The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-07-28

Oar War With Spain VIM R,d :,
In the Year.
Th1s n The Opinion - Dtplep.,. .
Believe SDain VIII surresa..
Ao6eRn ConAiets OF sA...
Duration,

will be ct IN end. This Is the on,
Of the members Of the diplo,
corps. Tho opinion 10 not ba,.,
any negotiations In progress a,
reference by the concert Of M,
Since Great Britain has resu..,
take any part in such nesoti,s
that plan has died, and there a n
talk Of II In any quarter. Ithu
dent that leads 70 . belief tA,,
war will not be prolonged.
"Modern war u too expensive =,
ury to be indulged In for my l.,
Of time" said Q diplomat the =,
day. The strain entailed and
drain on the resources of the cont.
ing countries is too great to b
durcd indefinitely. Enormous ),
ara,ions are necessary. and a :, !
outlay is involved. The stronre,,
tion may be able to stand this \
few months, but however grea,
be the pluck Of the weaker par.,
must quickly come to the end j,
rope. Spain's pluck ut presen, !,
greater than was that of Gree,
the war between Greece and Tu,
yet the Greeks, though vowing s
they would never submit. were M
to succumb to the inevitable.
Somewhat analogous was the J
between Japan and China. Tho,e
knew nothing of modern warisr
lieved the war would last for y,
yet 1t continued for but q tml
month, and but three battles d
portance were fought. It was not }
/ defeat OF the Chinese so much w,I
awakening to q realization Of In
tility of their opposition to th
evitable that brought the war
close.
"The other wars of the past CEN
tion have ulso been short. In Tuh
struggle with Russia the RUS
were within sight of Constants,
before the end of q year, whea
British fleet appeared upon the
The Franco-Prussian war was sns.
short. sharp struggle. France ws|
weaker power, and battles andsl
following in quick succession pm
to her that she was inferior 10
Germans. The French at first tho
themselves certain of success
then resolved never to surrendei
the capture Of Paris was stagr
blow, and the French willingly
cluded humiliating peace, invd
not only the loss of territory, bu
payment of an indemnity of enon
proportions to the conquerors.
sia and Austria fought only
weeks In 1866, when the great I
of Sadowa crushed the latters ~
The Crimean war was longer. "
two years.
"Hhe experience of the q
States is also interesting. The
1912 lasted three years, that with
leo two years, and the rebelhoa
not suppressed for four years
were not long wars, but yet \
than the more recent struggles
evolution of warfare with its new
powerful agencies has had the
Of shortening the contests. Each
tury has shown not only improv1
in methods of warfare, but q con-
'shortening Of the duration Of
The wars Of Napoleon turned b
into an armed camp for /, yesn
tho separate decisive campaigns
short. Wars were longer in the
eenth century than in the ninets
and longer In the seventeenth III
the eighteenth; longer in The
teenth than in the seventeenth .
on. The English civil war las't
1s years. Spain and the Nethet
fought for AZ years, France and
land fought for q whole centu1l
the crusaders engaged the San
for two centuries.
"Nar is no longer a busines
tions, even though they make 10
a business of getting ready fo'a
spend vastly more treasure u
preparation. Steam and elect
have facilitated military mover
Forts are no longer impregnah'
may bands hold mountain fsst'
against a large and determined
A single projectile may sink sa
one engagement may exhaust''
ing nation.
"The change in the financial
DDS of conducting warfare hS
much to do with this shortenine
only are the wars far more cosu
the terms imposed mean financa
in a long war. Not only must tl'
bear oil of her own expenses
custom now Is to make her ind'
the victorious nation for the
that it cost to give her n goodE
Each day of fighting. means dO'
pense, and with certain defeats
her in the face the iinancier
to bring the generals to reason
"There is no doubt of spalns
when she says that she Is going
to the last ditch. but the linn
reached. The sending out
vateers is talked of. This wO
most foolish. 1t would be opp
all Europe. even by her frlenOA
she did great damage to M
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