A GERMAN VIEW OF IT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2376, 1 October 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

A GERMAN VIEW OF IT.

I'm: !’.• 1 1 i11 Anmlaincil an arliel dime Kith on the liniish annv and naval fmcos, severely blaming their in ulii iriicy. The army, the writer says, has Imt two army corps, together .not a' a lark of cavalry and horses, and nothing is prep and for mobili-alion. The department for waggons and provisions are particularly bad. K-giments have only 300 horses for 3110 men. The depots for Indian regiments have but 20 horses for 8o men. English military literature, it is alleged, alVords numerous humorous instances of insuilieieiiev. The Kim: '/.Ulmuj represents (iibraltar’s state as defenceless, its guns being old-fashioned (except two modern guns of doubtful value) and powerless against a foreign squadron, who-e ships I lihrallar’s guns could not r-aeli. There arc no docks for repairing, no room for coal, no protection for tile English fleet, and only two torpedo boats, in eimelusimi, Die Krnn '/Ahuiij says it would ii- a mistake for England to let h-rs-lf be blinded by exaggerated trust in the volunteers. The English army is too small. It, lacks horses, and lias made no preparation for war. In this state nobody can rely on ’England’s military power. If she larks the energy to make her army Millieicntly strong, and tn bring the navy np to modern requirements, the European Towers will get. accustomed to cast llritish interests aside.