The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-22
II IS NOW UP
 10 HER
England Is Now In a Tight
 Place
A German oficer Explains How In Case of a War With Great Brit ian One Hundred Thousand Men
 Could Be Landed In Thirty Hours

BERLIN Nov. Considerable att,u- ton Is attracted here by pamphlet just published uy .1iuu Von Edvish,im. al officer in thc chief general stan of 'tr German army ln which hr deciur0s that Germany could throw i".r" mon ,u the English coast within a short .imc.
 The baron puts forward his st1.rm H- as matter of absolute certainty. tri ut Is considered somewhat curious tr1t 1" is permitted by his government Go I..h fish G.
 TIe also dlsccssss thc pos.hIi., "e landing troops in Russia and Franc aHd proceeds Co contemplate Che uynoth s.s 'f % war between Germany and the i'ri.'i states Dc starts from thc ossiwp'' '"u that Germany and Che Tuitc' St1's 10 ',t one day hc Involved in 70 conflict "r I'- count of Che growth of her trtf'c rnl commerce being sourcr of danger a England
 He holds thr opinion that Germany might hope to secure some sIccsTs 70 sea shortly after hostlities comm"rc.i as the German navy would start moh.N- ration first but before long EugI1nl would be able to got such powerful n1r.t forces ln action that Germany would 'a' reduced Go defensive tactics. in which success could not be welcomed upo0.
 His pap.r proceeds. "Engiand's w'.f ness is our strength Tho land forc'e oi the English army correspond neither i1 strength nor i1 quality with h"r position as a great power England Is convinced that every hostile Invasion can hc nr'- vented bv her fleet. brt this conviction is not bv any means well founded
 Even if England. after % time. colil sat In motion great naval forces tf"s" which would Doc ready ot the berinr.'. of scoring a temporary sgccess.
 "Germ1ny must throw part of h'r l1"d forces on the Enc'lsh Coast and tht7 bring the conflict t, ou issue on land wh'r" German troops arc mush superior Go Eng lish"
 After summing un Che shortcomings of Enriand's land forces tho B1ron declares that only her present standing army 'nd regular reserve can he counted on in cns' of sudden invasion. as Che othrrs would take a considerable time to mobilize. In this connection he observes.
 We must also t1kc account of their slight fighting value. compared with well trained German troops Tho only troops ready for action i1 Enci1nd orc three divisions of thc First Army Corps. about two divisinos of che Second. and a come blned division of the Thlrl together with three cavalry brigodes The strength 'f the English division on a war footing is only ioc0o mon. while a similar Gcrmln division numbers about 1se" men
 "Germany can transport six Infantry divisions. or one cavalry brigode and five infantry divisions. Go England in a short time How the operation could he car- ried out must not of course hr explained here But this can he said. that it c'n be done within uttie more than thirty hours in favorable weather from German harbors in the North Sea. Largc tracts Of the English Coast furnish good land ing place for the troops and th" country itself has so many resources thot ou Inc vading army could live on them for a lonc time
 "On the other hand the island is not large enough Go allow English troops to destroy a once victorious hostile army. 10 Is unlikely that such a var would last long and considerable achievements would therefore not be needed"