Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
GERMANY'S NEW MOVE IN MOROCCO

sitive at this moment because OF the ab
titude OF Germany and Spain.
Gen Goiran held that the government,
should preserve In time Of war. as IL
peace the supreme command OF wa
ter of war. assisted by the chief of tht
general staff.
lie Temps OF Paris, commenting upoi
this declaration. said: Now We are fixed
There is no mountaineering IN time q
peace: there is no general-in-chief IN tim,
OF war. The government reserves this re-
sponsibility for Itself
lie Temps reminds Gen. Goiran that 4
assure the success OF campaign M
who executes should plan. Gen. Goirau
gotten the paralysis inflicted on the arm1
of Mcmahon by the empress. Had M
forgotten the disasters to the Austrians u
consequence OF the Aulic councils?
In order to direct operations In time q
war. the council should commence in tint
OF peace. Now what do We see? OF
questions OF the simplest character. al
the most delicate, the council SHOWS ON,
contradictory action. II II Is a question
OF celebrating at Versailles the fete o
Hoche, orders and counter orders re-
suited during eight days. II Quesooi
Of labor mems pensions: the competent
minister affirms and abandons MS arRu
ment according to the currents IN th'
two chambers II question OF definite
tons. the government commences by ar
firming that II will maintain them an<
ends by abandoning them.
Gen. Goiran thought that the command
OF a council was preferable TO that OF :
Napoleon. The chamber in the presence
Of the interpretations should recaH tht
expedition to Dahomey when u voted az
order Of censure against M. Cavaignao
minister OF marine, who said: Tine unitl
Of operations? II Is in my ONCE.
NJ. Andre Hisse In the chamber inter
pellated government upon the declare
tions Of Gen. Goiran In the
Military senate. NJ. Berteaux had
declared on the contrary ID
NoAtfol' the chamber that there wal
a general-in-chief always provided witt
a designated successor. Must we believe
Gen. Goiran or NJ. Monis. who explained
the words OF the minister Of war?
NJ Andre Hisse exclaimed: "Here w
have three theses The supreme direction
according to NJ. Berteaux. should belona
to a general-in-chief: according to Gen
Goiran, to the government; according "a
NJ. Monis. to a sort OF grand council OF
league comprising the council of minis.
tiers and the superior council Of the STAN
the council of state.
"Thus after forty years Of efforts Of
military reorganization we have arrived
at point" said NJ. Hisse, mot to know
case OF war should be confided to a
man, to several men or to sort of grand
council. conditions which marvelously
realize these two conceptions. absence Of
chief. absence Of responsibilities" Gap.
Gen. Pedoya followed and treated thu
question from purely technical point
Every one knew what would happen I'D
case Of war with the triplice. France
would have an army In the northeastern
| lations with Spain became less good lin.
terruptions) q corps Of observation on thu
Pyrenees. lie could not admit that Z
general-in-chief OF the armies OF France
in time Of war should not be designated
in time of peace. That man would havt
the serious duty Of the concentration Of
troops. Could he do so without having
studied the ground and the personnel
No man conscious OF his duty would 90
cept such responsibility without prepS
ration.
Gen. Zurlinden has written an inter
esting article on the subject Of the chiei
command OF the army
Patriotic which has excited a chit
r,....s.a Of patriotic disquiet. SUI
OAs4oAos. perhcial in parliament, but
profound and durable In the nation
The government found itself incapable
Of making satisfactory reply and fine
ished by hiding behind the secret Of it,
combinations.
what" said the general, forty yeari
in which the country has generously
consented to all effort and sacrifices ID
organize its defense. to place its military
on foot, to have troops valiant and
worthy OF our past and yet II has mo-
the right to know how these efforts maj
be utilized, directed!'
II was not admissible. In front Of
France armies stood. armed to the teeth
like France, but which were in the handi
Of sovereigns having all the necessars
power to direct the general operations Of
war.
The troops of France are as well pre-.
pared as their rivals but the staf OF
the latter have a better defined role in
which the difficulties OF the question OF
the chief command have not been met bJ
the superior authority of the sovereign
BY the side OF the sovereign the general.
in-chief remains permanently, and with
him the chief Of the general staff. hi,
collaborator and confldant for the prep
aration and direction OF the war. After
having contributed during peace to assure
the preparation for war. after beins
trained In the ways Of their chief the
officers Of the general stan separate the
moment Of the declaration OF war. Some
remain with the chief Of stan to aid the
sovereign to command the armies, the
others fill the same role with the chiefs
of armies and become, by reason OF
traditions and example given by the
sovereign. the natural aids Of the chief
commander.
The sovereign. commander-in-chief. has
besides, near him, not only the major
general for the military direction. but
his grand chancellor for interior and
exterior difficulties. Thus there is
formidable organisation for putting in
motion the forces of the nation and for
the transmission to that army of the
will and energy Of the supreme CHIEF
Of the country.
The power of such an organization has
never been excelled in any epoch Of his
tory. Such an or.
Germany's gsni1ation wa. fatal to
o.. France in 1870. even
Vrganl1atlon. in 1913 and 1915: it
smote Austria In 1896. as II smote Russia
in Manchuria, for the japanese organize.
ton was copied from the Prussian stan.
This organisation IL not q secret but
IL open to all. Marshal Won Moltke en-
claimed In the German parliament: ''Ouf
force is In the direction OF the chief
command. in a word. In the general