Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1921, Page 3

Franee had military estab 1883 and 1913 less than any other European power. Germany | had tnereased her strength the | moat. In 1915 comen the avsns- tion of the Archduk. Frans Ferdinand. The hour for Ger- mnany has struck. She plunges the world In war. Her Hour at Hand, Germany Girds Self to Stnke. By ANDRE TARDIEU. French Ligh com- “Cremencenu's right of Versaille: i l 0 | GERMANY'S HOUR. In the autumn of 1811 Germany vasses from decisions to acts. The imporial budgets record them. The figures throw Hght upon the facts. an aggressive war by us ix ne sary to meet Lhe provocations of our enemies. We must act with prudence to awake no suspicion. Moltke Deplores Spirit. For twenty months laws of aggres- , Moltke, assuming Lumani sion follow one auother in quick 'airs, deplores the reigning spi uecession. I have told what France ,unrest, and 5 to the King of the, did in 1905 and 19%6% to reduce her, Fe}.x ans that “it must put an cud military charges. Germauy will re 10 Put an cnd to? 1, th how, cording to Ludendorfi’s ort: pIy 10 this reduction by an increase In the next European war the of her own. Yet she i3 already ahead | small mations must be. forced Lo of us. From 1902 to 1913 she spent | follow us or the¥ must Bé vrashed. | 104 per cent more on armament thau ;| Under certain conditions their 2,200 millions s against{ armies and their fortresses can Her military expendi- i be rupidly reduced or neutralized ures always exceeded ours—by 121 ons in 1902, by 306 millions in | 6 (they will exceed them by 800 | millions in 1914). Frem 1900 to 1910 he head of every German family has paid 25 per cent more toward the upkeep of the army than the head of every French family. Taking the | increass of military expenditure of | —which “would probably be the case with Beigium and Hoiland— 20 as to shut out our enemy in the west from territories which could be used as a base, for ‘operations against our flank. This will be a yital question for us. Our aim must always be to take the offcmsive with greatly th six great Kuropean powers b iperior forces f(rom the ery tween 1883 and 1913, we find the fol- re. i lowing percentages ! In erder to do we shall b { to'edifebntiattta srent arhy! yol- . lowed by strong formations of | i landwehr, which would force the | armies of the snall nations to fol- low us or remmain inactive fn the Germuny | theater of war. or would erush | them in case of armed resistance. First Law Voted fa 1011 It is in these circumstances that a| From now on the military first law is voted in 1911, under guise [2re not alone in the secr of technical improvements, entailing | aggressive 1. The governments .owever an increase of 20.000 men mlm‘ the German states are informed | the regular army and an expenditure | that France is to be attacked through | of 187 millions. Ten months later, in|Belgium. The Bavarfan legation at] 1912, a second law Is passed tending | Herlin, in a report which Kurt Bis- | o keep the regular army constantly ‘nel miade publ n a footing so nearly that of war hat an attack can be launched in a| few hours, and providing for new \units, the creation of two new army corpé, fitty bectalions of ' technical! troops, an increase of the army by 40,000 men and an ture of 6530 millions. This law s hardly prommigated ] third is introduced and passed. This ime the increase is 70,000 men ar, or for any army serving of 140,000, total effectives of the regular German army"uid to 900.000. This was a cosily operation. It meant a capital expenditure 6f 1,250 milion francs and an annual charge of million Fresk Taxes Unavailable. That zlone should suffice to demon- strate the plan of aggression, but here is proof decisive. These burden. Which Germany imposes upon herse coincide with a2 financial sicuation which_makes them, if not impossible, at least very hard to bear. At the very time when within a space of thirty months the imperial govern- ment has burdened itself with a cap- ital expendfture of nearly 1,500 mil- lions and an additlonal annual ex- penditure 1,000 millions. jts budget is' in deficit’ of million marks for 1911-1912. * For three years It has been seeking esh taxes. but can find none, this vain search having lea only to the resignation of the minister of finance. The pressure is so great that it decided to resort to an exceptional tax on capital, justifying it by re- calling 1913. the very mention -of which in itself throws light upon the | situation. the secret intention and the future plan. Placed side by with its financial policy, the military | yolicy of Germany assumes its fuil | meaning. To the huge gaps in the | budget others are added, with no sure means of filling either. Why? cause Germany ‘is already deter- ! mined to throw the-sword into the | balance and call upon her “national jndustry” to restore her finances. Like the gambler, who, when the game is up, pulls his gun. Searching for Fretextn. The hypocritical search for pre- texts begins at once. France, alarmed et the disparity between her army of 450,000 men and that of 900,000, which the laws of 1911, 1912 and 1913 assure to Germa votes the three-year service and @ slight increase in ar- | maments. Immedlately the pan-Ger- man_press denounces this “provoca- tion.” I can still hear Baron von Stumm, who had been pleased till then to play at conciliation, remarlk- ing dryly during_a dinner at the Dutch legation in July, 1913, that “if- Frince presumes to challenge Ger- many’s right to.be stronger than she is. It must be that she desires war. dondorff, then a colonel, draws up Hungarian evidence. Prince ' report on the methods to be PUr-|jichnowsky, German ambassador at ed In arousing national enthusiasm | e conr: o St Tames referring to nd shifting the responsibilities. his government, write: “The war writes: Count Szoeggeny The people must be sador at RBerlin, lieve that our armaments are an his infor- answer to the armaments and to ay in begin- the policy of France. They must ' ning military operations looked be accustomed to the thought that upon hwge is a great danger, on SPECIAL NOTICES. FERCTIFCL SAUSOR WEIGITE between Ft. Myer and leaders | of this | Germany cannot respect Belgian neutrality. The chief of the gen- cral staff has declared that cven English neutrality would be too high a price to pay for respecting that of Belgium. For an oftensive war against France ix possible only through Belzlun Ausassination Furninhed Excune. The plan decided upon and the sword | ready, there remzins only an opportuni- ty to find. The assussination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinaud furnishes it. nd less than tive weeks will sufice to | bring about the expl Fve is ready and in its plac prepared so that no possibil ing war remains Here again we have German proos to present in_the open- ing pages of this book on France and peace. ~Not forgetting the kaiser's ter to his chancellor of July 2 which William 1I_denmnds tion of Belgrade by Austria-Hungary war with Russia in other wordk is Bethmann-Hollweg’s note of 3, in which he says: We were aware that the cventual v by Austria against rbia might bring Russia on the scene and drag us into a war in con- Junction with our al But we could not, tal interests of Au either advise our condescension_incompatible with her dignity, or refuse her cur support at this difficult juncture: Confension. Is Full The_confession is full—it was need- For events speak for themselves and, in the fatul week, show German as eager to avoid the maintenance of peace as her future adversaries were to | safeguard it. Not only Germany does | nothing that, as Count Brockdorfr- Rantzan expresses it in his memoran- dum of May 3, 1916, “would have pre- vented the Austro-Hungarian govern- ment from taking Irrevocable decision: Ibut she m fematically neglects e fepportuni war _which | France, Great Britain and even Russin | | offer ner. | _She supports meither M. Sazonow's irequest for an extension of time to! | Serbia for her answer, nor the czar's | suggestion that the controversy should be submitted to The Hague court of arbitration: nor his proposal to refrain from all military acts of a | threatening nature while the conver- sations are.In progress. more, on {July 31 it iermany who exerts |Pressure on hesttating Austria to pre- cipitate the latter's action. 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They are on their vacation: they decided the best .plac “‘dropped {to Washington to se | xive him an hy home-folks® k" They said have nothing to G would uy mention of patronage or pol were | tapp, ard O'Donnell All were AMarion citizens' committ. helped to handle the crow : part s F. Prend and while paign. They were luncheon gue the Presldent after a brief wel in the executive offices. Abe Martm Savs. Cigars are like people—jest as | | soon as they git pop'lar they de- | terio (Copright Nati 1 Newspaper Service.) ECRETS OF WORLD WAR 44dq Pretext Dico_\.'eréd, She Spreads War intervention of other powers. We are urgently advised to the world in the presence of a fait ac- the German minister of foreign affairs . on the other hand, “absolutely I | opposed to the consideration of any 4 Bobbs-Merrill ¢ nmruny.) | 'l'om)mun\'. 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