Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-15
Military Men Believe That Al
lies will Have No Stomach
for Another Winter Cam
paign Against Kaiser,
MASSES OF PEOPLE ARE
PEEVED AT UNCLE SAM
Declare Americans Pray for
Peace on Sunday and Spend
The Rest of the Week Max
ing Money Out of War.
=. ,,vrs o,poNNELL BENNETT.

,conyrlsht 1915. BY The Chicago Tribune)
ARTICLE II.
NlaNa. Russia, March the dlh-
,or tahla talk of Surens staff runs,
of course. almost exclusively on tne
var Prophecies as to the length oi II
are heard respectfully, but man
,nuet rive the reasons on which ne
hases his opinion. Civilians, especial
Il, neutral civilians, are put through
brisk examination. a.,
Yon hazard your guess as to the
month in which peace VIII come lheh
the questions o,
eWhy do ycu think so?
what factors are the Russians III
your prophecy
eAnd the French
And the English
eFrom what you have seen. what Is
your opinion as to Germany pow
or to hold Out?"
why do you think that >?
what facts have you collected TO
support that statement"
What s the tone of the Enslis'
papers,"
Idle Talk Not Wanted.
And SO on. Most of them are
crisp. material questions that make a
man look carefully to his answers
These officers do not want palaNer
or idle talk to feed hope or VANITY.
They want sane views and when they
get them they say, "Danke vielmais!
Is war sehr interessant.'
Invariably these conversations Wihd
up with "And what is going to hap
pen between America and Japan
The answers given on their side To
a neutrals question as to the length
Of the war vary greatly. Some say
July; some say August some say oc-
tober: some say next Christmas; some
say year hence; some say two years.
One crusty old major whom ! suspect
of a disposition TO be merely contrary
gays seven years.
The general opinion seems to be
that the war will end late next au-
tumn because. as one officer put 1t,
THE allies will have no stomach to
enter upon another winter campaign.
Once we get the next harvest in we
can go on as steadily as we are now
going
Feeling Towards America.
Among the humber folk Of Ge1 =
many the feeling toward our country
can no longer be said to be kindly, be-
on Sundays and make money out %
war on the other six days of the
week
Officers, however, are not rancor-
Gus on this theme They have suf-
ficient inkling of the welt politik to
know how difficult II is for the ma
lion condemned to carry water on
both shoulders to maneuver the busl-
ness successfully.
II the talk does not run on the war
II runs on old wars such as accounts
OF what hoppened at the French town
OF laon, where German troops now
are, when Henry ~. captured 1t geo
Years ago, or when Napoleon was de-
ieated under its walls just a century
ago and compelled to withdraw to
scissors, or what such and such o
regment--n0w in Russia-did in the
Prusslan campaigns. or how
the present destruction at Sedan com
pares with what the town suffered
during those awful September hours
Of 1870.
Old Stories Popular.
They like this kind of story--like II
because they can knit up with the
present the glories of the past.
on remember hearing about old
VINO used to command ouf
regiment fifty years ago."
"Jah wohl"
Wei, / saw his son a few days
ago. He's in command of a division
ol cavalry now and he's still telling
mat old story about his father ano
lhe rumpeter in the war of &c
against Austria"
AZ this ehuckles ran around the
Ion f,.. H.. ..tgi
mental classic, so i said Tell 1t tc
me, please"
Well 1t IS not a long story" SAID
the speaker. only about a trumpet.
ef who got 50 excited when he saw
i.Es colonel in a tight place that ne
lorsot all about his pistol and usec
hls trumpet for a weapon.
me regiment came to close quart
els with the enemy and the fighting
was the kind that you Americans cal
word?
Well the colonel was being hare
plessed by an Austrian officer wher
ule uumDeter rushed to his coloneF'
slue and began beating the officel
over The head with his trumpet. Cap
.uIed nm, too--at the point of the
muInpet' as you might say, after the
nhahner OF the good general Joshua II
ehe Holy Bible.
D. me Austrian officer was youne
,iute oenberg-afterward Wen
nto the church and became cardina
''ehnlsnop Of Prague, / believe"
~ Greetings From the Empress.
lWo evenings ago dinner was mark
~ ny an instant of special dignity
VI, eh greetings and substantial gif
were received from the empress. Tn,
general rose in his place and said il