The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-01-27

unue To draw revenue. They are nov
from time 10 time disposing of then
to get new supplies TO run .he war.
Against the s,400 square miles Of
France that Germany has acquired she
must set the complete loss Of the use
Of the sea and the loss of the whole
colonial empire that she has bull: w
in the last generation. The latter is O
consideration for the future, but the
loss Of the use Of the sea amounts Ia
a complete paralysis Of her industry
SO far as the outside world is con-
cerned.
The population OF the portion Of
France occupied by Germany did not
exceed 100000 before the war. Ger
man losses as tabulated by German
official reports show greater casualty
total than this. The population of
France and Great Britain before the
war was S5,000,000 in Europe, plus not
far from 100000 whites in their
colonies, and their combined casualties
do not exceed the German.
What we have is the plain fact shat
before the war the resources of France
and Great Britain in men, in money
and in all save preparation were in
comparably greater than those of Ger
many. Thanks TO superior prepara-
tion, Germany was able OF strike first
and TO take a small portion of French
territory. But l6 months ago her
progress in the West was brought to
halt and she has never been able to
move forward again, Since then the
latent resources of Great Britain and
France have permitted them to over
take and pass Germany, and British
sea power has enabled the Western
Allies to deprive Germany Of all COM
mercial activity--to paralyze her for
eign trade.
II observers would remember the
history of the Civil War; of the Napol-
comic wars, and not fix their attention
upon the minor incidents as contrasted
with the larger facts of the present
war, they would perceive that the con-
flic: is proceeding about as all similar
conflicts have proceeded, and that such
difference as there is inures to the ad-
vantage of the enemies of Germany.
Between midsummer of 1905 and the
spring of 1907 Napoleon defeated
Austria at Ulm and Austerlitz, Prus-
sia a. Jena and Auerstadt, Russia at
Friedland. He compelled Austria and
Prussia TO make peace on his terms
and by threats and artifice persuaded
beaten Russia to become his ally at
Tilsit.
In the American case Bull Run was
Tough. in July, 1861, and there follow
ed the long series of defeats in the
at Second Bull Run, at
Fredericksburg, at Chancellorville, be-
fore we came to Gettysburg in July,
1863, and superior resources and num-
bers at last began to tell. Now,
is clearer than that The Ger
man success has not Appropriated
Napoleon's and that Allied defeats
have not compared with those of the
Northern armies in the first two years
Of our conflict.
All that history can teach us points
to the fact that unless the smaller na'
ion, the country with fewer men and
smaller resources, can achieve its vic
.ory while is superiority in prepara-
ion is decisive, it is beaten, and the
,nly question is the length Of time
hat the war must run before exhaus- s
ion strikes it down. In the case of !
Napoleon no. even the decisive vic !
.ories of the earlier years of the EN- Q
,ire were sufficient Louis XIV also |
allied, despite his enormous advantage I
n preparation.
The real truth about the great war is :
hat day by day and week by week the :
ations which have every advantage :
n resources, numbers and sea power
re bringing up a greater part of their .
trength, and the nation which, with =
mailer ultimate resources, was able
0 bring a greater strength up in the :
pening days, is falling behind, By y =
eason of approaching exhaustion. If
ireat Britain or France should decide =
0 stop .he course Of the war would be !.
hanged, but aside from this there has v
ever since the Marnc and the User =, :
cen any real question of the outcome
( the war.
Germany has already failed in her b
lain object; she planned to defeat fl
rance completely and take from her 81
tremendous indemnity; she planned G;
, turn her armies to the East and dis "
ose Of Russia. She was then prepar- al
to challenge Great Britain, her real re
val and her true enemy. She plan Sc
ed to dominate not alone Europe, but al