Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-17
GREAT BRITAIN FROWNS
ON PROPOSALS TO END
WAR AS PREMATURE"
Determined to Continue
Conflict Until Germany
Is Driven Back Upon
Home Soil, Correspond
ent Is Informed.
BY ED L. KEEN

LONDON, June II.
Although an official statement is no,
procurable. am authoritatively informed
mat the Allies, especially Great Britain
would regard any German peace over.
lures at this time as premature.
Great Britain is determined TO con-
tinue the war at least until Germany is
driven back upon her own territory. Any
peace talk that has reached the United
states certainly has not had its origin
either In London OF any other capital
of the Allies.
There are several reasons why Great
Britain In particular intends to prose-
cute the war until the German grin
upon Belgium and Northern France has
been shaken. Briefly these are among
the more important:
First-It Is the firm belief here that
Germany has reached and passed the
high peak OF her offensive efficiency Eng
land believes that from now on the
Kaiser must fight desperately on the de-
Iensive to hold what his armies grasped
by getting the jump" on the Allies at
the beginning of the war.
Second, 1t is the universal belief here
that England is now only approaching
the height of her offensive efficiency
When its full intensity is developed the
Germans, 1t is believed here, must be
rolleu Dack out or France.
STAYING POWERS WILL. WIN.
Third. Military men here agree that tho
fnal verdict will be won. not by brilliant
dashes, but by a long-drawn-out en-
durance struggle. They base this belief
upon the strength of line after line of
strongly fortified works on both sides
of the Flanders-France battle line. And
England is certain that the longer the
n fats F,,,IIl A
resources of the Allies ultimately over
whelm the Kaiser.
Fourth. England wishes to demonstrate
that a citizen army, organized by volun-
teer enlistment, can cope successfully
with what she calls German militar-
ISM" The signing of peace pact now,
no matter how satisfactory its terms
might be to the Allies, would leave the
solution of the question of the ability
Of democratic" army still in doubt.
In support of the statement that Ger
many has passed the height of her offen-
slVe ability 1t Is pointed out here that
since the dash into France last fall the
Germans have been unable to make any
appreciable progress against the Franco
Flanders front. On the contrary, they
have been forced back at several points,
notably north of Arras.
LACK OF MUNITIONS FACTOR.
The German victory in Galicla Is cred
tied to temporary shortage of shells in
Russia. The same lack of munitions, It
is admitted, has prevented France and
England from launching an effective drive
against the enemy. But this situation is
now being remedied both in France and
England, and within n short time the
superiority in ammunition supply win
shift from the Austro Germans to the
Allies.
The people of France unquestionably
would resent an attempt at peace nego-
tiations at this time. No other nation in
Europe can boast of more whole hearted
support from its citizens, and the fiery
patriotism of France demands not com
promise. but decisive victory
The English were slow in becoming
aroused to the seriousness of the strug-
gle. But once aroused, they are deter
mined to stay in with bulldog tenacity.
There is no sentiment here for a peace
agreement. no matter what 1t gives to
the Allies, until Germany has first been
decisively beaten on the field of battle.