THE WILL TO CONQUER
STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATION.
MEN AND MUNITIONS.
【BY "THE TIMES MILITARY CORRESPONDENT,
Two points in the Prime Minister's admirable epocah at the Guildhall on January 11th particularly arrest our attention: first, the renewed affirmation by the Allies at the Bome Conference of their will to conquer, and, secondly, the increasing dependence of our friends upos British support.
It is not by speeches, however eloquent, or by the display of trade returns, how. evor entrancing, that we can reply to the now Gorman military programme Wo mus all set to work with the will to
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AMUSEMENTS IN WAR TIME.
LORD DERBY'S JUSTIFICATION.
The London Robert Burns Club cola brated its birthday festival at Queen's Hall by a Scottish concert to welcome Colonial Boots soldiers. The house was crowded and great cuthusiasm prevail- od. The proceeds of the concert were in aid of the schoole
Lord Derby, who had been announced to deliver a short address, was cordially received. He said he had the greatest pleasure in being present at a gathering which was not only entertaining our Ovaries soldiers, but was contributing to the funds of a must deserving charity.
GERMANY'S NEXT WAR.
PREPARATIONS TO FOLLOW
PEACE,
BY FRANCIS GRIBLE. I The utterances of public mon in Ger many often remind one of the soliloquies of the villain in a melodrama. They load the dice in public, and boast to their confederates that they are bound to win because they mean to cheat. But, they forget that walls have ears, and that their nefarious plan, may be overheard by others besides the packed sudience conspirators to which they are addressed, That is what is now bappening in con-" nection with their appeals for peace, and if we want to know precisely what those
are worth we must make a
anote.
conquer, and must all now proceed to no time could eradicate, though it mig of it and we have the oily voice
On the one
BELGIUM DEFENDS HER
HONOUR.
HISTORIC REPLY TO MR. WILSON:
HER ONLY TERMS
The joint Reply of the Allies to Pre sident Wilson, which was harded to the United States Ambassador in Paris by M Briand last Wednesday, was accom panied by an additional Note from Bel- gium. This Note, the text of which we reproduce below delivered in the presence of Baron - Beyens, Belgiar Minister for Foreign Affairs.
This special
Mark both is designed to
sense of the warm sympathy manifested towards the cap- tive Belgian population by the United States and her own character as the victim of German aggression, whose sufferings have set their moral seal upon the war
In individual hearts, and in individual homes, there were great sorrows which
give the utmost development to our arm to some extent dull them Bul. Die ed forces with no thought but victory, nation, as a whole, was not grieving of the Chancellor, in whose magnanimous and in the shortest possible time. The notion as a whole was glad when it mouth butter, for the moment, would not
The Royal Government, which has asso The measures which our Allies propose thought that from all parts of a great molt. He crush his enemies? Perish the ciated itself with the Reply handed by the to adopt with those onde in view are common Empira men were coming cheer thought of such a thing! He is the French Prime Minister to the Ambassador matters for them to deside, while the fully, willingly, to lay down their lives, most reasonable person going! And set of the United States, desires particularly of measures which we should adopt apper if Providence so willed, in defence of a only the most reasonable, but also the to express its sense of the sentiments
Presi tain to our responsibility. They cover a great and a just cause (Cheers) The most peaceable! He not only wants peace humanity that have prompted the wide. held and affect hot only nation rejoiced and it had a sight to re now he wants peace for evermore his Note to the belligerent Powers, and dent of the United States in addressing our Navy and our Army, but joice so long as everything thatakae neces pledge of the sincerity of his intentions all Departments of State and all saury wae done for the men that the he proposes a League to enforce Peace it highly appreciates the friendship their activities. But we ought to wo people's amusement, whether in the Sooner than see such a League collapse towards Belgium which he
such good will be interpret, with clearly enough by now, if we have not home, the open air or in the theatre, for lack of a leader, he is willing to seen it before, that our military effort should go on, so long as the public pocket his modesty and put himself at As much as Mr. Woodrow Wilson, the on land, especially on the decisive interests did not suffer Those who came Perhaps not: but he is not the only man way come to an end as soon as possible.
the head of it. Conld he speak fairer? Royal Government would wish to see this Western front, has not been adequate home should be met with cheerful faces, who is speaking. Fortunately for our-
But the President seems to think that to sceure a decision or even to deserve and their time away from the tranches velves we are able to hear, bot only the the statesmen in the two hostile campa it. Some of our friends abroad boast, should be made amusing, so that it would voice of a Chancellor driven into a corner, are pursuing the same war aims. The with a tendency to exaggeration, that we distract them from all the anxieties and and, therefore anxious to placate enemies example of Belgium unhappily demon- British Invo 2,000,000 men in France, dangers they had undergone and B and neutrals, but also the voices of certain strates that this is not the case. Unlike and suppose that we shall soon win them for further exertions with renewed representative and influential Germanse
the Central Powers, Belgium has never through. We might say also that France vigour. (Cheers,)
who, speaking as the Chanceller's politico esteren Governmen has 3,000,000 men in the field and will He concluded that all those present cal supporters, and endorsing his pacific ser tandstill treats the Belgian nation ner in which the German Government has also soon win through but statements of were Scotch (laughter), and, therefore programme, put their own gloss on it, and that nature sorre rather to obscure the being in a hopeless minority, he had to really matter, as there need be no finality Germany will make it her rare to guar- assure fiery patriots that it does not does not admit of any supposition that issues than to illuminate them. It ought admit that the Bcotch were infinitely in the settlement, and another war may antee for the future the rights of weak. to be known, and admitted, not only by superior to anybody else, (Laughter and soon restore to Germany anything which peoples which she has not ceased to trample Cabinets, but by the public and the Press, cheere. If he were in Lancashire be she forfeits in the present one. That is under foot over since the war that she let j that aggregate nation strengths, which might not speak so confidently, especially indiado reinforcemonts depots, labour as he knew that in the early days of re battalions and establishments of all sorts and size on our lines of on a cruiting he had the greatest dificulty in keeping Scottish recruiters out of Lan nication, do not express the real value of canbire, and keeping the recruits in our fighting armies. We all ought to Lancashire, because the attraction of the count in bayonets and in guns, that is kilt superseded any other attraction ho to say, in effective combatants, in order could offer. He often wondered whether to ascertain our chances for victory, and the attractions in the trenches were as when we count in this manner the figures great now as they were in those days of dwindle to quite a different total.
which he was speaking. The Scottish
THE SITUATION IN THE WEST.”
the line taken by Walther Rathenau. It tigre, the line taken, with some minor Scheidemann and those declarations are really much more significant than those of the extremists who clamour for the Chancellor's head on a, charger because of his alleged objection to "ruthlessness and Frightfulness.
BATHENAU'S PLAN.
loose began to ravage Europe,
On the other hand, the Royal Govern-
went notes, with plensure and with on-
States impatiently await the momen to Adence
the assurance that the United co-operate in the measures which will be
k antee small taken after peace to protect
and
guar- allations against violence and Until Germany delivered her ultima tum, Belgium's sole aspiration was to live on good terms with all her neighbours scrupulous loyalty the obligation, imposed
oppression.
ing strengths of division on the two regiments, whetler foraned in Scotland opinion; but he haa, never-enforces treaty, was compelled to admit.
the
Ratheuau is well-known as the ingenious were in one way and be would say the Jew who organised the famous Rea towards each of them she discharged with oven in Lancashire a great example to Material Department of the German Wer is that Germany has 128 divisione op carried their nationality with them Liberal; and he is even nepopular with rewarded by Germany for the confidence The truth of the situation in the Westall the rest of the poor Britishers they Office, He is neither Jonker nor National on her by her neutrality How was she posed to us, and that the number of wherever they went, and would carry it the former class on account of his Semitic sible warrant, her neutrality was violated, French, British, and Belgian divisions, generation after generation. This ad origin. He gay be taken, therefore, her territory was invaded, and the Im she showed Overnight, without plau even after taking into account the vary vantage gave them in their Scottish representing the less bellicose section of perial Chancellor in announcing to the sides, is not yet such as to promise or in the great Overeeds Domitions, antered the idea of a League
erun Reichstag this violation of right, and of decision in offensive war. The offensive aprit de corps which was absolutely Peace, with a proposal to establish, in iniquity of such an act and to promise devolves upon us in order that we may invaluable. It was a spirit which was the time of peace which he expects that reparation would be made. But the evict the enemy from the territories of growing up, not only in natione, but in complete organisation for breaking the Germans, after occupying Belgian terri bur Allies which he holds, and such offer all the counties of the United Kingdom. peace successfully whenever a favourable tory, showed themselves no more observant alve; against modern means of defence,
opportunity presenteme
itself Thern must demands a great superiority of strength
of the rules of international las or of the particularly in heavy guns but also in
Economics Department Kriegswith. They chansted the resources of the coun
revistons s of The Hague.). Conventions.. infantry, and in all the other modern
chaftsabteilung because Germany entered by military machine before the
into the present war with economic arbitrary, they deliberately ruined as War We supposed that a two, or even
preparations, which the event proved to industrica, destroyed whole towns, Abd three to one superiority was not too great
be inadequate. He lays it down ar apt to death or imprisoned & considerable for an attacker, and it must be repeated
maxim that the fature years of peace number of inhabitants, Bila again and again that we have nothing
must be exclusively devoted to this pre- they loudly proclaim like this superiority, and that victory
paration, on which our most intense depends upon obtaining it. It is always
efforts must be lavished and then be
gravate the rigours of the occupation by: post in foating balance of strategic re-
tion of vast stores, not only of war. If there is country that is entitled to possible for the Germans to place in the
goes into elaborate details. He demands carrying Belgian workmen into offer by serves which they used against Rou
material, but of all material necessary to say that
and the necumala thousands mania, and if in the year 1017, we only
the economic life of the country in tige tends existence that country sure employ against the enemy a slight
of war, to be kept up under the superis Belgium Compelled by force to fight superiority of force, nothing better than
vision of the State, and he insists upon or to submit to dishonour, she passionate- slight success can reasonably be anti
effective use in the next war of the the desirability of drafting and pigeo desires that holing & scheme for making instant and services of all German qubjects, civilions
A soldiers,MA
cipated. Over and over again in this war the Nelsonian maxim that bumbers alee annihilate has been shown to be correct, and consequently our primary aim now must be to provide these mum Lers, bath of men and guns
possessions overseas, since the last of our Now Armies was raised we have been very remise in the creation of new divi sions, and have by this neglect, departed from the original conception of Lord Kitchener, which was wholly good. Any one who cares to turn back to The Times of August 15th, 1914, will there find the article was written aftor a long talk of outline sketch of this conception. This the late Field Marshal with the writer, and there is no barin in saying now that the proof was revised by Lord Kitchener and approved by bim
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Kitchener proposed to continuo, day by The particular point is that Lord day and year by year, the development of fresh forces, whereby be anticipated thus when other Powers were exhausted we should be most capable of continuing tie tion must be thought out and constantly The American people have, since the be
A general plan of economic War. This plan gradually lapsed for revised, as circumstances require. Fu this ginning of the war, manifested towards The simplicity of this theme is its many reasons, chief amongst which was greatest weakness, for civilian intel-the recruiting muddle, which landed us of orders which would have to be ritesident sympathy. An American commit connection we must study the thousands the oppressed Belgian people their most Ligentsia revolts against & suggestion in a dreadful mess in the autumn of 1915, culated, and would run somewhat as fol tee, the Commission for Relief in Bel- which appears so ordinary and so brutal and is even at the present day far from lows: On the second day of the mob ] | gium." in intimate co-operation with the for this reason that soaring mind being cleared up here was a party insation you will present yourself at auch King's Government and with the National turn disgusted from the West and seek the Inte Cabinet which thought more of and such a house. There you will take Committee, is displaying tireless devo
VAN WAERWYCK" elsewhere and ardently for a theatre of trade than of victory, and to the male the orders of such-and-such a War tion and marvellous activity in supplying having arrived from the above ports, Con- war where a victory may be obtained at ficent action of this party the writer has Economie Bociety, which is in course of the needs of Belgium. The Royal Govern signees of Cargo by her are notitled that all less cost, and by some trick of legorde no hesitation in assigning the main reformation, and whose instructions will be might is main which will turn the difficulty of
ating the chief army of the principal|ponsibility for the prolongation of the communicated to you?
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recruiting, with the result that we have PEACE A PROLOGUE TO ANOTHER WAR aim for Belgium,
the voice of the Eatente Powers will fod A PR Evidently the first desideratum for not yet obtained the necessary superority
the United States unanimous echo to undanign in any case intererad by
nhocent victim of
BEL of Leiling will be count attaining the objects which we have in of force. We could neither complete Such is Rathenau's gloss on Herr von German ambition and of German greed,
JAVA CHINA JAPAN LIJN, view is the adoption of a sane strategy existing establishments in the winter of Bethmann-Hollweg's demand for & Langue the rank and position that are marked out
Agrenta and the recognition by all and sundry 1915-1918 hor create the now forces to enforce Peace; and Scheidemann's gloss for ber among the bivilized nations, by
Hongkong, 2nd March, 1817..
(361 that bad strategy can never be good hypothesized by Lord Kitchener's plan, on it is equally interesting, and, in some virtue of her blameless past, by the valour policy. We have been through deep and the balance of power, though in respects, more significant, for it indicates of her soldiers, by her fidelity to honour waters, and we are not out of them rot, elining to our side, did not incline fur of the conditions which Germany and by her people's remarkable aptitade because certain number of Allied enough to cause the enemy's scale to would only accept ander pressure, and for work, politicians would neither acknowledge kick the beam. We left 4,000,000 men of Europe into a fresh war in order to with the deliberate intention of plunging the sphere nor appreciate the functions military ago in divil life, thanks to the redress the balance in her favour The drama which it of strategy. But, since the Rome Con- bolt-hofce left in the Service Acts, and chief of these ference, we begin to hope that this heavy to the List of Certified Occupations. French provinces, If our enemies obmann, it is said, is no longer entitled to is the cession of the lost Germany's enemies to overboar. Scheide- weather is cloaring up, and that we are Never was any military policy more ects were realised, said Scheidemann speak for the Social Democrats, though in a fair way at lust of following the penny wise and more pound foolish. the other day, then woe betide German he still professes to belong to the party advice of competent soldiers, amongst whom General Cadorna and Sir William Government pland in power for the par would be reduced, for an infinite period official mouthpiece. What Scheideman We have now a new and a vigorous German working classes for Germany consenting to serve as the Chancellor's un-
and German industry, and the but he has only forfeited that commerce, Robertson are in the front rank while pose of winning the war, and we co to the position of the mendicant of stye, in a matter of this kind, reprovents right by our field leaders in all theatres are fidently expect the measures which the Europe and he continued deserving of every confidence.
situation demande. We need another 40 Do you suppose that the
what Herr von Bothma Hellweg thinks, divisions in the West, and we are able be really over, if a peace, concluded in Through Scheidem, that is, to say.
would
but considers it inexpedient to say. Given that our Munitions industries courses to which the writer has briefly Lorraine? Social Democracy not only German people that his proposals for
to obtain them by a resort to the three thoughtless haste, gave up Alsace and Herr von Bethmann Hellweg are now working at their full capacity alluded The necessary or exist, and opposes anexations on the part of Ger formation of an International League
assures the and will continue to do so, our orying there in every probability that the ap-
the need is for more divisions and more
many. It also opposes them on the part Peace are only eye-wash after all, and pearance of these new divisions in the of the enemies of Germany, because fresh that it be is obliged to codo territory in men. We can obtain fresh divisions in field will decide the war It should be wars would be sure to arise out of every order the West by three meane: Brat by send the same for the campaign againa conquest. If on the 1st of February we years to come, hesitate to break the peace ing to the Western front as many as Turkey. We must have done with half signed a treaty giving up those province
to obtain peace be will not, in the possible of the divisions dispersed else, measures and petty expedients and re then, on February 2nd, we should be in that means that, on the showing of those in order to recover the territory. And where, secondly by copying the system cognize that the time has come, not to initiated by the Germans for the expan prolong the war by military home
our preparations for another to recounter then er war in order who have the best title to speak for Ger- sion of their total of divisions, and path, but to end it by resorting to the That is explicit. It is not in candid the Allies were right when they thirdly by the creation of quite new divi- grand manner of ancient Rome, the but, as it were, a stage aside in the world to re-establish the prace which she
set forth in their Note the « sions at home and in our Dominions and prototype in history of the British
Germany's promise is no aufficient foundation on (Continued as foot of next Colume.) Empire
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