ENGLAND'S POLICY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 113, 6 October 1914, Page 6

ENGLAND'S POLICY.

WHY A LARGE ARMY IS DESIRED. To have a large army still in the field at the conclusion of a war always makes a difference to ho terms of peace (remarks Colonel Foster, R.E., Director of Military Studies, Sydney University). The combatant best able to carry on hostilities is the one that dictates his terms. When both fighters are equally veakencd Ihe fight usually ends in a draw. Evidently Kitchener does not intend this light to end in a draw. England's military policy has always been to increase her forces as a war went on, so »» to have the biggest battalions in the' field when peace is sued for. Thus, if her terms were not accepted, she would be iu a position to renew hostilities until the enemy is quite convinced. In pursuance of this policy, England poured reinforcements into South Africa until the end of the war left her with four times as many troops in the field as she started with. In tho Peninsula War Wellington had double as many troops Slider his command after fivo years' lighting as he had at tho commencement. In the Crimean War there were also far more English troops at the end than at tho beginning. The determination, therefore, of the British Government to send more and more troops to Europe must not be interpreted to mean that the authorities are anxious about the situation.