Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-28
ENGLAND STERNLY
FACES THE FACTS
Determination to Fight it Out to
Absolute Finish Expressed by
Men Of All Parties.
REvERsES AROUSE THE LION
volunteers sim Coming Forward
for the Army, hut a song from
I<ipIInE's Martial Muse IN
sOreIy Lacking.

Copyright, 1914. by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON, Aug H-(Special Cablegram
TO the New York World and The Omaha
Bee.)-In the House OF Commons lobby
today nothing so deeply impressed your
correspondent as the determination with
which men OF all parties arc facing the
possibility that this war may last two or
three years.
There was no excitement, but every
where was seen the stern resolve TO fight
It out TO an absolute finish to free Eu-
rope from the menace OF German mill
tarism and it's inordlnate ambitions. Pre-
mier Asquith's statement that there Is no
intention OF introducing compulsory mill
tary service in this country was accepted
as proving Kitchener's confidence that
the half million men he needs to support
the allies and supply the war waste must
be furnished by voluntary enlistment.
Many Are EnIistInE.
At present II is known in military cir
cles that more than the hundred thou
sand men he first asked for have enlisted
but naturally the authorities don't want
TO check volunteering by announcing tho
fact. Enlistment Is still proceeding
briskly. and owing TO the national pride
being aroused by the splendid perform
ance OF the comparatively small British
force already operating with tho allies,
the stream OF recruits has largely In
creased in the last two days. Tho people
ara prepared for heavy losses and for
reyerses, but the spirit now aroused will
only be intensified thereby. No attempt
rs made TO minimize the gravity Of the is
sues involved. Earl selborne. former
governor general OF South Africa, says:
III beaten IN this war the British and
Irish win cease to be free people II Is
the sacred duty of every young man.
whatever his calling, religion or politics.
to Join some branch OF tho army"
Maurice Hewlett, novelist and at the
opposite extreme in politics from Sell
borne. says; The youth and manhood
Of England must realize we are fighting
for freedom now as desperately as In
Iu5''
Call for n War song.
widespread surprise ia expressed that
Kipling's martial muse is silent at this
supreme moment. England needs a stir
ring war song, and none is forthcoming
yet.
While news OF the fight on the French
frontier tells OF no important advantage
gained by the allies, dispatches from the
Russian general staff telling of tho ad-
vance Of Russian armies IN East Prus-
sia show the Russian steamrolier" ia
beginning 10 make its weight felt.
German Officers Desperate.
II is an admitted fact that the German
troops on the Russian frontier drawn
largely from Alsaoe-Lorraine, probably
have no enthusiasm for the fight, while
those on the French frontier represent
the finest flower OF Germsnys arms. In
GLIDING all the notable corps de elite
whose officers have sworn never to re.
turn 10 Prussia except victorious. The
tremendous losses on the German side
especially among the officers. prove they
are fulfilling this OATH and the deaths
OF 30 many highly placed ones amons
them show they arc driven to exposing
themselves 10 give example to their men