The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06


ers are already involved, including the
four which rank with the United
States in the first class, Japan and
Italy will almost certainly be drawn
into IL IL the war lasts more than two
or three weeks. II IL even conceivable
that Holland and Turkey may be fore.
ed in, together with the Balkan states.
Germany and Great Britain are fght.
ing for Their life, in q sense that cannot
be said Of the others. This particular
war has threatened ever since Bismarck
began his work. The German and En-
glish peoples are so closely related by
blood and intellectual ties, history and
traditions, that this war amounts al.
most to n civil war, and civil war is al.
ways the bloodiest and the most savage
II IL truism Of all history that the
closer that races or peoples approach 20
homogenity, the more terrible are their
mutual hates when aroused. Unlike
races ar first to fall out, but their strife
is not like the strife within a race or
a people. The "blood" that may make
them fight side by side against n COM
mon enemy, is poison In civil strife.
The fcerest feeling Of Britons against
Germans is not among the Celtic ele.
ment in the population; this notwith-
standing that the Celtic blood ties lead
Britons TO fly instinctively TO the aid
Of France and Belgium.
This is the first time in 100 years that
Britain has been called upon to fight
for control Of the sea and retention Of
her colonies. II IL the first time the
British colonial system has come TO
test in the face Of equal foes.
Britain cannot act on the defensive
merely. This war with Germany bids
fair TO Re a war TO the death. One or
the otheg power must suffer a terrible
beating, unless the war can be stayed
in its first dayf
Germany can count on little aid from
Austria except in holding Russia back
from her flank. Italy, realizing the
plight Of Germany and Austria, and
realizing that Italy would be absolutely
at the mercy Of British and French
fleets in event OF war, choose for the
time 10 remain neutral. But In this
she is taking a grave risk, for by her
refusal TO aid Germany in this supreme
crisis Italy has forfeited all claim or
Germany's aid in future. The Triple
Alliance is already thing Of the past
Russia = play, when she gets her arm
les under way, will be, not to invade
Germany, but to hold Poland and tc
march straight for the Adriatic sea
counting ON the assistance of Rumanit
and Servia, and possibly Bosnia ant
Herzegovina, to execute a great flanl
movement on Austria and IL possible
destroy forever the Austrian influence
on the Balkan peninsula. II Russii
does not gain a direct Mediterranean
outlet in this fight, she should at the
least build up a mighty bulwark Of in
fluence in that direction that win curl
Austria's ambitions for long time &
come.
France is strictly on the defensive
asking nothing. SO also is Belgium
Germany is the most strongly aggressiv
power in this war. Britain must hol,
Germany down at all costs.
Approximately 100000 men ar
now under arms. These will be increas
ed TO 20,000,000 within 80 days II th
war lasts that long-eounting in, o
course, all reservists on duty in the In
terror and protecting communications.
Nearly so percent of the world s shiI
ping Is out Of business for the time, a
shipping Of the powers involved bein
tied up in fear Of capture, or in use l
the auxiliary navies. The only power
that can safely use the seas for me
chant shipping besides the United Stat,
are the three Scandinavian kingdom
with Holland, Greece, and Spain.
The war is necessarily worldwid,
The navies and merchant ships of II
powers are scattered everywhere, an
many Of the powers have outlying co
onies and possessions that will be grav
ly menaeed.
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