The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-05
srman Point of View

oc1ey, frencn Ntce CONSUL tS
 the Germans might as we' afa ar call their campaign in france
 Mir. Pociey says:
 nperor of Germany has dis
 hissgenerai staff on the plan
 sn in France and has left to
 and of the force in East Prus-
 development was brought about
 lure of the German army op- France to either advance and
 is or to battle the French army
 orts on the eastern frontier. Kaiser W i1liam wanted his army to march directly upon Paris and invest 1t as promptly as possible and settle the issue of the campaign then and there by talk ing the capital of France and keeping the members of the national defense com mittee as hostages to secure the surren- der of the French armies under Generals Pau and Joffre in the north and in the east-that is, by destroying the operations of the Fernch government and subjecting the generals commanding the French armies to their own initiative to secure supplies or to surrender.
 Reservists Fill Forts
 It was that fact which, having become known to the French government, caused il to call to the flag the 1914 contingent and fill the forts defending Paris with reservists, but the members of the na- tional defense cabinet never did for one minute think of deserting the capital knowing full we'll that it was able to stand siege and drive back the invaders with the help of it's armies holding the fed and receiving supplies from its sea- ports and endorsements from all the western and southern provinces, as well as from England. To invest Paris prop erly would require l,0O0,0Ue, and to feed them one single week in the face of the French armies harrassing them would prove an insolvable problem for the staff of the German army; heace it opposed the plans of the Emperor who, not de- string to insist, left Belgium and retraced his steps back toward his capital to stem the advance of the Russian armies in East Prussia
 The turning movement attempted by the Germany army forms part of the plan Of the general staff, diffe.ing somewhat with that of the Emperor in the manner of securing the same result, to-wit. The bottling up of the northern and eastern French armies in the forts of Befort, Vesoul and Epinal, cutting through the English army on the left wing and in- vesting Paris, which, deprived Of the helD of it's standing armies bottled up in the forts, would in time surrender. To think that either of these plans was feasible shows how cocksure the Germans were of being in Paris on August F. The only difference is that today the German armies in the form of a circle extending from Peronne to Guise and along the frontiers of Lorraine and Alsace to Bel Tort, are held at bay by tho French forces greatly inferior in numbers, but superior in courage and patriotism.
 When English Arrive
 Their force is spent, and when the English endorsements arrive in suffi- cient force to drive them back on the lett wing the offensive will De taken along the whole line by the allies and the retreat to Berlin will begin. The German general staff is wary of a trap being set for them around Paris, and since the Kaiser has left no advance movement seems to have been made in that direction. Bot tling-up and turning movements seem how to be the order of the day. We'll, il bottting it is you are going to do, do it tight so that the cork don't pop back in your face and smash your nose"