The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-24
READY FOR WAR AT.
MOMENT NOTICE
Great Navy OF France Proves
Disagreeable Surprise to
Germany.
NJ. DELCAssE RESPONSIBLE
Would Be Able to Keep
Open All Important
Ports.
VI. DELCAssE RESPONSIBLE
BY FREDERICK WERNER.


Berlin. September 23.-One Of the &
most unpleasant surprises the jingoes
OF Germany have had for years was
the fact revealed by the recent French
naval review at Toulon that, thanks
to the wonderful activity of NJ. Dell :
case. the French navy is ready for
war at moments notice, and that
even without the hoped for assistance
of England, France would be able 70 y
Keep open all the important ports Of
the country. With the assurance OF
the British Prime Minister. that France
could rely on England in case of a
German attack, the now famous Coup
q AEadir appears to everybody here
TO have been the most stupid attempt
OF bluff German diplomacy has ever
tried. And having exhausted their
vocabulary In abusing England nearly
al the newspapers of the country are
now telling the government in plain
words that 1T never had the faintest
chance of success
The attitude of the German people
is pacincatory. First of ALL the So.E
ciaiists do not want war, and, thanks
to their influence among the youne, mon 4
of the country, the government Would
nave found serious difficulty In mobil-
izinE an army for war, in which Corr
many was the aggressor. Secondly.
Germany Is not loved In Europe, and.
In case of war. she would not dare
Withdraw her troops from the Russian
ana austrian frontier, nor even from
the German Polish provinces Ever
Belgium at the informal reouest ~
France put her formidable fortressex
at LteEe. Namur and Ostend in q !
state OF active defense and made every
preparation for the reception of
oritish fleet in the event OF an OUT
break of hostilities
When 1t Is remembered that Ger
mans have lost, by depreciation in
stocks on the Berlin Bourse since ,tba
PANTHER was sent to Agad,r more
money than the PROFITS of German
traders in Morocco in twenty years
II is small wonder that the evvern.
nent feels exceedingly uncomfortable
and realizes that even as an attemnt
to influence the coming elections l.be
Morocco venture has been an absolute
and crushing failure
me young Portuguese republic has
mad the satisfaction of bein. recos
nized by France. but it Is more than
, unlikely that other European powers
VIII tumble over each other to foIlon,
suit for all over Europe the I'M
sion Is gaining ground that Portugal
as republic is no stronger than !. +
paby newly born. ''''i -
In choosing Senior Joao Chagas for
ariine Minister. the newly elected
t eIia,, revealed the moral and In
teiieetuai bankruptcy of his party AS
portuguese minister in Paris. wbara
the revolution of last October was
manufactured. Senior Chagas NAV SO,
nave been nagrantly out OF place shuts
statesmen of Europe did indeed ruhs
their eyes when they saw him written
down as First Minister of state
AS for Senior Chagas's coIIoor,,.,,
they are best described in tho .to.sots,
puietin' According to this sheet. !
Cr. Augusta FasconcelIos. the nau.}
Mlnister of Foreign Affairs. has nj.
ready given great proofs" in Madrid
ca, ms intellectual intelligence DIR.
piuohio poes. Minister Of Public Works.
Saiieu 10 portfolio. where he can
aispiay his well known cleverness
The Colonial Minister, DR.. celestino
oe Aimeida. is conspicuous for his
Qualities OF character, work and illus
tration"
Even If this new cabinet had mo-
heavier task than the guiding of a
~ l''ohious legislature in the reconx
n..uot'oh OF a united Portugal. its min.
listers would prove some sizes too
small for the work. Therefore. wiz
the problem before them. ono fror,
which the oldest parliamentary hands
In Europe might recoiI. their failnrr
seems inevitable 70
DR.. Manuel de Arriaga the new pres.
iuent' Is seventy five years old Tba
moderates. who elected him. fondIu
hoped that the hrebrands would re-
spect his white locks and reverse hin,
as Grand Old Man, but the en-
tremists are not fkely TO be baked nf
their ambition
violently factious opposition Is
brewing trouble. and the inevitable
schism between rural and uroan Por-
tusal must soon main and drain the
nation. DIR. Alfonso Costa the Min
lister of Justice in the provisional
government is already on the warpatb.
where many of his compatriots. whom
he lung into prison, Will be eager TO
meet him.
Meanwhile the royalist counter-rev-
olution Is becoming more and mora
formidable menace. Like wellington
on the same soil, Captain Couceiro has
known how to wait. When his hour
strikes he may find himself confronted
only by republic as hopelessly divided
ceeded in saving. That the Eleventh
Regiment of Infantry should have
become mutinouS the other day In so
republican city as Setubal Is a fact
of deep significance.
The republican leaders have had =
merry year of banquets and fireworks
and oratory and constitution making,
but their holidays are over. Portugal
is about to learn the lesson that IL Is
easier ito dismiss the cook to-day
than to be sure OF dinner to-mor.
row"