The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-06-16

Canadian officer passed and without any
flourish said: 60 to HI, Cd M-n
you" The picket guard shouted 'sey
lied that no one but a Canadian would
thus disregard all the rules of war. But
the westerner from the plains of Canada
can sit in the saddle longer than any
other man and he is brave to rashness.
There will be no surrender so long as as
Canad;, has "a word to say The war will
not end by the surrender of Canada.
Italy and Russia Not Visited
l am unable to discuss the Italian
army, although have been in Italy sey-
eral times. The Italians have never
shown the white feather in former wars.
They fought Turkey desperately only a
few years ago.
| I cannot discuss Russia or the Rus
sian army. ! was. preparing to go to
Russia. when the tragedy of the sink
ing Of the Lusitania suggested that | re.
turn to America: | have been absent
four months and had thus exhausted the
limit of my stay. The journey to Rus
STA would have taken about six weeks
and the time would have been in the hot
months and following the army would
| be more dangerous than at present
The Russians are but little UNDER
stood in the world. The. population is all
The Greek church represents the re-
IligiOn of Russia. The car of Russia
is the head of that church and is called
the "White Father" No other country
| engaged III tnlS war can represent lic
solidity of Russia so far as religion is
| concerned. The Russian is stalWart
man. Injured to hardships, and with prop
/ er commanding officers the Russian
will be the equal of any soldier now un-
der arms. TO us Americans the russians
seems far away individually, and we
only remember that in the recent war
with Japan, the Russians were defeated.
vii! the Minority Win?
At the present time the countries at
war may be grouped as follows:
The British group: Great Britain.
France Belgium, Russia, Servia, Italy.
These groupings would indicate mi
nOrity on the part of the German group,
tically all the great wars Of history the
smaller armies triumphcd. Caesar and
Napoleon generally fought superior num-
| bers, Philip of MacedOn, Alexander the
| Great and Hannibal invariably fought
superior numbers. ! am not predicting
that the minority will triumph in this
case for the reason that l do not know.
In recent years the only war in which
success followed superior numbers was
the American civil war. Success gener-
| ally comes to the army which is most
determined. and has to the fullest eN-
/ tent the war spirit.
| l then give my conclusions as fol-
lows:
The war will last another year.
Germany cannot be starved out. She
will have plenty of ammunition, even
/ though she shall not be able TO Du! any
of it In America.
Germany has the best army.
There is no danger of England running
out of food supplies She will get plenty
of men in the course of time.
England has more at stake than any
other county,
Germany makes her people believe that
Americans are unfair in selling ammu-
milton to the allies, while all the allies
say the same markets are open to Ger
many.
The destruction of the Lusitania was
for the purpose of stopping the sale OF
ammunition, on the part Of America to
the allies. 1t was intended to shock the
American people and bring about new
conditions. ] think, Germany is overesti-
mating the ammunition problem. Ger
many and Austria are full of metal. 1t is
surprising how much metal there is
scattered everywhere in the large cities.
Coming into Chicago the other day saw
enough old iron in the railroad yards
to make ammunition, for 100000 men
until any decent war should be over.
Plenty Of Ammunition.
AS a substitute for copper Germany is
using aluminium, and her scientific men
are engaged in. making substitutes for
practically everything else. Germany,
with, all the other countries, will have
plenty of ammunition and the victory
i will be to that country which has the
greatest willingness to throw men into
the deadly breach
I Inc 1lCC is, IUdI Tic lOSScS u liiS
present war have been tremendous. The
| Germans have lost, heavily along with
the others, and while Germany is enthu-
siastic for war and while German moth
ers are willingly sacrificing their sons.
no sane man need tell me that German
mothers do not love their boys.
If they put on a bold front in pubic,
they will kc found secretly at prayer.
crying their eyes out. This is the spirit
of motherhood, and Germany is not diff
ferent from any other country.
The mothers of Europe might be a
powerful factor in the war if they came
to the conclusion that it We're not
worth while to sacrifice more of their
sons AS it is the mothers of Europe
are all for war, or at least the majority
months ago young women would mail q
white feather to some young gallant
who was of the military age.
! In Berlin l saw nothing but bright
| faces; nothing but sunshine; nothing but
HAPPY groups at the cafes But 1T Is eX-
pectng more than human nature can
perform to believe that everything was
/ just what it seemed.
1 fancy that the first glamor of war
| is off in all the countries, and | antici-
pate that the hard fighting will proceed.
| think civilization would require this
/ war to bring definite results. Bereave
ments in homes do not last much beyond
the first generation National issues
must be settled. The common man must
be considered The common man has
not much voice in the present war, al
though he is doing the fighting. | do
not wish to make u prejudiced remark.
| am not appealing to the galleries, but
| i hope the time will come when no man
| will have power to declare war without
| the sanction of the duly elected repre-
| sentatives of the people. War is too
mean a thing to be the subject of any
one mans power.
| l have been slow to come to the con-
! aI,, ~ II; 10 10 ,
trne which will sound unsympathetc;
but | want to inquire what right we have
to follow all the armies of the world
and with our women and surgeons and
| our money do all the dsagrceable things
that are to he done and in many cases
submit to insults as well. am not pre-
work, but the general treatment be-
| slowed upon Americans who are trying
| to do good in Europe causes many of
them to stop and inquire.
In some countries in Europe where
American money is poured out the sight
1 of an American is as full of curiosity
as the appearance of a dancing bear in
d crowded street. We have had so much
| to do with the war business in Europe
| that all those countries feel in a meas
| urc that we are partly to blame. In this
respect l am not referring to Germany
Ialone. .. ~
Those who Are informed.
| There is one phase Of the war which
has not been particularly mentioned and
| that relates to the nterned citizens.
For instance, in France all of the men
and women OF German birth are gather
ed together in camps. In Germany the
French are gathered in camps. In Great
| Britain the Germans and Turks are
gathered in camps. l, saw interned Ger
/ mai lnr Ern rcn In