Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
standing precedent will depend upon it works The people will make time rather than many experiments, all at the time.
BERNHARDI NOT A PROPHET

~ ENER1AL FREDERICK Won Bernhardi wrote book call NI ed Germany and the Next War;" It a dull book with imagination in it. It was little more than attempt to explain the plans of the German High Command and their ideals They good plain going with capacity for of established things They little nven venes hem and were not distinguished for ad dions to the art of warfare beyond those already known when the began
 lot type of be made between Germany and the Allies the French front The long line of trenches which millions of inn year year. strange though had been the tyro the art of Bernhard adequate weight to the moral factors in the did not for the development the the aeropan and the good old German spirit"
 In the area of morals especially forsee breakdown of the Austrian Empire through revolution the peoples who composed it.
 Because Bernhardi has been tried as prophet been found wanng his present views the future of need not be seriously received all the that they the lack of comprehension of material and moral factors that ke showed when he wrote his book.
 England and the United States He predicts war between and the United States He predicts generally because he thinks that nations will always fight when they believe their important interests involved
 Out of consideration he leaves such factors these
 That the recent brought such developments or and promised such increase in the potency as threaten to make the next great war annihative.
 That the cost of increased enormously while the recent being carried threaten the exist property and that another would probably eNngsh private property so that the propered classes for the most part against more
 That the general effect of the increase the uence of the workers in the affairs of increased the authority and of the social elements
 
 The shallow quality Bernhardi's reasoning powers shown in his discussion of tanks "A general who saked his victory tanks, he said would be lost' He compared tanks to the elephants of King Praeu which first created consternation.
 The elephants King Praeus. being could sameded driven back into the hem doing damage to had been intended for foes.
 tank is not elephant. but potent weapon. which its place. precisely great has. not necessarily cve but weapon that at time become decisive.
 The decisive weapon in battle may at one time be field artillery service. Everything depends upon conditions
 Bernhardi does not fail to wipe out his arguments against the success of the League of Nations He small Nations have to put with it, but Nation will allow other people to declare for them tell them when they may not go to war The General is not very logical in his thinking.
 Federation of Small States, each long ago declared refused to declare at it's will.
 of these States afterward submitted have the Empire through the German Emperor declare them tell them when they might not for war.
 small nations submitted because of men they made
 Great is of Nations each of which formerly will which allows other people them tell them when they not war"
 proof Nations with other things. refrain from doing them and keep agreements. The League of Nations is of Nations un- the of the agreement German States united they yielded rights harder to yield rights, than
 League Nations, which each Nation yields should have perpeuation with certainty the German Empire has it.