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TiATT.Y INST OHFOONTAX. PFSTUVKTON", OftFflON. H'KSOAV. AITiTST 4, lull.
EIOTIT PAOEfl
All
of
Europe Trem
bles
With the Shock of 'Battle
"Worst and Last" Gen. Miles
Says of the European Struggle
l!
J.1.t-,'
l ii Wull.ir (hitiK to cofltem-
; ri ' -n A. Miles I !
n. 4 in I to i. in !. -rm
the ir (.iiiii.iu.n. -fi.r If Kurt-i-e is in-
iitf,! 11 ..-. t.s iii ; --.'T
ne-.oi. v .' ' M" i.v ii .n ii!;.'i' for
h l.uwi-i li-no ran put .P00,
tttii) 7 un'ifl (.00 nien in the field,
tri'l UwwU mould make a far differ
eft hixlng thnn 1M tn the wat
fi JapHn.
"Thon be had to take her f-clditr
f.diiii m'.ii-n over h sinsle track rail
in id, uhUli u in i-oorer condition
Thu urt fire of ur own six trans-
-,ntin ntal llnm The It us i. in army j
1 mm In roo.1 condition ani ery!
f-rf
(,( rmi.r.y can put 5.5iV,i(in men In
fi. f irlil: Ans'rU run how J.SO.OOO; '
":;,! . ;.(no fon sn.l Italy l.i'tuVOtHV '
J uc i wiu.t ;r-.c, Koumani.i and
1ti.lv ..n;i .1.. is .r..l'.i m..tiial You i
Vi.i.w th..i sun.mer Uoum.ir.ia ;
t.,,v (K..niafre of the situation when',
S ii.i ..rul liuiRaria were at war to J
liu. I .,'..?., ron d('.' of her army of 4 AO.- j
..Hi. ti. troops risrit acre the!
liuiiuhi hn i s ize Hulc;trian territory.
wliii h Kmimr.ia stm noios. m n
t.).i- will do in thr- present crisis I can
not .nay.
Mi(:1it lraw on India.
"I cannot pu -as. either, how ivuny
nidi Knsland cm put into the Held.
Ur Maniir.p force 1? not so very re
ninikahle. but if she rails in territori
al troop from India she can produce
a vdivt army. 1 do not think so many
would come- from her other colonies
Neither nada nor Australia is a
thickly ettled country, and the troops
fu.ir. there would te correpondtnp '
few.
"Austria's army is in pood conJi
ti,.n It has not been actively enRap
ed for a fc. many year and is w?!l
recruited and finely trained.
'I had ome opportunity to accu
mulate information about the armies
of Eastern Europe last summer when
1 visited my on. He is the military
uttache in the Ualkan state for we
have one minister who la accredited
to r.oumania. liulsraria. Servia and
;reeoe Jointly.
APAN PLEDGED
.4
1 ?j
military movements to enable them
to write accurately to their govern
ments the dispositions that have
been made.
"I snv onlirvly with tlnowe 1m
pnilkt tlit tlil Ul le one of tlx"
MtHxItoKt in of all lil-tory. aiul
tlwt it nay very proliably Ih the
la4 jrrot war.
".Vs to the first proposition, you
will remember that tire fighting last
summer was close enough to Bel
grade so that we would hear
artillery fire plainly In the city.
"Few people appreciate the fact
that there were 750.000 men in the
fighting 300.000 Bulgarians. 300.000
Serbs and 150.000 Greeks. There
was a frightful loss of life. Bul
garia in the war against Turkey lost
SS.000 nun in killed and wounded. I
do not know the other losses.
i "The expense of keeping 20.000.000
men in the field, the fact that mill
ions of men w'ould be taken from in
dustry, the cost of their equipment
which In these modern days is a very
high expense, the cost of their
maintenance, the cessation of com
merce and transportation, make a
terrible trouble.
A Cruhiii lel
"The war debts simply cannot be
borne by the peoples of the Contin
ent at this rate for long, and I hop
and expect that the day will come
when we shall re-establish a con
gress of nations for arbitration, to
which all nations will be obliged to
submit their differences.
"The Hague, of course, was meant
to do this work in a rudimentary
10 1 ENGL
M
OKIKNTAI.S SKKX AS F.UTOK IX
WAlt AS tatlKAT lUUTAlX IS
1H AWN' IX sTIU't;JI.K.
KIA m H
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 The po
alblllty that Japan might become in
volved in a general war should her
allv. Knirland lie drawn Into the
threatened vortex In Kurolie. was dis
the riiHort.l In rilttlnmntli' rlreles here.
The existing treaty of alliance be
tween Great Britain and Japan, sign
ed in 1905 and renewed In 1911. pro
vides that the two countries shall
support each other In the event of an
attack or aggressive action against
either In eastern Asia or India iy an
other power.
Minxes Vpon Fur Fat.
Therefore the possibility of Japan's
being drawn into any war that might
Involve Great Britain with Germany
or Austria or Italy, is believed here to
j hinge entirely upon naval develop
j ments In the far east. In those wa
ters are many essels (if r.uropeau
powers engaged in looking after the
interests of their citizens resident in
China. Korea and Japan. Just as the
first blow in the naval war between
the X'nited States and Spain in 1S9S
was unexpectedly struck in the far
away Philippines, It is suggested the
first clash between European powers
might ox-cur In the China Sea. And
in case the British fleet there should
WAR STRENGTH OF POWERS
FORCES ON LAND AND SEA
TIIK TKIIM.K AM.IANCK.
Gorniany.
Populutlon 64.003.425
Area, iwjuare miles 208,830
Army.
Peace strength 870,000
Reserves 4,420.000
War strength 5,300,000
Navy.
Modern battleshlpa 1
Cruluer tml tlp.shlns 7
Older battleships 20
NEW YORK. Aug. 4. Count I-eo
pold Berchtold a quiet man with Eng
lish manners, sitting at a desk in the
foreign office in Vienna such Is the
unlmposllng presence of the AUMtrla
Hungarian statesman who has precl
pita ted a situation far more menac
ing to the peace of Europe than any
that has risen since the events that
immediately preceded the Franco
Prussian war. And the most extra
ordinary feature of th crisis la that
It should have arisen directly out of
the iisMlsslnatton. bv a Servian. of
Francis Ferdinand, the archduke who
In his lifetime was regarded as the
firebrand of Europe. Thus the arch
duke, after death, as he was In lire,
remains the great menacing factor
In the affairs of European Christen
dom. I 'omul Situation ltangt'i-otiit
Count berchtold assumed the port
folio of foreig.i affairs at Vienna up
on the retirement of Count von Aeh
renlhal. who put through the act of
annexation of Bosnla-Herfcegovliia,
which set in motion the wild passions' ... ..,..
that culminated in the assassination 1,,, buUleHnll(!1
ot me Austrian ueir i "t- miou-.
When ho took office as the director
of the foreign office, Uerchtold found
a situation full of portent. Servla,
Incensed by Austria's absorption of
territories which formerly had be
longed to Turkey and to which Ser
vla considered Itself the heir, because
Cruisers ,
Gunboats
Destroyers
Torpedo boats . .
Submarines . ...
Officers and men
Reserves
Austria-Hungary.
I'opullltlojl . .
Area, square miles
64
7
141
47
30
. 66.7X3
. . 1 10,000
5t.340.37S
261.029
Army.
Peace strength
Reserves
War strength .
Till: TKIIM.K KNTKNTK.
Ruwll.
Population (In Europe)
120 588,000
Areu. aquare miles 1,862.524
Army.
Peace strength 1.290.000
Reserves 3.3O0.O00
War strength 4.590,000
Navy.
Modern battleships 9
Cruiser battleships 4
Older buttleshlps 8
Cruisers 15
Gunboats 8
Destroyers 108
Torpedo boats 23
Submarines '. 48
Officers and men 52.463
Groat Britain.
Population
Area, square miles
Army.
I Peace strength
Reserves
390.000
t tttO.Oihl
-.noo.ooo ; wr "length
Vavy.
Cruisers
Gunboats
Destroyers
Torpedo boats . .
Submarines . ...
Officers and men
. . . 4
. . . 9
... 12
.. . 3
. . . 18
. . . 53
... 15
.17.5R1
General Miles I". S. A.
"Yes, military attaches will be pres
ent at the war. if there is one. as
observers for their governments It
is probable tlvat they will be kept
very much in the rear more than in
any previous war. But they will lie
given sufficient information after
vessels, many believe Japan would b-
fashion. But In the present instance t.,Uieij upon to aid her ally.
Austria refused to submit to The! ASi,ie from Japan's navy, the in-
Hague until Servla had complied
with some very stringent conditions.
Including not only reparation for the
murders but payment of a huge sum
to cover the cost of Austria's mobili
zation. "In this country and South America
will have a certain business Interest
in the war. For these two countries
must provide most of the food for all
the contestants and also a large
amount of war material."
MOVES ON THE W1R CHESS BOARD OF EUROPE
t..vi.iv ntr 4. John Barns
precid. Tit of the bcal
)..!.r.1 hus re--iKned. He
wrwrnent with the war policy of the rcss here
-m -rniner.t
nn tarns. i-iiit-s ." - 'enrolled as a
government Fusiliers, of the Canadian militia, were j
is in dis-.- detailed to assist in manning the fort-, '-
PARIS. Aug. 4 ine airectors .,.,,, , Ro,eraiie
UoNDoX. Aus 4. ine Aonwi hj , ine American n".).nti generally Kr.nwn.
abatement. An appeal for Red CroM
purses net with an immediate re
sponse from looo women and girH
belonging to all classes. Archduchess
J'V. irie Theresa applied to Emperor i
' Frr m. is Joseph for permission to bej
enrolled as a Ken cross nurse.
authorities have forbid
lblication of extra edition.:
of the newspaper and even the regu-
' iar editions do not refer to the occu-
which is still not
th.... nr.. nnniihiteil btrift'lv be a pen-
find itself engaged in hostilities with- clamoring for
the Germans and Austrian and Italian he unu()lB t that which had been
accomplished by the decree of annex
ation. Behind the clamor at Bel
grade could be heard the sinister un
der tonea of the growl of the Russian
Bear.
Worked for Normal Relations
' Berchtold set himself to work to
reduce relations to a normal basis.
Behind tint were the other two mem
bers of the triple alliance Germany
and Italy and opposing him were
Russia, the self-imposed protector of
all the Slavic nations, including Ser
vlu ami the other two members of
the triple entente, Great Brltlun and
France.
Then came the Balkans war in 1915
In which the Bulgarian and Servian
Slavs crushed the power of Turkey
in Europe. The formation of the
Balkan alliance and the utter defeat
of Turkey were startling evenf which
caught Berchtold napping. His
next move was to break up the Bal
kan dengue by stimulating the land
.. . i.n....ii,.n .-.f thu!.. I.-, iha Frprirh government
announces tnai ine biuuuiuu . (- ...... - . - - .
., , Wii completed in all respect. : to fit up a w ing in a school on the
This was due to the measures Uik-n j Poulevard D'lnkerman. Neuilly, as a
tnd the voluntary response of the re-j hospital to take care of from 150 to
serve men in advance of the
proclamation.
royal I ;0'i French wounded and to provide a
full staff of American doctors and
j nurses.
UiM'ON. Aug. 4 The British Ad-j
rmra'tv has issued an order ironmn- RCHOl niFJs MAKlh.
ir.g the use of wireless w ithin the wa- ,
- . l - i a u-irLHiiTn bv mer-i
IMS i.i i lie v iw. " . . I . ..... ! ... ... H tn tho nnr.
h.. must dismantle tneir vitN.NA. Aug. 4. ropuiar Kiis-t ... -
..rdered to do so. i tla-m In connection with trie nar moos buiouul i """v,'"
WANTS TO UK NTKSK
DftLAY FOR IIKliRICKS
IX QF1TTING niAXC'F
ternational far eastern fleet is made
up largely of cruisers. Many of the
vessels, however, are more powerful
than any of the American warships
that followed - Dewey's pennant Into
Manila Bay sixteen years ago. Great
Britain, including her East Indian
squadron, has two battleships, two
large cruisers and thirty-five smaller
craft, including gunboats, destroyers,
torpedoes and submarines.
Strcnctli of Germany.
Germany has two armored cruiser
four light cruisers, seven gunboats
and two destroyers.
Russia has four light cruisers, elg'.it
small gunboats, thirtv destroyers and
thirteen submarines.
The French fleet in the orient in
cludes two arjnored cruisers, five gun
boats and one destroyer.
Italy has only one cruiser at last
report In Asiatic waters.
The American navy In the Philip
pines and Chinese waters comprises
one first-class cruiser, two third-class j
cruisers, ten gunboats, two monitors,
five destroyers and a number of auxiliaries.
Italy.
Population 34.700.000
Area square miles 110.623
Army.
Peace strengt'i 2 50.000
Reserves 95O.00O
Wur strength 1,200.000
Xavy.
Modern battleships 8
Older battleships i
Cruisers -n
Gunboats 8
Destroyers 88
Torpedo boats "s
Submarines 2
Officers and men 33.095
Xavy.
Modern battleships . . .
Cruiser battleships . . .
older battleships
Cruisers
Gunboats
Destroyers
Torpedo boats
Submarines
( ifflcers and men . . .
Reserves
.45.221.615
. . .121.391
. . .254.000
. . . 476.500
. . .730.000
2
19
38
112
10
227
58
88
137.500
26.000
lVanee.
Population 39.601.509
Area, square miles 207.054
Army.
Pence strength 720.000
Resenes 3.2SO.O0O
War strength 4,000,000
Navy.
Modern battleships K
Cruisers 81
Gunboats 8
Destroyers 87
Torpedo boats 173
Submarines 9
Officers and men 60.621
(Continued on Page Seven.)
To Submit Plans for WarJUp. Greece. One of the new vessels will
WASHINGTON. Aug. 4 -This '"" Nw Y"rk "v' "rd
week, according to Information today f
at the navy department. Secretary! schooner arrived at Marshfleld
Daniels hopes to be able to submit (IUjP) Wun skins, tusks, ond oil of
plans and to j-eek bids for the con' I ft nf.w ,njnrtry on the Ob
struction of three rlreadnaughts au-j
thorlze.I by congress. Including thej
one to be bnllt with the funds secur
ed 1-v the recent sale of the old hat-1 The IOO.imio gallon reservoir of the
tlesh'ips Idaho and Mississippi to - Bend Wat. r (V, Is nearly completed.
i
chant merit.
appnrat us w hen
PARIS. Aug. 4. Myron T. Herrick
and Mrs. Herrick were to sail for Am
erica on the France but as her sailing
date has been advanced, they cannot
o bv that vessel. Herrick will not
j present his letters of recall as pre
F. S.
XAVAIi omCERS
ARK ORDF.RKD HOMF
against Servla shows
signs of embaj-sy.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 4-
4i-rsii American naval officers on
leave in Switzerland were recalled on
orders from Washington. The Swiss
government has ordered a mobiliza
tion and the troops are ready to de
fend the neutrality of Swiss territory.
M)
1 -RfSSELS. A'.;g 4 The Soir says
t,. t'.. i G.-rman note has te. n receiv-
. prf-U-nMii in resjx.nse to t-ivi-j
!!. s r. ! 1- to G.-rnan uU.rnut .rn
.-ii that t . .l..tJ..n lteT. the t'.v-.
o ir.iT!. a: " pr.-eed.t.c
11 XI.! FAX. N S.. AU.- 4.--Tl.e first '
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