El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-03
ENTENTE SEEMS TO BE DOING
A LITTLE INTRIGUING ITSELFI

wonderful schemes There IS whole Joke-boek IN tha
As for Japan it is not to apans interest to break with
the entente, the hope of getting the PhPplnes
Japan of the acquisition OF the German base IN
China practically COST by Of the influence the
has permitted the Japanese to acquire over Cn ana
nv reason of very favorable understanding with Russia
in respect to the East IS quite comfortably situated
traitor TO the entente and send armies 10 at
the United States would not only upset this
situation would expose Japan to attack from the
rear Russia would be capable of rushing an army IRON
Siberia attack apan depleted home guard forces and
il would conceivaby be long until an allied fleet was
pounding apan ports forcing the Japanese navy to aoan
dom any upon the American coast In the mean
time our Pacific fleet of cruisers destrOyer and submarines
could make voyagng perous for japanese transports
and conveys until reinforced by portion OF the Atlantic
fleet of batlehps coming through the Panama canal why
expect Japan to give up sure thing merely TO embark on
dangerous enterprise whose only certainty would De mat
of having to settle with Great Britain and Russia either
before o after peace comes?
Germany is falling into of considering
the limited States next TO helpless in military We
are having that rubbed daily in statements from
Berlin that the German government and the public await
with am indifference whatever action the United States
NAV take This plan Germanys contemplates invasion
and defeat of United States else Mexicos recovery
Of Texas Mexico, and Arizona could never OCCUR
But Germany in overlooking the fact that while the
United States has few under 1t could have under
and fully equipped within two or three months at
most the troops that Japan could possibly brng
through Mexico frontier in that time The very dis
parity numbers would counerbalanoe the difference in
training.
And the United States has nearly 100000 men Of
military age 100000 of whom could be counted upon for
home defence could be equipped and trained
field We not prepared IN the Of hav
ing large army of trained under arms, mores the
pity better prepared potentially than were
1914. thanks munition factories, and our pre-
paredness campaign.
It would well for Germany, and for any others who
may any time contemplate offensive against the
United States, look into Gen. Bernhardis book
invasion of America and pay particular attention to the
passage wherein he states that because of the United States
of and the very agntude Of the
nation defeat by complete occupation impossible that
only BY sezng the great commercial ceners like New York
Boston, and Philadelphia and thus virtually throtng TIE
nation could invasion result in victory II would be
nanifestly impossible for Mexico Japan both
bined throttle that way Much less could they domi
the entire country.
Except for the fact that could possibly be
cessful in the slightest degree, the plan very good
One Of the best things done for East e. Paso has been
paving Pedras which has TUNED that former
rough into much Travelled highway and slim
ulated the opening of business district at Montana and
PiedTas streets
In reading pioneer stories of El Paso and the low realty
pr then prevailing, do not forget that 20 years hence
1917 viii also be regarded pioneer time far values
concerned.
When the president present his bill congress
after making speech TO both houses in advocacy of it. It
that the step should be allow him vote like
any other congressman.
Those who brood the hyphen should read
muster roll of United States troops and then mediate
the that 1000 Bohemian gymnass 10 offer their
services to the nation in the event of with Germany.