New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-11

intent 10 kill many OF its citizen soldiers pos
sible. The only reason they had was the fear OF
losing their military prestige and the wish for
territorial gains. For this reason they had reor-
ganized their artillery. introduced the Calling
chine gun Cmitrailleuse) and the improved needle
gun "a Prussian invention the chassepot. They
knew that Germany was about 10 introduce like
wise improved needle gun and that some Prus-
sian regiments had been actually armed with these
guns. This the true motive why this
terrible war was Unexpectedly begun And why
were the French people willing OF. at least. so
indifferent, in regard TO this Infamous act? simply
because The army not the nation but was
cruted By conscript!on In such way that any
man who drawn by lot could get n release by
substituting some poor devil for a sum % money
Theirs. among other prominent statesmen. defend
ed this system superior 20 the PrussRn. but
Theirs, unlike the majority voted AGAINST the war
as unwise. though ho said not a word about It's
being sRcrilegous and vicious
Here IS the significance OF the adoption by
France OF the PrUssian system Directly after its
adoption stated IN article that received some
attention at the time that this measure secured
peace between France and Germany. for now
French parliament would enter into a war with
her neighbOr tor no other reason than greed OF
territory because the French army the
French nation. and members Of the parliament
would not be willing 10 risk their own lives or the
lives of their relatives in Of pure aggression.
II is very significant as Won Moltke has clearly
SHOWN that the trcnch are silent as 70 the real
origin Of this new system They pretend that It is
uOtnnS Dut the Te-endctTHent or the leVee naSSo
Of the early days OF the French republic but the
Prussian system is not call TO OF the whole
were Obliged to cali on eyer c3tizen canabie of
bearing arms 10 fight for the preservation Of the
Union This levee masse but II not
the Prusslan system. The real author OF that sys-
tenn was the Hancverian scharnhorst. a Prussian
general after the defeat OF Jena. In a certain
sense We may say that Louis XIV and Napoleon l
had forced Prussia TO seek safety in this system.
huhdted, states mat MADE the country an easy
prey to both these rulers of large and centralized
of Germany, felt that the freedom and union OF
Germany could be secured only by extraordinary
of our nivnrsiSes The stndy OF the Thirty years
War primarily and also directly due to the Prot
estant reformation which had reduced Germany
country had become the battle-ground of foreign
nations. France wrested Alsace from her; Sweden.
Frederick the Great Ciermany might have Jared tho
possees.his genius hence the success Of Napoleon
I thought It might answer a good purpose to call
tS Ii 81 ff,r f NinTocco with the EVIDENT
ing the interests of Germany las we'll as those OF
secret arrangcmtnt with King Edward, ought to
have opened the eyes of every impartial observer
to the fact that France Is ever ready 10 rlSk me
respect OF Germany provided there Is chance o!
making territorial gains Ihat she ara y n0I TeSogt
to arms duo not onls to the state OF pTepaLPdI
ton OF the Germans. but chiefly to the tact that
and that If there is be war the representatives
OF the people and their relatives must be among 1;
understood this clearly. He advocated the right
course Hence he is assailed by the French as
tool of the German Emperor. This vituperauon
sufflcientiy shows that France did not win at Al;
geciras However. the actual government or
France Is honorable and peaceful, ard deserves
svmnatbv CHARLES a. EGGERT
New Haven. March 4. 1901.
I'VE are quite willing TO give TO Scharnhorst
the credit of having founded the modern mill
tary system Of Europe which. adopted and
practised with distinguished success by Prussia.
has been substantially copied by other powers.
Including France. With what our correspondent
says concerning the Morocco business. however.
we cannot agree Frances interests in that
country were and are naturally superior 10 any
other country's France had good a right to
make a secret arrangement with England 0t
indeed she did sol as-lef us say-Germany had
TO do the same years ago with Russia. AS for
Tunis, there is ground for believing that France
went into that enterprise at the direct incite-
ment of Prince Bismarck. Finally. as for Presi-
dent Roosevelt's attitude in the Algeciras mat
ter instead of his being "assailed by the French
as the tool Of the German Emperor" he is being
generally Applauded and most gratefully re-
garded In France for declining 70 lend himself
70 Germany's designs.1