Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-21

Germany. which will make her ulti-
mato triumph an absolute certainty.
This bold German naval attack
must bring homo to tho English peo-
pie keen realization Of the fact that
every serious attempt to invade Eng
land In the past has been successful.
There arc something like 100000
British troops lighting on tho Cont
nent out of n nation of 10000, 600 in
habitants. while Germany, with u pop
ulation Of 66.000.o00 has more than
100000 soldiers in the field to-day.
There is a certain recognized in
sular selishness in the English which
Will be started violently into life by
these powerful German attacks on the
English coast. With German invasion
plainly staring them in tho face, moth
Ing can be more certain than the Eng
l!sh will selhshly prefer to keep their
soldiers at home for their own defonse.
with Germany attacking the Eng
fish shores-and nothing can be more
certain than that this German naval
raid Will be followed up by more DOW
erful and more SUCCESSFUL ones-the
new peril OF Invasion Will stir into life
the peculiarly English Instinct of self
preservation, and will prove a power
full answer to those who have claimed
that the British government was justi-
fled in deliberately intruding itself into
the conflict.
ATTACK WILL DEMORALIzE
BRITISH GENERALLY
From military standpoint the Jus
LITIGATION OF the German direct attack
upon the coast of England is that 1t
will not only demoralize the English
generally, but will compel them to re-
tain their troops for the defense Of
their own shores and cities, and thus
relieve the German army largely from
the pressure Of the British assistance
on tho Continent.
"Of course, no nation can be justi-
fed In shedding blood or In destroy
ing property, even In war. unless 1t
should serve distinct military pur-
pose. The German direct naval attack
on England itself will undoubtedly
change the whole Idea OF the war
THE English must now stand on
guard on their own territory: other
wise the conquest OF England by Ger
many will DO an absolute certainty.
There can be no greater mistake
than TO suppose that Germany has not
victorious end. II Is n literal fact that
there are millions of men of military
age trained to arms who have not yet
been called to the front
For instance. the Landsturm, con-
sistinE of about 100000 men. has not
yet been sent to tho fighting front. Be
sides that, the regular army levy for
1914. consisting of about 10000 men.
is just now being trained. and almost
at the moment for service in the field.
The supreme discipline of the Ger
man forces to-day. which is overcom-
ing. and will completely overcome. the
enemies of Germany, has its deepest
root in the thoroughly impaired idea
that a nation can only be strong when
IL responds obediently to constituted
authority.
You may call this militarism if you
Will. but II lies at the very foundation
raised the German people from the
and kingdoms to an empire TINT has
taught the whole world how to ad-
vance along the most beneficial lines
of production. how TO make the indi-
vidual subordinate his own habits and
his own selfish interests to the strength
and success of the social whole, and
how to cheaper the necessities life
not only for the German people, but
for the whole civilized world.
Russia will be crushed because she
present. form among the family OF
civilized nations.
Her allies in Western Europe will
be crushed because they are not fight
ing with the consciousness that all
the supreme demands of civilization
and social progress and economic pro-