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Show achieved without tho bl ?os Mei.ru.'.s military genius. The irou chaueellor could plan diplomats ascendancy; as-cendancy; he coilhl raise, revenues and e.uip armies; but when the f word was needed to turn a riritiral point, the right arm or tho great ".'lout man" had to be, relied upon Undoubtedly Moi.tke was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Htratee.ist of the niro. lie evol.cd the plan of dividing a force into tlir.o armies which ohoiild move upon n focal point with mathematical precision and crush out an enemy. It has been fob lowed in ever campaign that (brmuny has been engaged in i'U' '''';' upon her career, and it l.ns been triumphant tri-umphant in e- ery instance. Mui.ihK had all possible contests planned i'l advance. When the einptr-(., einptr-(., sent br him in 10 to prepare to move iv'aiii-t Franco his brief response, was "M'c are icady." lie know what wiih to be done and how it was to be ae- i-mplished, and the event hhovved 1 l:e accuracy of his calculations. It is mid that he has long had plans in his j ile ,k for a cimpaiii against llussia if; one ,-honld become necexary, nud that his malhemat.ical brain bad the entira ranje oT military possibilities 'covered, j hemn uk, Austria Franeti might : have I.e. 01 crushed under a dilTerent .-adershii, but we hive n i anrnnce J that ViN Mu. ! Hi 's genius could have been dispensed with saielv. Now' that the marshal is gone, tlm fatherland must look to someone else to plan her campaigns, and we may weil v. under if it will be pe.sible for her to secure such leadership iu the perilous pa-ses of the 1 future, If Cetteral (iu.wr had stood ready to take command w hen our rebellion broke out. that cruel suite could in I have been dragged out through so many long years. A leader o leaders was needed and such an one was hard to lind. OliAvr was the 'silent man" of American Ameri-can military history as MoTfKi. was of j Cci-maiiy. Each was the greatest general gen-eral that his country ever produced. The union, it is devoutly hoped, may never again need the prowess of a Guam's sword, and Germany may well entertain the hope that a M'U TKK may not again be required to maintain her pre-t.ge upon the tented held. I THIC DKtTII OF MOI.TKE i 'J'Jio death of t'ouut von- Mdi.tki--. j rr-moves the srnoilil tf the groat trio ot ; (;,'i'iiinii:i-i()ivi'i' tip' rlnt.r ajjnts in liiDiiMintt the history Ktii'.po for half ; a contury. It is an evout of more than ' pa.ssiiiif inipoi'tancp. A 'rat gciiorat lias passfi't away anil tin; coicf ropre- j sentativo of a jiowjrful military school j is i'piuov ed. j It would In1 impossible to pre. Hot j what the, extent of (lonnaiiy"? lo in this hcroavcniont vviil lie, fur mi man can lull whether or not there is another , who fiouhl take his place if tlm enipiro ghonhl atrain he called to arms. 1iMa!:ck is credited ; with havine inado tiio (itrinan empire. ' Emperor Wim.iam gave him fr-c rein. ami his iron will luoku down all oh- ; dtructions and led (icrmanv ou to tho j position that sho now oceiiiiii-s, hut it j is doubtful if tho end could have been i |
