The Washington herald., 1915-05-23
BATTLING ON OLDTIME FIELDS s s %s %!s@
The Kaiser, an
Imperial Socialist
Who Looks After the German Army In
OveraIIs as Closely rs His Army In
Helmets and Rules the Greatest So
ciaIistic Community in the World.
German Efficiency In War Matched
by German Efficiency in Peace.

herman Emergency Ih w a.
by German Efficiency in Peace.
Mr.. Moran today telIs how the Kaiser drills the
great industrial army of Germany a. thoroughly
he drills the military fcrcns OF ms emlire' Pt-
trays him as the socialist cnthroncd, and POINTS
out German efficiency in leacc as the SECRET of
GerInany's efficiency in wal
German efficiency in war has filled
even the most neutral souls with admlra-
ton $50
Millions of men coming together like
call firemen at the tap of bell. each
going straight to his post and hnoinG
his uniform and clothing, his arms ms
ammunition and his well stocked KNAPP
sack waiting for him. hundreds and hun
dreds of railway trains. laden with SOL
GicrS. horses guns and every Kind OF
needful supplies. moving without confu-
sion to their appropriate destinations on
schedules as nicely arranged as the
usual daily time tables; all the scattered
parts of huge and intricate military
machine. which never had been really
tested in actual operation. instantly as
semhlcd fitted and set uT-surely this is
a spectacle that should inspire even the
most dcspairinS lover OF peace with
new confidence in the capacity of the
race a new hope in mankind. If it ever
should be drilled and orsanized TO save
and build rather than to kill and tear
down.
The German Michael.
In tine three-quarters of a year since
the outbreak of the war, each crowded
day has applied its own fire test to the
armor of the fatherland without finding
A weak SPOT in it The world has stood
astounded as it watched the German
Michael in this battle royal. swiftly
bounding back and forth between war
fronts nearly 1000 miles apart. beating
off the French. the British and the Bel
-ians in the west. graphing with the
Russian bear in the east. carrying the
war beneath the sea, turning aside to
save his gro-Cy ally from knockout
blow in the Carpathians. running down
the valley of the Danube to thrust hack
Serbia. laying the rails Of military
road across the desert to Egypt. leading
the Turk through the, snow-choked
passes of the Caucuses and aiming the
Turkish guns on the hanks of the Oar
dancllCs. tho Suez and the Black Sea
fighting tho Beers in South Africa and
the JaTaneso in China; blufins the Bal-
kans and flirting with the Italians.
Bcset all sides only as Napoleon
was in 1871 when. with his back to the
walls OF Paris. he faced allied Europe
for eight or nine weeks. Germany for
eight or nine months has forced the
fighting in the enemy's country and. eN-
ccrt for corner of AlsaCe and the
fringe of East Prussia no foe has yet
crossed her frontier. And if she had only
one boundary to defend. she still would
he frichtfully outnumbered in popula-
ton by her antagonists in the east or
the west. For without counting Cana
tldllS. -AuSNi Las anu
Africans, there are 5Co0" more
French. British and Belgians than there
arc Germans. aud there arc 100000"
more Russians than Germans and Aus |
TRANS together. "A
Yet. If the driving power of the Ger |
man military machine could he conccn- |
trated in either direction. it would over
Whelm all before it Only because its |
energy was divided did it stall on the |,
road to Paris and on the road to War
Jaw. For il is a Hih"rnan aphorism
that you cant he in two places at once.
barring YOU are bird.
The Longest Battle Lines.
Notwithstanding the disparity in re-
sources between Germany and her allied
opponents. she has maintained through
all these months probably the longest
battle line in the entire history Of war.
do not speak of Austria now. because
less empire is a source of weakness rath-
er than of strength. The -Austrians only
loncth"n the line without being able to
hold their own section of it. Had they
rcma inrd neutral they would have done
their ally a real ScTViCe-but then. there
would have been no war at all.
To measure Germany's battle line. 1t
is not enough to count the many hum
drcds of miles wher" her hayonets form
q Ticl,ot f"rc" on tho cast and on the
west. account also must he taken Of
the other huudl eds of miles of her coast.
where she has held her harbors and
her seas invioabl" against the ruler of
tho wave. No hostile keel has crossed
that watery frontier, unless exception
should he made for the British dash
upon the island of HelSoland-
Card Index Warfare.
We had all heard of Won Moltke going
back to sleep after telling in what, pig
con holes his lioutonants would find the
plans Necessary for starting the cam
paign against France in 1870. But by the
time that story was forty-four years
a. t.I -I,atl.
the pigeon holes Of the German general
staff had been kept up to date. The
doubters quickly learned last August
that the card index system of warfare
had not gone stale o.
For Germany had been no less efficient
in the long peace than she has shown
herself 10 be in war. She is Tar indeed
from being mere predatory, war max
ing power. whatever she rather her
chief state may have been 80 years ago
when a FrenChman said that Prussia
was Matched from cannon ball as an
eagle from an egg. Other products were
made in GERMANY before the 42-Cen-
tmetcr gun. and Germany is as highly
organized for construction as for de-
Stru"tion.
The German war machine. the German
GOV ernmontal machine and the German
industrial machine are all built on tho
sam" model and are run ny the same
he has kept the nation mobilized for the
tasks Of peace just as he modified ii
for war last summer. He trelcSSly
drilled it. c""se-steprcd it and ha- ,
it morning. noon and night.
throughout moro than quarter of a
century on the throne.
He is the spokesman. tho far-hcard
rne@aphonc of the empire. through which
tho nations voice is shouted. German
professors. German merchants, YES. and
German drummcrs. speak with his
tongue.
Kniscr and kc1lner.
II may be n swift social transition hut,
to illustrate the point i'll q homely way, |
pass i'm sentence from Kaiser to KelI-
ner. The German waiter. with his nap
kin over his arm. has conquered Eu-
rope. He found the French waiter. with
MS Swiss ally, barricaded behind the S
hotel and restaurant tables of the con- {
inent.- and he vanqushcd him every
where. invading even Paris and INSTALL
nC himself back Of the dining chair of I
Iohn Bull himself. 1
That humble conqsIest was achieved {
W the German passion for thorouEhness
md the German impulse toward expan-
sion. To master foreign languages and i
acduaint themselves with foreign tastes. I
Inc German candidates for the tray pa
.icntly washed dishes and scrubbed
loors in Paris, London and Rome. The I
graduates of that university of the soul I
cry. spreading themselves over the [
,arth. form really remarka Bic race. '
whose Hover are the head walters and &
head porters of Europe. They speak the q
English OF Mayfair. the French of Paris
md pc Italian of Florence, but beneath Q
heir'dress shirt bosoms or their double ]
'ows of coat buttons, CLOVIS the spirit 9
# the Kaiser. And their watchword well i
night be: Whatever is worth doing Is | Il
worth doing better than the other fellow