The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-08

perious necessity of the concordant force of facts and figures. Our effort. too, is from now onwards directed towards that offensive which we shall take at our own good time and the issue of which cannot be doubtful
 Our endorsements are being trained in the instruction camps with view to that offensive. It is in view of the of fensive that from day to day our stores of munitions food and transport are being increased. It is in view of offensive that important reserves of telegraphic, tele- phonic, railway and shipping materials have been constituted. It Is in view or the offensive that the reoccupation Of the Belgian, Luxemburg and Alsace-Lorraine networks of railway has been prepared for, and that a military commission. Eng lsh, French and Belgian, is preparing to work them. It Is in view of the offensive that to our 10000 heavy lorries we have added, with the powerful aid of our auto mobile industry, more than 1000 new trans port wagons since the beginning or the war Against all this which on our side is sure and available, Germany can offer nothing either equivalent or analogous.
 "The large resources in men, officers, material and munitions. which she had at her disposal six months ago has been largely expended in the hope of crushing the opposed forces under the effort of mass ana the erect Ol SuipilSct anu thCJ are today scarcely sufficient after the defeat of that attempt to offer defensive resistance. The military wastage goes on progressively at the same time as the economic wastage and the moral wastage which is the consequence of them. The creation of new units can have no other object than to re-establish the equilibrium of the balance of numbers which leans more and more to the side of the allies. Every further development given to the order of battle will result in diminution of the general value of the German armies and accelerate the wear of them. It VIII also bring nearer the moment when Ger many will be at the end of her military resources and incapable of ever regain ing her numerical superiority.
 "At that moment France. taken by sur prize in August by premeditated act of aggression, will begin the war in very truth with the entirety of her forces.' Eighth Installment
 The eighth installment of the French official war review, previous chapters ot which have been given by the Associated Press, takes up the German losses of off, cers waste of guns and projectiles, and "the moral waste of the German army. The chapter on losses of officers be- gins with the statement that the condi- l ton of the cadres. or basic organizations in the German army. is bad. The propor. l ton of officers has been reduced enor- mously, 1t says a report made in direct showing that of a total of 1N companies active or reserve, in December only ( l officers of the active army are left. Reg 1 iments now have an average of 12 profes sional officers, reserve regiments nine te
 ten. and reserve regiments of new forma- l tion six to seven
 If Germany creates new army corps and if the War lasts 10 months" the re- view continues "she will reduce almost to nothing the number of professional off.
 cers in each regiment. On the other hand.