The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-11

LONDON, July 1O.-Of the twenty
five principal nations of the world
only three depend entirely upon vol
uDtaTy enlistment TO supply their
armies. These three are the British
Empire, the Chinese Empire. and the
United States OF America 1t has
been one of Britains proudest boasts
for two centuries that 1t always could
rely upon sufficient number of pa
trlotic volunteers to fill its army and
that II need not enforce conscription
American thought has followed in the
British path. and the entire English
speaking people has been united in
considering compulsory military ser
vice Incompatible with free institu-
tions and democratic government.
With respect TO the army, more
than in any other way. the republican
America and the monarchical British
always have been more democratic
than any other nations. Monarchical
Germany, republican France and pa
triotic Japan are most strict among
the sixteen nations which compel
every able-bodied man 10 serve a Ger
tain time in the army. Decadent
Spain and Portugal, no others. depend
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which men drawn by lot are com
PEELED to serve with the .colors.
Now comes n strong party in Eng
land demanding that Great Britain
turn Its back on the democratic past
and Institute system of universal
compulsory army service. The Chi
nese government Is making plans
looking in the same direction The
United States is to be left as the sole
exponent Of the volunteer system.
The reason for the cnange of atti-
tude on the part OF many English
Men Is the menace or the rising Ger
man power. The fear of Germany Is
the handspring OF much revolutionary
thought In this country. Until now
there has been no reason why Great
Britain should demand military ser
vice OF all It's young men Volun-
tary enlistment kept UP the necessary
fcrce, and England, although govern
ing the greatest Empire ever sub
ject to one crown, has never needed
great army
In the Eighteenth Century. when
England laid the foundations OF the
present Empire it the seven years
war with France, the British depend
ed upon others to do their fighting
The Garmans did 1t for them In Eu
rope. and were we'll rewarded with
substantial subsidies The American
cooniSts aided them in America and
added Canada to the British domin-
ions, In the last quarter of that cen
tury England was unable to defeat
her rebel coloDists In America. al
though she hired German soldiers to
fight for her Then the thirteen col
onies were lost, and England learned
a lesson. and ever since has go gov
erned her possessions rnat force has
seldom been required to back up di-
plomacy.
At. the dawn of the Nineteenth Cen
tuy Napoleon threatened the British
supremacy, but England did compare
lively little fighting on land. Subsi-
dies were paid to the German armies
and the brain of "a Pitt battled for
britain in lieu of legions yelling
ton conducted the Peninsular cam
paign. and was captain on the glori
Gus field OF Waterloo, but II was Mel
son and the navy. not the Great Duke,
that saved England German soldiers
were fighting for British supremacy
then ~~
With the DOWNFALL of Napoleon and
the dawn OF the modren age OF ma
chinery. Great Britain at once began
to realize the fruits Of its maritime
supremacy and its Splendid isola-
ton Continental Europe INDUCED
In a long series Of bloody wars, Ger
many was only name for a score OF
quarreling states, the French imperial
instinct died on st Helena. While
these other nations were at war, Eng
land was waxing rich I'm commerce.
Only the Crimean war, In which Eng
land did not fight alone, and the In
dian mutiny. seriously interrupted
eight decades of profound peace.
Then came the Boer war For the
first time in its modern history Great
Britain laced an embattled nation
alone. There were no PrusSIan al.
lies, no Hesslan mvrcenarles. The
Boer republics were small and pow
that the war would be brief and In
expensive. The navy could do moth
ing, for this was land fight. cam
Iaign in which the British were on
the offensive. The magnificent pa
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home and in the colnles. responded
to the unexpected call and thousands
upon thousands Of volunteers donned
the kings coat and went TO the South
African wur, But 1t cost many lives
and more than a billion and half dol.
lars Of treasure.
The inefficiency of the British reg
ular army was proved in the Boer
war. Ever since that time the I'm
perialisuc party In Great Britain has
been demanding greater army. Dur
ing the past year. under the influence
of the German scare. this demand has
swelled into great chorus which
threatens TO drown out all other
questions except those concerned with
the navy
The territorial forcos. an organized
militia OF nominal strength of BIO
600 and having 100000 effective men.
Is the concrete result OF this aglta-