HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-9-24, Page 2When the Germans Surrender
A Great Military Expert Prognosticates
the Close of the War
Asstuning that the German attack
on Franca absolutely fails, and that
a similar fate .attends the actions of
the German fleet against ours, one
must presuppose •a tremendous, wave
of enthusiasm sweeping over the
armies invading Germany which
must carry them over the different
frontiers well on the road to Bete
lin, writes agreat military expert
in London Answers. Step by step
the German armies rause be ima-
gine=d as recoiling, on the one hand,
from the French forces, (swelled by
the British Expeditionary Away,
and, on the other hand, froze the
enormous Russian masses moving
with slow but irresistible momentum
towards the same goal—Berlin.
The German fortresses are enor-
mously strong, but nothing can
withstand the onslaught of a well -
directed array with magnificent ar-
tillery such as the French Army is.
equipped with. The forts of Col-
ogne, Strassburg, and Ehrenbreit-
steint mnuch larger and mounting
heavier guns than those at Liege,
must fall . to the ettaok of deter-
mined
etermined forces in sufficient strength,
and able to bring to bear guns of
the right calibre, and, once the
plan of the German invasion of
France has been thoroughly foiled,
we must suppose the French Army
sweeping everything before it.
When Panic .Threatens.
With both France and Russia
threatening the German capital,
and her sea commerce totally para-
lyzed by the •operations of our
Fleet, the German armies must con-
tinue to give battle under the most
disheartening conditions which pre-
clude the idea of any victory of
sufficient importance to retrieve the
campaign. Panic will begin to
spread through the Fatherland, and
with panic will come dieillusionmen:t
and a terrific revulsion of feeling.
The German people, who or years
have been taught tha.t German airm,s
were invincible, will feel that they
have been made the catspaw of an
unscrupulous set of gambJlers.
The Imperial family will be look-
ed upon by Germans as was Napo-
leen III. during the sorrowful days
of the disasters in , the war of '70 ---
with feelings of the bitterest hatred.
If history teaches us any lesson at
all, it is that, if a victorious emper-
or can ask nothing too much of his
subjeot•s, a defeated emperor must
expect no mercy. When Napoleon
was losing there were few to say a
good word for him.
In Peaceful Solitude.
Thus it is safe to .arguetth
-"the
Kaiser, being regarded as person-
ally responsible for the awful plight
of the country, will precipitate a
movement against his dynasty that
may become too violent to check.
If the Emperor survives all vicis-
situdes, one might, having regard to
all the possibilities, foresee him and
his family exiled to soave quiet spot
where his power for mischief would
be for ever gone.
I was going to mention England
as a possible refuge for the Emper-
or, noting its popularity as a home
of monarchs who have lost their
crowns, but I hardly thank the Kai-
ser would feel comfortable living at
Twickenham, where King Manuel
Evens at
Alsace-Lorraine, which hes always
been a. thorn in the 'side of Germany
and a source of weakness to her,
will be restored to Frame.
The whole of the buskin Colonial
Empire of Germany will disappear,
1 hope we ahall not take any of her
colonies, for we have. enough and to
spare already, and, in any :case,
Germa.ny'a overseas possessions are
not of much aceaap t. ` Pessibly we
may consent to them being p,areelled
out equally between Russia and
Franoe, contenting ourselves with
Togoland, and passing Liao-Ohato
over to Japan.
France oe abannnly will insist on the
slice taken from the French Congo
being restored to her.
Denmark, in recognition of her
good behavior during the war, may
demand, and with: every hope of suc-
cess, the restoration to her of
Schleswig-Holstein.
What Belgium's reward would be
is impossible to say. Possibly a
monetary one. There is nothing
territorially that could be offered
this tight little kingdom, for one has
to have regard in ell these frontier
adjustments to the sentiments and
race origin of the people whose land
it is proposed to divert. Belgium
would never ask to be loaded with
such a thankless 'gift as a German
province that might be a canker to
her as Alsace-Larraioe has been to
Germany.
Servia, who should have conquer-
ed Bosnia-Herzegovina from Aus-
tria, will be given authority to re-
tain what is hers by right unoh'al-
lenged.
I am prophesying that Italy will
be strong enough to withstand the
bullying of the other two members
of the Triple Alliance. If she does
so, her reward will be the restore-
tions of the Italia Irredenea, that
little triangle, with Trieste at the
extreme left-hand corner and Fiume
at the extreme right-hand earner,
which formed part of the old Vene-
tian Republic, . and was filched from
her by the Hapsburgs.
Expelled from Turkey..
For other Bailean states whose
conduct has been beyond reproach
there will also be tearito:rial re-
wards. Turkey stands to lose most.
If she controls her ambitions, all
will be well with her. If she elects
to make trouble during the war, the
Powers of the Triple Entente may
decide, for the sake of the future
peace of Europe, to expel her en-
tirely from Europe.
Russia then might, with some rea-
son, ask fox- the reward she has
always coveted — Constantinople.
Probably the arrangement that
would be made would be to join the
remainder of the Turkish European
Empire to some Slav state in sym-
pathy with Russia, so that, even if
Russia didn't actually get Constan-
tinople, she would be the commend-
ing influence there. The absorp-
tion of all Poland into the Musco-
vite Empire is certain.
Roumania would be territorially
enriched at the expense of Austria,
in accordance with the line of race,
and the Powers, might decide to end
the comic -opera business of the Al-
banian monarchy by passing her on
one of the Balkan etates.
enerally, the 'effect, of the crush-
d:efeart of Germany and Austria-
ngary will be bo reduce, oonsid-
ereb
ly the boundaries of the two
mpires.
How far Germany will suffer will
de
• largely on internal condi-
ns end her. ability to bargain.
atever else happens, however,
loss of her colonies and .Alsace-,
rains are certain. Equally cer-
is the loss to Austria of .Bosnia
Herzegovina, end talmost as cer-
the Io,ss of the Italia Irre,denta.
A.rms and the Nations.
consoles himself for the loss of his toG
kingdom, or even Farnborough, ing
where Napoleon III. made his Hu
home, and where his widow, the ex- er
Empress Eugenie, lives to -day. e
No ; I think the Austrian Tyrol, or
somewhere in the `Bay of Naples., d
more appropriately fits the picture. tic
Such an anti -dynastic movement Wh
would probably be initiated by the the
commercial interests in Germany. Lee
The anti -dynastic movement may fain
take two forms. There may be a and
strong Socialistic movement to- .fain
wards the establishment of a. repub-
lic to replace the present autocratic
form of government, or there may
be an overwhelming feeling in the rife
direction of breaking up the can- on
federacy, and resolving the Empire esse
into a series of strong, independent mic
states again. ca
Whether Germany wi11 sue for for •
peaee before the invading armies ac-
tually reach Berlin is of little im- duor
portanee. What is amipoetant it, that pr
before the German armies are en- ship
tirely routed, internal political con- sitars
dations will compel them to demand as w
an ignominious peace. pre
And what will be the price of this red
peace ? just
When Germany brought France tect
to her knees in 1870.they secured . I3
as the price of peace a. war indem- com
nity of £200,000,000, and the renes- eerie
soon of the provinces of Alsace, and asses
Lorraine. If
In their turn, the • •victorious repu
armies, will demand a war . tndeni- be -
nity not as large as they might with, and
More important even than the ter
-
rial changes. will be the influence
armaments. Europe will find
if left in such a terrible e,00no-
position that the Powers will be
mpelled to, meet and settle a plan
the reduction of armam:enbs.
They will insist on Geranany re -
'ng her army to unformidable
aporbions, and her fleet, if any
s be left to her at the conclu-
of the war, to such �a number
ill no Ionger tthreaten our au-
macy. Austria will be forced to
uce her forces to a level that will
allow her'oomforta.bly to pro -
herself from. Slav aggression:
ussia, France, and England will
e to a oo�mee n. agreement simi-
to= reduce their expenditure fon
aanents.
Germany survives, either as a
bile :or as a kingdom, she will
shorn of much of her strength,
to ensure that the proper
libriunr of power is •mainbaaned
the Continent, treaties safe
-
ding, her from attack may be
rad into .
Italy, whose race has no affinity
whatever with the TTettonic people,
is inevitably bound to come into
ansacher orbit of friendship, but the
re-a,rrangemen:t of alliances than is
likely to take place will be purely
defensave, rather than an offal -
because of the necessity for preserv- equi
ing Germany from going into bank- ,ern
ruptcy; blit still :heavy 'enough to guar
cripple • the Fatherlandfor years, ante
and, :mare important still, will ire
siston huge territorial acdjustmcnts•,
eve,rythinrg being done to: remove
artificial frontiers between kindred
races.
Alsace and Lorraine.
It is a foregone conclusion that of a,
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Lord Roberts Inspecting the City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
at the Temple Garden.
sive character. The object of the
victorious Powers will be to break
up the alliance between Germany
and Austria, which has nlena.oed the
peace of Europe •so. long.
India Secure.
To Chose people who believe in the
,aggrandizement of Russia, at the ex-
pense, of: a weakened Germany a
possible attack on our Indian Em-
pire, 1 would •say that Russia has
long since ceased to • entertain de -
'signs on our great Empire.
Quite apart from the ±act that we
shall have united Frans to us by
bonds that can never be broken-
-which means :that France could ne-
ver be a party to an attack on us
by her ally—the military problem is
too great for Russia to contemplate
So long as.Afghanistan is true to
us -and I have 'never questioned
her fidelity—the invasion of India
will never be attempted. this side of
twenty-five years; and, in the sec -
and place, Russia will have so much
need of our financial assistance in
moo -raring from the effects o -f the
War, and in conside•redringthe econo.
mic position of her vast hordes, that
she will have lite -Le taste' or oppor-
tunity for looking again towards
Herat.
Always ,assuming that • to pro-
phecy ss to the German ebacle is
vindicated, the general result of the
war will be to leave us undisputed
mistress of the seas, with no fears,
as of recent years, of our shores
being. invaded, and vastly to in-
crease our prestige all over .the
world.
Colonies Going Begging.
The resto�nation of Alsace-Lor-
raine will pave the way to. better
relations between the French and
Gernvan peoples, whom the two- pro-
vinces have always kept apart; the
loss of Germany's colonies will
cause her to. ,concentrate on the de-
velopment of her wonderful home
resources, and build up her oo-
merce refresh, the proper safeguard-
ing of which no one will wish to pre-
vent. The Austro-Hungarian Em-
pire will be all the stronger for the
loss of provinces that kept her at
war with the Slav races, and the
way will be opened to a real under-
standing between Italy, which will
no longer cause to mistrust her
intentions; while the bestowal of
Kiao-Chao, on Japan will preserve
the balance in the Far East.
Finally, the great nations, in-
stead of wasting their money on
armaments, will .apply a huge .slice
of what now.goes in, the building pf
warship's and the provisioning of
armies to• social reform.
CARE OF THE WO!JNDED.
First Aid Is Given, Then Taken to
The Rase Hospital.
The care of the wounded is neoes-
sarily an inaportant duty imposed
on every nation in case of war, -and
the methods adopted in European
armies, a•s bold in an article in tb,e
Scientific American, is particularly
interesting, as will be seen from the
following extract :
The general. system adopted for
providing is medical service is prac-
tically identical. an the armies of all
the great powers. It contemplates
a division of the service into three
portions : that which belongs ,bo and
accompanies the fighting troops;
that which pertains to, the base (of
applies) end the line of communi-
cations ; -and that which pertains to
the home territory or "the zone of.
the interior. The principle gov-
erning these services is that nothing
first st aid and emergency ,treat-
ment should be :attempted in the im-
mediate zone of :combat, a.nd chart
having received this treatment, the
clisabled ,siheu+ld be quickly treats -
ported o the base, where a.bun-
dant facilities' for their =care can be
provided without encumbering the
--fighting +forces.
Here at rthe base iahey are care-
fully cl.a•asifred, land those who are
so seriously disabled is to be unfit
for further service at the front are
senrb back to hospitals at home,
while those who are less seriously
disabled are retained until they are
well enough to leave the hospital,
when they are transferred to the
convalescent camp. Here they re-
main until they have fully -regained
their strength, when they rejoin
their regiments at the front.
Out of Commission.
Nervous Wife—Oh, Harry dear,
do order a mouse -trap to he sent
home to -day. -
Harry—But you bought one last
week. :
Nervous Wife—Yes, dear, but
there's a mouse in that.
People who Iive in glass houses
should have rubber proof curtains.
A cat' will not look at a king' if
there is a mouse in sight
Seleeted Recipes.
al creme halterbratc}zt.--Take
large pierce of nice beef without any
bone, preferably five or ,six. pounds.
Make pickle 'enough to cover it by
boiling together two-thirds vinegar
and one-third water with bay leaf,
cloves, a few peppercorns, and two
pieces of lump sugar (large or
small to taste). While that is bail-
ing hot drop the meat into it and
let it remelt for four or five days,
turning once. Take the meat out
of the vinegar the night before it
is to be used and thoroughly drain.
Put some butter in a pot with one
whole onion, add the beef with
salt and pepper and a cap of liquid
(some people use a little of the
pickle diluted, others use meat
stock and others water, while those
who are expert cooks add nothing
but the butter since none of the
juice which cooks out of the meat
is lost by too much fire). Cover •the
pot closely and cook for two hours
and a half over a low fire. Take up
the meat, thicken the liquid for . a
gravy, adding, a little sugar. Serve
with boiled potatoes, This is good
cold as well as hot and is. used for
sandwiches in Dortmund.
Pot Roast Cut.—For any pot
roast the chuck is in general con-
sidered the best cut, but a domes-
tic science expert some years back
showed by experiment that, as far
as economy was concerned, the acf
vantage was in favor of the rib
roast ifethe difference between the
two was 2 cents a• pound. The loss
in cooking in. the case of the chuck
roast was one pound and two
ounces and only ten ounces in case
of the rib roast. The refuse or un-
edible portion of the chuck was one
pound and five ounces, of the rib
eleven ounces.
Another piece that is recommend-
ed Thr the pot roast and for boiling
is the sirloin tbutt, which is just be-
low the sirloin steak part Sonae
butchers will give a pierce off the
round when _ asked for a pot roast,
but this is really too dry for the
purpose. The "heel" of the round,
which is generally made. into Ham-
burg steak; is often boiled and may
even be :used for ::a -pot • roast if
ooked expertly.
Pickled Eggs.—Take eight hard
boiled eggs and, having shelled
em, stick four cloves in each.
Heat one quart oaf vinegar (it may
eed to be diluted. if .strong) to
oiling and add a.teaspoon each of
alt, pepper, and mustard or •scant
hese "somewhat ' put- the eggs into;
glass fruit jai, •pour the : boilingvinegar over them, and let them
teed two weeks or use eooner if to
aste. Serve sliced with . broiled
eefsteak or mutton br as you will.
Horseradish Sauce. — The Ger-
ans have numerous ways of mak-
g horseradish sauce which is a
rfavorite with them. For one
ing they freeze- it with whipped
ease for one of the daintiest ac-
mpanitents possible for boiled
sh. They make a sauce with pure
earn with a little vinegar and
out half as much grated horse
adish as hot 'cream. They make it
ith a white "sauce,. 'to which this
icor, once a friende is now a per -
stent foe. ' And here is one of the
wipes from one of the most au-
oritative of the greater German
oks on cookery : Two tablespoons
grated horseradish, about half
eup of beef stock, an ounce of but -
r, about the same quantity of
ion, two tablespoons of flour, and
en another cup of beef stock with
•t to taste. Peel and grate the
rseradish quickly and let it draw
the half cup of stock•in an earth -
ware dish. Make a sauce of the
tter, flour, and cup of stock, sea-
ning to taste, and then add the
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MOST PERFECT MADE
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YAST CAKES BNQ;ULD BE
SUFFICIENT INCENTIVE TO
THE CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE
_'1'O GIVE THIS IMPORTANT
FOOD ITEM THE ATTENTION
TO' WHICH 1T l¢ JUSTLY EN-
TITLED.
HOME BREAD'BAKING RE-
DUCES THE H(GH COST OF
LIVING BY LESSENING T.HE
AMOUNT OF EXPENSIVE
MEATS REQUIRED TO sup.
PLY THE NECESSARY NO,UR-
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horseradish and half a cup of stook
to this. If the"'horseradish taste !s
then very sharp add two table-
spoons of milk or cream.
Mustard Sauce. --mustard sauce,
especially when na.ade with either.
white or !butter :sauce, is not a
thing to recommend for the diges-
tion. Another way to make it is to
mix a tablespoon of French mus-'
tard with three or four tablespoons'
of good meat gravy, or better, aS
greatly reduced and highly season-
ed meat stock, one in .which many
vegetables have been used to flav-
or. In that German -American
publication called "The Settle-
ment" cook book there is the fol-
lowing recipe : "One cup white
sauce, one tablespoon vinegar, one
tablespoon mustard, one-ihalf tea-
spoon sugar, one teaspoon cold wa-
ter, and stir into the white sauce'
two minutes before serving. • Sea-
son to taste. More or less mustard
may be added as desired. Serve
hot with great or fish."
Culinary Wrinkles.
Mix a eake of crean cheese with
whipped cream until light, =then
stir through it bar -le -duo untilr"'
highly colored.
For afternoon tea serve fresh
graham crackers put together with
marshmallow frosting.
Flavor rhubarb pies and canned
rhubarb with grape juice.
Serve salmon flavored with
orange juice instead of lemon.
Use equal parts of oold boiled
macaroni, cooked, diced carrots,
and canned or fresh peas to make
a novel salad.
Serve a loaf of baked dressing
with roast of beef or leg of lamb.
Mold cold boiled rice in balls,
sweeten, roll in cocoanut and serve
with boiled custard.
Serve crushed maple sugar with
apple pie.
An artistic border for creamed
fowl er meats is made of a ring of
boiled rice sprinkled with finely
chopped parsley.
SICK DOCTOR
Proper Food Put Him Right.
The food experience of a physician
n his own case when worn and weak
rom ,sickness and when needing
raouris�hnaetet the worst way, is valu
able:
"An astta.ck of grip, 80 +severe it
as -he near •making .an end of me,'
ft my E,:oariash in such condition I'
could arrob remain any ordinary foods
knew of course that I must have
od nourishment or 1 could never
ecover,
"I began to 'take four teaspoon
els of Grapeand-Nuts cream three
mes .a day, end for 2 weeks this,
as elm,c�st my only food. It basted;
o elseicious• She I -enjoyed it din
nensely and, my stoma ,h handled: it
erfsciily from the .filrseb mout•hftul. Ib
Las sen urerzting I was quickly,
uilt beak to normal health and
tang th.
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"Grape ra�t'urts is of .. great 'value •ac
od to .sustain l i°e durb g serious
"sacks in which the storrpaseh is- so`
raalged tt oannt d
cigeat andsesi-
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ilaother foods.
"1 am ,00nvrn'ced .that were Grape-
ubs Morewidely used by physd-
ane, it would save many lives: that
re otlierwdrs:e lost from lack, eti
orishment." Name given .411!)3/ana,dian n
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The moat perfect. food, ori the
rld. Trial of Grape -Nuts. and
earn 10 days proves, "T'here's. a
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