The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-10-23
pIPLOMACY.s PART IN WAR.

The diplomacy and craftsmanship
of Germany and Great Britain, theiI
policies Of preparedness, are under
going thu acid test.
Germany's devotion To military af-
fairs resulted in the creation of war
system that has never been equaled in
the history of the world. With fine
stalwart, brave men as the basis, Ger
many armed them with the best Of
arms, drilled them tx perfection, and
supplemented human flesh with horse
flesh, armored motors, airships, and
splendid artillery. She built up a
navy that is fully equal to any other,
except in number of vessels. Rugged
with great forts, industriously engaged
fin agriculture and manufacture while
always preparing for var, storing up
supplies and developing natural re
sources, Germany began the war in
the pink of physical condition.
Great Britain devoted her attention
on the physical side mostly to her
navy, which she made the largest and
most powerful in the world. She was
equally as industrious a. Germany i'm
manufacturing and utilizing her small
er resources. Her people developed the
colonies and foreign regions at great
profit, making London the worlds fl
nancial center. a. paramount On sea
as Germany On land, war between
them alone might resemble struggle
between a tiger and a shark.
In the field of diplomacy, which is
just as important as the battlefield,
Great Britain has outgeneraled Ger
many. While Germany has perfected
her own war machinery, she has not
carried On with equal skill and per
sistence the endless task Of diplomatic
combination. Her general staff ap-
pears to have absorbed much of the
emperor's attention, which might have
been better employed in diplomacy
Great Britain found "a way to bridge
the ancient feud with France, says the
w OSI-c 1Cud OLdCL lLAIlA
the Franco-German enmity-and by
artful, patient diplomacy brought
about an entente that is equivalent to
the services Of 1000, 900 men in behalf
of Great Britain. Inch by inch Ger
many was isolated, apparently with
her own consent; for Germany, in
stead of oheckmating British influence
at Paris, actually estranged France
permanently by forcing the resigna-
ton of Delcasse On account Of his part
in tin Morocco imbroglio-
Great Britain then accomplished the
astonishing diplomatic feat of arrang-
ing an entente with Russia at the
same time that she contracted an al
lance with Japan. IL was triumph
over Germany far more potent than
any victory ever gained ia battle AN
arrayed the millions of Russia against
Germany in behalf of Great Britain,
and pronounced the doom of German
ambitions in China.
We AOH DC liz AVA llch ALALAN0A
machine fighting madly against The en-
ormous forces which Great Britain's
diplomacy has managed to coordinate.
Great Britain has the sea, France has
tie money, and Russia has the men.
Germany is isolated, with nothing but
her own strength and her own IN
daunted viii.
If Germany should defeat tn British
Eeet, another will rise to fight her. IA
she exacts an indemnity from France
other stores of gold will be available
for the allies in carrying on the war
III she kills Russians by the tens q
thousands, millions more will appear
cumberland Evening Times.