The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-21

HN HFN|NN' NNN INllIl'lN ll'' lNll|..'' |
expenditures always ,yrcrd Gus.
bv f2I mulurs boz 1902 boy 300 In,l.
lions lu 1905 Ohoy VIII exceed in,m
ur 500 millions Boo lHllD From
1900 20 1910. the head NJ every G'r.
man family huH paid % per r"ul
moro towards The upkrDp OF tho
army than the head ~ every French
family Taking the increase of uili.
taTy expenditure ~ the sis greet
European poWrrs bctwccn 1889 uud
1913 We find the following pcrc'ut-
ages:
France ....ss..'''','. ''L =
Italy ...... .......,,st,, los
Austria .,s,.......,t .'sIl
ltuFhli .,.,s.....ss,ts - .H
England ,.,...,t....t''''l 700
Germany ....s..t..s.t.t.,3t i'n
II l8 In these circumstance thnt
firpt law is voted iu l9it, uudor
guise of technical Improvements. 'n-
failing however an Increase OF 'h,'
600 men IN the regular army and an
expenditure of 1877 millions. Then
months later iu 1g12. a second law iH
ra. scd tending 60 Keep the regular
army constantly ON footing go
Dcarlv that ~ war thnt an attack can
be launched in a fcw hours. aud pro-
vidinE for now units, the creation or
two new army corps. fifty ba;alIuns
OF ltiiAlIl'hl ~ l''lHf Nii l'i'A '''''. ''h
the regular army by 10000 men ana
and expenditure Of $50 millions.
This second law ls hardly promul-
gated than a third Is introduced ana
passed. This time the Increase is
10000 men a year. or for any army
serving two years n total addition ut
100000 bringing the total cffcrives
of the regular German army up 20
9nO.0 600. This was . costly opera
NJ f,if al ts.nRuIl
of $50 million francs and an annual
charge 81 a75 millions.
That alone should suffice TO dem.
onstratc the plan OF aggression, hut
hore ia proof decisive. Those bur
duns, which Germany imposes upon
herself. coincide with a financial sit
untiun which talcH them, II not I'M
possible, nt least very hard to hcnr,
At the very time whom within a
space OF 80 months tho imperial
government has burdoncd itself with
"a capital expenditure OF nrHrly
! 500 millions and an additional an
nual expenditure Of nearly 1000
millions, It's budget iB in deficit OF
500 million marks for l9l1-1Ol2.
For these years e has been seek
ing fresh taxes but can lind none,
this vain search having led only TO
The resignation Of the minister OF H.
nance. The pressure is 30 Aroat tuat
IL is decided tu resort 20 Hu cNCup-
tionul tax on capital. justitying IL by
recalling 1919, tho very mention OF
which In itself throws light upon the
situation, the secret intention aud
the future plan. Placed g.-s by side
with It's financial policy, the military
policy OF Germany assumes It's iGll
meaning To the huge gaps I'm the
budget, others are added with no
sure way uf Uning other why?
Because Germany is already de
tcrmincd TO throw the sword into
The balance and call upon her ma
uonal industry 90 restore her H.
uances. Liko the gambler who,
when the game is up. pulls his gun,
The hypocrlueN search for pre-
texts begins at once. France,
alarmed at the disparity between her
army OF 100000 men and that ot
100000 which tho laws OF l9ll l1l2
and 1913 assure to Germany. votes
the three years service and a allEhl
Increase iu nrmamcuts Immediately
the pan German press dcnouu,es
this "prOVoCation.' I can Etill h"ut
Baron Won Stumm. who had bcuu
pleased tlil then 20 play ut cuncil!a'
tion, rcmarking dryly during "a din
ncr, at the Dutch legation In July
1913, that III France prcsumos "a
challenge Germany's right to ht
stronger than she Is, It must b,
that she desires war; Ludcndurft
then a colonel, draws up a report ur
the methods 20 be pursued IN aruus'
ing national enthusiasm and shifting
the responsibilities lie writes
THE people must be made 10 be,
liovc that our armameuts are ar
answer 10 the ariuamcUts and To- tht
policy OF France. They must ho acc
customcd 90 the thought that AN as,
grcs5ive war by us Is necessary %
meet the prOvuCatious OF our Cuc-
miles. We must act with prudence
TO awaken no suspicion
Moltke. assuming Humanitarian
aris deplorcs the geiguing spirit OF
unrest and says To the King OF the
Bplgi1ns that 1T must be put an end
20" Put an end TO? And this ~
how, according TO Ludcndorffs re-
port'
In the uoxt European war; tho
small nations must be forced 10 fol-
low US or they must Doe crushed.
Under certain conditions their
armies and their fortresses can be
rapidly reduced Or uCutrali2Cd, ,--
which would probably be tho case
with Belgian and Holltud-su as TO
shut out our enemy IN the west from
territories which could bee used AS
a base for operations against our
This win be n vital question for
us our aim must always be TO take
the offensive with greatly superior
forces from the very start
In order 10 40 so, we shall have
TO concentrate great army fol-
lowed by strong formations OF land
wehr which would force the arUles
OF the small nations to follow us or
remain inactive in the thenter ~,
war,--or would crush them in cas-,
OF armed resistance"
From now on, the military Leaders
are not alone in the secret OF thi
oppressive plan. The government
NJ the German states are informo
that France is 20 be attacko
through Belgium. The Bavarian !,
CATION at Berlin. in a report whio
Hurst Eisner maas puSne, wrote
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