Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-05-05
HARDLY POSSIBLE THAT WAR
WILL END THE PRESENT YEAR
President of United Press, Returning
From Europe, States None of the.
Warning Nations Are Ready to
Quit--May Be Five Years Before
elimination Is Reached


recognizes that the great war has de-
veloped something new in history
the siege of nation-and has reso,v-
ed itself into an endurance conte st
OF indeterminable length. An end o.
the war in 1915 is generally regarded
as too remote for serious considera-
ton. The United States will event
ually have the greatest opportunity
i'll the history OF the world to act as
peacemaker-unless that opportunity
is killed by ill-advised, premature
peace talk at this time
The above is the belief OF Roy w.
Howard, president of the United
Press, who returned to New York to-
day after a three months tour of
the United Press bureaus and field
stations in England, Germany, Rus
sia, France, Belgium and Italy. Dur
ing his tour Howard visited the front
and the foremost trenches of both
the German and Allied armies and
was given exceptional opportunities
or first hand observation of cond;-
tons that existed at the opening of
the spring campaign.
"Belligerents and neutrals in
Europe have adjusted their life-na-
tional, commercial and social-on the
basis of an indefinite war; he said
They have eliminated every consid-
Grafton contingent upon early peace.
With this point of view, Europe
dumfounded at Americas insistent
peace talk and her reluctance to ac-
cept the situation as it exists and 10
readjust business accordingly. Europe
has accepted the worst as probabil-
.ty-a war of from two to FIVE years
and at the same time is prepared to
be happily surprised should the
trouble terminate earlier.
The impression is general in both
England and France that consider
able force is meddling in this country
i'll the direction of early peace. Such
a movement is regarded as imperti-
renee In purely military circles. It
is regarded as pro-German. To say
that it is resented is putting it mild
iy. Peace in the near future, on any
basis likely to be acceptable to Ger
many, is unthinkable in France ami
England Neither feels that it has
yet suggested what it can do in mil
itary way under test. Both nations
admit that Germany secured the
jump at the outset OF the war and
still holds the advantage. France s
army today is undoubtedly one oi
the greatest fighting machines in the
field and is in splendid contrast to tbs
force modified by the French last
August. France insists on elimina.-
ing the memory Of her unsatis factory
showing at the outbHak Of the hos
Titles.
England feels that the ability o1
4 democracy to exist and to rise &c
an emergency without compulsory
military service and without maintain
ing a tremendous professional army
is on trial She has spent min.
months perfecting a citizen arm,
which she believes will prove greater
than any professional army, but sht
knows this army must prove he
claims for it. Even advantageou:
terms now would not tempt her to ;
peace with the strength of this citi
| zen army improved.
Statements that Germany is tirlns
OF war, or that there is peace fac
| tiUn growing in the fatherland, car
be put down as Idle gossip.
I'm no country in Europe is th'
war spirit more nearly universal Q
| the sacrifice demanded being mad
more uncomplainingly. Nothing bu
national exhaustion or a government
policy of peace at any reasonable