New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
Landau. October Is.

f'an, n,omentous. IL is not the pun
y n.y. nv, The military authorities who
he o.S yiew. In England itself
~" nsorle think may ultimately be
WIN" vcosed 70 invasion should the
m0 maintain their possession OIL
Tein II is the immediate influence
AntS surrender upon the course OF
IN Northern France which I'M
'ness itself most strongly on the
rs's,s military advisers And in White
I hlne .bev are already talking OF The
ysr Campaign, and studying the moai-
81 conditions under when 'ne "s'
h.s now 70 be conducted.
American Opinions.
.. otber military opinions they
w .nv-there is the less need 70
sg.sll since in many ways, ana perhaps
~ most OF the essential points as 70
U.,sium. they coincide nearly enough
a Ds the military opinions csbled from
49, ,m.,;ce In America such opinions
violation Of President Wilson S
.h,is neutrality" The President is
H. % forbid the expression of them
Any and Navy officers, yet they
~. 70 get into print. They are, at
,sts. printed here, though without
~, authors names. The English &C
-, he American view that the fall OF
'I.,srn plsces all Belgium at the SER
-. 81 Germany FOR the purposes of
me campaign
What English Experts Think.
put English experts go further than
-, They hold that II sets free the
c"-rsr right wing; that the envelop-
s,nk movement Of the Allies can
- longer be pressed, or further ex-
.s,ssd with much prospect Of imme-
az suocess: and that the Germans,
..V,vsd from all fear on the side of
Belgium, may now resume me onen-
sive in France. N the expectation thaI
sr.werp would fall they had for some
zine been strengthening thelr rlght'
"a General Won kluck is expected TO
deliver very soon what Will be meant
"a, decisive blow. Hitherto the sor-
.i,s against the Allied left have been
N he nature Of attacks for the .pur-
,s,, Of defence; the only kind Of de-
;,,e. which avsils; whether in war
\, p,sce. In short, the German motto
row is after Antwerp, Paris
The Indian Troops.
English soldiers believe that the
.,tsmpt will be made. They are very
IN from believing it will succeed. They
nd that even after the arrival of all
.Lsse fresh German divisions, the Al
F.s still outnumber the Germans in
Prspce. They have every confidence
: the fighting power Of the French.
rssy assume prefer 10 use the word
u.uus-that heavy reinforeements
ave reached the Allies as well as the
Germans. They say &c TO the Indian
rooms that, f anything, the Ang To-
Indian army is even more perfect in
crumen, OF war than the English army
i,self. II they have any doubt as TO
the efficiency Of the Sikhs and Cur
| xmas and Pathans in their frst contact
with the Germans, it is only because
these troops have never yet been tried
sCainst whites.
The respect Of the Orientals for the
English Sshibs is one secret of the su-
premscy Of England throughout the
vast peninsula of Hindoostan. There
are officers, ! am told. who wonder
whether this respect for Sahibs will
transfer itself in battle TO the German
Sahibs. They DO not think it will. They
only suggest @ possibility in which lie
the seeds OF doubt. They are led by
whites. and so long as their own off,
GERS are al their head they respect
nothing else and fear nothing. They
will fight as they have fought in India,
side BY side with English forces; Eng
| lsh regiments or brigades intermin-
ged with Indian regiments or bri-
| gsdes. There is not a regiment CT
theirs which is not proud to have been
shOsen TO bear its part in this great
4 European campaign. They are the
HOVer Of the Indian army; both Eng
llsh and native.
Concerning no part of the Allied
forces in the fighting line, whether
English, Anglo-Indian or French, Is
there In the highest military quarters
4 any misgiving. AS for the commanding
officers Of the English forces, they have
given their proofs. Nobody thinks Sir
John French or Sir Horace Smith
Dorrisn on his trial. II is unlikely that
either Of them can ever be subjected
70 test more searching than that OF
The retreat from Mons. The same may
be said Of the English staff.
The German staff.
But there are military critics who
hold that the French staff has yet Ia
show whether In field work il has al
ne qualities which make the German
,'sf what IL is. In judging OF the
/ frussian Great General staff the Eng
lsh lay aside all personal or national
'nmities. II is purely a military ques'
uon. From no officer whom ! have
hlked with. whether from the front or
On duty at home. have ! heard any dis
Fragment of the tactical work done
y the German staff. On the question
the supreme command and OF
strategy criticisms are 70 be heard
but that would take us too lar.
mntne myself to their tactical experts
might sum 10 all up in the phrase OF
IN ofhcer high in command who was
Aiely In England cOnvalescing from q
wound. He said: "The work OF the
herman staff as we have seen II II
cur campaign is magnificent" AT home
or abroad that is, believe, the Judg
ment Of all the most competent sol
oiers
Inc french Stdhs
d wish ] could say the same thing Of
II she French staff II has high merits
Ol' 70 put II on level with the Ger
= mans would be running counter 10 the
oeH military opinion. 1t has not haC
we training OF the experience. II has
no1 The traditions II has not yet shown
N 50 full measure the scientific en-
',lgy and efficiency which distinguish
,ne Germans What can be said truly
4 hat 1t is gaining every day. II is
Inherent body from the staff which
under General JofFre, was responsible
'oi Aamur and for Mons.
:, has been said by a good authority
na' Lege, though il gave the French
rMe TO complete their mobilization
eha get their Divisions 10 the front
"a, The cause. or one cause, of Their
'efiler misfortunes. II was the stub
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