The Alaska daily empire., 1914-11-12
CAUSED DEsPERAT ATIoNg

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 CAUSED ATIoN2
 Germany would seem now to De fa- sorting Do he actIos military end lI. plomaGc ol desepratlon. They gre ihe Huits ol her present poeiton or perhdps pfedicameut
 Hardly on any other grounds can be explained tho land Of campaign cur. rentiy attempted the entry of tho Tufk into the scrimmagei and tho story ot renewed messing iog pence oponing hl4 dime direct to Paris ln- stead of via Washington.
 Un0uostonRbly the German genef- a saft did not expect that after three months of warfare Paris would loo un. taken the Allies army not only intacs but growing the German forces in the main on the deiensive Che Russians Irndemogalized and aggressive and lhe famous troop shuttle movement either way very limited in its lree- dom All this does not mean that Germany even ii doomed to lose, can not yet infliot huge damage and her self taizo lot or beating. But it does not infer the need Of exraor- dlnary expedients the taking Of out side chanceB
 Channel Porte ooal2
 The Western campaign now seems costly and fantastic to & degree that only sweeping successea can extenu- ate Foiied before Paris, tho lunge at Inc Channel ports appears to be the next best venure,- besides aiming to lsatisfy the cumulative bitterness against England But can Germony afford tho price of Dunkirk and Calais, assum- ing their capture?
 With thpt venture so others-the lzoppellns, stin bigger guns, and per haps 3 dash by tho fleet, all aimed at a teworization, if not an invasion Of lhe island enomy The attempt would be as dramatic aa its outcome problematical Apparently these are the last high-stake cards of offense.
 Enter the Turkll
 The Moslem is dragged or coaxed in apparently also az a pretty late re- sort That he can as an ally achieve any aubaintiai results is dubious, with his lately beaten army and his small fleet Presumably he is welcome in helping at all to divert and tighten Che Russian pressure. and to harry Imperial Britain. The easy inference Of a German hope that thereflom will be enltlndled Q general hIohammedian uprising would in ltsolf bespeak des- peration 80 far as logic goes. At the outbreak of war one of the primary German arguments was that Germany stood as the rock of Occidental de- fense against the orient.
 The circumstantial account of oftlc- ial peace oyertures to France may be "al bosh," as Ambassador Won Bern. storli exclaims; or be one of those truths readily denied becauCc 80 unof- ilciai lt 1t has 9 baols, it muet lie in the intelligence of the German busi- ness agencies credited with the un. dertaking. It would be not only sem shle but an almost pricelessly valu- able bargain for Germany. In view simply Of the lessening of odds and the freer scope that it would mean, it would be worth buying or oribing from France at a price beyond all that France could expect from the Allies triumph,-i. co suDpoBing Germany could fulfnl the bargain
 France Holds Trump.
 But a bargain has to be two.sided. The scheme thus to divide the allies depends on the French acceptance of the selfish temptaton. But its reiec- tion would be assured by reasons both written and unwritten. French spirit and sentiment could never swallow it; and thero is in the way the Allies content and compact not to negotiate separate peace or one not satisfying all That particular Scrap of paper is not apt to be scorned or ignored by ! France.
 Here, too, would seem to be des. ! perate expedient, a long chance Of di- l Dlomacy. Highly improbable success would well justify it; and nothing could be easier than its repudiation Possibly also, 1t did not seem SO ex | tremely improbable to 9 brand of dI ] lplomacy, which, after its earlier mis calculations, now soborly delivers it self in Berlin of observations to the effect that Japan's aim is to free Asia from American Influence and aubdue China; that the Boer revolt will assume large proportions; and that Irish participation in the war on ] Englands side would not be to Ire lands interests.- (Boston News Blu reau)
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