Show aft aftA r t M A DIPLOMATS MA 15 VIEWS I Colonies of or Franca O and tho the Yol Alla to TM ThO low Jow S Sf f nn II n n fl 11 H nm 5 re Nl al I Is tolla t idle I II r I I r c andl and the ha lint 1 I n I I owr r T tir t In the world orld ox I II Ner IH alone Alono become Iran brance c a ha h 11 I I With Germany ib I 1 11 our r U I 1 t Of a aW f tt tH the h Iy I II v lit r tos W Prine 11 I II c cI I II If proU r 1 I that she he should I he I II I i d d i P ul 11 I T C i tint end ih she ht was t 0 of t 4 Alsace co coI I f r 11 of I I r n II r J With wit I I a R l I r rj J Lorr I In n such auch n A CT T n Ian inn 1011 hr her fur furr II 11 disrupt II i iI 1 iI 1 C war r rn Ih ft I fl In should be paid ft ga m I without wit mh he 1 i l h I R fur for Ii Ion If time me to hr r u of M the commune com n T Th t M 1 I Ill n the abolition of at er the I u ar r I sai d p efforts nf of f miH 1111 liP the SI i i ni ts to 10 regain r I I ni birth of B II new ni 1 th Ihl t ne neth I IMo agonies tl I I r I wore were 1 dYing e th the republic eata tab b boner N oner under a av I Ihen v hen the t h e gov act t bout about bi 1 ir 1 H country the thet i III thi h I the fl v and of r tallud t r ash t time at a n eR e reat U L had rome come her groat If d In aunI the Mph Thier Indemnity hue hueI thus I J I h unity of ot th the there oe iti Ir n ne milliards w w aun led 1 to 1 r rl tze it the on a n I III II all introducing military O r arable l son n of or F r e far slit 1 ry W r r any a ny privilege p r d education and ability advancement for tor military 10 t fever both feet feete as al It were 11 basing Ing 1 bY mean a ot ands the a af two r of ot Metz and e ful alone was worth to toz of ene M f Franco wee corn com cornI many IY Im O men z build UP 01 against them a B pw por porI POI I ad to 1 ef of t tone I nIl flue hest n rOil it her h r milliards n Franco France ronce built Ih fill i powerful navy no In the world the t molt to tc Englan d and gradually paid air I AI 01 the m nui l n a alliance ance with a n I I million to toI than Ihan eleven of more tan Nil lV thle power I Ira Im MI his built up then Ihen on nn rr t r e empire In L colora s amazed L i amazed at nt Francos II and Ind nd rower power not did y x rot Mt III Y stumbling n I H wW lIY of of ot colonies colonise In rub of 01 th world but not attempt f V frustrated tn n Germany was W I to tow toc INdirection ter neb w c ill ll II the French Fr energies turned to tor toI t I i r Africa and end Asia Aila and from fromI IN ra I MOM frontier and end did all In her herto hert forget torget the ancient t I I r to 10 make her II ran r un lands land redeemed redeem 1 by Germans Germane t Miili the Ih of Met Mets and t r r i ire u still Hill draped In mourning every ii h f July luly the French republican na lIa nat t I iI fey dy so 11 Ur lar Franse old claim as nu It I grand gran Ulna umi n u la quite legitimate The Tho enor r ui u public debt e too loo Is le but a n proof of oC off oCt f t r t credit and tho the skill with i l lh Ih i the payment p of or tho Iho stupendous at V it ii paid every my year Tho French J J debt aft s because It Is I Is rarely the aryl I In the press prell because use there therein in Ir war u a i doubt about her govern rn rerI to handle It I t the handling of ot the tha i are H colonial empire and Us ita II colo cob ii la in ion by a French population In view viol violI I lire that the French or nation It ItI I v II at home and would be ber r tr were lIere ere It not for tor Italian and immigration especially the lat w III which Mch te ming at home and In at the rate of ot souls souse I nary year ser flows arrow acro t b In spite of this thle overflow tri h hn bai f fertilized large sections of 01 i ithe the Ito lilted built up several Oer tier rn r In Brazil and distributed h i of nf thousands of oC Germane f Nugh Canada central I and South Bouth A It has further made Hussion P and th the only great gral industrial section f tr tl Bums and h Is I u upholding poor Her Oer I IU Jom the over oer Slavic and un Magyar wave 1110 In III l of all these there draw i U b i ks 1 I Ilay toy Y has hili today over 11 of ot inhabitants I t forty millions of Franco Francone II ne I Tr hw sheer w weight of or these there number 1 though ih the military excellence of 1 no 10 po powers pr might be considered i i rn blah any an future military sue cue suei I 1 i TI n a th the t tart rt of Franco Franca alone against nany nan well lIeli ll nigh impossible And us in m military matters natters no MO It Is I becoming 1 In naval MIRI affairs The Tho rise t a ac a II great naval noval power to tou toh u h U n the mom mO 1 fact filet In tho the J i ij J i no an I mui much h the more moro r 1 II as this navel lIall nav l Is a not a 1 tl policy polity but bul a dire necessity Iii trl M life Ilk question que lion for Germany She Sha Bh f to i b support rl one of her n Imported foodstuffs and the i t i b becomes comp larger every year A Kade adr of nf any an length would re reo I c c to for Cor she eha I its It only city p pay ItY y for tor her Increasing de tl rain ii In raw products and add foodstuffs i rr I the Ibe large laree MrK extorts ot of l her splendidly i f relO wp 4 industry by tho the proceeds of I I I and by the Interest K r from her b r foreign Investments V lt J i 11 I this can an only be bo guar rd J ty lr s I meet powerful na navy These I rate he convinced d eve even een the tho liberal j i a j J 1 nIt centrist r nl PIrU In Germany I r av re 1 to 10 Increased military and andr andi r i 1 AI a exl eX it flies M At the Iho 10 Pr present int rate rato of or t in Der every Cery is r I r t t rAS battles battle battleships hl l one destroyers I i ii 1 kU end and six lx destroyers i r n V u h b the the mI time free tree scope Pe I Ito Is IsI re I to construct r ships In order to re t t I It which have become ob obo o e n will m per contest conlest the tho naval navai s siw SUo eu r of Franco r nc In ln 1916 m and r Rn In ln iw 11 owing R to lo the stirring ef e aan w 1 the e Increase her efforts W dra 0 1910 1110 The energy of Emperor a am m irA hv b ties lR openly u 0 of P para va 1 n ta ermany U Ih the M execution uton lies on of the theN tho the thova N i 1 a inder tt re her t Ihn that F France nc too position O so al In her homo home wa sea wac weft I u as 1 en c ea a She tn In the Indian and Pacific tar l I h has 1 come me lo to an under der England AI r an em Ire regarding her empire which kh has hall re c on 10 1 r aged the theof greatly Un hu hurt rt net Ife treaty moral r d defeat r a t of 01 F Fashoda The with 1 I has a given her H T Tover J A ar oni onit acme over Oer Morocco f t t II In I merely some Ilm and onti n nh ands aa a t JI that the African I Ethe III u le 1 far ns all l l la alit II Indirect The h e Aran an fleet t Mcd 10 i ab d d and end tir f r of Ih the To Tonlon n and the j of at un the lire 11 e ration iy established I renil those Ih ant Tunis I I lw Iona n fop ter e pusses fosses r a I one n r lime to 8 lit 11 Ab I 1 h by Iee r several ears ag aljO Oer Ger a valueless kAnAe nl p pr aw w r B African POI O d lon U at I r Marquell the hll over er the South African e Africa It about that JJ or r th s been ell sad Franc fan e between England I Ia Alma S r a It II ant finch the If Its tl Is In I q III and l In I I father M lh has Je become empi em l e Inac uro I iI I through the great r nt event even tn in the Iho he tar far out cast conking Tonkin won In hard ne against the Black Flags and AI the Ih In and again In with an area lUta of nearly 7 spurn nu re manes and of Inhabitant the protectorate of or Anam In the east eat eastorn eastern I orn ern hurt of the tho Indo Chinene peninsula with An nn urea of over mlle and nd about of people Cochin China and III largo large tracts wrested from lam Blum with their that tremon dons dous wealth and th Ihl the many millions of leis Mela Mel Mongol and Malay Millay races belonging to 10 CI ln spirit 8 worship and IIII I Ity It have become tee ly stirred against franco Slam SIAm which which hits has been despoiled by Prance France linn has for a n long lOllS time approached the Japanese government for protection and a 1 mar between tho the crown prince and an Imperial Japanese M has been lIeen With planned lanned With all those these varied dangers rs the mil milItary and naval of oC France Prance In those tho e regions anti vaters waters Is extremely I weak Mr D vr E a high staff of ot engineers lays lars bare hare In one of the lest numbers of 0 the France the precarious situation of his country In III the Ewt ut Indies Indle The l war nor must he be a IL serious lesson for tor Prance France ce since her Indo n nest st will necessarily be he one of ot the tho th brat t goals finals for later enterprises by the yellow race as soon as the Man question will be bl solved favor tavor favorably favorably ably for tor Japan As AI soon noon na RII China e forces forcell surely be marshaled mar haled by Japan for the common cause will feel herself hersele strong enough she will VIII cea easily II ily lIy fled find s for fur friction and easily arouse the cognate races In III the conquered ran eon altered territories to rebellion France however with her present means mean Is la I not I no nIL position to defend her indo RP colonies colon lit The Tho Krone in U extreme extremo orient la Is vastly Inferior to 10 the Japanese fleet with the tho ex ellI Ij b two or throe three throe Inen ot her h snips slips n m 10 the lases of ot operations operAtion an d ports orts of oC refuge are without military importance and modern fortifications one die single exists In Saigon and tho arsenals are ore unable enable to supply the eventual sent lint from front liti J u rope The Tile land Und forces farces are ar not superior to In her naval strength It Jl U Is I certain that the native troops troop would waver If it op 01 opposed posed to Chinese or Japanese forces ortI lint Hut even If It they thy were nero loyal loal they could hardly withstand the shrapnel fire of or Japanese artillery There Is III not one fortress In hI the Iho French Indo empire comparable In the tho slightest de tie degree gre gree t to Port Arthur Oven liven though it might be bo possible In the south louth to 10 prevent pre prevent Ir vent Japanese landing by submarine boats which however have hav to tv be lie pro provided vided Idoll first there therl Is le no way Ill whatever In the north from rom the Island of ot hula an to keep keell the Invading Japanese forc forces url es liS from landing and proceeding against In the archives of or tho thu great I staff at Tokyo ok there Ih In Is I d l n u niu will meet t perfect and I l plan of ot Invasion of Indo a plan Illin as II care car cari erth i q i t is ar that which worked H 1 1 ii i u i n i u li Korea Timers Them Is II no noIh f MI HI Ih 11 Japanese will choose I th a J i t in m nt for lor their plans with r HIM tilli t t head IK il and undaunted heart by try u II him I 11 I r hove h surprised the till world to in Ito Ita HII slun III war ar The Che material lou loss lull aud tM HI lIP in of It prestige pread a would be fatal to Frans will the th danger of 01 a 0 yel yd low doctrine In Asia according accruing to 10 the th model modal of or the tha Monroe doctrine In III Amer ica bring about that th I Franco understanding In the far till east which the tha th of or with the tho con on luf Iou bias of or and l have hui nude made Impossible at al home horn r |