The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1915-08-19
HOW SOON WILL THE WAR
CLOSE2

lip. 1t has come to be the common
greeting upon the street, in the bust
ness house, in the home. 1t is JUS
about az we'll answered as possible
lat this distance) in the following
story by Martin Marshall in Leslie's
Weekly of the 18th:
1.-TWO men with unusual facilities
for knowing what is going on have
fixed the date as October LIST, 1915.
But their reasons are as opposite as
day and night. The first to express
himself is the correspondent of an
American newspaper who returned
to this country after many months in
Berlin. He has thoroughly imbibed
the German view. He said:
"The war should end about Octo-
Der LIST, next. Germany has Russia
paralyzed now. A few more blows
and she will be incapable of making
trouble for months to come. She
may make an armisttce, but even if
she does not she can be held back by
a comparatively small force. That
will release Won Hindenberg and
1000, 100000 veteran soldiers for a
blow at the French. Certainly the
Germans will go through the Allies
lines and gain the French channel
ports. That will cut France and
Great Britain apart. France may
be willing to make separate peace,
but whether she does or not Great
Britain will be SO severely menaced
that she will be ready to quit. Then
you will see Great Britain and Ger
many debating terms of peace to the
rest of the Allies
sis that what the Kaiser had in
mind when he said the war would
end in October?"
"The Kaiser never said such
hing. But that is what official Ger
many expects. Germany's enemies
nay as we'll recognize, once for all,
hat they can neither defeat her by
orce of arms nor starve her into
She is unbeaten and
Great Britain is still
nbeaten. The two should get to-
ether and end the war"
The other man is also an Ameri-
an, who has been in Italy, France,
Germany, Austria and Great Britain /.
ince the beginning of the war. He
aid:
"Fighting will end before the be- I
inning of October. Austria is on $
ne verge of collapse. An appeal
as been made to the Pope to inter-
enc in her behalf. The Italian
overnment has been approached,
nd the Vatican has sent representa-
ons to President Wilson, asking
is assistance in bringing about a
-uce. The plan is this: In a few
eeks Italy will have conquered all
le Austrian territory she demanded.
he Allies will have taken CONSTANT
ople. Treaties providing for the A
ntrance of Greece, Bulgaria and
umania into the war on the side of D
Ie Allies are already signed. Every NJ
fort is being made to bring Holland N
to the arrangement. The Allies
ope that increasing friction between n,
e United States and Germany will Fl
axe us, morally at least, an ally of to
e entente powers. When the
oper time has arrived the Balkans
ii declare war, and Germany will =.
k for a truce. The Allies will "
cretly ask that the Hohenzollerns :.
dictate, and Emperor William will
followed by German republic
itch will include the Germanic part IN
Austria. The rest of that empire e
i be distributed as nearly as posi- D.
along racial lines" pr
How is the consent of Germany al
be gained to such an arrange
1t?" arr
Germany already realizes that vii
cannot win. She knows that in COZ
,ntest Of endurance the Allies the
G the odds all in their favor. To pee
IN with the war would gain her