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Show EIL10 PROPOSES Watches Germany With Jealous Jeal-ous Eye and Prepares to Meet' Expansion. MAY BE CONSCRIPTION Lord Roberts Eager to Put the" Army Upon Strongest. Possible Footinrr. I BY PHILLIP EVERETT. Special Cabin to The Tribune thoXrip?0NWlVprl1 I3-rc'o'r than bv t fn ?1,e I101 Jntii.mto friend-f3nJJK-C,U,Ul a,H Germany aro co i-S i-S ibw?mtual &llonsy d 'Jwtrust; th ?BriSnSt0n C1,"r? 's Hpoocb on nil.vy nst"tcs produced Ltln aJI ovor Gormanv, so the German government's proposal for -i Jrelse o in?eas' but still nn in-navv in-navv ha ni. alro,'" Dll'"Cpanded To hlty SOI0y !rblcd country, lo tho great majority of Encliih- is auffSi fr' "P'JMontinK Germany, a 'SuC ir'V ,V'hat 4iorienns cal a, swelled head," and haa muln nn orshiirof ' Fbtafn for,"iS- l.o lead1-Sp lead1-Sp "'OPO and then of the . 6,cc;l "n,v one obstac o in his ay, and that obstacle is England Strike at Center. bv rpnL8 ":throiv the adverslry bi rendering him defenseless that fq X?hlAnK his armcd "06-that, in case the adversary wafl ft coalition, ih? first SSlv&WS 'k.pMUon cotlld be dls-beS dls-beS tu an ?8 nicinbora could be up lyexy ""ornpt is made and wiJI bo made, to sever tho V ween Ilusiu and Pranco h combination oTSScoaS0 Eng"", iutltehVy16 CCDtCr ' Strengthen German Army. So the German army . is to bo strengthened by two army corps in th? SShn-S n& S? as t0 ake a part nership with England too dangerous for Prance That accomplished, tho next conies. Jt Prance would change sides that would add twenty-one baUIoships' Ann? f S' irrlIirec' und ith t lie floots of Austna-IIungary imd 3tah 7A?VZ th0 ?QP combination the desired superiority at sea. But if not, the defeat of the French inny Drovidoft1? E1"ffIand' and Pffi aS1?? if GfSan10nra?yfUrtbCr &uch being the policy which England strikes or no strikes-has to be prepared pre-pared to meet, what must bo England's policy in her own defense? Tho nav-U will, of course, bo supported bv both parties, and even a stronger policy will meet with gpncml sympathy and no serious opposition. Roberts Wants Conscription. But England plans further still. Tno Conservative press is hammering it iPto the heads of its readers that a naval programme alono will not moot thc needs ot the day. It is onlv a beginning begin-ning which must bo followed un by a stronjr military policy and thcrP must not bo a sing e month's delay in out-narKiusr out-narKiusr on this. Lord Roberts is touring tho country agitating in favor of general conscription conscrip-tion and he has mado it tho obicct of us old aco to tee everv Euglifhman between the ages of 18 and 42 trained1 in the uso of arms and able to don the king's coat in case of war. At present pres-ent ho is not, meeting with much success, suc-cess, for the Liberal government is strongly opposed to placing this new heavy burden on the nation, but if a Conservative government comes in bo-fore bo-fore ho dies, Lord Roberts will undoubtedly un-doubtedly see his ambitions crowned with success. |