ARMAMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 726, 27 January 1910, Page 5

ARMAMENTS.

T^iCONTBpyEKST;AS;,TOODIUPP;S:: ;£;;l; : T;'^pmsT'.;y!:;(iißES^ By Tdesraph—Press Aesoo^tion^OopTrlKht .throngKjvths' ;colnmiis/ ,pf .^nionisty-Aa'tl-Krnpp^wOTteVat^'Esseai , :\rere";'fnll; of :gnns.' and'- armour, Vetc.i': for ;both'r-land ; _and :sea i batferies;; also;., that the.Krnpp ;wofks 'were going'for- twenty-, four.hours';a. day,'-and-,were giving em-; :plbymeirt! jbo; a>total'.'.of'.66,ooo hands'.-'; ■';■.;

:(liiberal); stated that; Krnpp'sichiefly,'iurn :'6.nt'vimpiem'ents for. peaceful industry,'.the greatest j total i of jhands; employed ".oh • ar-, miunents'S being':sooo.'.■■;;&:>7K;'^iK,.;':' il ;

!gMr.^^lert;- : BlatcH6r'd-^(a' ; .y(^(prttiTifcbr : .tt)-;tn'e.' tTnionist jpress ion; 'German • arniafrom ;20;;W,-;.sfitin^:that-^pp^s,' ;: in , >i9o7,'iem-. .ploy^;i^^mepVvand'..n-ad : .;einM:fsecreilj : : .raise'd;:tw-ormillions, steling'-.fqr/'.tho'.pur- , : pose of .■increasing, of gnira,-;.(jun-mpnntings,;•.and" armourplates.' , its/ fignres' ■published '•'■ja.y March, -and , - :^naU/: ; but/^era;;:exyMted' :T frtm' : /a'-'.a)r-. ; ;;''contributioWN:'(.!nie:'r ; 'papepV ■^ds:>'.'^ne''; , ;ipmed''.. , tnat'KKrap;p'e'-.\iipVtty^'cloing' : month-;bf.;.l9oo'employed Ejisen; f guns.;were .majdo."^'^'-:^^^:*;/.:;-'^,::--:;;;..;-; 1 ■;■ 'sl'^A^St^nJ-'P^^^otohtvv;.?' Sv-f'ri^ : ■'■•'■■■■.■ Viehna';; 2S;:- : 'r. .f.THe building;?a Dread-: ;iought y in;, the ,docks Vat" PolaV;- "the;-Aus-: .trian/naval station'on'thevlstrian Penih'enlaV;- 1 -; ':•'■'■-; ;,■-'•' .-;;■; '!f ,; ;;.'-;.; v:'l -■."''■'■'.r-'i-[It was _ stated some' months "ago; that' .the;'.Anstnan'. nival: programme' included three .preadnonghtSi] :;■■;;:. :.r :: \ : :-.;■■!; : ,:

NEW LOAN ISSUES AGGREGATE 21 MILLIONS.

EMPIRE DEBT, 240 MILLIONS. ' (Reo. January 27, 0.5 am.) , Berlin, January 26. Seventeen millions sterling of German Imperial Bonds and seven millions of Prussian Consols will bo issued on February 5 at a minimum of 102, bearing interest at fonr per cent. The underwriters havo paid 101 3-16. The Empire debt will then bo 240 millions.

~<. "BLOOD AND IRON" POLICY.

;:: : "THE ;: -TJBIDENT!-MUSTyBE-Bi: OUR ; - '•; In".the'.-,course of;Ms':articles on German' armaments': and.;■ policy,.■'.'■? Mr. ;■'■■ Robert .Blatphfordi'writes as '•' follows ■■'■under , ' the' .heading, 'of /'"Evidences "pf Hostility ". :— V \ :'' Bismarck's famous jdcolafation that the ;destinies: of.Germany.,' were..!to: be -worked: out-inbt.by. votes, and speeches, , 'but .by Blood, and. iron, '.is: the" soul of-the Pah-' German "policy. ;■,. Let :those..who ; ■ credit Germany/with a , lamb-like nature ponder :that .grim, phrase,- and weigh it in con-junction-'with' ,the; 'following /historic iacts. ■-':■:.:■■■.- j:'y''-:::wO',.'. \:\ : ' "--':■■■ '. '■.

■ r ;1n1862 Bismarck -became Prime Minister .-'of..Prussia!- ; Hβ.;.immediately .forced through i.the Reichstag- an army reorganisation ; scheme. , '■'-■■' Moltke. and Von' Soon reorganised.' the,':army.. ■ In; 1864; Prussia i :attacked 'Denmark,'and , /annexed , Schles- - wig-Holsfeiri. ; .; This ■ gave-"Kiel to -Prus-' :sia;vln^lß66..Prus3i.a.:attacked l and) defeated. .'Austria, r.crushing*^ ; the Austrians .in ; six!}:weeks.vand'-annexing-.Hanover; 'Hesse, ; and ; !In : altered;-theVEms 1 telegram, .and-.Prussia-;foughtvand■:defeated the- French, , , and .annexed, , , Alsace and Lorraine.,;'l , hel , renoh , ; also ; an indemnity. ,: of '200. millions.-'The-'-result of this' war' was.the forina--tion.'of the German Empire'and the fouii-i dation.of the largest and.most scientific army.in'Earope. Such was thepolicy of blood and:iron.- '."'.- -"'.; ]-;'_'".- .-■-■".-- .:;"i' : "-\: "'■" ■■':•' IsV.there any, reason ..to suppose- that the nation, which attacked Denmark, Austria,, and France, would hesitate to' attack us;, if'their interests .dictated ..the step and-ihey felt sure of victory?-:,.; , ;.: ,' ■ "■".ls "Germany, under William n.-more lamb-lilce than Prussia under Bismarck? ; •There ..was the .'Kruger •telegram. Was that '.''or, .was ; it-'not a.', hostile :act against Britain ?- : And .there was significant: speech '. of the Emperor; just: afterwards, in .which he. said, ■. "the, Trident must. be in'.onr.''fist.";'-'. : .:.''. ! -'■ ■'".■"■ '■■"■". ■'.:.:.'■'■'.'.: y.-. Then ..came the■ ' fierce ■- outbreak : . of Anglophobia 'during the ; war, and again the .Emperor voiced the general feeling by saying:.- '■; : .:,,■'■■ '■'; . .. ■ '■"We are in bitter.need of a strong Ger- ' man'/Navy. ~ ...If the. increased demand during the first years of ray reeign had; not been continually refused to mo ; .';r ..how differently, should we be able to further our flourishing commerce and our interests oversea." ; ..' . .: .. . ; ..fThen- came.\tho.'. German. Navy Bill, which laid the foundations of' Germany's naval: power.-The preamble to. that Bill ;was .fairly suggestive, but said less than :the Kaiser had said in.a , ,telegram to his brother :-'!I;.will never-rest .until I. have raised;the.' German Navy/to the:position which the ■ German Army holds to-day." ■The . premior .position.• :The position, which would-reduce Great Britain to the rank of:'a third-class Power.' ..".." V .: