The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-01-04
ALLIES. PRACTICE
WATCHFUL WAITING
APPEAR TO BE SATISFIED WITH
PRESENT SITUATION-GER 4
THOUGHT TO BE WEAKER
Preparations Indicate That the Way
Will be Long Drawn Out-Germany
May Strike Again This Winter
BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS

BY WILLIAM PHlLLIP SIMMS
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY AT
THE FRONT, Nov. 2S.-(By Mail to
New York.)-I have the distinct i'm
preston that the French, English, and
German armies will remain pretty
much where they are until we'll into
next spring, and that but for occasion
al and sometimes possibly bloody en-
counters in this, the western threater
lof the war, most of the action will come
in the region of the Russian frontier,
until that time.
From what l have seen of the Allies
preparation back of the actual fighting
line, for the Germans to make much
headway south seems to be impossi
BILE. Also, by reading between the
lines, I gather that the Allies are
quite satisfied with the situation as it
is. Officers are firmly convinced that
Germany is daily growing weaker
while their own side is growing
stronger every day. They say they
can efford to play waiting game and
let Germany do the costly attacking.
Germany, they insist, yearns to strike
telling blow at the earliest possible
moment because she realizes that eve
ry moment lost leaves her that much
weaker in men, money, munitions and
food
Another thing which pleases the
here is the extended battle
line, hundreds of miles long. They
claim this places the Germans at a
capital disadvantage. DESTROYS of fore
ing a decisive action the Kaiser's
forces apparently can not do SO be-
cause stretched out over such extend :
ed territory the necessary line would
expose the fianks to the Allies often
sive.
Here every officer / meet is all
smiles. At the beginning of the war
It must be confessed, there was more
Dr. less uneasiness among the military.
This is all changed now and on all
sides one meets with the utmost con-
idence in the final outcome of the war.
The impression here seems to be
hat the war will be rather long one.
Everywhere l see preparations which
end emphasis to this belief Behind
he lines the French organizations
lave been perfecting itself until at
he moment it is running with the
precision of well-oiled piece of ma
hinery. The system of revictualing {
he army and keeping it supplied with
the arrangement for :
vacuating the wounded and generally
he whole administration of the army
8 now organized as though the war
J a permanent institution destined to
asst for all time. 8
In short, the Allies are perfectly pre- s
ared to play a waiting game if ap- i
earances count for anything. / feel t
ure they are of the opinion that they {
an wear Germany down and sooner \
r later, at moment they judge op- :
ortune, strike the decisive blow. Un-
i that time l believe they will con-
ent themselves with blocking Ger
lany's blows, knowing that each blow
ses up that much power and makes
er by just that much easier to master
hen the final hour arrives.
Germany, I am convinced is playing
to the Allies hands whether she wills
or no. Like person caught in a
uickmire the more she struggles the
eeper she sinks into the sands and
lie quicker.
Germany may try to decide things
lis winter but she can scarcely sue