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Show Draws Lesson From Germany's Ger-many's Rise After Being Crushed by Napoleon PARIS, May 19. Warning that France must, in the midst of peace, make preparations for futuro wars, was uttered by Marshal Foch, who presided at the annual meeting of tho Polytechnic Polytech-nic School for Army engineers today. Ho said the present economic struggle is the first part of the peace program but preparation for war is the second part. "Which of us," he asked "wares believe be-lieve Germany is renouncing war on the morrow of her ruin?' Germany's neighbors, whether they wish to or not, will bo forced to keep up armies and maintain strong frontiers, because there are historic realities and racial j appetites, just as there are geographical geograph-ical realities. ' j "How can we help mistrusting a na- tion," ho continued, "which, reduced to Impotence by the greaj. Napoleon was able, by its martial ardor, to re-1 establish itsolf and bring about com-j plcte overthrow of the colossal Napo-i Iconic empire, and by superlative militarism mili-tarism and mothodic development extended ex-tended Its authority frorn- the East ' Prussian marshes to boyond tho I Rhine? Making war Is its .national in-1 dustry, and might is its right." |