The Washington times., 1914-08-26

two leading traits, namely, that it's
army is not afraid of all the combin-
ed forces Of Europe, and that her
soldiers know how to defend their
fatheriand. How, asks the editor
would II have been IL matters had
been reversed and only one Of the al
lies had been at war with Germany
backed by three or four great pow
ers? Herein. 1t appears. lies the great
grievance Of the German press: The
apparent unfairness OF the attacks
upon Germany, its motives, its views,
its intentions. and its determination
not to allow the combined armies of
Europe and Asia to tear a great ma
ton to pieces, partly for revenge
and partly owing to jealousy of her
growing colonial trade and growing
sea power.
The same resentment is to be seen
in the Zeitung's comment upon the
news sent from the London Chroni-
cle's correspondent from Antwerp, as
regards the inhumanity of having
one of the Zeppelin dirigibles throw
bombs into that city during night
time, destroying Sixty houses and
ly for the havoc created among the
inhabitants. wounding men, women,
and children alike. The paper asks
this: Would France, having admit
tedly the finest air fleet in the world.
not have done the very same thing
if 1t had the chance TO get near Ber-
lin or any other leading German
city? What Is sauce for the goose
is sauce for the gander.' II cxclaims.
Would the highly civilized" French
men let such an opportunity escape
in a war to the death. without TAX
ing advantage of every chance to get
the upper hand? 1t would appear
that one Of these air bombs burst in
the vicinity of the royal palace.
where the Queen and her children
were asleep. Incidentally. London
dispatches state that this daring
Zeppelin was shot down with an air
gun and destroyed, and that its occu-
pants met their death. The official
report Of the night attack, however,
fails to confirm this.
That the optimism OF the English
is fast disappearing and that the
heart Of the French is chilled by the
most recent events, is the conclusion
arrived at by the German press. 1t
advances the theory that il must,
indeed, by a terrific force which was
able, at one blow. TO storm impreg-
nable Namur. to rout the impetuous
General Joffre, and 10 hurl back the
stolid British allies. 1t was neither
the irresistible German artillery nor
It's impetuous infantry. nor its cav
airy alone but the combination of
these forces that made the assault
the other day one that had been so
dreaded by all who know what mod
ern warfare and German prepared
ness really meant.
The German victories. argues the
Stats Zeitung. are very real the
French offensive in this war a thing
of the past. German territory has
been swept clean of the French in
vaders at one blow. despite the many
songs of victory of the Paris war
office. when the Germans, knowing
exactly what they were about. let
them rejoice for a little while until
their day arrived. That the Zeitung
seems to have hit the nail on the
head. appears from hints from Paris
of the disgrace" Of high officer.
and Of one entire army corps that
failed" lis not this exactly what
occurred in 1902? When the veil will
be lifted, adds the ZeitunG. from the
recent occurrences in Alsace and Lor-
raine, il probably will provide the
Paris boulevards and salons" with