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Show - w . I'Tuuco vs. Oermuny. On tho day that war is declared bo-tween bo-tween Franco and Germany what will happen? At first tlicro will bo, of course, the general mobilization according to tho now method which the German staff has recently adopted, On tho German sido that mobilization will bo effected effect-ed in a very short tinio. In less than seven days a little over 1,400,-000 1,400,-000 will bo concentrated on the frontier fron-tier at tho points fixed by the general gen-eral staff. The cars aro ready, tho coal for tho railroad was laid in long ago. Four or fivo days nfter tho first advance, 800,000 will form the second lino. Finally Final-ly there will be the landsturm, with about 1,100,000 on tho fiwt call. All these troops aro thoroughly drilled aud armed with tho repeating riflo. Tho artillery ar-tillery and cavalry havo all that is necessary neces-sary for undertaking a campaign. One can imagine, therefore, what tho next war will bo. It will be frightful and merciless. It is quite possible that tho victors will bo as much exhausted ami decimated as tho conquered. Certainly tho Franco-German war of 1870 will look like child's play compared with the coming struggle, which everybody i.s talking about, but which nobody but a madman would desire. Detroit News. |