Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

| and Roumania. 1t would be necessary
that the English contingent should be
| brought on the field of battle with ex-
| treme rapidity in the first days OF the
war. for the decisive battle will be fought
| in Lorraine. In the commencement OF the
| conflict. and If the English army arrives
| when the fate of that fight shall have
been fixed her services will no longer be
| Of any utility.
The writer in the National Review af-
firms that England has made no provi-
| sions for the creation of these forces;
| that the army on the contrary, has been
| weakened and could not. If it would as
| in 1905. detach 100000 men; horses would
be lacking for the artillery batteries, and
also for transportation. and finally that
| the three hundred thousand volunteers
and yeomen of past years are reduced
! today to 40. 900 men, only slightly trained
and the author declares that the forces
already enumerated are necessary as an
effective support to France. And he adds
In order to create an army as described,
1t is necessary for England to institute
conscription. as shown by the lamentable
| failure of Mr.. Haldane''
'1gnotus" next treats of the naval forces
| of England and Germany. He says that
| Germany constructs ships at this moment
quicker than England. and that the latter
risks more and more the loss of her en-
pire on the sea.
| X X
|
312, 100000 francs additional to her Of
fensive resources. During
contrasting the same period England
Policies pared off 10000, 600 from
her defensive resources
and France likewise 25OOO,OOO
"IgnOtus' finally points out the superior.
lty or Germany over France in point Of
population. military organizations, disci-
pline. number Of cannon. and maintains
that France cannot combat with success
an attack by Germany EXCEPT with the
alliance of military power provided with
a good and we'll trained army.
AZ the entente is intended to be more
IMAM vain word and a false reliance for
one and the other in the hour OF peril. ii is
.S:IIssssary mat 1t should be based upon a
| military convention.
Inc French and English ministers. saws
1sEotus. should discuss frankly and
freely their definite and common defen-
t slve arrangements and obligations in all
tnat concerns Hof.and and Belgium. and
then conclude the military convention.
"hlcn may serve the entente cordiale''
10 attain its real object, which is the
maintenance of peace. But the first con-
ulttoh OF sucn contract is that the Eng
lisn recognize that an alliance of that |
nature requires fatally a reconstruction
or her army.
AS at Sadowa it was France who was
ueIeated as well as Austria, in Lorraine
IL VIII be England that will be qbeaten "a
wei! as France. The two powers arc
SUBJECT to the same destiny-the ruin of |
one Is the inevitable ruin of the other
Inc IDEAS expressed by "Ignotus" are |
neid by Lords Roberts and Kitchener
ana II is said, by the Prince of Wales
and by the king himself.
The British hierarchy may feel humf-
nj fh4
''''eu at the suggestion which has been /
confessed In advance, and |
Gnglands by Englishmen, that its
Arnv army Is scarcely worthy |
the name. The South AZ |
rican war was revelation OF British |
military lncompetency. And Russia. the
nct1on of whose prowess as a military
with Japan. despite the fact of the mn
merous foreign military and naval at
taches at st. Petersburg and Toxic,
What blind infatuation led France to
assem- 10 her ally's abandonment of
Europe for the steppes of Asa-for the
disasters at Mukden and Tsushima? The
error has been dearly paid for by Russia
ciras. eo
The Gazette de voss declares that Eng
land cannot be of great assistance to
rance unless she adopts CONSUMPTION but
that journal adds: England will never
The King and Queen of England arrived
at Reval in the Gulf of Finland on the
9Th instant amid great naval pomp and
ceremony. The presence Of Premier Stoly-
pin, Foreign Minister Towolsky and the
minister of marine, Vice Admiral Dixon.
has lent credence to the serious sgnifi,
canoe of the interview.
The Taeglische Rundschau, profoundly
lrritated by the visit of NJ. Fallieres to
King Edward. is angered at the Iatter's
visit to Emperor Nicholas. and says:
!. These fetes should serve Germany as a
lesson. to learn that she should see to il
that she shall have sufficient force to meet
England, France and Russia,
I. x
The Hamburger Nachrichten writes Of
the visits Of NJ. Fallieres to London and
of King Edward to St
Against Petersburg: These visits
for a fact announce to
the world the union of
England. France and Russia, which is an
entente against the triplice. or, to speak
more precisely. against Germany Italy
does not count in the contest. for she
cannot be depended upon In a conflict
with occidental powers. Austria will be
obliged to keep her army On the Italian
frontier. and consequently Austria will
be paralyzed 70 our detriment.
III was the attitude or the Wilhelm
strasse during the Moroccan conflict
which permitted England to stir up
against us the distrust of the French and
that of other powers. and which led to
Germanys isolation during the Algeciras
conference.
Let us be strong enough to maintain a
war on two fronts: it is possible that our
adversaries may reflect twice before put
ting pistol to our throat. Let us place
our hand upon the hilt of our sword and
wait with confidence in our good star, the
development of our political situation
May bIissful destiny furnish to Ger
many men great enough to pull her out of
the difficulty into which she has been led /.
and to restore to our country the respect
which she possessed under Prince Won
Bismarck
The Morgen Post writes:
The most audaciouS dream of Delcasss |
seems on the point Of realization, even if
the new triple alliance does not pursue
warlike objects. 1t will nevertheless act
i'm a depressing manner upon Germany. 1t
can prevent the German empire from COM
mencing a war. and also, and that is the |
worst side Of the question. can paralyze
our action in the defense of incontestable s