Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-08
Official Story Continued Of
Movements and Conditions
of Great Struggle in France
and Belgium,
GERMAN RESOURCES ARE
DECLARED WEAKENING
Supreme Effort Has Been Put
Forth andi While Allies
Grow Stronger, Teuton
Power Declines.


London, April THE ninth
and tenth instalments of the
French official review of the war,
which in previous chapters has dealt
with the German army using up of
German troops and of the material
and moral wastage of the German
troops and officers, deal respectively
with military supplies and the conclu-
sionsions of the war up to date as
found by the writer.
Under the caption, THE scarcity of
primary material for projectiles,Y the
review points out that the chief expla-
nation of the imperfections noted in
the German projectiles is to be found
i'm the bad quality of the primary ma
terial. ii declares there is terrible
scarcity of rubber and that still more
serious is the scarcity of copper,
which is indispensable for the manu-
facture of shells and munitions. The
same condition, II is asserted, holds
true of saItpetre and the nitrates nee
essary for its manufacture.
scarcity of Food Supplies.
The review then deals at great
length and presents tables and quota
tions from German writers to prove
the scarcity of food supplies within
the German empire.
In the tenth and last instalment
the writer proceeds to draw his con-
clusions, which he places under four
heads, as follows
THE bearing of the German de-
feat, "The bearing Of the French
success, "rhe three French superiori-
ties' and "The offensive faith of the
French army
Under the first he says:
"Of the events of which an abridged
recital has not been completed, i re-
mains to appraise the results of the
six months of war and to define the
possibilities which those results have
in store for us in the further opera
tons. Germany's plan aimed at
crushing France by an overwhelming
attack and at reducing her to a con-
dition of helplessness in less than a
month
Germany Has Not succeeded.
Germany has not succeeded in
this. Our army is, as We have seen,
not only intact, but strengthened, full
of trust in its leaders and profoundly
permeated with the certainty of final
success.
ITO sum up, the German staff has
ginning of the campaign, apart from
the failure of its general plan, which
aimed at the crushing of France in a
few weeks-seven defeats of high
significance, namely, the defeat OF the
sudden attack on Nancy, defeat OF the
rapid march on Paris, defeat OF the
development of our left in August, de-
feat of the same development in NO
vember defeat of the attempt 10
break through our center in Septem-
ber defeat Of the coast attack on
Dunkirk and Calais and the deleat
of the attack on Ypres.
"The German army, powerful ana
courageous as it may be, has there
fore succeeded in gaining the adVan-
tage upon no single point, and us
forced halt after six months OF War,
condemns ii to a retreat, the pace Oh
which may be accelerated by the Rus-
sian successes but the necessity OF
which is row a foregone conclusion
independently Of those successes.
The Bearing of the French Success.
Against the extent of the German
defeat has to be placed that OF the
French success. All that our enemies
have failed to gain, we have gained,
and, ii could not be otherwise, that at
the same outset our troops anu the
country itself still remained under
the impression of the defeats OF lSfo.
The victory of the Marine confirmed
by the victory of Flanders: the impas-
sable barriers set up against the
most formidable effort which has ever
been attained in the military history
of the world, have created a feeling
of security which grows stronger
every day.
Everyone is aware that in order 10
gain the day against the coalition
which encloses her Germany needed
rapid success. This rapid success
lacking her defeat is certain
"We have seen that the French
army Is strengthening itself every day,
in heavy artillery. in explosive weap-
ons for the trenches, and in proJee-
tiles. 1t is known that the British
army in France which at first consist
ed of four divisions is today Cbegin-
ming Of February composed OF ten
British divisions, two Indian divisions
and two cavalry corps, with 800 guns
of which 100 pieces are of heavy ar
tillery. It is known also that the
number of troops now with the col