New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-05
HERE WITH WAR ALARUMS
Gen. Won Reichenau, of German
Army, Backs Up H. H. Rogers.
U. S. ARMY GOOD; TOO SMALL
Thinks General Wood Right in
Asking for Big Says
Rich Nations Must Fight.

General Ernst Won Reichenau. of the
German army, was met at the Red Star
pier when the Lapland locked yesterday
by H. Tauscher, American representative
of the Ehrhardt Company, manufacture
ers of guns and ammunition. This con-
Germ is the chief German competitor of
the krupp works and labors officially
under the heavy ordnance appellation
of Rheinische Metallwaaren und Mash
inenfabrik Dusseldorf. Mr.. Tauscher is
also Nine Johanna Gadsky's husband,
or. as he expressed it, that is his "other
business
General Won Reichenau comes over as
an officer in the Ehrhardt Company to
witness some ammunition tests for the
United States government at Sandy
Hook Mr.. Tauscher said the general
was the greatest German authority on
artillery, but the general only smiled
and smiled-until it came to a discus
sion whether America would have to
fight Japan and whether she was pre-
pared for war
las t. a war between America and
japan l cannot speak" said the ar
tillery expert, but I can have my idea;
is it not so? If I should speak it would
get into the papers and at home make
trouble for me. But I can say that
America is not prepared for war, and
that is bad
Wood was perfectly right in asking Con-
gress to give him money with which
10 keep a large reserve army Of several
hundred thousand at his beck and call
The German expert would go much
further: he would have universal con-
scriptiou here. as they have in Germany
Soon you will see it, said he, first
in England and then in the United
States. It is a necessity"
Then you don't think the time for
disarmament is approaching? he was
asked.
Let me ask you and he shook his
forefinger in emphasis, will the time
ever come when men cease TO eat? NO.
Well. a great many people think CIV
ilization and peace are one and the
same. It is just the opposite Inc
richer a nation becomes the more she
must arm herself A poor man doesn [
need protection; it is the rich man VINO
must defend his goods. So with the
nations War is a natural function, q
law of nature We see It all around us
in the struggle for existence, the struggle
of life ITSELF
But where will it all end? VIII the
nations go on always increasing their
armies and navies?
Zach nation will arm herself up to
her capacity he replied IF q man
strikes me, I would not hold one hahd
behind nv back. No, I will fight with
both hands and both feet. So will the
nations always prepare to fight Win All
the power they have. They must
eft is necessary to prepare for war
~ 1aace You can't count on militia;
YOU must have an army, so mustered
and equipped that it can be mopiil2eo
on the frontiers in the shortest possible
tima After war has been declared
nation mustn't wait to strike; she must
strike Immediately. The japanese d1oh
wait after the Russian war sIalteu'
General Moltke-you know Mollhe-salo Is
when asked what he would do II war
were declared, that he would press al
electric button, and that If ne had 10
6eyb+ after that he would consider him.
self a bad soldier"
The remark of H H. Rogers, on his
recent return from Germany. that inc
American army was employing tactlcs
200 years old, General Won Relchenau
did not agree with. He explained that
the American army. what there was Oh
II was up to date, but that on account
of its lack Of size It could not praclls
those maneuvres which mace d iai Sc
army most effective and WHICH "ei0
necessary In these days for the success
full conduct Of war
The general went to the St Regis lie
will remain here e week to witness the
ammunition tests, which begin to-day