The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-05-15

policy of peace at any reasonable
price now, for the sake of fresh
start and a war against England
alone. will stifle this feeling.
Personally, after three months
observation of the situation close at
hand, do not believe even victory
for the Allies would be at the price
of Germany being crushed. There
is every reason to believe that even
before partial victory is secured,
the impossibility of a successful gem
eral assault will have been learned at
a staggering price and the end
whatever it may be-will come only
after the process of attrition has
worn one side to a state of exhaus-
ton.
From the standpoint of the AL
lies, the one great unknown factor
to-day is the extent of Germany's
ammunition supply. How long she
will hold what she has already taken
and what will be the strength of her
offensive is measured by her ability
to continue supplying her artillery
with ammunition in abundance"
Millions of men working for
months along the western line have
evolved defenses on both sides, the
strength of which is almost incon-
ceivable. Behind the hundreds of
the fighting line now occupied by
each army, consisting of the front
trench, the secondary and the reserve
trench-the whole connected by COM
municating trenches-lie a series of
even more lines of defense, each con-
sisting of the same three major lines
interlaced by communicating trench
es and each with it's miles of barbed
wire entanglements in place.
Whereas the present fighting line
was chosen rather at random-just
where the foes clashed and the men
dug themselves in-such line in the
rear has been constructed carefully
along natural strategic lines selected
by the the engineers. Intervals of
from six to Is miles separate these
reserve lines. The net result is that
even though successful in smashing
the enemy's fighting line and break
ing through at any point only means
that the defeated force falls back a
few miles to take up a new position
in a stronger trench which is already
waiting.
Germany has not yet exhausted
her reserves in the matter of men.
France has developed so rapidly dur
ing the past six months that she will
be able to get her efficiency only a
little higher. Russia apparently can
contribute nothing more than she has
so far except increased numbers and
Won Hindenberg has shown that mere
numbers cause him little worry"
There has been nothing so far to
indicate that Germany faces the
probability of defeat in the open
field. If defeated, it will probably
be only by wastage. Meanwhile the
wastage of the Allies will be equally
heavy. If France and Belgium can
contribute nothing more, the addi-
tional weight necessary for an Allied
victory must come from England.
up to this time the average Eng
lishman has not sensed the price he
will have to pay for a crushed Ger
many. He has not yet suffered as
Germany and France have suffered,
because relatively his contribution
of troops has been small. Press Gen.
sorship, to which the Englishman is
wholly unaccustomed, has prevented
him from getting the thrill that
would come from a full knowledge
of the facts. AS a result England is
rapidly approaching the point where
she must choose between one of
three courses; abolish the press cen.
sorship and give her newspapers an
opportunity to double or triple the
present volunteer army through
stirring British patriotism. resort tc
conscription and in that way obtair
the needed number. or make up hel
mind to abandon her ideas of de