New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-07

have been accomplished With Is large A, Al.
nent as he thinks wrapped up only IN l,v,..
up 10 the rules Of a military handbook -
Military experts tell us tina. Ru..,. 4.
fighting for Transylvania, the opening AZ -.
Hellespont. the capture OF the PORT a..
several other bits Of territory. serh,. 80
a portion Of Albania, Bosnia and a AZ. :,
Macedonia Bulgaria wants Maeedon,. a..
most likely parts OF Serbia and Run.,s.
France wants Alssce-Lorraine and most l;L.,.
more of the Rhins provinces, as well a. s.r.
portions Of Africa which are German. r,.I-
wants Trieste and the Trentno. Enx,,,s
Germany, Belgium and Austria resllv -
not know what they want, but they ali va,
what the enemy has They want trrito,,
more land. more -more--more, II seems. u,,s
they will finally have nothing more % ..-
quer. The war il clearly a test Of who va
rule in Europe, the Central Powers or n.
Entente? II is clear then that while th.v A.
not fight for civilization they fight for tern.
tory.
The war will last a year longer uul..
some miraculous fate otherwise DEGREES C.,
many has shot her first bolt; when will a..
shoot her second? Is she shooting il nss,
Wf~f
Questions could be asked without end. but n,
facts remain. Britain has failed mi.r,hAy
al the Dsrdanelles; she succeeded in ps
gium--thst Is, automatically; and she "A 81,
ceeding IN her blockade. Germany. thus n,
has won diplomatic victory IN the Balk,,r
she lost one in Italy. Her two great oe,,.
sives In France and Russia just fell shors
her third one Is succeeding.
The Germans have lost their best chan,
How good is their second? The German,
will continue ofensives until they can \,
longer do so; II is the only way the ca,
mans can win. As soon as they reser, "a
defensive tactics il is only a question Of tin,
A decisive German victory in France or Rs,
sia would end the war. The numbers Of ns
and resources the Allies possess must CO..,
tnue to tell, but there must be a more uri,st
effort on their part n they wish for con
plete victory.
This is not a war for civilization. WIS
war was ever for civilization? Il Ia sr
Of power: a war 10 decide what faction shsr
reign in Europe. II is anything but nrtt
eous war. We are not prepared for war VI,
then ever mention entering now7 VIA, or
sows he also shall reap. What comes sfts
war is as bad as war itself. Germany ms
England have insulted US repeatedly, with u,
result of the loss Of some two hundrsi
American lives. Do we want TO sacrifice ku,.
dreds Of thousands for these two hundres.
Do we want to pile up debt which can nsvc
be paid? Can we look ourselves squsrely |,
the face and say We are a civilized and Cars
tian nation II we join this msssaere'
Europe has taught US double Lessen:
let us profit by IL. Firstly, that war Is vors
than hell, and, secondly, unless we are pre-
pared we must mechanically invite nsticra
suicide. Preparation is everything morssvsi
il takes time. We cannot prepare in risst
nor in year. We must keep preparing o.
WAYS remembering, nevertheless, that ds
worst may come at any time. We must not
allow individual prejudices to govern our o.
titude rs Americans. We must thiaf ssly
of what is best for America. The II. IS
none OF ours As Hudson Maxim said Our
first duty is to maintain peace; cur 'seand
duty is 10 prepare for war;
J. EDWARD HUBBARD, IT,
New York, Nov. !, 1915.