The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-23
ICRY HAS PLEASANT
SOUND TO FRANCE
Bigger Army in England Means
Protection for Ncighbor
Across Channel.
DEMAND FOR CONSUMPTION
Tories Have Deserted Rest OF
Program i'll Campaign for
Blood Tax.
special Cable to Tho Times Dispateh.l

lSnecial Gable TO The Times Dispatch
London, March 22.---Once more the
Tory party has turned its political ka
lcidoscope, and when you look into il
sou find it showing new lines aud ifs
urcs Gone is every trace OF the tariff
reform program. which came so near
capsiziuE the party vessel and throw
Ing it's lnaScshift leader overheard into
The foamine sea Of strife and turmoil
Gone is the cry Of food tax o. no food
lax. and in it's place has come q well
coached cry for blood taX-conscrip-
ton The preliminary skrInishes were
inauEuratcd by visions OF German
aerial monsters in the heavens above
which made John 6ull's island the
laughingstock of the whole Continent
outside of France. There the CRY Tor
couscription in England had pleas
aroused To a sense of a very real and
tangible danger by the kaisers cia-
lioi. call for new lcEions
There is nothing which France
would rather see than England drawn
into tho mad race for military anna
incnts for the British feet being un-
doubtcdly strong enough to prevent a
German invasion into England, a new
born English standing army. well
drilled and equipped. might easily be
Channel to fight at the side of the
French against the Trussians IA tho
soldiers OF Wellington fought shoulder
10 shoulder with the Prussians under
Butcher almost exactly century ago
during the last decisive hours OF the
battle OF Waterloo
And so. In their new policy in favor
Of CONSUMPTION. The Tories have found
= new ally in the French press an
ally whose usefulness is rather weak
,ncd, 10 he sure. by the fact that very
few Englishman read or arc abb. to
read the French papers hut whose ar
ruucnts nevertheless come III handy
when translated ard served FOR Tory
readers as perfcctly unbiased jude-
mcnts Of what Is Eng laud's first duty
to herself.
Not StinE, In Arguments.
And one mus, admit ,hat the French
press has not been stingy IN dealing
ont campaign arguments and heavy
ammunition to tho British jngoes
Great Frcuch papers have been writ
ing columns on how the foxy Ger
mans are leading the English Liberal
government by tile nose. II we are 10
heiicVe lie Temps and the Echo dc
i'aris, il is the German ainDa ssador In
England Who. during ;hc last month
~ least. has been boss OF the whole
show. The whole movement in favor
~ q friendly understanding between
this country and Germany has been
stage managed by him IN command OF
the whole German colony in London
with it's legions OF CLERKS. teachers and
walters. who have been marshalcd and
conducted around TO create public opin-
ion AZ public meetings.
fortunatciy. these same papers say.
The BRUSH Foreign Office ~ not under
the thumb OF the temporary stupid
Liberal government. Even ii war had
irokcu out between Germany aud
France rs e result OF the Agadir crisis
The Figaro is clumsy enough to say
two British army corps would have
been sent over to fight by the side OF
the French. but really the ideal sit
nation will be only with Tory gov
clumcBt III power.
Aud here is the gist Of the whole
agitation for CONSUMPTION. lie Figaro
iuadNcrtcntly let the cat out of the
baE En- sland must not reach a
friendly understanding with Germany
,ud England must have big stand
ing army. not TO be able TO defend her
own country, but TO make up the de
felt in numbers OF the French army
as compared with that OF Germany.
This 3 clear to anybody who has read
te French papers since NJ. Poincare
hcctmc President OF France