The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-09-03

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote for the
New York World and the Boston Globe
an article on the German war policy
which was cabled to those papers and
published Aug. 26th. He says that, at
the outset he was lone of those who
were obstinate in refusing to recognize
Germany's intentions" and that what
brought about his change of view was
reading Bernhardi's book on Germany
and the next war. Of Bernhard it is
said; HE was high officer in the Ger
man Army. He had written several of
the standard works upon tactics. He
moved in high circles and might be ex-
pected to know exactly what their senti-
ments were. And here was a book adj
dressed to his own countrymen in which
those sentiments were set FORTH" And
further:
Bernhardi's program, as outlined IN his
book, is actually being carried out. The
whole weight of attack was to be thrown
upon France, Russia was to be held back
during her slow mobilization and then
victorious legions from Paris were to
thunder across in their countless troop
trains from the western to the eastern
firing line.
Great Britain was to be cajoled into
| keeping aloof until her fate was ripe.
Then her fleet was to be whitfield down
by submarines, mines and torpedo boats
until the number was more equal, when
the main German fleet, coming from un-
der the forts of Wilhelmshaven, should
strike for the conquest of the sea.
Such were the plans, and dire was to
be the fate of the conquered. They were
in accordance with German semiofficial
paper which cried on the day before the
declaration of war, 1--WE shall win, and
when we do-Vae Victisv' With France
it was to be final account and our own
(England's fate was to be little better.
At the meeting of the county commits
sioners of Maine in Bangor last week Mr..
Hardison of the State Highway Com
mission said: 1.-The best road building
material for Maine roads outside OF the
villages and cities is gravel, on account
of the cheaper cost" The Bangor Com
mercial of Aug. goth published com
munication from Mr.. Charles E. Glidden,
the originator of the famous Glidden
automobile tours, who has ridden over
100, 900 miles by motor car and may be
considered an expert, in which he urges
the wisdom of so extending the highway
money that the greatest good will come
to the greatest number, and to accom-"
plish this end the construction of good
gravel roads rather than the building of
extravagant and expensive macadamized
road. He says: 1.-THE well drained gravel
road is all that the autonobilist can ask
for and it is much better for the travel
of the horse and cattle.
There is abundant testimony that
we'll drained, properly graded and gravel
ed road, is more satisfactory to a greater
number of people than the so-called lex
travagant and expensive macadamized
road" There are $50 miles of road in
this city, and the question is, can we af-
ford to pay $4,000 or more for building
500 feet of State road and neglect all
the rest? For some years past there has
been universal complaint of the condi-
ton of the roads outside of the city
proper, AID that this condition has been
detrimental to business there can be no
question. The city reports for 1894
have not yet been made public. but I'M
official figures give the total amount ex-
pended in 1881 as $22, 047.99, an over
draft of $9,37299. OF this amount So,
294. SO was expended on State road.