The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-06-23
R0H SOCIALISTS
WOULD FORM ARMY
TREEOm LEADER ExPLAINs now
In COULD SAVE
LAND.

ANNiNN AFvHtAAAAA NNAANlf AAaAA NtNH w w
portnnity Of assniling the French army
and urging that French armamenis
should be- reduced without endRnger.
Ing French military ofiieieney." On
one occasion Of such hafangue from
him in the chamber N. Clemence,u
challenged him 10 abandon merely de-
strueiiye criticism and tell the country
IN plaip terms what he really proposed.
Now Jaures has written q book IN an
attempt 70 comply with that challenge
and 70 explain what the Socialist or.
ganization Of the army will be.
~ JauTes recognizes that any ma
ton may have 10 protect itself he
would not have France surrender alb.
jcctly before an attack. But bis chief
pTeoccupation IL that Der army may be
purely defensive. u must mot be able
70 strike. IL must exist only 10 ward
on blows.
The army which IL best adapted for
pure defence and least capable Of the
Onensize, In bis view, 81 one Of an OK.
tTome militia type. Consequently b.
deyOtes tho greater part Of his volume
10 the proof Of two propositions that
the 6bortebt-seryicc army ~ the best
and that the defensive has iBeontest
able advantage over the offensive. AZ
the same time he insists that there must
be no "castc distinctiOnso among The
officers Of the new Socialist army. Gen
erals and priyates alike are TO b,
drawn from the pToletaTiat." Being
o "bourReoisV himself, be naturally
assailB with abuse the 4tbOUfkeoisf
class from which bel ~ sprung ant
which at present. gives France large
number Of excellent officers This add
a touch Of uDconAtiOds bum0fi TO BIZ
writing. taf 3qe- ydi
The Present French system.
The present French military systeu
~ well known, Every able bodied mar
must serve for two. years In the actiy,
army From service with the eolors hi
passes into the 6Tgt reserve, In wbicl
he TomniDs for eleven years. DuTinl
this term IN theory he undcTgoeB wi
periods of training, each Of twenty
eight days. IN the event Of war tbl
active army would be reinforced b,
Eve classes OF reserve, 80 that II wOul,
include altogether seven annual con
ungcntp, totaIing about 100000 men
Tho other six continRents Of resery
would be modified but would not TAX,
tho field at once. They would be util
lied for secondary service.
M. Jaures insists that, face TO fac
with GermaDy's superior population
France needs, absolutely needs
she Is 10 escape being overwhelmed
10 bring into action all her ayailal
forcesj and her Brst line army, 10 b
equal 10 the task, must include III
two million men represented to-day b.
the active army and the reserves.
That ~ 10 say, all the eleven classe
Of reserve must be Incorporated in Oh
fighting linej must draw up on tho tW
hundred miles Of frontier, where the In
pact Of tho German maBaes IL 10 b
fcaredj and must meet the 0eTma
hosts in that ghnstly death wrestle 0
y days which will decide the fate Of Eng
land, France and Europe for a genera
ton.
M. JaureB' Bchemo OF Training.
TO got this active army of two mi
lion men, which will only be capabl
; OF dcfcncc NJ. Jaurcs pr0pounds tb
. following scheme Of training. Ever
youth from ten 10 twenty will DO II
quircd TO undergo physical traininl
and TO practis0 marching and shootin
under tho general direction OF officer
and nun commissioned officers from III
army. Az the ago OF twonty.one ever
' male viii undergo six m0nths' trainin
i ~ a recruits school IN tho nearest 90
Tigon centor. This Is TO DO his ontiI
training In tho active army. From th
tho soldier win pE0 TO- slYil llfej an
D for thirteen yeart no win ID lab
~ any moment TO DC called ont 10 agl
for his country with tho active arm
Ito will undergo eight periods Of trail
n ing, cncb VI ten dhyg, In that term {
years. ElabOmtG 'nrfapgcdibiitg ri
made for the election Of l0hc6rb by
0 popular council and tho 9hffhge
=. tboiT brother Officers, though NJ Jaur
! graeionnly comedies that there will haN
10 be an elite offapeciallstB which wi
= not be elected, t
Such ~ the new army that IL 10 10,
France, NJ. Jnuros declares that q laTl
y part OF the two years service IN d
i French army N wasted. lie also cor
~ plains that the iieaoryigta' term OF Nv
], months 10 not NJ present turned
y proper account lilo takes tho armi
= Of The minor powers and linda that th'
obtain good results with short N
Yieel ana, VI course, great play n MAJ
with the Swiss system, though no 60
y demns the Swiss officers because Oh
y are "b0uTgeOlso aud oarlalOeratie
: ~ Switzerland can train soldiers
y iwO mODths,V he asks, fwhy shOu
J. France need two yeapV
= on the Bastem Frontier
The deadly defect Of NJ, JanrC
- hobeme n that " literally carried o
on the lines he suggests II would lea
y France entirely Without an organic
n army fof aiE monthe III The year
d 10 therefore compelled 10 break aWl
from hla plan The Minute No baglna
face The practical difficulties, and
admit lhal bic militia muai be el
"a ported Wy y specially paid and special
" recruited fpree on ihe eastern frnAll
~ 90 that frontier neTmaHg has iud
10 ahpni 100000 meu ~ aTRanlgea W
A. Dn v simple order they e1nld adpaH
ani slflhh "a ihe fFeaeh failHhya n
lENHlief NNlhnI illus lmpHdinu /
French mobilization ana galHlnR lpilI
u tnpeehprV W inset lhia Threatened
n lAeh Fianre maiHlRlHF hbAni 1905
/. man W 100 famnns illfnH nnlpai M I
" ihall Nhph Rlf Isadt n ffha ah /
hlaN Hllh 900 hrlp NJ lbs plHlali
rhpin M lelfnleN ffiHnllHhaa HlnuN
laIIuI lla .uNl.t. F4.IUtiat fl...."