THE GERMAN ARMY
BERLIN, August 22
The last letter of Herr Bebel has been published. In it he says that Germany’s increase in military forces was not dictated by a desire to attack France. The truth was that the Kaiser saw during the Balkan war that the German army had completely “ gone to the dogs.” The officers were incapable of commanding, and if the French had attacked Germany they would probably have been successful, because Germany is insufficiently strong on the frontier. The Kaiser realised as a result of the war that French arms were better than the German, while German officers were responsible for the Turks’ defeat. In order, therefore, to divert France’s attention from her vulnerability the Fatherland had elaborated an army scheme which would keep France employed for several years while Germany was repairing the weaknesses of her army.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3102, 27 August 1913, Page 26
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