Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-05

Lord Kitchener WAS interviewed re-
Gently for the Saturday Evening Post
by Irwin s. cobb--rathcf Kitchener
interviewed his interviewer. But Mr.,
Cobb got one interesting statement
from the ommnndcr-ln.chief Of the
British forces When asked how Ions
he believed the war would last, the
field marshal replied;
Not less than three years. II will
end only when Germany IN thorough
Is defeated. not before-dcfcated on
land aud sea-"
Fully two weeks before Mr. cobb'A
interview with Kitchener, the Lon
don Mail printed the following, based
on statements Of high military au-
thority IN France who assumed that
the Germans VIII commit no great
tactical error. II Is summarized as
follows:
''Iie divides the war into nix peril
ods-~two past. one present and three
to como.
THE nrNi period was the advance
through Belgium into France.
'rhc second period was the battle
Of the Mnrnr and the German retreat
20 the Aisnc.
HThr third period IL that Of the
fighting on the Aisne, continuing aud
developing into the battle for Cnlais.
Tho fourth period viii be a Ger
man retreat and a battle on the
MeuAe.
''Thc NTH period win be- a further
retreat and battle ON the Rhine
sThc sixth period VIII be the march
70 Berlin
lilo estimates that the battle for
Calais Win not completely end before
the bcRlnnlng OF December
He assigns Il period OF i've months
t. the battle Of tho Meuao--thc end
Of April Or the beginning Of May
1916.
THE campaign on the Rhine should
last ncnriy twice AZ iong-.that Is to
say. until February, 1915.
The final march 70 Berlin and ne
Eotiatlons for peace should bring
the war 90 an end with the final with
dfnval of the allied armies Of oceu-
nation IN iai7.
"Thls estimate gives total period
uf rather less than lhrpo yenrs 10 the
war. II IN presumed nv the same high
military authority that tho Russian
advance viii occupy similar period
and that only the steady combined
pressure OF the allies can bring mat
ters to a conclusion within the period
suggested, He assumes that the Ger
man forces Will Withdraw steadily and
that there VIII be no sudden collapse
Of either front.
How high an authority the French
writer Is. We have no idea. but GER
ialnly no higher authority exists than
Lord Kitchener Who has all OF the
threads OF the great struggle In his
hands and knows the resources OF
each Of the bclligerent powers
What Kitchener anyB Is said By all
u the people Of Great Britain from
bpotbIack to King upon his throne.
The war ~ to SO ea until ucrmany Is
crushed
II win be recalled that during the
Aapolconic war The british fleet kept
the ports Of France hlookaded for
thirteen years and kept the land
forces Of Europe constantly stirred
10 war upon The oonqueror OF more
than hnlf Of the continent Great
Britain never ceased the struggle She
Was the one implapahle foe. Her ships
aud her gold rather than her army.
which never was formidable except at
Waterloo, sent Napoleon to 81. He
lena
The war now has lasted little
more than four months In that brief
period Il has spread financial and
physical ruin over large part OF the
globe. II has reduced seven million
people OF prosperous belgium to The
verge of starvation. It's work Of death
goes on, The priNatlons cntallcd BY it
are fcll il every corner Of the earth.
What win be the condition OF the poo
pie Of the globe If the struggle Is to
continue for three more ycars2