El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-21
ARMY
MAY DISAPPEAR
Abandonment Of Militar-
ism May Help Toward the
Payment of War Debt.

sionaI army rather than to a con-
script army. there viii be no return
to the old system when. as is inevi-
table, Germany reEains that stature
which her numbers and her history
ensure her rcacquirins-
We have here one OF the great
CANDLES Of the peace conference.
Here the professional soldier, like
Marshal Foch, encounters the profess
sional politician: the soldier remains
convinced that the solution for the
future does not lie outside a national
army: the politician recognizes that
the perpetuation Of the old system
leads towards bankruptcy and anarchy.
and the conference Of Paris has
the view of the politician.
Where Europe VIII Win.
II one can conceive that in the next
five or ten years, Europe viii abandon
a cOnscript army and millions OF
young men viii be retained in indus
try rather than maintained in bar
racks; II one could conceive that the
enormous annual appropriations for
the maintenance Of armies and navies
are alocated TO the payment Of war
debts. il is at least possible that
Europe VIII be able TO regain its
economic stability and restore its
industrial life. II the thing be impos-
sible. then in the words Of Pitt, 1T
Is time TO roll up the map Of Europe
for a period Of years"
Lloyd George has had his way in
one of the most momentous changes
the Paris conference has undertaken
to make The German army disap-
pears, the great general staff Of the
German army diminishes from the
stature Of a giant to that OF a dwarf.
Allied supervision will for a long time
regulate the amount OF war material
manufactured. The German navy viii
! al
time force as a single yacht which
lies the flag Of the prince Of Monaco. !
-Oncomitantly, cOnscri1t armies In
England and France and italy viii
disappear Nothing is more certain
Than that with the disappearance OF
,onscription in Europe VIII be re-
moved
What of Future Germans
VIII the German in the future. as
he regains his strength after the
when the armies Of occupa- I
don are Withdrawn. relapse to the I
2russian SYSTEM VIII he even. in a
moment Of national weakness. adopt .
he methods by which the great Prus- I
sian patriots after Jena avoided ODE I.
Hence to the dictates Of Napoleon I
md constructed secretly armies which I
supplied the decisive influence at
-eipzig, IN the Marine campaign Of I
us. anu III the " aAEEAoO ENlS0ue OF .
el5- Inis is question which re-
Mains to be answered. II Germany
.hooses. in the long run IL IS probable .
hat she can follow ancient proce- (
lure.
Meantime. for n period OF years
II would seem that the policy OF /
LLOYD George, accepted by the
Paris conference, seems abandon
ment by Europe Of all the old
Of
90 back to the time before the
French revolution OF small pro
fessional armies We part with the
theory of 4 nation in arms which
has led Europe in the last war
almost to the point Of suicide.
We release millions OF men an
uuaIly from the barracks to fields
and factories. Temporarily. ut
least. we lay aside that condition
in which Europe dweIt in In
security from 1858 to 1914 We T,
have had an armed Europe for (,
half century. We are now going
10 experiment with n diSarmed
Europe for n period the length Of I
which we cannot calculate.
in all essential respects, LLOYD
ieOrge's successful demand Of the
'aris conference with regard to Ger
many IS Complementary detail in I,
he making OF permanent peace The I.
7ague Of nations and an armed
-orld are obviously a confusion Of
arms. The league. Of nations and a I.
radically disarmed world are logical Z;
supplementary circumstances In dis
rming Germany. we have in fact +
isarmed ourselves, although for
eriOd Of years Germany viii be help .
ass and the combined. II small. pro- +.
assional armies OF the allies viii
uffice to prevent a new German as
ault
People Tired Of lIuItarISm.
It IS a matter OF frank question
neither the peoples Of Europe after .
lis tremendous tragedy would have
lnsented TO accept any peace which =
lntinued the conditions as to con-
,ription which existed before 1913. It
question whether any peace. even
1der the shadow OF the league OF
atoms. would have been welcomed by c
Re millions Of Europe II IL did no. ]
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