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Show GREAT BRITAIN IN THE WAR. (New York Tribune) Initial German successes on the ) French frontier have only made the I extent of Great Britain's task more definite. The sole hope of escaping u long war lay in a crushing repulse of the German invasion. Had Germany Ger-many and Austrla-llungarj been thrown on the defensive at the outset, out-set, their defeat would have been pretty nearlj assured. Thej could i ihsve been blockaded and slowly starved into submission without t I vast strain on the military forces ot the allies already mobilizing. But it all the first battles go against the allies In the western theater of war and northern and eastern France is overrun by the Germans, France's defense de-fense must be steadily reinforced by British troops, just as Spain s defense I against Napoleon had to be kept alive j lor years by the British expeditionary army. For Great Britain the partial occupation occu-pation of France would be only an incident of the first phase of the great struggle. So long as they maintain control of the sea the British will continue con-tinue to fight Germany on continental soil, and they will have the co-operation in a protracted war of the vast military resources of Russia. As I Earl Kitchener justly said Belgium roust be recaptured from the Germans after the integrity of French territory is assured. But to accomplish these objects Great Britain must keep on turning out soldiers until her field force bear6 practically tho same proportion pro-portion to population as do the first line armies of the continental powers. |