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ENGLAND AS GERMANY'SV ASSAL,

NEW YORK, December 1o-under
the title OF Britain rs >Germany's
Vassal." the latest work Of General
Friedrich Won Bernhard, who attained
by his now wcll-known work, Ger
many and the Next War" has been
translated into English, and has iusi
reached this country
written In 1913, this latest work of
|crmnny's greatest advocate of ex-
authors spirit OF prophecy, in so far
rs the Intentions OF his own country
are concerned
Much which the volume contains
might have been written since the
war began. After n careful perusal OF
me work. 1t Is impossible To escapc
me conclusion that General Won Bern
hard' either Knew tho military pro-
gram or ills country, and hoped by a
s'r"hS advocacy OF II 10 push IL TO
speedy contamination or has been
GIFTED with remarkable powers OF div
nation.
Secs EnSlnnd's ITnII
me translation OF this work of Won
H"rnhardi has been done bv n ,ycu
known student OF German conditions,
.nr fh hin harker; VINO is best knpwn
ior ms work. Modern Germany"
In his latest work Won bernhard
mas traversed much Of the same ground
covered by his original book Again
Is found the doctrine that Germany
must strike hard ana quick TO crush
France, that war Is a necessary factor
In the development OF culture ana ,ba
uphuiIding OF nation, that pcace
nF"eds decadcncc, and that treaties
should never be seriously regarded ms
binding.
Rut the author now goes to limits
wien were never dreamed OF by the
readers OF his other volume BY war.
he says, Germany must acquire su
premacy in Europe and the Wedi,er-
r"hean first, and follow this with the
mastery OF the world
Decadcnt England" described az
Germany's CHIEF enemy. must be made
supserrient TO Germany either by war
or by an alliance" under which sbc
must give up her naval supremacy
uui' the triple entente, abandon her
allies and disarm by distributing. her
iicet over the world, meanwhile leav-
ing Germany alone in crugh!ua, France
ana acquiring domination Of Europc.
North Africa and Asia Minor In plain
language. General Won Bcrnhardi as-
Scrts that Britain must become Ger
many's rassnl. either through war or
submission.
Finds Position pcriious.
Won Bernhardi is pron!gate With
plausihl" arguments IN support OF his
contention that Germany must DOM.
nate Europe. Rei,cratiny ,h,t Cnr-
many occupies n very DANGEROUS sit
uation. he continues:
on nearly every side Germany Is
hedSed by hostile states. These states
oppose Germany's foreign policy with
determined hostility. and place us ever
ana again before the choice OF fght-
ing or going without
We must obtain an unshakable
foundation cor our position on the Con-
tinent OF Europe by charging the
sphere OF our power in Europe itself.
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or course, we should not think Of 4
policy Of conquest. Such polic,j
would not be Ia harmony with the shirt
of the time. and would not be to ou,|
truc advantage. in Europe we ear
acquire territories only by subjectin. j
their population by force, and arous
ing among the people an undying hos
tllity.
However. /; scems necessary 70 arl
rive at final settlement with Franc
ana 1t Is quite possible to strengthUi
The triple alliance by enlarging 1t !nt,.
a Central European federation.
The Individual states of which s,,rl
federation would be composed nigh:
retain their Independence The cfca
ton or such IL federation would great
~ Improve Gcrmany's military posi-
ton and would give broader anc
stronger basis 10 our oversee policy.
For Offensive Union.
This federation Of states would
have TO be attached to the triple aIli-
ancc. and the triple alliance itself
would have Ia experience an evolution
AIRY change aud would have to alter its
character. It's purely defensive pur.
pose has proved To be insufficient I,
does not do justice To tho interests OF
the three partner states This purely
defensive instrument would have 10 be
come defensive and offensive alliance
only when we have fulfilled this
purpose, when We have freed ourselvca
from the present position, can we think
OF our second task-thc enlargement,
OF the German colonial empire and the
strengthening of Gcrniany's position
throughout the world
Discusses United Stntes POLICY,
Won Bernhard has given considera
bic space IN hia hook TO the United
States. u. thinks that this coun,ry
should light England. and that tho
United States is making great mis-.
take in It's advocacy of peace aud ar.
bttration treaties, although he excuses
the policy on the ground Of tremend
Gus population, inaccessibility and M
eXhaustible resources, which lie he
liev"s responsible for Il "fancied" Sc
curity.
There is great contrast between
the views of the United States aud
Germany on the question OF pcacc
and war" he says. The United States
have conquered their independence and
unity on the field of battle, and they
have acquired great heritage OF
glory, sclf-consciousness, and liberty
At present tho United States have
many competitors. but no enemies
Their relations with England are Sc
cured by the community Of language
not OF race. Their differences with
Japan cannot cndanger their vital In.
tcrcStS should II come TO war.
The national wealth OF the country
makes the Americans independent OF
foreign states. and their struggle with
nature stecls their muscles aud enables
them 10 undertake the greatest and
most Difficult; tasks. Under these cir
cunatances IL is only natural that the
Americans look upon the peace move
mont with sympathy, for peace can only
.prplS them advantage, while war can
only harm them by impeding the de-
Veiopment Of the country and unset
ing the money market. Germany ia in
IL totally different position"
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War Loans in Austria

correspondence OF Associated Press I
VENICE, December 1.-Extraordi-
nary efforts are being made to insure
the successful Notation of the new war
loans in Austria Hungary. All classes
or people are urged to participate in
them In the first two days after the
lists were opened nearly $150, 600 900
was subscribed
The Emperor took from his private
purse 100000, investing the sum
equally in the Austrian and Hungarian
loans. This is the first time that the
monarch has ever contributed openly
10 such state fund. The clergy were
directed TO preach from the pulpits that
II WAS not only the duty of every ma =
trioiic citizen to subscribe, but also
That the loans offered Il most rcmune-
rative and secure investment. As proc T
or their confidence in the securits.
high ecclesiastical dignitaries have
subscribed many millions. One arch
diocese alone subscribed nearly a mil
lion dollars
Public bodies also came forward
readily. The city of Vienna has in
vested s5.O00,000, and all through Aus
tria and Hungary the local authorities
seem 10 have put up all their avail
able iiuid assets. The banks too have
taken many millions more, one Vienna
bank alone investing Si,O00,O00. But
all this has only been brought about
by bringing an enormous amount OF
pressure to bear in all directions.
1t is said that tho government com
PEELED the banks to use their inlu-
enGe 10 get-moncy from large depos-
TORS. When any of these objected on
the score of requiring the money to
carry on business. the nanK told them
they could always have nm advance ON
the security Of the war loan stock 1t
is openly stated that the subscription
of the city of Vienna will come chiefly
from the depositors in the municipal
savings banks.
The post oflice savings bank, too, has
been doing Its utmost to get at the
deposits, Offering special facilities for
investments in the new loans OF sums
ms low as n fraction under SIS. Many
thousand business men have special
checking accounts with the post-oiiice
bank. ana each of thom is required to
deposit 100 crowns--S2O--as caution
money. The bank Shas given notice
that these moneys, aGGregatlng $780,
900. Will BE- taken for tho war loan
unless notice of objedtion is received
: from the depositlng owner. Objections
arc not expected.
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ia THE RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
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a MAGAZINE has contracted with the
"A Colonel for three years for all his writ
irgs on political and economic subjects. If
the Colonels recent performances in that av-
enue of thought may be taken as indicatinS
his policy for three years. the circulation
manager of the magazine will have to hustle,
for Theodore's unreasoning declarations with
particular reference to the present admins
trations foreign management have seriously
discounted his appeal.
The Colonel reserves the right to publish
articles on nature, wild animal hunting, flora
and fauna, the River OF Doubt. etc, In other
magazines. We shall be very glad to read
them. But, for politics and economics,
we prefer to take the Colonels recent retire
ment at its full value.
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Centralized Authority over Kelier FUND

Centralized Authority Over Relief Fund
IF, In fact, there was organized opposition
TO the ordinance appropriating $125,000
for the relief of the unemployed, it has died
out, as we'll in the Board Of Aldermen as in
the Common Council. Council already has
passed the ordinance and its passage by the
Board Of Aldermen is expected confidently
at the meeting tonight.
Instead or being reason for criticism the
centralizing in the Administrative Board of
full authority over the funds disbursement is
an excellent policy. The board knows exact
ly what municipal Improvements are needed
and can be undertaken with present profit
and future advantage 1t will be in q posi-
ton to eXpcnd the fund in the way to assure
its largest usefulness both to the city and
to the unemployed, who are to be its Joint
beneficiaries.
Moreover, responsibility as we'll as au-
thority is centralized. There have been ex-
pressed apprehensions that this considerable
sum OF money will be used to advance some
body's political interests, at least incident
ally, rather than with an eye single to the
purposes that are inspiring its appropriation
The Times Dispatch does not credit this. 1t
is uncomfortable that such fears should be
JUSTIFIED. That an effort to relieve suffering
should be SO twisted and perverted involves
a baseness we are unwilling to ascribe to
any one, without definite and conclusive
proof.
But under the ordinance as it goes to the
Aldermen, the Administrative Board is made
the sole steward. 1t will be the boards duty
TO see to ii that the fund is disbursed wisely
with the double object always in view. The
money Is not to be wasted in padding pay
rolls or IN payment for Improbable labor
IL Is not intended as a gratuity to the I'M
employed. They are expected to earn it,
1T Is inevitable that the manner Of this
appropriations expenditure will be watched
closely by the public, and that is as it should
be. While not unprecedented, it is an UNI
usual appropriation for municipality to
make. Richmond viii want to know what
good 1T accomplishes, how much suffering it
relieves, and how much needed public work
1t gets done The Administrative Board will
have to render an account Of it's stewardship
and, if there is failure in any aspect it will
not be able to shift the blame on somebody
else
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P1aCenakinU

THAT particular blessed be" which re-
ferreth to the peacemaker had little
application TO a case the other day in Chicago
TWO men started TO fight. a third interior
ing, was foored By one Of the fighters and
stepped on by the other. a fourth essaying
TO lift the fallen peacemaker from the floor
was accidentally struck by the first fighter
and thcreupon mistakenly hit the second 4
fifth man who tried to explain the accident
was thereupon pummeled by the three The
thlrd man, recovering consciousness called
In a sixth, and the third, fourth, fifth and
sixth made common cause against the first
and second. two Of each attempting to hold
a ccG!hatant.
Peacerlokers three and four lost their hold
on their fighter, whereupon pcacemakers five
and six lit into three and four for their care
iessness, and when the police arrived a battle
royal was going on. The whole six ,ben
turned on the police, and when the affair
was Strengthened out, it was discovered that
the original fight started in discussion about
the possibility OF the United States bringing
peace to Entope
There may have been more of 1t than thus
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F fashions Due to the War

All ready said Studholme, with
grim smile. as he twisted up a cigarette
IA luxury unknown to the gentlemen
OF England until introduced by retired
Crimeans."
So wrote Graw in "One of the six
hundred" and accurately too. For.
popular as the cigarette is now. IL aid
lot come In" till after the Criniean
war, when II was introduced by Eng
lish officers. naval and military.
somewhat similar is the history OF
me caiabash pipe, which was intro
u"cea into England, or, at any rate,
popularizcd here. after the South Afri
can War;
through war, too. absinthe driniiiu
became an institution in France. When
me troops were operating in Algicrs IL,
iSS.-4I, the seductive liquor was pre-
acrlbed as a febrifuge, and the soldiers
hecane so iona or 1T that they continued
10 drink 1t on their return to Franco.
IL 10 also owing to the circumstances
or war that Germany's chief decora-
lion. the Iron Cross, Is made of the
commonest of metals, and Is intriusi-
eaily worth only a few pence.
During the fight against Napoleon
Eoid became so SCARCE that the married
women gave their wedding rings 10
the government, which presented them
with iron substitutes. To-day they arc
valued heirlooms.
In consequence of the women's self
denial. iron jewelry became fashion
able. and when Frederick William III.
of Prussia instituted cross of dis
tinguished service. ho ordered 1t to be
made of iron.
Fashions again. have frequently bcen
derived from Il soldiers uniform. MANY
years ago a contingent of Cossacks Wis
tied London, and as result mems
dress underwent Il great change, shor,
boots and loose trousers Coming in'
almost Immediately.
The Zouave jacket, which. many Ia
dies will remember. was similarly mod
eled on distinctive part of tho semi
Moorish uniform worn by Frances
famous troops. Introduced in Paris, It
was vogue all over Europe
Much the same story belongs to
khaki. Tho material so called was
originally worn by. tho corps OF guides,
q mixed regiment of frontier troops in
1SiS, and tho now familiar color was
that Of some of the regiments at the
siege OF Delhi, subsequently l. ominc
very popular In tho army generally.
But II first came under public notice
from the circumstance that lthaki-coy-
cred uniform was worn by English
troops during the South African war,
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The State anthracite,
Consumer imposed In 1913, was intended to
Paws Who'll. double purpose. 1t
trox nv, 80 to Increase the revenue OF the
"A o'' S"ai' State. and It was take from
the coal companies and apply to
pubic uses some small proportion of the
cessivo price which they ',aN- COR years exacted
from the. consumers Unfortunately, the tax has
accomplished neither. If collected the
would have amounted by this time to upward
OF 100000. yet only II infnitesimal portion
has reached the State treasury, the companies
having neglected to pay pending appeal to
the courts as to the cCnstitutonalty of the levy.
Our lawmakers devised method by which the
producers OF anthraci q could be prevented from
putting the tax on the consumers, and the result
Is that while the State collects practically moth
ing, the companies get $4,000, 900 from the con-
suiners and hold 1t in their treasures pending
the outcome of the litigation. If the courts
decide against them, doubtless the money will
find its way into the Golfers of The State, but
should the tax be declared unconstitutional, how
many or the purchasers OF coal will ever see
their money again?-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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The Voice of the People
Parking spnce for Automobiles.

TO the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-A few days ago several citizens were
summoned TO appear In court for allowing their
cars to remain in the vicinity OK Tie Richmond
Hotel and the Lyric Theatre. There is 10 que
ton but that the ordinances governing tnc
length Of time car shall stand along a curb
and in front of the entrances OF public build
inSs are good ones, and il they not enforced
serious accidents may occur, especially in that
particular location, owing to the fact that the
fire apparatus from the engine-house ut Broad
and Ninth Streets must necessarily travel
through those streets i'm answering alarm In
the downtown district.
1t does seem. however, that some provision
should be made for the automobile owner who
in these places of business amusement. If
1t were possible TO designate parking space
which would not impede the general traffic then
both the city officials and the citizens would be
satisfied. Other cities are spending much time
and money In establishing these parking spaces,
and the use of the automobile Is becoming so
universal that our city would do well II 1t
would consider this feature also.
An owner cannot leave his along the
curbing of any of the business streets for any
length of time unless he employs chauffeur, as
1T is violation of the city ordinance, so he
must leave Ii on side street n block or more
away. If 1t could be arranged to widen one or
more of these side streets sufficiently to allow
large number OF automobiles to be parked
there indefinitely without interfering with the
general traffic the owners and the, public would
welcome the Improvement. fMOTORIST
Richmond, December 10, 1914.
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The Veterans

The Veterans.
You may jcer, If you please,
At the ancient wheezc
That's seen far better DAYS:
It's ragged and torn,
lll-kempt and forlorn,
And battered in divers ways
But it brings rich delight
To the toiling wight
Whose duty 1T is to chair,
For he's made the test
knows old Jokes arc best
And certain to raise laugh.
THE TATTLER
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Bright Outlook tor Better Baseball

IT is evident that neither w. B. Bradley, Of
/ Richmond, nor Jack Dunn, manager and
owner of the Baltimore club of the Inter
national League, entertains any doubt that
the Baltimore franchise will be transferred
TO this city, and that Richmond will be pro-
vided next season with higher class profess
sional baseball than it has ever enjoyed in
the past.
Just how the Obstacles that appear to stand
in the way of attainment are to be sur
mounted has not been made clear, but Brad
ley and Dunn are going ahead with their
plans just as though no obstacles existed.
They canny business men, and very likely
TO know just what they doing
Here's hoping they do! Richmond needs
representation in the international, and Dunn
is the sert of person who will make that
representation creditablc.
Help for the Rairoads-and for Richmond
d EPORTS come from Washington that the
IN Interstate Commerce Commission al
ready has voted to grant. in substance the
per cent rate increase asked by the Eastern
railroads According to current expectation,
the decision will be handed down next Satur-
day after the closing OF the stock exchanges
as is the commissions custom in cases Of
this Importance.
The New York World, which prints one :,f
several reports Of the impending favorable
decision, gives as its authority IAN official
whose knowledge of the situation is believed
to be unquestionable." II will be hoped gen
orally that this official is entitled to the
credence with which the World endows him.
To Richmond the grant of the :, per cent
increase is OF special Importance. 1t will
give the railroads an assurance OF future
prosperity that will permit them TO place or
ders for supplies and equipment. They will
need ccomotives-indeed, they need them
now-and some of the orders will come here
The Locomotive Works, that in times OF ac-
nvlty employs 1000 men, will be reopened
II Will mean an enormous accession OF energy
in Richmond's industrial life
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SONGS AND SAWS
Strikei

It's easy, friends, to drool along
or things that would do,
IL times were changed and luck were strong
And skies clearer blue
Fou! shame. indeed, twould be to fall
When Fate fights on our side,
And wo have ne'er hill to scale
Nor angry stream to ride.
But most lives in less pleasant ways
Are cast upon this earth,
And real men fight through all their DAYS
To prove a real mans worth
stand up and strike out hard enough
To show you're unafraid
Then keeE on scrapping-thats the stuff
OF which success is made.
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aside from making the conflict as
humane as possible, there is little room
fer 5entimcntality.
Not for sentlmcntality, perhaps but there
is plenty of room for sentiment, although the
modern theory of warfare seems to disregard
the one as wholly it does the other
There is room for the Red Cross and for
christmas ships of toys and food and for
prayers all over the world for the widows and
orphans and broken homes
There is always room for sentiment gen
eral 1t is hard to see it, through the smoke
and dust and dirt; it is hard to hear it's voice
III all the rOar and din of battle; but it's
there general, just the same.
Ever since this hoary old world began first
10 rock in the cradle of the universe there
mas been room for sentiment, and until It
totters in its orbit and disintegrates, there
will be room still.
me rattle and clank of armor and sabres
the crack of muskets and the roar of BUSY
Herthas, the jangling of chains in the artil-
lery and the swearing of bruised men i'm the
barracks-al these things make it hard to
see and hear now, general but it's there
And all in the world that is good all that is
wholesome. all that is lovely, all that is en-
during is founded on sentiment MAY Won live
long and know it in all its sweetness,
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national museum OF art. To permit time -honored
G ,a,. what Is called the inner town. to be
iaid waste ny fire and sword would be u desccra-
ton. II only for political reasons, the Russians
must be anxious to avoid it.-New York Sun.
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Unhappy Isxneriencc

49, Unhappy Experience.
-. MY nttle Tommy" said the confirmed au,oist
dependency" anu
WHATS the trouble?r
Somebody told him that Santa Claus nova
and reindeer and Tommy feels certain tho niI
SAINT Will have tire engine trouble and NOT
be able to complete his rounds"
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AS the Fincaste Herald views it: Twelve
young men were killed In football games the
season just closed and ii is said hundreds were
crippled. The game is entirely too rough" Per-
haps the fault is sometimes with the players
instead OF the game. Pingpong may be fatal If
into the contest.
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RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 49, 1914

sketchtly set forth. but In the turmoil that
was all an eyewitness could gather. because
he had 20 go away from there pronto to keep
from taking 9 hand himself!