New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-25

the other on this subject. The aspects OF thc
country in parts of the Western world Where
great battles have been fought were such as
would have digmaycd n master artiIIerst Ike
Prince Hohen )hc -Ingcldnscn or a stan oHicer
like General Won Verdy. The r"acer mas 10
rn,ur 10 the campaigns Of Gustavus and CharIeS
XII to find conditions under foot In Europe
similar to .hoso which were familiar to the
! veterans OF tho American Civil War. a battle
ground like TIE wilderness. as described by
| General Porter. has not been possible In Eu-
rope since tn, invention Of Gunpowder VA
puicon's march II two hundred thousand men
| in battalion square" from TIE French frontier
to Berlin would have been an incredible feat
| in this country east of the Mississippi iIVcf
even IS an autumn manruvre thirty years ago.
But the difference IT the bottom OF all strategy
Is tina, tho power behind all military movement
| in the one case seems to be dnuccd. in the
other to ho centralized 1t IS an axiom Of mill
/ tary practice that one bad general is better
than three good orcs. According to that prin-
| clplc an empire n, war should have tho ad-
vantage. cycn though tho Emperor were a foot.
over a republic where The millions are by nature
/ bent on interfering from first - last in every
| Stage u Il campaign In practice there are
J limitations which brilS these extremes nearer
/ together than they seem. Prince Iiohcuohe-
/ IngcinGcn dcyotcs large part Of his review
of a." Franc PIussa1 campaign Of 1906 20
showing that the King ~ Prussia in theory
absolute. wa unable 10 have plans that h. APP
proved carried out ard in tn Italian War OF
1850 tha' thc EWI ror II Austria was thwart"d
4 hy his general ru ~" other hand thr case
against th~ Poi. -.b BIZ l>7O-fl seems 90 %"
as strong os 81" irinor cor MAKE 4 The peril
from au uprising e iu,lr1uicrts IS always =
possibility % ha reasoned with in a .pullg
government History seems "a show thlt 1t
. times ~" Washington Government was almost
~ badly frightened and as undecided in the
SIXTIES ~ iEo PariF RcS'ncy vas In the seven
tics. General Porter recalls the fact that Grant
had - ulusr In his .tst victorious campaign
and consider he fo1rs - a general resistance
to the irin Royalty and imperialism meet
questions ~ ths sort II the outset ard not at
the crisis ~ = clm3agn. Their soldiers are
always conscripis. though they may. as in Inc
German war for unity. have al the enthusiasm
+ = volunteers.
The final purpose " ~" argument in Prince
/ Ilohcalohc iugcnnscr's took. ~ well as in that
IL General Won Vcfdy Is TO show that the con
uuuiiy % diplomacy md strategy can only be
/ secured 10 nation that Ela one absolute ruler.
Thcy hay" I t..umphlrt ,x1uqlc in the Franco
German W-r Nobod; c,u deny that tIr policy
OF isnarr.. and tn" strategy II 3!olik. formed
, continuous chain without missing Link. The
/ inference, Is 'Sht the whole secret Of this con-
t.nuiiy ipy Ia the Royal iieadluartcrs in the
/ fact that an tho business u peace and war
had !tS centre in the person cf the King In
/ contrast to Tho undermined authority OF the
/ French ruler says the Prince. we notice the
. firm authority Il he Surr,u" Commander Of
/ the German Armies AN authority more firmly
rooted and answering than any in history. II
/ was not. like Tia. of Napoleon l. based on
/ fer II IA! itS origin In the conld,ncc which
/ all rcpus'd ~ it This coniiIcnc, was shown
/ before the opening If The campaign by the &C
! ton II those German princes who willingly left
/ their frontiers toward France unprotected.
knowing that TN" concentration Of the German
forces at the decisive point was best calculated
10 protect their States. In the ranks Of the
army this confidence increased from day to day
with each success. AMI reached such a pitch
hat the expressed wish Of the Supreme Com
mandc: was looked upon rs a decree Of fate.
like The weather or the seasons ard not sub
jcct to any change on the part If man. That
confidence ard that authority made Germany
strong ana united. While both exist Germany
need fear 10 danger, from without. We need
only begin 10 fear when those elements in the
state which inimical to the Government
oucc, ed in undermining the authority OF our
sovereign" II ia ran. II this is the solution Of
'hc question raised by German Imperialism
that the freedom OF other Gcrmanic nations is
IN error bound sooner r. later 90 be dsast r0us
H. war. General Won Vcr5y modili"s this theory
by a description IF TIE King Emperor in words
iucn ~ 10 u.akr 1t clear that absolutism in
hards icss capable might not be victorious. Iic