New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
Army of the Republic
Shown To Be in Sad
State of Enefhciency.
SPIES SEND REPORTS =.
IN DETAIL TO BERLIN
Revelations Made in Senate De-
bate New TO Paris. but Known
Beyond the Rhine.

Berlin. July 1s.-German military
circles have received with genuine Joy
the news that the French army IS in
state of sad .nefrciency and that the
attack made in the French Senate or
the War Minister by Senator Humbert
Will only be answered b. the govern
ment with a frank and painful avowal
of the facts.
The anti-French press has expressed
its Joy with its customary indiscretion,
and the "Berliner Neueste Nachrich-
ten" which has generally expressed
the opinion OF the Krupp firm. stated
that this bombshell attack was made at
tho right time. before President Pom
cares visit TO Russia. A German on
GER OF high rank told the Tribune
correqpondent: "Will you believe II
when / tell you that the Berlin MIN
iq-rv OF War is better posted aoou,
the real state Of things in the french
amy than the French Senate or the
French Chamber? All. or nearly all
that Senator Humbert said, we knew.
"Our spies in France send the most
exhaustive reports Of all shortcom-
ings. and you may be sure our army
works accordingly. II is only IN tha'
wav that we have beaten France on
every ground where she was ahead OF
M For instance, French artillery was
said to be the strongest and most Ell
6cient in the world. We surpassed II,
and many OF the ingenious devices ana
inventions OF French engineers unused
for the benefit o. their country nave
been used and applied in Germany
while the stage OF studies and eAperl-
ments is not even reached on the otheF
side.
Now we hear the most interesting
things. The French have no new
cannons. French soldiers have no Shoes
and what is more extraordinary thah
ANYTHING is that the French forts on
the German boundary cannot commu-
nicate BIZ wireless with one anotner
unless the neighboring German sta
tion az Metz allows it, for the Metz
antenns are much stronger than all
the Eastern French antenn9 together.
every message sent, for instance
from Toul TO Verdun IS immediate
intercepted by us. Isn't this the limit !.
What makes the German army so
strong is not only It's perfect orsah'Ia-
ton and not only its feeling that IN
case OF need everything will work IKE
clockwork, but we all know that we DO
not bully our neighbors. even though
we know we could do it with little FISK.
ave feel our present Kaiser viii not
call US 70 do our duty unless there IS
no other way OF preserving Germany 3
interests and dignity, but when once
we are called We shall be ready, and
then beware Of the consequences.
The French revelations have caused
the German military authorities to H.
vestigate several OF the questions dis
cussed in the French Senate. One OF
them is the possibility OF the French
army reaching the Rhine and crossing
that river. II is found that such
scheme could only be worked II me
first and second German lines OF de
fence were wiped out OF existence. IL
that case measures would DE taken
which could not but lead 70 the rapid
starving of the invading troops. In
vaders could not live in Germany more
than two or three days. which would
give time for the German contingent
to arrive on the scene OF operations.