The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-18

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The sides taken try the Powers ir
the var nov raging in Eurone arr
l.1srseiy determined by two alliances
ne triple AllianCe-which binds
austria and Germany tozether-tbe
Italians having apparently declined
70 JOIN with their allies. and the
l lIlple Entente. uniting England.
France and Russia. tn. storV ~
these alliances Is practically "a com.
plete explanation % the events lead.
lhg up 20 the present conflict
The desire OF the French 10 war
against Germany OF course has ifs
most evident cause In the disastrous
defeat OF French arms By the Ger
mans IN the Franco Prusslan War
since there h. a strong probability a..
the battle grounds OF this war t.sine
arenched anew with blood during the
present conflict. 10 81 Of value 10 10.
new the contest. both on this account
ana because OF its bearing on the
Triple Entente
bismarck. the man az the helm o.,
ne German ship Of state 20 the time
knew the Franco prussiau war vas
coming long before hostllItIes wera
declared. The French were also pre-
pairing Tor war between 1850 and
1870 IN a slow. half.heartpf wav Pis
marck. far from being reluctant aboui
the coming OF the contest. looked for
ward 10 10 with confidence and consid
eIed % as a part OF his calculations
Reoraanized Armies.
Re accordingly spent four years ia
active preparation and calmly TOOK
's"ukh time 70 reorEanize the armies
OF the small German states rs-0
found him ready. Bismarck was care
cessfui
Az that time. the dinerenc. he
tween the German and French armies
Wa great a fact which the general
puDNc dld not comprehend Military
altaches and others had. however
warned the French officials that tbeir
army was IN bad shape The French
soldiers were largely veterans and
made better appearance than tho
1erWans. but since any one could buv
exemption from the French military
service. the French second line was
90 the other hand. she Germans had
more technical military knuufedra
man the French They had rlana Tor
IN" INVASION o. France aIl urenarar
ana ready according 90 good maps
lheF bad Installed the new general
.iah idea. and the French had not
The large German reserve vas Urfi
trained and kept NJ ON q hpirfuT ter
iltorial basis which the French lack.
AraIr the Germans had studied emo
'aIH a7 applied fob war and the
efficient usa ~ fhe modern fsfd faia-
graph They understood ne Ir.-r--
ance of relieving Tho commander ..r -
..''I nL bio army ~ detail and
-lFln. '.e petty officers "a sense of rr.
N'n. .n.IiF Their petty uI.rora mad
..'n trained fp nee their own IrIfIH-
i've. while The French army was -r.
t- it. petty Officers rrrnrf Iona
orders a1t afraid fo art on their own
ra rur- .hI.fv
oosded Into wsr
$50 ~ these r.rruw tarrss rrlhar.
y explain The fact that ffa Garn--1
i.e Fren.E .rf1 ffr Franco
irTsIan War We know ffIa 90 30
ru" to-day. huf o. dIf NOT appear fo
.n .arf at Tho time rf tho war. when
ff'H'r were apparently ffe ar-
To Further erfarre- tta chances -,
ile Frrnrr. frnIr alliance were nor
factory shape when the con.
0.r' started Hence. rr-s.fr-.-- frr
true aspect % ffe Hfuator If wa
m. 'ur.a.rr fEHf hopeless rurfuH.
on Pal" r"r.H pho Frarrn once war
vas declared fr Germany as a con
went forward win
marked .~Hrfrre.H
fr" f.s nr-f fHa French were ...
'..'rI Unlike TIE present war fHIa
without even rsIrwIar
I.l ."Nnfme after Noatf.f|ne we're
ordered The declaration % war came
nn fnn nineteenth % Tr'r-r BE- Do.
HrEaf.n Row near IRE dave rf the
unn'r duplicate those OF The var row
fHrrrf-tuf rhe fr4f sEIrr -Ie-
..N rot occur until hrruaf ~ &c.
fNr fourth ana rrr+r fra Cl-----.
were Tl-rf0- and taking frr rHr-e.-a
no rrff and second halves - ne
var showed different rrararfr-Ieff-.
fnouEr TIE Germans we're virforfrrr
n. both IN fhe fret half me
fFenol nad veteran army. ~ me
'Inf ne second haf % the rr-ffrf
vac reached. the Frerrh vefera-
army vas a thing % the past ana