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Show gSCHlXPEGT WAR fOU15THVlNTH5 Confident of Victory, VSays Lieutenant in Letter gft to Salt Laker The officers of the Frencl arm do not pect the war to last longer than five sijc months according to a letter re dyed from a lieutenant of the French tinen by M ss Florence Chr stersen this city yesterday The French are nftdent of a Ictor for the a 1 ed rces though not an easy one as t ey el that the Cern ans wl 1 batt 9 des flllTh'lletter said that the Frcn h vera 1 fe 1 Drepared for -war mu better ihan J Anyone ou side of the Inmost clrc es of 'S tan Ufe cou d ha e suspected The frtce expressed himse f as agreeabli 1 liJirprlsed at the cond tlon of the mobl t i jidstIChrlstensen had been studying art I I 3 Eu ope during the last five sears and eturned to America only a leu weeks efore war was dec ared Ulth reference - o the preparedness of the European na Ions for war she said Tl The secrecy maintained by the French m Itary author t es with ref , e ence to their army Is probably ac Ja counted for by the country hav ng so 1 man) Soo al sts France is ob Iged to cons der the r attitude toward war rj and has the greatest respect or fear for her citizens H story s ow s us how prone the French people are to the amusement of starting a re o u tlon It seems funnj to an Amerl "P can to hear the French constantly predict ng a revolution Just 1 ke a person res d ng in a hurr cane be t predicts a hurricane TP th the pass ng of the law making a con pu so y three years mi itary se vice came many d sturbances with prei ctions of re olut ons For th s reason I think the m tary author! t es have been w ork ng secret to ha e the arm w el prepared for th S Tit conn ot But I do not consider the French nearl so ve prepared as the Ge mans "tt hat struck me most fo clb when I was In Germany was th s fearful preparat on The courj trj was fa r y b st ng with cannon Ha T always fe t as if I was on the edge j) of a battlefield ot that I teel any t antagon sm toward Germans I en jij f one dare use that word In the face of the present g uesome condi J t ons the das of the ca a ry and the marcl ing and the music of the ! infantry but there Is sometiing so r uncompromls ngly cold b ooded in the s ght of m es and miles of cannon a rawllng i ke a big b ack serpent through lo e y green val eys (i WlTle In Prussia I took nany auto a mobl e r des out into the peaceful ountry and e -oadway was a ways h o ked and the ew marred by that IT h deous se pent of v ar Nor was that all Eve vwhere I turned I g ared into the cannon s mouth 4.S I cane by train seemingly every huge back spot In the d stance was a t emendous manufacturing estab shment control ed by the Krupps It seemed that the on y names I heard n Germany werev Krupp and kaiser |