GERMAN FORCES.
THE INCREASED STRENGTH.
'Tlmea'^— 'Sydney Sun' Special Cables. "" (Received August 23, 8.30 a.m.) BERLIN, August 22. Herr Bebel, the Socialist, leader, who died in Switzerland recently, in ' hia last letter stated that Germany's increase in the '(strength of hj» forces ■did not' indicate a desire tm Attack ' France. "The Kaiser saw during the : Balkan war that the German army liad completely gone to the dogs, and ; • that the officers were nicapable of •commanding, and'that material was impossible. "If the French had attacked them they would probably '.';., have been successful, /because Gerimany was not sufficiently strong on the frontier. The Kaiser had real- }- tsed- that 'ther French arms used in ~J the Balkan' war were better, than the •i German, while German officers had teen responsible for the Turks' defeat. Therefore, in order to divert France's attention from" the vul- -',* nerabflity of the Fatherland, the Raised, had elaborated an army scheme to keep France; employed for several yeairs while' Germany repaired her weaknesses in the army.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 August 1913, Page 5
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167GERMAN FORCES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 25 August 1913, Page 5
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