Bisbee daily review., 1915-06-02

 strengthened by the reflection tha' English siatemen by year have undermined the strength Of that oi. ance, turning every German error into British gain. Today there is left only Dual Alliance the Central European powers, aided little by totterng Turkey a.. gainst which alliance of four great powers-Grea Britain, France Russia and laly-eagucd with serva and Belgium with Japan Portugal ready to help in of need three Balkan states-two ol them naturally friendly Co German-amost ready to join the hostile majority and all Che Scandinavian tons angry and wayorng in their neutrality.
 it was a mistake as Germany now known not to have formed the "Drekaiserbund" of Germany Austria and Russia while there was chance. It wus a mistake lean Italy as an ally, when her ties were nat u-any with Franco Irland It was mistake 10 hold isoccLorraine, against Bsmarcks advice in 1871 and
 ep alive French enmity But the grossest blunders are those which have occurred within the last year
 It deadly mistake let Austria move against serva, guaranteeing to stand by her. come what might z deadly mistake let Austria in that rash act aenate Italy and give her technical excuse for neu ality and subsequent hostility It was a deadly mistake t.r Germany to invade Belgium
 It diplomatic mistake let the miitarists have
 free hand in all their subsequent harshness It was diplomatic mistake to wage the lawless submarine cam pagn, in defiance of the worlds opinion. H was a dip omatic mistake to permit the bombardment of unforti fed by air and sea- and the use Of asphyxating gas
 Not the German nation, but little group or German .atesmen headed ythe Kaiser. did all these things
 Genuine staesmanship might have kept Italy neutral sad secured the permanent neutrality or the cooperation (, Greece Roumani aand Bulgaria Genuine statesman ship would at least have labored ineuigenuy o pre- the sympathy and respect oi the American republics ld the neutral nations Europe But the mad dp,5 of Berlin have arrayed against their country the arms of half the world and the judgment nearly all it. Even such friendly neishbors as Norway. Sweden anmsrl and Holland have been aIenatei by foolish gressons Holland Switzerland have joined in the american protest against the Lusitanis outrage and in
 demand for reparation and decent treatment hereafter g Id it would take little to force Holland at least ito the ranks Of Germany's active forces
 "The enemies, the hore honor" has been the cry of the infatuated milarists as they have seen the flame spread and the ring steel condemnation yhen around them. There is certain glamour in such udacity but it is based on military deuaon not sane .atesmanship It represents the ideals of the camp. 7t of the home the counting or the council cham ] Ier.
 Suppose that Germany in spite of the odds wins T her enemies. or what avail will it be to have a hostile ad rebeous world under her feet? She win be hated
 nations whom she should never have had to fight and ared disked by hundreds of millions of men and who should have remained her friends
 At the best Germany has accumulated a stupendous eritage of hatred which will follow her when the war
 in every path of public private life making 1rder the lot of every German in tbe world Ali tho orst the proud German empire will be isolated humii ed and stripped Of her power and selfrespect
 That is what comes from lettirt soldiers govern ma 1ns and dominate national ideals Bismar the civilian
 ed soldiers but kept them under control; Bismarks
 ccessors in statemanshp have been dominated by the aed fist There could be stronger argument against .ilitarism anywhere than this breakdown of German -atesmanship under military influence.