The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-06-18
CAMPAIGNS AGAINST
EUTON|CS FAILURE
British Military Expert Says
Whole Plan Of Fighting Must
Be Revised

.. LONDON, May 3l.--(Gorrespondcnce
OF the Associated Press)----ttJt is no
use to cry over spilled milk; let us ad
NIT frankly that our first and second
campaigns against Germany, have been
failures and start a new one writes
Maj. @. W. Redway, a well-known
British military expert urging the
seriousness Of the war situation and
the necessity of complete reconstruc- :,
ton of the British plan of campaign 7
on, a broader and far more intensive
basis. .
Major Roadway puts even stronger.
"The contest, IL now stopped,' he de-
claTes, "would be decided in favor Of
the. Austro German alliance. German
sPiance has been opposed by British in |
eftia, and science has won.
SIT is very difficult to be precise in
suggestions which may SAVIOR of crit |
cism, because this war is not British
war primarily, and our gallant ally |
across the channel must always figure
as the senior partner in tho enterprise
That the French have upheld their oldI
reputation as dBshing fighters is cvi,
denced by their losses uncomplainingly
borne; but il were much to nc desired
lithBt I'VE could as easily recognize the
valuo of General Joffre 3 strategy
French Fight Aimlessly
| =, Major Redwayls criticism of the
French Gampaign il that il has been
too frequently aimless and resultless
He SAYS:
! 1.-The evasion of General .Ioffre last
August prevented a decisive action be
| ing fought, hut such evasion of course
involved abandonment of territory.
The French evacuation Of their ton
northern departments enabled the Ger
4 mans to extend and fortify frontier
whirh now seems i'm "enctrah'e.
"Behind this barrier German indus
try has assembled oil manner of means
and devices to prevent its recarturc
and to support fresh enterprises to be
undertaken at leisure. Offensive STRAIT
egy coupled with defensive tactics has
once more justified the maXims of Ma
poleon, and so far as the operations OF
land in the west are concerned t"C WA
IL over in. q technical sense. Tho dc
ciSive action that was practical lie last
wear is no longer possible, and we need
not induire into the causes of certain
|
prmv Bf more than $1,000 men during
, the winter months
; Now Question of Wits
ct is now not only a question of
/ nerves. as the Germans tod ns long
ago. but a question of wits. We are
; confronted with the same kind of prob
, lens as the one that baffed uS for 50
- long in south Africa. We have to do
| with an enemy whose ways are not our
r ways, and now. as then. we must con
slider whether it is better to be whip,
ped for our fine old sporting methods
=, or whether we will take leaf ont Of
the encmy's book and beat him at his
I own game.
. '"In regard to tactics it is evident
=, thrt we should deprive ourselves OF
nothing in the shape of weapons and
, appliances that will in lure and alarm
the encmy 5 troops. The Hague rules
!. may vet s"rvP strange PURPOSES: tho
h code once broken may prove to be n
- category of dovilries prarticed or
- those who first resOrted to savage war
fare.
, Ma ior Redwav would also like to see
= the supcrfluOus personnel Of govern
went wcCdcd ont and sent to the front
The cersors, for example. more than 1
. thousand IN number, could mostly To
y dispensed with, he thinks, and sent t.
drtv in til" trenches.
u Luxury Has No Place
''Tt is no Iong"r Incoming to flann
1t our luxurious habits in the face Of
world in arms, he urges. "Of cOurs
it would he false economy to allow on
Y wounded to lie on straw and remiTi
III INTENDED for weeks, IA the Scrl lars Il
IN Trnm lack of means But on the Othe
< hand, a census of aElc bodied men VIII
II, are employed in connection with hes
1h ritRlS. amhula wees. rest camus aud re
"' creation establishments would prove
re revelation. Even the occupants of tn
war nnir" and the hundreds of sta
TT officers throughout the Kingdom coul
RI be winnowed with great advantage il
"a Guiding such establishments as the col
of sors Office. The personnel attached
ri, generals headquarters are always to
IN liherally bestowed, especially in CAM
he where operations are few and far b.
ly, tween.