Year: 1870

sFor operations on the Western frontier.


1t will be seen from the above table that North
enough to cope with France and Austria together but
1t must be taken into account at the time chat
size comes nearest to the condition of country
embarrassed from any causes and that hence almost
her entire field army can be made available at any
time Such favorable view of her military power
and especially her numerical strength may tend to
the undertaking other Powers, bat are fortified In
our opinion by those whose Judgment Is deserving
OF credence-we mean active members OF the army.


GERMAN POWER AND PRUssIAN WEAKNESSES.


Apart from this, certain circumstances exist TO
support such opinions; they are known not only to
military m men but to the peope generally. Irefer to
soldier who at the very outset or his Is taught
to consider himself and his calling "a State within
q State.n who must keep aloof from civilians who
owes blind obedience only to his superior, whose
honor IS different honor from that OF private ci.
zen, who Is judged by a different code, who must
never divest himself, under heavy penalties Of the
Kings badge, bis uniform; mast always carry his
side arms, whether in barracks, tavern, public
carried out without regard to the feelings OF human
ity at vast expense and regardless VI the gr0ans
of the people, peryades the whole military de-
partment: there is an iron despotsm; under
1t everything moves Ike clockwork at the
lifting OF finger; in this city all the barracks
connect by telegraph wires with both tine Kings
palace and the War Department. Many regiments,
in fact whole army corps, stand in readiness. The
nt0dte OF the soldier may also be mentioned. He
taught to believe that the army Is not only protect
the state against foreign foes but also to secure the
throne against internal opposition. Such Is his
uiuu oDVucuNe tiuG We 70 say WltnOul ucSl-
tation he would not llncb In case OF an enleute at
the word OF command to 1re upon aud
massacre his own mother, wife kindred. These
qualities, engrafted as they are upon the German
soldiery, make the pride OF military men here and
justify their assertions to the efficiency In power
and numerical strength


GERMAN CONSTITUTIONAL VIEWS.


These vauntings, especially with respect to the
latter have reused the liberals to energetic claims
for reduction IN the army establishment. THEY say,
with great deal OF justice, that as
"disarmament' Is the genera! demand OF the
people OF the Continent, and North Germany
has an army numerically equal to both France and
Austria together, 1t behOoves her to take the FIRST
step In that direction. The loyalists are in dem-
ma for counter arguments, for in this case the IA
yorable statements and figures have originated with
military men, who, Of course, royalsts p,1r ct
simple.


But again. II the estimates in the last column of
the table are worthy OF some credit, they furnish
almost conclusive proof that unless North Germany
should all at once turn into aggressive power no
war Is likely to take place the Continent and
that even the entrance OF the Southern States into
the Northern Confederation, viewed as It Is with
great hostility by France and treated with supreme
Indifference by Count Bismarck would not result in
open war.