cIGurance i. only ctEcaiYa-
bic under the gupposition that the
leader III both aides are hopclessly
incompetent, ana both fear II atake
ali On q angle collision, i auppe.i-
ton that nothing tends II justify.
On the contrary, every leader
brought up il the raodern school !.
taught n understand the Vu!ncrabIl-
ity IT all modern military orpaniz.-
tons aud II penetrated With the con
viction that one downright knock
out blow effects more than weeks
of purposeleHs aparring, and where
both start determined to bring mat
ters 10 q climax the decision cannot
long bc delayed. Judging from ~hat
VIC know of the relative efficiency 81
continental armies, VIC believe that
the first round of the great cncoun-
ter HlIl alHO bc the last, for the mo
mcnturn Of the blow which decides
win simply paralyzo every nerve u
tho opponents body. and, adding up
al sources Of casualties that can oc-
cur in short campaign of this de-
Hcription, VIC conclude that nj the
very worst the actual cost in human
life to the powers engaged will not
amount to moro than 8 per cent Of
their several populations, or almost
idGntically the Same percentage IA
tho Influenza epidemic Of 1872 cost
Germany, and rather loss than the
same epidemic cost us. To suppose
that tins degree Of blood outlines
would chain the Wills Of any rcspon-
eiblo body Of statesmen who believed
that they wcro acting IN the inter
osta Of their country is surely too
Utopian an idea for profitable dis
cuasion.-pal Mall Gazette
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