Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-16
ALLIANCE
DOOMED BELIEF
OF WAR VETERAN
Great Leader Only Salvation
for Germany in Opinion of
COL H, S, Farley Who Sizes
up Situation.

academy he Ii graduate, and his
familiarity with large armies engaged
In actual war. enable him to give an
exceedingly clear summary Of the
strategic plhns and real significance
81 the movement of troops abroad
The war being an accomplished
fact. all Europe IL practically one
vast battle field and destined 10 be-
come the bloody scene Of conflict
Unparalleled In history" declared
Colonel Farley
"The question az to the probable
duration OF the hostilities naturally
first suggests Itself. II the prophe-
Giles OF Field Marshal Won Moltke and
Napoleon are verified, there will be
continuous fighting for years, AT
any rate II is safe to hazard the pre-
diction that there viii be no abatc-
ment for months TO come. All re-
liable Information indicates that mo-
billzation and concentration are far
from complete. Sudden political
developments between Germany, Bel
GUM and England and the unccr-
tainty concerning the Scandinavian
Kingdoms evidently retarded German
offensive movements In both the
eastern and western theaters of war.
Except those In Asacc. Belgium and
Scrvla, the engagements that have oc-
cured have been In the nature Of
reconnoiterlng encounters.
Battles Coming
The real Intentions of the armies
are not likely to become apparent be-
fore the coming week. The military
operations on land between France,
| England, Belgium. Russia, Servla and
Montenegro, on the one side, and
Germany and Austria Hungary on
the other. viii be conducted In three
distinct 'theatcrs of war. The western
theater--where the French. English
ana Belgian troops VIII oppose the
Germany army--the eastern theater,
where the Russian army Will oppose
the German and Austro- Hungarian
where the Serb and Montenegrin
forces are holding in check the Aus
trian troops. The present situation
Of Germany furnishes complete ex-.
ample Of a nations entire land forces
| fighting on interior lines. while the
adversares fight on exterior lines
| Exterior lines refer to the operations
of several armies, on lines converg-
I Ing toward the same objective. In
terror lines describe operations of a
single army moving from center
outward toward objective points The
western theater of war has been the
arena Of many wars in history, the
last of which was the Franco-Ger-
man war In 1870. AS a safeguard
against an offensive German advance
until the French mobilization and
concentration can be completed, four
groups Of Notifications have been
I constructed parallel with the border
and ut distance of two days march.
All of these groups are served to
seven railroad trunk lines. The pros
peet of French concentration near
these groups with the view to taxi
ing the offensive into southern Ger
many and the further consideration
that Germany In her war with
France and Russia in fighting what
in termed interior lines. where rapid
ty of action Is the absolute condition
for using to the utmost. the advant-
ages which interior lines give the
German army, has decided, as Is
shown from the latest dispatches to
hold the line of the Rhine and fight
on the defensive.
Paris Objective Point.
paris, being the ultimate German
objective, there is every indication
that the German army will he sep
arated in three army groups. One
army group on the Rhine, with
Strassburg, as base to act on the
defensive and to guard the entrance
to Alsace. The second army group,
the group OF the Mosele, Will prob
ably operate IN two columns--the
first with Metz as base, Will adj
vance In the direction OF Nancy: the
second, with Trier as base, viii adj
Ia. a. n Iitxpna htlrn.
entering French territory at languon,
with its objective toward Chalons.
where 1t would Join the first column
In the march on Paris. The third
group the strongest of all. will ad-
vance through Belgium along the
valley of the Mouse, entering France
in several columns, threatening by
this move the lines of oommunica-
tions of the French army. These
moves would probably bring a rapid
decision as to the fate of the war, as
il would force the French army tol
accept battle without the support OF
permanent Notifications and a Ger
man victory might lay France open 10
the German army.
Belgian Defense surprise.
fThe brilliant defense of Belgium
against the violation of Its neutrah-
ity was surprise 20 the German
army and far reaching In It's results
One Of its immediate effects on mill !
tary operations WAS to bring TO the
aid of Belgium In meeting the TER
man advance, Il strong French army
group, supported by an English lana
force 1t seems not unlikely that
the great battle of the war in the
western theater will he fought In the
near future ON Belgian soil, near the I
old battle field of Waterloo. Ems
lands entrance into the conflict eN-
tends the war to the ocean. II the
German fleet is defeated and driven
from the North sea, her supremacy
will he perpetual but should she be
defeated her loss would be inestima-
BILE. She would be isolated and cut
off from the rest of the world with
no food supply for her millions oil
people. The eastern theater OF war
stretching from the Baltic down TOT
the Black sea, comprises eastern Ger
many. East Prussia. the German I
provinces posen and Silesia. Galicia
and Bukovina also eastern ana
northeastern Hungary The Aus
trian base of operations will he IN
Hungary, II is probable that IN TINS
campaign Austrian forces Will act on
the defensive. IL the forces OF the
dual alliance Austria and Germany, I
take the offensive, they will be halted
on the line Of the permanent RUSSIAN /
resistance ) the line Of fortified
camps. Russia's resources are gu /
gantic. Germany. Austria and Eng
land are all dependent on the I'M
mort of foodstuffs and need the
ocean Austria thus far has madet