The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-08-15

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OF 4 resume Of Prof. Roland q.
manlsm." This volume, written
by the distinguished professor Of
history In the Washington uni
versity 1t st. Louis, 10 one Of the
clearest and most authoritative
expositions Of the situatlon In
which Europe now finds herself.
The Palladium has no comment
to make on Prof. usher's arou-
ments but believes they will DO
OF the utmost value and interest
to its readers.
The reader, who has not already
done %, 10 urged to read the first
article before undertaking the fol-
lowing one.
Yesterdays article described the
aim of Pan-Germanism and gave Ger
many's attitude toward England, as
described In Prof. Ushers book Pan
Germanism." France and Russia, Eng
lands allies, are next to receive at
tention.
Germany despises England but for
France and Russia, SID has a more
wholesome respect. But she does not
fear them and is confident she can
whip them. With her vast and efficient
fighting machine and the advantages
Of her inside position, she believes she
will have no trouble in besting both
of Them
France she believes to be great
nation which has seen its best days,
and that the French people would find
themselves handicapped by their in.
efficient decentralized government
Democracy in France, the Germans
believe, has not worked well. French
administration is inefficient" France
is disunited politically and she grows
physically weaker each decade"
Her colonial power hangs by a
thread. She has indeed but one valu.
able colony-North Africa-where the
Germans believe the natives to be
clearly dissatisfied with her rule as
to render its continuance highly prob
lematical."
Russia has a vast population. In
1900 her people numbered 150, 100000
and her income had piled up to the
vast total of $1,OOO,OO0,0O0. But after
all, hold the Germans, it Is not a ma
TONS potential strength but its avail
able strength, not merely the power
that it has but the power which il
can use, that measures its strength
in war. And while Russia is vast, she
is not efficient.
Russia is too autocratic to be dan
gerous in proportion to her strength
She is SO large that centralized gov
eminent is inefficient. Too much de
ponds on the Car personally and the
army is so tangled up in red tape thai
it is not an effective fighting machine
in spite of it's SIZE"
Politically, Russia is not an organic
whole. "Underneath the mobiles are
| the educated and administrators ant
underneath the somewhat larger mer
chant class is the great bulk of thu
people of whom those who are no
| too miserable, ignorant and down-trod
| den to have thoughts beyond existence
itself are mostly irreconcilables VIII,
hate the government with an energ.
almost beyond description" Becaus'
of these conditions, believe the Ger
mans, the Russian army, while larg
in numbers and strong in brute quail
ties, is lacking in intelligence.
| Against these undeniable sources o
weakness, both in France and Russie
Germany places her own strength.
she takes the aggressive, her inne
| pOo1IlOl ID ~ 6ISdI d Ill ucl lC
vor that she feels it more than cour
terbalances the opposing allies 81
periority in numbers, which amount
to about two million men. Owing t
her position, she feels that the grea
English navy will not be able to
her much harm.
Germany feels herself stron
financially. While England has a M
tional debt of $50 per capita, Franc
$3.50 per capita, Germany's is but 81!
Other nations are obliged to Deepen
on England's merchant marine Ge
many is not She has a capable an
efficient government, both nations
and local. Her centralized govern
ment, which is of great value in peace
is Indispensable in war.
'In England and in France, powe
is distributed in too many hands
make continuity of policy and vigc
of administration really possible;
Russia the country itself is too larg
to be dirtcted efficiently by a sing
head; in Germany the happy man
found.
"The Germans are certain that n
other nation in Europe has spent tn
same amount of money or exercise
the same amount of forethought {