Bisbee daily review., 1915-02-18
eeRMANys SUPREME EFFORT


 Itseems to be now or never with Germany Every thing points to supreme effort. The month win doubtless bring ercer fighting than any that has occurred since the bitter campaign in west Flanders-and fight ing not in one field only but on every front
 For in nttle more than month comes spring. And with the arrival of spring will three peris to Germany in the East, West and South.
 In the East, the Polish roads will begin to thaw hnderng the transports of guns and troops and lessen ing the chances of capturing Warsaw The Russians can stand the mud better than the Germansthey usea it The eastern progress of Won Hndenhurg's arm, win be stayed and le 9il do well to hoj his against the achievements that Grand Duke Nchola may add any time the Russian defenders Of Poland if Germans attained their objective in Po land before weather comes the Russians will tainly make tremendous effort to sweep them bacF across their own frontier There is warning of suet campaign even now, in the Russian invasion O. East Prussia.
 In the West spring win bring with the great Briu3 army that Lord N.chene has been tramme Thus far there has never been perhaps more than 100000 Bru ish troops in France But they are crossing th. Channel the of tens Of thousands week Kitten ener claims to have a0o0oOO men under arms The new British availabe against the Germans in Northern France and Belgium will be at least 100000 men, "Th will begin in May. Kitchener declared grimly som, weeks ago but from present indications the new Br offensive and the French offensive it will support will be likely to start long before May
 And in the South the peril constantly grows sprina comes early in Greece and Italy and even in Roumsnla and spring may add those to the imposing ar ray of Germanys foes thought to be ready and may thc war at any time Greece will mol delay long if Roumania Italy appears to be tn, least certain factor; she may the strueg at a but there is little doubt she win take tn. plunge if Germany commits the least aggression agaur heror Austria either if there appears to be any dal ger of Germany and Austria winning italy knows that Teuton success would be fatal to her.
 There is plenty of evidence that Germany fully real zes her situation The first six months of the war ende with the first week of February Germany began the ne half year with aggressive fighting on every front sh seemed feel that the and most vital epoch Of t consict the epoc. Of aggression had ended uu less she could prolong little by Herculean efforts wiz victories new territory while the adyantaq of winter remained. She had undertaken three grea drives" the drive toward Paris the drive towar Warsaw and the drive toward Dunllrb and Calais Tn first meant to humble France and guarantee hug French indemnity The second meant to clnch th seizure of Russian Poland and straghten out the Ge frontier making a solid reach of German territor from the imperilled wedge of Prussia clear dow to her Austrian ays province of Galcia The third wa meant to cnch the possession of Belgium and grasp h Channel ports stepping stones to the invasion of En- land She has not yet succeeded in any of these grea aims H she does succeed before the middle Of Mare 1t is hardly possibla that she ever succeed
 For besides the waxing offensive power of her en' mics, German power seems inevitably doomed to wan unless she denes doom by sudden and unexpected SUI ces. As Rudyard Kpng phrases it, she 1acks fuel |, the dre."
 Recent computations of casualty lists show tn, Germany, in the first six months 100000 men put o of business That is throefourhs of the number of Inc best uoops-the that bore the brunt the earl fighting. lt is threerfths many as she now h, an the battle fronts about 25OOO0O Russia an Great Britain still pour millions the fray an Italy and Japan ready to come at call; Che Ge man fuel less plentiful It was drawn on too heav at first
 When Frederick the Great invaded silesia in IT. and when he started his years l75G he Ina an army representing soldier to a hundred of pop ation Napoleon, in all his wars, seldom surpassed th Il ratio of 1 per soldiers Only toward the end
 our civil war did the North enlist more than one in e hundred Germany started this war with one man every thirty of population at the front Including Il
 dead--now about 3OOOOO-aud the wounded and missii she has now taken at least one out of every dftee counting men, and children They cant last lon the present rate of loss; and lts neyer'