The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-30

those OF the enemy. She is building
4 great aerial fleet She has az last
begun with all the resources al ner
I command. material and human, 20
manufacture q prepOnderating Juan
sity OF arms and ammuni1,on-o1 me
right sort She has back OF ner
united nation and united empire
The war found her unprepared
not ouiY from the military stand
point, but politically. The liberal
government Was apparently riding
for q fan. There had been all but
mutsny in the army The Irish han
become more turbulent than ever Sr
Edward Carson had established lbs
provisional Government OF Ulster.
and revolution was In sight Inoi-
was see1hing with sedifion- Even
Canada had shown signs OF firing OF
the restraint OF mothers apron
strings. Industrial unrest was az Us
height Altogether things we're In
very bad way
Now most OF these troubles have
disappeared. Some of them re-
NAMED longer than Others, Il IS
true. II had been year of read1nss-
ment. Liberals and conseryatFes'
radicals and tories no~ sleep IN ths
same bed. So far as the Irish clsai-
fiction. upou which the kaiser count
ed SO fouGly-thanks 20 the lack OF
understanding or the part OF MS en-
fssaries-is concerned. that vaEesnef
almost over night 1t was g short
way from Tpperary- Sir EdEaIo
Carson. whom they were about 20
lock up In the tower. is now attorneF
general Of Great Britain, and JOIN
: Redmond could be IN the cabinet u
he wanted to- One hundred ana
TWENTY-FIVE thousand rishmen nave
Joined the kings army Sstionansts
and uatonists-15.1eS OF the former
and $1,000 O. the latter-instesd OF
drenching Ireland with each other
blood. are lighting side by SIDE IN
der the union Jack
Canada heard the call TO arnS and
responded at once with ss7 mel
10 whom she had been adding regr-
larry since. The-or rather What IS
LETT Of them-are serving II the
| trenches along with Ghursas from
India. Australians and New Zealand
/ ers. together with Welshmen ana
Scntsmsn are engaged in the Dar-
daneIles in one of the most valoroEs
campaigrs In the history OF warfare
The sporadic uprising N South AZ
RIGA has been suppressed. an The
great mass of Beers against whom
England conducted her unHghteous
war, fifteen years ago. with General
Botha at their head. hare conquered
German Southwest Africa for Eos-
land Labor and capital have tofne1
their forces II the conflict
There has been much talk OF coz
scriution OF late, both militar! AMI
Industrial. The leaders of the ma
ton still believe England can win
without either. and il the recent re
Spouse Of the manhood Of the countrE
is any criterion they are right Bue
they are prepared for eonscription. IL
that should prove TO be the only solu-
ton. The national register scheme
looks as IL II were a step in that d.
rectton The machinery for conscr7D-
ttor Is TO be created. but only TO DE
utilized in the Eaves1 emergency
/ Although she has lost her COCK
sureness, England has by no means
los. hope She realizes now that the
struggle nav be long and desperate
But the longer the better for her
and her allies In the end Military
writer's. many OF them say Germany
has no~ reached the maximum of her
efficiency. while England has only
got a good start toward the goal.
with the boundIess resources Of the
British empire still to draw upon
England believes ultimate victory
for the allies can only be question
OF time-f the spirit that now dons
mates England continues
II IL liz 10 be q war o. exhaustion,
| she says, then the odds are in favor
| OF England and her allies