New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-18

| was compelled to put the car up because there
were no men who could do the work upon It,
They had all gone TO the war or were engaged IN
preliminary training. By the time that the pres
ent recruiting is completed England will have an
army of 1000 900 men. If the war continues for
more than a year | believe that we shall have
100000 in the field.
There is unity in England; there is wholesale
corporations Socialist orators have been aiding
the recruiting officers by urging men to enlist,
although little urging has been necessary The
Irish in the Irish quarter Of London used to boot
the Englishmen who ntruded there. Now they
are speaking of themselves British subjects
and applying the term Of we collectively to als
The Ulster trouble vanished in two days after the
war began.
Incorporation, as | have said, is being carried
through the length and breadth of Great Britain.
Certain men of military age have been requested
to remain at homo to carry such business as
is vital to the country. It would be manifesty
impossible for every sound man under thirty-fve
to 20 to war. Such state of affairs does not
exist in Germany.
"The men who enlist know that there is much
drudgery and humdrum routine ahead of them
before they sent to the front. They are being
given from three to six months of preliminary
training. luey are marched twenty miles q Qay
for the first few weeks, and after that they are
marched thirty miles day They are not being
taught the goose-step, eyes right and eyes left
but are learning to shoot and to carry a heavy
pack. They are working for less than one-ffth
of their ordinary wages in many cases, and they
are working harder than ever before in their
lives, because they know that only by their own
efforts will they be enabled to shorten the time
before they are sent to the Continent.
an regard to Germany, we shall be friends with
her again when the war is finally over, but not
until the end of German miltarism has been def
ni.ely brought about. For the last twenty years
her scientists have been devoting their first ef-
forts TO the problem of how to blow up and
slaughter their fellow beings in the most effective
manner 1t is high time that order Of
things be established; high time for enlghten-
ment-I hate that dreadful word culture'-to pre-
vail in ridden Europe.
"If German diplomacy had not proved so utterly
childish in most respects should believe that
the obvious Dragging about the coming war with
England, INDUCED in throughout Germany for
years before the present outbreak, was a ruse 70
blind to the actual events. For the Germans
talked TO such an extent that all thought
it was bunco. We could not imagine that serious
designs could possibly be concealed behind this
shouting. You ask if know that the rail-
road the German border Belgium vas
planned to allow the convenient unloading of
artillery and the easy passage of troop trains.
Not Only do | know it; all of Germany knows it
and has known it for years heard of il when
living in Germany and from the Germans them
selves.
an America it is plainly evident that there IS
a different feeling toward Englishmen from what
l experienced when / here seven years ago.
Then foreigner treated with respect
but there is undercurrent of friendliness
that cannot be mistaken. This feeling toward
Great Britain has done much, in my opinion, to
establish extremely cordial relation between
the United States and Canada. 1t is particularly
welcome to us, although it is only what we nave
expected from this country.