New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-25

Of 1855 IN New-York and elsewhere being a
rotabl- l=uonscration thereof England al no
TN experienced any lack OF lighting material
e--1ns the Napoieuuic wars al the beginning Of
re century. because every Briton knew that
ne chief aim Of Napoleon was TO crush Eng
4ld- = Al The time Of the Crimea the recruit
rs f- II 70 such an extent thai England was
obliged 20 employ foreign merceuaries it was
becaUsa The majority Of Brit0ns did not know
for what th=y were fighting. OF Tor whose sake
the H-- had been undertaken In fact the
questlg- remains an unanswered problem 10
this -a.
i is s.4hle that had the Beers contented
th=n-- with merely defending their own ter
r-ory The English Government would have
found -=--- 10 mach The same difficulty for the
want NJ men as Al the tine Of the Crimean War
sine quite comprehended the absolute
necess--E Z embarking upon a struggle against
ne SCUM African Republics But from The mo-
oe-t -rz- r1e latter began the campaign by in
vad-1E British territory. and capturing and loot
ng Brush towns and villages in Natal more
men n England focked 10 enlist than the au-
10rF-l-s knew what 70 DO with and far from
beng troubled flr want Of recruits. Lords Lans-
Gown and W0lsel-y are literally overw helured
with Offers u service Men who volunteer Of
heir 711 accord 10 fight constitute far better
5ghtng material than those who are forced to
bear arms against their will
WIT TIE PRESENT WAR SHOWS
Ind. The present war in South Africa Ike
3a1 between tie United States and Spain. has
seITec O prove c9nclusively that II free Eng
hzh speaking countries there Is no need what
soever Tor either universal obligatory service OF
for compulsory service in modified form
known - c5Dse-i3tion- Both ara repugnant 10
Ang-9->aZlu IDEAS For the present an Eng
Eznu=E 0r an American IS his own master He
Is free b come and 20 as he lists Of as the re-
qu1-e---l-s n his calling may demand. without
and restriction But once let either conscrip-
uon ar r.-pulSary military service for all be
EnoP--c- either II Great Britain or IN the United
STAT -L=-= would De nothing To distinguish
Their Inhabitants from the unfortunate natives
u Continental Europe who cannot leave their
eouc--y. nay. may not even quit their towns
s11 RI. ages without notifying the local military
sathor-ri=s and securing their consent. An
able bodied youth Of nineteen twenty or twenty
sne IL France. Germany and Austria viii expert
eoce The utmost difficulty IL obtaining Official
sanc-lor 20 absent himself from his country.
ard II be- quits The latter without permission he
races himself at once beyond the pale Of the
Aw
L world Je interesting TO know how many
Germ born citizens there are at present in
u United states no cannot return, even as
Tsir9-s- - The land u their birth to take, per
hAps- LAST farewell 4 their aged parents, and
W. are n every sense Of the word exiles from
tier former home for no other offence than
IA -h-y have EFF the VaterlaEd without per
n1S-gn and have not complied with its mill
Try requirements
FACTS THAT ARE DIsREGARDED-
Tho In England and elsewhere who are using
ne present war IL South Africa as an argument
In favor Il the necessity Of developing by con-
sc-1ptl1n or obligatory universal service the
British people into an armed and drilled nation
anon IL Il .-ner arr.-a and DRILLED nations