Imperial Valley press., 1918-03-05
THE NEXT W AR.

The Deputy Chief Staff Lieutenant Gen
the most distinguished writ
er of that army says Times That has been officially
recognized he the only officer since the war be-
an who has been decorated with the Peace
Class for distinction in science and arts fe"
book called deductions from the World War
the circulation of beyond German borders prohibited
though internal circulation promoted by the government
copies found their through the barriers and the
book has been translated into English
In the says, German! and utilize this
superiority to avoid the of trench warfare:
consider how in the future to preserve tor war
all the more so since IN tie "ord
has only been by the war OF movement hat we nave reap
decisive results accompanied by of the
features and of the necessity
bringing setting operation the numerous present ia!
methods of attack will be slow.
Another handicap this which must be avoided in the next
The forcing of the German army to the defensive.
THAT spirit which peculiar to army we
must study preserve 1t has achieved
striking results has recently again proved its
1917 Eastern Gacia and IN the de-
fensi.e battles North France and Flanders
preparing the I'VE must devote more attention
to scale and less strategy He fears that too
will be paid to mere drilling to fee" ac' anu
be its guard against such tendency
and with view actual fighting As for the
structure itself must remain 1t is and not be fur
ther democratized which point he quotes Prince Bueow
The spirit of German mlar Prussia first developed
rd Germany adoped it. is every whit as
crate and democratic would be German and the mighty
expression imperial military and military efficiency
if enemies to whom with Gods help our
mtarism defeat abuse it, we know that we must preserve
it for to rs it means victory of Germany
In this promote noncommis
officers be
tween kinds made the officers wheh
disappear and officers should De chosen with rec
opniton Of their social training, in other words
He emphatic of the which Is that great
money preparing Tor the next
one than spent preparing for this
the hand revealed to US the u 'hacll
strength Germany hand proved tha add
tona expenditure the right time would have been
nfable this only mllard
of marks probability should have had to offer up far
less sacrifice In view the central position OF
the Faherland expenditure andarmy addition to
necessary expenditures the fet absolutely essential me
this connection before the Rehstag were
but feeble really desirable the World War
has proyed We have the lesson that in future
we must disregard that the dispro
credits which asked for and what has to be
done shall again be so great as was
IN World war
military character Of universally which threatened
more and more o he abandoned and
1--WE shall have subjectng least military
training the men of military rejected but who in
they form source of reserves
He that Germany will omit Of the aro
ties which He them but explains that
it no longer Tossie hold the old of that 1t is directed
onv against enemy its population The
atrocities that nowadays nation against
an army alone whole people and that
now Of with economic background The
clusion 0 the whole matter is
m the future peope will have to seek
firm cohean glorious army and in its beaureed fleet
II is well that. at
that may should have this exposition
Of Germany thinking aua that Of Germany which
effective And the only save ourselves and our descendants
from recurring which she intends for Is to hatter
that mlarc shatter forever Any other kind
of peace will not be peace; it will be war
With the Price awaiting high the price Of
tonsed went up Is there capitalist this
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