The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-06

for more than a generation seems 90 al! I
Frenchmen In the hands OF france IL sho I
will endure. and everything that comes
from France proves that the French mean
to endure.
Doubt,ees Germany could make peace
now II she would leave Austria and Tur-
key TO their fatcs. surrender Asace-
Lorraine. scrap her feet, give UP Bel
gum, pay the cost OF tho war and
abandon her colonies But such terms
could only be paid IN case OF complete
defeat. after the power TO resist had been
exhausted and Germany ta yefy faT from
his Yet Il IL lncOnceivsble that her
foes would now give materially setter
terms
As for Austria. doubtless she would be
glad TO make peace or tho basis ~ 1914,
hut this 10 impossible. She has lost
Galiciu and Bukowlna. she has twice been
terribly defeated by che Sort s.. who are
about 70 invade her territory again To
surrender Bukow'n1. Gallc!a, Bosnia.
HerzeRov southern Dsimatln, would
he but prelude % losing the Trentlno.
Trieste. Transylvanla Russian influence
would spur. her SLAVE 20 new rebellion.
peace before victory FOR her means final
ruin on any terms she could now hope
for
Decisive victory Not In sight.
After i've months OF war then. there
Is not the slightest align to be found any
where OF Immediate peace. On the other
hand We are no nearer d cisive victory for
either side than in August; farther away,
IN fact, FOR then there was a chance that
Gcrmauy might crush France IN the open
ing days. In three months the progress
made by the French In expeilinR the
Germans from their country is hardly TO
he indicated IN tho most extended maps
At the present rate Of progress the free
e French ttttt1I regftlrs
another Hundred Years war.
IL the enemies Of Germany still SEQ
greater profit In war than peace. Ger
many Is stll in Poland Belgium and
Champagne. To drive her out means
not weeks. but months, conceivably years
Tho unmistakable belief In neutral
nations that Germany must ultimately
lose is based on the conviction that she
cannot forever match men and money
with three great Powers. Vt. 70 far as
any one can see, many months must pass
before she even reaches the point Of
strait ned resources. The South with far
fewer resources endured for four years,
Prussia fought Europe for seven and
won
In sum, IL Germany Is to be- beaten as
. B enemies mean she shall be beaten
il can only be by attrition. by a " caring
down process, which Grant had the cOu-
rage TO adopt toward the South. When
war was assured, b. the end was by no
means within sight. To believe that Eng
land, France and Russia can conquer Ger
many IN materially less time than tho
q North conquered the South Ia 10 fy in the
face OF all the evidence now available.
Carly In the war Lord Kitchener nx,
three years as the limit & the conflict
To-day the best witnesses In Europe agrec
that II will be longer rather than shorter
Nowhere save in America II there The
smallest hope Of a. early termination
Nowhere save In this country Is there ans
considerable desire for peace on any terms
which are possible Ia the PREMISES.
Germany's enemies believe that they
can conquer her. They are satisfied tina
tho rewards OF victory will pay any price
they can envisage. For each OF Chen
the future holds out almost unlimited al
vantage conditioned on the exhaustion o
Germany. Accordingly they are In n,
mood 10 Offer terms which any self
respecting nation, still fighting on enemy
country, could even consider. Such helui
&c., case Germany has uO choice and WI
have none.
Americans wilt do well IN consiJer.n
the European situation to bear i'm min
that In no country now fighting IL tn"r
sufficient desire for peace 10 make TO
b erable the only conditions under whir
r peace is possible. This and the fact thin
Y from the military standpoint there In n
! longer the ssibilty of an immedIatel
, decisive campaign combine to abolish an
4 real hope OF peace In any future thH
( 1t Ia now possible to measure. The or
. trance Of other nations may change IN
g situation, but barring this three yea
. seems no longer an excessive estimate
n the probable duration OF the great wa
r From THE EVENING SUN Of yosterddi