Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-01
WAR METHODS OF
ALLIES CRITICISED
Major Redway, British Military Elk
pert, Asserts if War Stopped Now
Would Be Victory for Germany.
MANY PROBLEMS CONFRONTED

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
LONDON, Juno st Is no Use 70
cry over spilled milk. Let us admit
frankly that our first and second cam
psigns against Germany have been fail
ures. and start a new one" writes Major
O. W. Roadway, q British military expert,
TO the Daily Mail. urging the seriousness
Of the war situation and the necessity
OF = complete reconstruction Of the Brit
tsh plan of campaign on a broader and
far more extensive basis
Major Redway puts Il even stronger.
The contest, II now stopped. he asserts.
would be decided in favor Of the Austro-
German alliance. German science has
been opposed by British inertia, and sci
enoe has won
1T u very difficult 70 be precise In
suggestions which may SAVIOR Of criticism.
because this war is not British war
primarily and our gallant ally across tho
channel must always figure as the senior
partner in the enterprise That tho
French have upheld their old reputation
rs dashing fighters Is evidenced by their
losses uncomplainingly borne; but It were
much TO be desired that We could as
easily recognize the value OF General
Joffre's strategy"
Major Redwsy's criticism Of the French
campaign is that It has been too fire.
ouently aimless and resultless. He says:
Tho evasion OF General Joffre last
August prevented a decisive action being
fought. but such evasion OF course in
voived abandonment OF territory. The
French evacuation OF their ten northern
departments enabled the Germans TO ex-
tend and fortify a frontier which now
seems impenetrable.
Behind this barrier German industry
has assembled all manner of means and
devices to prevent its recapture and to
support fresh enterprises TO be undertaken
at leisure Offensive strategy coupled
with defensive tactics has once more
justified the maxims OF Napoleon, and
so far as tho operations on land in the
west are concerned the war is over In
a technical sense. The decisive action
that was practicable last year ls no
longer possible, and we need not Inquire
into the causes OF certain experiments
that have cost England an army OF more
than $4,000 men during the winter monthA
1T II now not only a question OF
nerves. a. the Germans told us long ago,
but question of wits. We are con-
fronted with the same kind of problem
as the one that baffled us for 30 long
is South Africa We have to do with an
enemy whose ways are not our ways.
and now as then, we must consider
whether Il IL better TO be whipped for
our fine old sporting methods or whether
we will take a leaf out Of the enemy's
book and beat him at his own game.
'Tn regard 20 tactics II is evident that
we should deprive ourselves Of nothing
in the shape Of weapons and appliances
that will injure and alarm the enemy's
troops. The Hague rules may yet serve
strange purposes; the code once broken
may prove to be category OF deviltries
practiced on those who first resorted TO
savage warfare"
Major Redway would like to see the
superfluous personnel of government
woeded out and sent to the front. The
censors. for example, more than 1000 In
number. could mostly be dispensed with,
he thinks and sent to do duty In the
trenches
ut Ia no longer becoming to flaunt our
luxurious habits in the face OF a world
in arms" the major urges. "Of course,
II would be false economy TO allow our
wounded to lie on straw and remain un-
attended for weeks. as the siberians do
from lack Of means. But on the other
hand. a census OF ablebodied men who
are employed In connection with hos
pitfalls. ambulsnces. rest camps and reore-
alton establishments would prove reve-
lation. Even the occupants OF the war
office, and the hundreds OF staff officers
throughout the kingdom could be win
moved with great advantage. including
suoh establishments as the censors' Of
flee. The personnel attached to generalS
headquarters are always too literally
bestowed, especially in camps where OPP
erations are few and far between"