Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-07-30
THE ENGLISH OUTLOOK.
(By Ed. l.. Keen.)

UNITED Press Staff JorrtSpondentO (
London, July S0.--Enpland starts
upon the second year OF the Great War
with decided advantages over her po,
sition of twelve months ago.
She has command of the seas. She 1
has an army, trained and in training,
of nearly three million men. Her lex.
peditionarv force" in France is now
firmly entrenchcd in position regard.
ed as impicgnable, even il the pros.
poets of making n successful general
offensive movement are not Immediate
Her airmcn have established beyond
question their superiority in skin and
daring over those of the enemy. She is
, building great aerial fleet. She has
at last begun with all the resources at
her command, material and human, to
manufacture n prcpoudtratiug quantity
of arms and ammmitiou-of the right
sort. She has back of her united
nation and united empire.
The war found her uuprepared, not
only from the military standpoint. hut
Z politically. The liberal government
was apparently riding fo- fall. There
/ had been all but mUtmy in the army.
0
/ than ever. Sir Edward Carson had cs.
/ tabhshcd his Provisional Government
/ of Ulster, end revolution was in sight.
India was scethng with sedition Even
Canada had shown signs of firing of
| the restraint OF mother apron strings.
1 Industrial unrest was az its height. Al.
! together things were in a very bad way.
Now most of these troubles have dis.
I appeared. Some of them remained
longer than others, it is true IL has
been year of rcadWstmeut. Liberals
and conservatives, radicals and tories,
now sleep in the scmc bed. So far as
the Irish dsaffecton, upon which the
kaiser counted so fonily-thanks to the
lack of understanding on the part Of
his emissaries--is concerned, that van.
ished almost over night. II was a
short way from Tippcrary, Sir Edward
Carson, whom they were about to lock
up in the Tower, is now attorney gen.
eral of Great Britain, and John Red.
mend could be in the cabinet if he
wanted to- One hundred aud twenty.
five thousand lrishmen have Joined the
kings army. Nationalist and union.
ists-75,000 of the former and 10000
of the latter--instC3d Of dreuching Ire.
land with each others blood are fight.
ing side by side under the Union Jack
Canada heard the call 10 arms and
responded at once with $4,000 men, tC
whom she has been adding regularly
since. Thcy--Or rather what iS>left OF
them--are serving in the trenches along
with Ghurbas from India. Australian,
and New Zealanders, together with
WelshmCn and Scotsmcn, are engaged
in the Dardanclcs in one Of the most
valorous campaigns in the history ot
warfare. The sporadic uprising il
South Africa has been suppressed, an,
A the great mass of Beers against when
England conducted her uurighteous wa
n 10 years ago, with General Botha II
4 their head, have conquered German
Southwest Africa for England Laho
and capital have joined their forces il
a the conflict.
There has been much talk of con
scription Of late, both military and IN
dustrial, The leaders Of the nation b,
lieve England can win without cithc
n and if the recent response Of The mar
hood of the country is any critero
they are right, But they are prepare
for conscriptiou, if that should prove I
4 be the only solution. The national reg
lister scheme looks as if il were ste
d in that direction. The machinery TO
conscriptou is TO be created, but onl
a to be utilized in the gravest emergency
Although she has lost her coct.sur,
n ness, England has by no means 10.
A hope. She realizes now that the stml
gle may be long and desperate Bu
y the longer the better for her allies j
the end Military writer's, many d
II them, say Germany has now fcachc
the maximum of her efficiency, Will
:, England has only got good start +,
ward that goal With the boundle,
: resources Of the British empire still {
draw upon England believes ultimat
u victory for the allies can only be-
q question of time-if the spirit that no,
:, dominates England continues
a If it is 10 bo war of exhaustion
q she says, then the odds are in fayC
., of England and her allies.