The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-01
German War Plans Fail
tn -Four Months of Effort
France Is Not to Be Destroyed and Europe Dominated by
Kaiser Becomes Observation-Disclosures Against
Russia Falls Short of Success.
]ALLIES' NUMERICAL STRENGTH EQUALS

back into Galicia. Again they crossed the
| Carpathians, again they occupied Czcrno-
witz and sweep; Butovina. To-day era
COW. menaccd from three Sides seems "A
mere island In the oncomIng Russian flood.
while the Hungarian plain Is open TO Cos
sack raiders
November too saw one more desperate
daring venture Of German strategy to save
/ Gallcia, Austria. once more German
| force was driven eastward along the VS.
tula toward Warsaw. made progress. ;hen
came to "A halt. is now in retreat II is not
necessary to accept any fraction Of Russian
rumor to perceive the single essential fact.
which is that the latest German venture
talied absolutely, since II brought no re-
lief to Galican or East rrussian lands.
More and more 1t is becoming clear
that German resources, great as they are.
, German courage and military skill. splen-
did as they arr, are Inadequate to bridge
he fatal gap between the number the
two battle lines. while step by step Aus
| trian assistance descends TO the point
where Francis Joseph mus, become not
shining second" but an added burden
Consider the whole problem of German
strategy--to hold Russia back with a
| fraction of its armies while 1t crushed
France by weight of numbers-and 1t
becomes clear that failure in the east
and west foreshadows the time when
mere numbers will put Germany COM
pletely on tho defensive.
No Longer Superior Numerically.
Four months OF effort have not availed
| TO end the war in the west. IL Ger
| many has not reached her maximum
| strength In the field she has passed the
| point where she can hope to retain
numerical superiority on either front.
| Such superiority as she has had in
| Flanders and France too. since the bat
| tic OF the Marine has enabled her to do
nothing but hold her lines and wear OH,
her strength In terrific assaults upon the
| .utrenchcd Allies.
| To all Americans the November cam
| paign must inevitably suggest the his
| tory OF the Confederacy IN 1863. AS the
| Germans have been defeated in Elan
| ders and in Poland, so in 1893 the
! Confedcracy failed AZ Gettysburg and
| Vicksburg As Gettysburg was the su-
| prcme effort of the South. So the battle
| Of tho User seems the ultimate attempt
! OF Germany In the west.
After Gettysburg and Nicksburg the
| South, Gu. of from the outside worl
even moro completely than the German
| Empire. ou;numbersd. Inferior alike In
| wealth and resource, continued for two
years to make resistance which lives
~ the enduring example OF what men
and women can do when their hearts
and their whole spirit are enlisted.
| With Gcttysburg however. the out
| come Of the war ceased to be probe m
atical. II WAS still possible the North
might weary. IL was conceivable that
| Europe might intervene. hut these con-
| tingencies apart Il was plain that Pick
etts heroic troops. who advanced as the
| Germans have come forward along the
| Yser. had touched the high water marx
| Of Southern hope.
To predict a speedy termination o,
| the war Is idle To set a limit 10 the
! time Germany can hold Belgium is fu-
| tile. II remains wholly possible that
| political changes may save William II
~ the change In Russian Cars rescued
| Frederick the Great At the graVest hour
| in his long and perllous career But
| on the mere military side Il Is hard o.
perceive now any chance for ul'imat-
! German triumph
| Every shred of evidence that comes
| to this country directly from Germany
/ demonstrates the depth, intensity, unity
| Of German determination. To conquer
| such nation may mean wears. AS IL
/ must moun tremendous sacrifice uf lf'
/ md vast re Of capital. but AT the close
/ ~ the fourth month OF the war there
t Is al'nos. overwhelming evidence to war
rant the assertion that German success
scens no longer possible. given the eS-
! sting political Corditious.--From THE
| EvENiSG SvN Of yesterday