The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02

the fate of the battles.
Since 1866 the Austrians have had
no war experience. Officers and men in
all branches Of the army. infantry. cav
airy or artillery. nave now TO first ac-
puire that experience. What they will
have to pay for it only the future can
tell II must he said. however that
whore Interior political elements have
not entered to play q role. the Austrian
army. officers and men. have ALWAYS
given a fine account OF themselves IN
war. and the feats Of bravery and valor
are many IN the annals Of the Aus
TRAN army.
Austria's war on Servia. apart from
its surface significance, evident at the
first glance as "A move for the conquest
Of a ncighboring small State and apart
from the Austrian situation in regard to
Servia. Montenegro and Rumania, pos
sesses a meaning OF deeper draught to
the nations of the world
Without Gcrmanys support Austria
could not have made this move and
without that support cannot carry
To It's ultimate result. 1t behoove -
w rid to know Germany's mot in
unleashing the dogs OF war-w' < to
provoke a period OF blood ana iorror
such az was never before possible on the
earth Germany has not been surprised
into this portentous act. For Germany
alone of all the nations possesses "A
special Government department organ
izod on the lines of military general
stan for The viglant observation of the
movements OF the nations and for the
exhaustive study and mastery in their
smallest details and most rreducible
elements Of all matters bearing on Ger
many's foreign policy and international
relations and interests.
\ German Official summing up Aus
trials value to Germany said: Aus
tra't real vocation is to be the door
opener for Germany into Asia through
the Near East. II has also been said
In Berlin that the further Austria
passes eastward the m.re Will Vienna
have to- depend on Berlin.
But the preparation OF the gigantic
war machine also Went forward without
stop or let until Germany to-day is the
most compact and formidable of Euro
pean States, dpubly armed, exultant in
national pride and ambition. strong with
the sense Of past victories and of an
accruing might within. Fully prepared
at last she lets The cannon roar What
she reaches cut for she expects to get
tria in this war which II successful
VIII make the Teuton master of the
world and pour colonies OF other ma.
lions into the lap Of the German En-
pire like ripe apples falling into tina
gatherer's apron?
To France successful resistance to
the Teutonic plan would sweep away
much Of the miasma OF local and per-
sonal politics which cling To the banlA
of the Seine and form at present the
| deadly maady OF French national AT
! fairs. There would again be French
men in France. France would 'for the
first time become wildly and univer-
sally conscious of her far frontiers and
might stretch them back again over
! lost provinces, or at least split off one
OF these lost provinces for the sola.~
Of French sentiment. Morally France
would gain UNNECESSARILY from the war.
If she held her own.
II England should enter actively into
/ the fray her empire Will automatically
! he federated at single blow, for toe
various dominons and colonies would
flock To the motherland In peril. And
/ of England succeed in Gripping the
German fleet she will have warded off
a disaster which has been long pre-
. pdliHS anu lNllE III walt on the nlS1
seas for her ships. II the Teuton wins
/ in this great war little Britons will
never more sing Britannia rules the
| wave"
The stupendous mass OF Russian tend
ency weighs wedgeike through ma
Asia to the southern sea-not west
ward. India per Sc, can never be an
aim of Russia. The lands III her con-
quest must always he empty as thee
have been hitherto. \ warm sea is DSs
paramount object, which when attah.cd,
her work for at least a century muse -
/ pioneering To $iid up civilization
within her vast and sparsely populated
/ territories. II is not often enough
realized in the West. that further outer
/ q inquest would only weaken the great
Slay realm, and that the most brilliant
Russian conquest in western Europe
would disrupt she empire and bring the
great fabric TO the ground, reducing 1t
back into warning regions to become
the prey Of conquest by other nations.
At this moment It is "a curtis turn
of the wheel of fortune in the face OF
unreasonable catastrophe that univ.s,
sal hope should he centred in the Rus
sian car. For the German EmprrcF
has plainly shown in his Willingness to
| back up Austria and risk making Eu-
/ rope one vast battleield-pcrhaps one
! vast cemetery that he has an axe 10
grind. He sees somewhere German gam
/ in the fight.
| II may he, too. that the Kaiser is not
unlntiuonCed in his stand by certain
serious phases Of interilr conditions
within the German Empire conditions
which are due Ia appear in the affairs
of states or of individuals when pros
perity and riches reach an eXorbitI,t
tide. At. such an epoch in a natior'a
development. entering IN through tns
| lax and softened tissues Nf luxury.
/ bringing vice and self Indulgence, in
ducing ooh selfisnness and gradual
neglect, II not scorn of earlier and
austerer ideals. the worms of desiruc-
: ton make their way and stcarhily
gnaw at the foundations Of the might
/ lest structure. Waves OF blood wash
away these tullies and hardships ot
war, putting mems souls on trial. make
them know once more that they have
"A soul, 1t is always seen that interior
strife and discussions disappear in the
presence Of national peril. Patriotism.