South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-07
HUMAN EQUATION WILL
DECIDE GREAT BATTLE
TeutOnS Believed to be Wear
ing Out Under Terrific Strain
of Life in Trenches While Al
lies Have Freshness.
BY HERBERT TEMPLE.

LONDON. oct. 7.-BritiSh military
experts declared here today that the
human equation must soon enter
strongly into this conflict between the
Germans and allies in France which
began with the battle of the Aisne
and has now developed into the cam
paign of seven rivers.
Allowing for the valuable discipline
cf the German troops and their strong
positions, the English military men be-
lieve that exhaustion viii tell IN the
end and the British and French
troops. being fresher and better fed
and under less strain than the Ger
mans, will force a general retreat OF
the invaders.
Suffering from exposure and some
times for lack Of food, under constant
fire and subjected TO the nerve break
ing dread OF continual attacks, both
by day and by night, the German sol
diers, as hardy as they have proved
themselves TO be, must be ready TO
break down. ON the other hand,
Field Marshal Sir John French de-
cIares that the morale and physical
condition Of the allies could not be
better. The strain they are COM
PEELED TO stand is less. their food IS
better and their temperament Is more
optimistic than that of the Germans.
Germans Master i'm Belgium.
The Germans are practically master
in Belgium and the surrender or Ant
Nerp is only a matter of a short time.
The German siege guns are evidently
within range OF the city proper, and
IL is admitted universally that there
are no fOrti6catiOns strong enough 10
resist these mighty cannon.
Although the Russian general stan
has been ceaseless in its claims of vic
tories over the Germans and Austr1ans
and German strategy In THIS theater
OF war has been warmly criticised, the
view of impartial observers IS that
German strategy in the eastern theater
of war is equal If not superior To Rus
sian strategy. Man TO man, the Ger
man soldiers seem 10 be better fighters
than the Russians, although the Mus
cOvites are in a position TO put more
men in the field than the Germans.
SiNty-FOurth Day OF War.
This is the saith day of the war IN
Europe and the end is not yet in sight
In fact. il seems that the warning ma
tions are just beginning 10 fight IN
earnest. In the western theater OF
war the Germans SO far have had the
advantage Of Belgium and have been
more than holding their own IN
france: in the eastern theater the
/ Russians have been successful against
Austria, but the conflict between the
Ge@ans and Russians has not been
much better than draw; in the
southern theater the Servians have
won some battles, but the situation
there is not such as 10 give Servta
the right TO claim she has won the
war against Austria.
The correspondent of the Times
writing from Epernay, France, upon
the various phases OF the conflict III
France, says:
"The battle Of the French rivers
has now entered upon its fourth Weeh
and unless some fianking movement
is carried through successfully there
apoears TO be no reason why the IL
tanic tragedy should not continue FOL
"A long time in its run.
Foes Are Invisible.
Now that the perfection OF th'
German trenches is riValled by those
Of the allies, IL has become a struggl'
in which one is pitted against an IN
visible foe. who is never seen until h'
springs suddenly from his hidin'
The country side along the Aisne i
a vast military rabbit warren.
Both sides are resOlutely determ
ined not 10 give ground The Ger
mans are continually delivering at
tacks apd Jounter-attacks but the al
lies arrs not making any aggressive
attempt to advance in this region
with beating back all the German at
tacks and are not trying to occup.
the enemy's trenches.
Allies Are Ercsher.
THE forces of the Germans ar
worn by hard campaigning and b,
FREQUENT attacks. while the allies
troops are fresh because they are fre
0uentlv rested and changed on
feature Of the allies stone wall polio,
is that the casualties on the allies sid
nave been very slight recently.
Everything possible Is being don
TO relieve the men from their strait
of waiting. Tobacco and newspaper
are provided and mail is deliveret
regularly. The strain or waiting ha
been especially severe on the African
troops. however. for whom there ar
no ordinary diversions such as tn
j French and British take advantage OF
zone OF the most useful articles o
the German war equipment Is a SIX!
rocket which gives poWerIul llluml
nation lasting nearly a minute abov'
the ranks OF the enemy. enabling tn
German artillery officers 10 obtain &C