The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-11
Conditions More Pitiful
Than in Belgium, Says
War Correspondent
THINKS GERMANY
CAN'T BE INVADED
Every Teuton Conf
dent of Victory, He
Declares.
-. y. ,. ARCHIBALD.

have been exaggerated: the worst
suffering Is in Poland" said James
=. J. Archibald. war correspondent
for schibner's magazine. In the Ho-
tel Statler Wednesday morning. Mr..
Archibald gave war talk. H.
lustrsted by stereopticon views and
motion pictures. in the Board OF
Commerce auditorium Wednesday
evening.
Mr. Archibald, short, slight,
wiry man with weathered face.
keen eyes framed In wrinkles caused
by sun and wind. a square mouth.
firm IA a trap. and a voice OF pleas
ant information, which he uses with
deliberation that shows the control
OF n careful mind. has been q war
correspondent ever since he has
been old enough to 20 to the front.
He was born In 1871. and In his
comparatively short lifetime he has
seen more actual lighting than any
ten soldiers. He was with General
Miles In the last Sioux and Apache
campaigns; served in the Chinese
japanese war: was volunteer aide
de-camp In the Fifth army corps in
the Spanish.t merican war. and
claims 20 have been the first man
~~,eurAAA Ia th.t rnn gfnf He Waa
on General Ludlow's star in the
army Of occupation In Cuba: went
with the British forces 10 Soudan In
1899: was with the Boer army In the
South African war; covered Csstro's
troubles In Venezuela: was with the
Philippine constabulary In the cam
paiGn against the Ladrones: repre-
sented Golfers In tho Russo-Japa-
nese struggle: was with the French
army IN Morocco in 1910: then
jumped 20 the Turkish army In AL.
bania, and in the following year was
IN Lisbon during the Portuguese
revolution which made that country
q republic. Since the outbreak OF
the present war he has been with
the Austrian and German armies
and has covered the entire feid OF
war except Flanders.
The people OF Poland, In the dis
trict that has been fought over. are
absolutely destitute" said Mr.. Archi-
bald. so far as I know. there have
been no relief measures In their be
half In East Prussia the situation
was bad enough. but the German
government has taken charge OF the
relief there. quietly. without any
fuss While there Is no doubt that
the Belgians have suffered great
deal. their situation cannot be com
pared with that OF the Poles.
The Austrian army has had
hard time defending the Carpathi.
ans. The passes are wide and are
not easy 20 defend Moreover. the
Austrian armies have been between
two hros-that OF the Russians ON
one side and the Servians on the
other. do not think that their field
officers. as a class. compare with
those OF the German army. tnougn
there are Individual exceptions OF
great brilliance. Moreover. the Aus
TRANS have been without the won
derful organization OF the Germans.
which has meant so much for Ger
man success. They are learning
German methods. however. and are
showing much improvement.
ELI
and I. therefore. find II necessary TO
point out that we are gaining moth.
ing by publishing every favorable
report from London, Paris and Pc
trograd and disoounting the reports
from Berlin. The German and Aus
TRAN officials are friendly TO the
United States--very cordial, In fact;
but the masses are beginning to dis
like US because they feel that we
are in sympathy with the allies.
This attitude on our part will do no
good. Public opinion doesn't win
battles for the allies and express
sions OF approval OF their course and
OF disapproval for that OF Germany
viii bring us nothing. The Germans
have done things that don't like,
but 20 has England. I distrust Eng
lish diplomacy. England has a way
OF sitting back until the last mo-
emit. and then stepping forward and
claiming her share. She let US build
the Panama canal. and then told us
how to run H. and we gave In TO
her.
Japan Is the country we must
look out for. and Japan has an of.
fenslve and defensive alliance with
England. When the present war r.
over, those who are enemies now
may be friends: there IL likely to
be a re-alignmsnt OF nations. We
may need Germany's sympathy, II
Japan continues on her way. which
aims for the control OF China. With
England as Japan's close ally. we
can look for no help in that direc-
ton. II II both unwtse and unneces-
sary 10 antagonize Germany at this
time