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The Warlike Situation.

The Beilin Kacbricbten, of Fabroaiy 10, says The threatening character of the aituation aoroea the western frontier te be* coming mnch more acute. In view of the tact that forte have already been oonatrncted to shelter 100,000 men. and preparations made to shelter a smaller number around Belfort, we have, beyond donbt, to deal with nothing else than the strengthening of the French line, to enable them at the commence* ment of hostilities to throw a large force across the frontier, and thus transfer the field of operations to German territory. The whole German army and reserves are to be called out in sections of 72,000 men, to be drilled in the use of the new repeating rifle. Oer* many has also made arrangements to at once erect barracks at various points along thg French frontier.

London cable messages of Febroary lilh •ay that appearances in European capital* are still warlike. The French troops art concentrating, while the Alsace aud Lorraiu* garrisons are being brought up to war itrength. There are heavy movements ot German troops toward the French frontier. All the arm factories in Vienna are working exclusively lor the Austrian Government. Russian corps are completing their concentration in the Booth-east, and heavy reinforcements are going from the Interior to th* Booth-west. Numerous German patrols hava been stationed along the frontier for th* purpota of arreiting deserters.

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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2041, 11 March 1887, Page 2

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The Warlike Situation. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2041, 11 March 1887, Page 2

The Warlike Situation. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2041, 11 March 1887, Page 2