River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1916-10-05
The Anglo Saxon
The Masterful Race
BY E. S. REED

ror two years some smart editors
81 city papers had scoffed at England
fcg its military inefficiency in the
Great war. Do these editors of mar
Yrw view, who think they make hit
- depreciating England, know the
history Of the English people, the on
ward march Of the Anglo-Saxon race
D. "the stirring memory of their thous-
e.yld years ?" Do they know CT an in
stance in which this race has made
funk ?"
Ia these two years Of inactivity CD
Eagland has accomplished more than
aoy other nation in the war. Its
great navy has driven the enemy from
the sea and shut him up in his forti-
sd camp where he is now being at
lacked with uniform success.
Germany was fully prepared for an
aggressive war. 1t had been making
these preparations for the last forty
years. It had the finest army OF any
nsstion. It's every man w2s trained
soldier It's equipment made it in the
German view invincible, capable to
conquer any army or armies tha5
caald be combined against it. The
German Emperor had unbounded con-
f.C3ence in his armies. He was sure he
could take Paris and conquer Belgium
s.r,d France in a month and then he
yr,ruld send his victorious armies
across the channel and grind the in
s2lent English into the dust
England was utterly unprepared for
war. An army had to be created,
drilled and equipped. That the Ger
r3an armies were checked in their
n1arch upon Paris and driven back and
reid in eastern France and Belgium
was wonderful accomplishment. 1t
WIS fortunate for the French and Eng
Iish that in these two years they could
command sufficient strength to hold
back the Germans while they could
strengthen themselves for aggressive
war
It has been said that in any venture
England undertook it would "muddle"
through. Often frustrated in the be-
ginning, it does not give up. It's mot
to seems to be, IF at first you don't
succeed try, try again"
In the war against the Dervishes OF
the Egyptian Soudan it had numerous
failures but ultimately complete sue
cess. The British sent an army of
eleven thousand men under Hicks
Pasha against the tribesment; and
every man of the British-Egyptian
army persisted A bad beginning.
Then Gen. Gordon, the Magnificent,
was sent to Kartoum to "treat" with
the savages. He persisted miserabiy
through treachery. Then the British
arose with determination. The war
spirit was on them. Kitchener Great
ed an army that was intended to be IN
v7neible and all-powerful, as he has
done recently for the present war. In
this Soudan campaign there was new
en- & thought of failure. Britain was
prepared as it is now. The Boer war
is another instance of how England
~'muddles" through.
After two years of effort that has
taxed the resources and energies of
the nation to the utmost, Great Brit
ain is prepared for war and in no
brain of an Anglo-Saxon is there
thought of failure or lack of courag-
,aeslS resolution.
The British army in France has
been on the aggressive for the past
raonth and in the numerous battles
fought the armies have been uniform
i}y victorious although the Germans
Rave pitted against them numerous
forces of the best troops of the En-
pire Thirty-five divisions of the Ger
nosn army, each of 10000 men, have
been successfully thrown against the
British and each suffered defeat with
enormous losses. The Anglo-Saxon is
indicating his unconquerable reputa-
ton.