Evening journal., 1915-07-30
FIRST YEAR OF THE EUROPEAN WAR
As seen IN ENGLAND
BY ED L. KEEN
United Press Stan Correspondent.

LONDON. July S0.-England starts
upon the second year Of the Great
War with decided advantages over her
position OF twelve months ago.
She has command OF the seas She
has an army trained and in training
OF nearly three million men. Her
"expeditionary force" in France is
now firmly intrenched In a position
regarded as impregnable, even II the
prospects OF making a successful gem
eral offensive movement are not inn
mediate. Her airmen have establish
ed beyond a question their superiority
in skin and daring over those OF the
enemy. She is building a great aer-
ial fleet. She has at last begun with
all the resources az her command, ma
terial and human, TO manufacture a
preponderating quantity of arms aud
ammunition-of the right sort She
has back of her a united nation and
a united empire.
The war found her unprepared, not
only from a military standpoint but
politically. The Liberal government
was apparently riding for a fall There
had been all but mutiny in the army.
! The Irish had become more turbulent
than ever Sir Edward Carson had es-
tablished his Provisional Govern
ment of Ulster and revolution was
In sight India was seething with Sc
dition Even Canada had shown signs
OF firing OF the restraint Of mothers
apron strings. Industrial unrest was
at its height Altogether things were
| in a very bad way.
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disappeared. Some of them remained
flonger than others. It is true. II has
been a year of readjustment Liberals
and Conservatives, Radicals and Tor
les, now sleep in the same bed. So far
as the Irish disaffection, upon which
the Kaiser counted so fondly-thanks
to the lack OF understanding on the
part OF his emissaries-is concerned,
that vanished almost over night II
was a short way from Tipperary. Sir
Edward Carson, whom they were
about 10 lock up in the Tower. is now
attorney general Of Great Britain, and
John Redmond could be In the cabi-
net If he wanted to. One hundred
and twenty @fve thousand Irishmen
have Joined the Kings army. Ma
tionalists and Unionists-75. 900 of the
former and $4,000 OF the latter-in-
stead OF drenching ireland with each
others blood are lighting side by sido
under the Union Jack.
Canada heard the call TO arms and
responded al once with $4,000 men
to whom she has been adding rcgu-
larly since They-or rather what
is left OF them-are serving in the
trenches along with Ghurkas from
India Australians and New Zealand.
ers together with Welshmen and
Scotsmen are engaged in the Dardan
Giles IN one of the most valoroul
campaigns in the history Of warfare
The sporadic uprising in south Afri
ca has been suppressed, and the grea
/ mass Of Beers against whom Eng
! land conducted her unrighteous wa
, fifteen years ago. with General Both
I al their head have conquered Ger
2 man Southwest Africa for England
r Labor and capital have Joined thei
0 forces in the conflict.
4 There has been much talk Of cor
4 scription OF late. both military and in
dnstrial. The leaders of the natio
still believe England can win withou
p either, and il the recent response O
! the manhood of the country is an
criterion, they are right. But the
are prepared for consoription. If tha
should prove to be the only solution
+ The national register scheme look
as II II we're a step in that direction
} The machinery for conscription is 4
} be. created. but only TO be utilized II
, the greatest emergency.
! Although sac has lost her cock
! sureness. England has by no mean
lost hope. She realizes now that III
struggle may be long and desperate
But the longer the better for her an
, her allies in the end Military writer.
many of them. say Germany has nov
reached the maximum of ner eficien
cy. while England has only got q goo
! start toward that goal With th
. boundless resources of the British EN-
! pire still 10 draw upon. England be
= llieves ultimate victory for the Allie
? can only be a question of time
the spirit that now dominates Englan
I continues.
I II II Is 10 be a war Of exhaustion
. she says. then the odds are in favo
. Of England and her allies.
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