| Show THE MILITARY MEASURE As our readers have already been informed ormeda a second ballot will be feces sary aary in a great many insina districts to determine whether or not the emperor william will have a majority I 1 in favor of his army bill however it may one thing is definitely determined ter mined the german pe aiple aro are aroused to the dangers lollies follies aud extravagancies of militarism and if they are induced to flock together toge theras as contending partisans in up the scheme of their sovereign it is more because they have as buob dread of socialism triumphant as aa they have of the emperor supreme it had bad probably settled itself in their winds minds as a choice between expensive ve armed preparation pa ration for a foreign foe and an I 1 contest with those who number among their principles the overthrow of most of the things that are what a bill of expenses does this disposition to control a situation by force of arms entail upon the people where it is practiced edl Now nowhere liste is it more extensively resorted to than in germany and nowhere is there more loyal submission under protest protest as we may see to is becoming louder and more widespread it is a danger signal which william would do welt well to take note of the subjects of the czar are also oppressed and over ridden but they are more ignorant and therefore less to be dreaded than their neighbors to we the west it if ever the disposition to keaist should manifest itself speaking 0 of the european situ altu aaion generally a writer in the russian buman nik of st P etters term burg shows that tor for the last two decades the nations of europe have been sigh ing under military oppress oppre assion sion in consequence of the triple alliance a war between russia germany and austria has boon conjectured in a pamphlet by an anonymous author anti or from berlin and vienna to st petersburg and moscow P some doubts nave have been suggested of the power of germany and austria to conquer the Russi russians aDs the writer then proceeds to look at the military or war power in europe since 1860 all nations of europe have been ready for war the first storm broke over austria in 1866 then napoleon III began to reorganize his bis army ac to the project of marshal niel the army on a war footing ought to amount to men and the national guard to men in august of the year 1870 the french army amounted to men while the germans germane had at the same time in 1875 bismarck intended a total annihilation of the french but was W held in check by russia and ever since the germans have been increasing their military power What prussia did in this thin respect was imitated by the th ther european countries the tb military power ot of germany la Is shown to have increased since 1869 1859 55 per cent that of france at the same time 54 per ce it that of russia only 14 per cent in these years russia hussla P waked at I 1 tanner anae and Increasing jt I 1 factories and industries in ID the event of a declaration of war the military power of germany would increase per cent tb at of prance france per cent and that of huesca per cent truthful saying baying sometimes attributed to napoleon 1 I that the three requisites for or war were m money money money Is i doubtless a great consideration in holding all the nations back lo 10 cause bause it is certain that the future war will cost coat more than any previous louB one no nation ought to be more sensible ee of this than germany for its ito people are not wealthy but industrious dust rious ard ar d frugal and upon them descends more directly the blows inflicted by war or living in a constant cone tant state et ef preparation power Is ie like money the more of it that is used the jess there inon in la on oil hand perhaps william never thought of this |
