Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-10-23

DIVERSION.
Naturally one Of the most difficult tasks OF observation
and Judgment as regards the war is to get true per
spective or sense of relation Especially is this so
whenever a new war phase developes and by producing
q suspense gains dispropottionate emphasis for
while It may well be asked if the new plunge at
enped southeasterly by the Teutonc forces does not
particularly fall in that category
This venture appears to add fourth to the three
main Iarenas-the west the east the sea- The last
named wholly forfeited by the Teutonc side is common
~ unapprecised; but it is continuing and in
easng factor Of pressure upon German strength Of re-
ssance just the loss of billion of external trade
was generally mappreciated German The
east may yield conclusive verdict save in con.
trbuory influences The wars ultimate finding is most
pt to develop in the west, through attron repuIso
ust it did century despite many preceding ad
entures wider in scope than are likely now to be
repeated by wouldbe Teuton Napoleons
That is, this fourth excursion is not likely to prove
more than collateral and subsidiary however many rev
headlines it now carries. is rife in many fascinating
diplomatic and military uncertainties full Of puzzle and
possible surprise, that enhance world interest It has
opened with diplomatic for the allies and with
immediate military odds against them They lacked tn,
them the calbre, ambitions and resentment of Ferdinand
and many difficulties of Balkan political jealousy; and
above all, they could not and would not lavish O. T.
promises as Berlin has done.
These promises and the excursion itself naturally ex.
cite wonder to the motive. The German reply. or
boast, sketches grandiosely on the map not only the
iount to Constantnople but expeditions with the Turks
to Egypt and into Asia,-the Pan-German avenue; and
never mind asking where are the marginal resources for
all this But the suspicion persists that the Turkish ally
may rather seriously need succor or there is the wider
speculation Of grand strategy that lack Of conclusive
success east and west requires for the policy of
necessary attack dash against another side Of the
big cage
But that dash has yet to eventuate even only as far
the Constannople way station There will be increasing
deposition only from allied enemies but from char
acter of the country and the weather The diversion
against the Bulgarians in the repeated taking of strum
liza, accompanied by proaly inklings from Athens
and Bucharest shows that no rose path awaits Italy
seems more inclined to take hand on land as well as
on sea.
Even Constantinople reached and held. there re
mains the question Of but the negative gain of keep
ing Russia still hemmed in As against that is the ,
surediy heavy human cost inevitable weakening that
comes from greatly lengthenine lines Of conr'unica
ton and, in addition the very strong probability thai
Teuton encampment on the edge Of Asia would give
Japan the motive and treaty warrant to take an ac
tive hand locally in the great fray thereby adding anotb
e~ element Of pressure
The latest German drive is large diversion DARN.
and dramatic and perhaps desperate, but it is not rnda
mentally conclusive.