The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-09
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES:
PROGRESS or THE WAR.

An International tragedy. such as Is
now being enacted IN Europe, certain
ii makes a strong appeal TO those who
are Interested III Il merely as show
lut curiosity is only one Of the mo
tiyes which prompt the average Amer
lean 10 watch the course OF tho action
III the great drama The fact that the
commercial and industrial interests Of
This country are vitality affected by
every important move Of the warriors
renders it highly desirable that we un-
derstand as much as possible what is
taking place on the vast stage.
Now ii IL fact that by reading the
daily dispatches and nothing more we
may gain very erroneous impressions
as 10 the progress OF the war. These
dispatches necessarily represent mere
ly lragmentary actions. as d rule and,
Furthermore. they are usually subject
ID revision II is well. therefore, moi
10 attach too much Significance to any
spwifIc developments that arc report
Cd during the day or to draw any
TASTY conclusions. The bearing Of any
particular action upon the final out
come may be the opposite OF what Is
Indicated upon the surface. for the
reason that the mere layman and fire.
quently the military expert" fails to
sense the strategy OF the situation.
The Outlook employs writer who
il thoroughly acquainted with Euro
pean geography. history and politics,
as well as with military science, TO.
prepare a weekly summary Of the war.
His last article was written more than
week ago but much that he says is
sim applicable and is weH worth read-l
ing. We quote as follows from the
Outlook with reference to the cam
paign In France.
Theoretically, the allies should be
able to hold their present lines. Every
day that they have retreated their
numbers have been increased by rein.
forcemenis. Their thin line with
every backward movement has ron
tracted and solidified. They know
where the attack is coming from now
The forts, which are part Of their po-
sltion, are very strong.
Theoretically, the Germans ought
10 find every mile Of advance harder
Their line OF communication Is already
pei llously long A certain percentage
d their artillery and equipment must
have been smashed Horses and men
must be fatigued Probably Germany
is still able TO push fresh men in the
front There are hundreds of thou
sands OF well trained men who have
not yet been under fire But the losses
have been great and will be greater
as the Germans attack Notifications
They have lost the advantage of sur
prise. Their early successes were un-
doubtedly assisted by the fact that
their generals had out-moved those Of
the allies But now they are probably
outnumbered on the battle line.
But the Germans have already done
the theoretically impossible in their
amazing march through Belgium
And the morale Of armies is mat
ter Of mob psychology and has little
to do with theory. And Of this We
know nothing.
The future depends more on this
matter OF psychology than anything
else. The maneuvering is pretty we'll
over with the honors to the Germans.
The generals have done their part. anu
now il is up to the rank and file.
Which side has the more stamina?
Has the elan Of the Germans been
broken by appalling losses? They have.
already expended stupendous energy
Can they keep up the pace2 No cam
paien is won till the opposing army Is
routed And the allies have not turn
ed tail and run yet. Perhaps the Ger