The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-05
(By Albertus Vogt.)
Editor Telegram:

On the 2od ult., in an editorial,
you limited in a modest, quiet
way, what is the longest-headed
forecast of the extreme proba-
bilities OF the finale OF the Eu-
ropean war possible?
1t is written, coming events
cast their shadows before, and
they do-unfailingly.
Germany is now, and will con-
tinue to win her every project
ed vantage point by and with
which a successful coup will in
evitably result to the German
arms.
For because of the deliberate
and intelligent direction OF gen
ius in its every detail, Germany
is now and will continue to
demonstrate the triumphs OF
brains over mere brute force OF
numbers-as witness the cam
paign in Poland and the MAIN
tainance OF the submarine zone
around and about the British
Isles.
II Britain is not living up to
her centuries-old scheme of com
ing in at the eleventh hour to
grab the lions share (of what
may be dividedl by precipitating
100000 or more troops into the
final actions the allies are all
licked now.
For if this may be war in
reality waged by nations, who
as allies, are toting fair with
each other, why don't they get
their hordes Of troops into the
field and fracas and have done
with it? If the combined navies
OF the allies are invincible why
don't they reduce Hiellgoland, go
into the Baltic, destroy the
kaiser's navy, rush transports of
troops into the Baltic, land
them on the German north
coast, march on Berlin. and thus
break the menace of Calais, and
the immediate danger of Ger
man invasion OF England?
And with the German fleet
practically annihilated, and the
Channel. the North and Baltic
Seas all open. rush the best Of
the battleships and and through
the Dardanelles. smother Tur
KEY and have done with the
war. and out OF the then condi
tionh make such treaties a
would enforce future peace:
If Britain may in truth b.
waiting for ammunition ant
arms, the sane thing for Brit
ain to do, and do it now, is t.
get together convention OF al
the allies best brains, ask TIL
Kaiser to set the price OF in
demnity, and while that fou
billions of the peoples cash, ST
periodically loaned, is in hand
pay the Kaiser, let him call OF
his legions and go home, t.
Fraus, Frauliens, Kraut ant
Beer. For if Britain and Russi;
may be both shy on ammunl
tions and arms, Germany know
it now, and Germany will go t.
Calias and to London for Christ
mas dinner, for Germany viii
never wait for Britain to &c
reader than now. And Whel
those swarms Of Zepplins, nov
being built SO rapidly in Ger
many, are all ready and begin t
fly, what they will pour dow
like rain onto London and Liver
pool will cause a death rate owe
there beside which the "blacl
death" plague will have bee
simple child's measles. An
when the big krupps are i'll &C
ton about Calias and the sub
marines are like schools OF mul
let in the channel, the $4,000
ALUMINIUM motor boats now abou
finished and ready to ride II
Germany will be loaded wit
more than 100000 of the bes
soldiers that man has seen, an
under the protection OF the bi
Krupps, after their levellng
Dover and other minor Englis
Channel coast defenses, thos
German aluminium boats WI
disgorge onto the coast OF Eng
land their heart-breaking, hel
raising host, and Germany wi
eat Christmas pretzels in Londo
and dictate peace in Januar,
1910. from Westminster
Buckingham.
To one man away over here
South Florida it looks now lu:
like France is getting both SUI
picious as to Britain's real pol
cies and tired. oh so "tired-an