Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-30


able to handle the maximum load and little if is to
do it's work safely and we'll
The European manfestly will be determined by the
comparative abilities of the opposing sides to carry their
peak of the load In other words when the Teutonic forces
putting forth their most effective efforts they will win or
lose according the allies able to put forth greater Ell
forts The vcors will be able to he peak OF their
load" and the vanquished will not.
Up to the present time neither the allies nor the leu
tonic forces have been represented in the field by their most
effective fighting machines Both sides have had forces in
In addition the allies have VIGOROUSLY been short
Of ammunition while the Germans apparently nave had an
inexhalstbe store of all kinds of military supplies
The present launching of general offensive movement
all along the western line by the allies unquestionaby means
that the necessity Of carrying the peak of the military load
hand 1t is nconcevabe that the allies would have in
augted this movement their long continued prepa
aons had reached the point of the greatest possible
narstive effectiveness at this time.
On the other hand the Russians while giving ground iii
the northern region gaining ground in Gaicia and the
general southern field conflict In general should
say that the Russians whole about holding their
at this time The Russians apparently carrying out
the general strategy outlined time by putting
forth their greatest efforts in the southern battlefield for the
ofod purpose of holding territory in the direction of Con-
stantnope their principal goal and at the time of in
mdang the Bulgarans and any other Balkan people, who
might be inclined to join forces with the Teutonc central
powers.
If the Russians who had been forced to retire
count of lack of ammunition have begun receive supplies
from Japan and from their own factories we'll else
where they will be effective than they have been
for several months They have succeeded extang their
principal armies from the clutches of the Germans spite of
the repeated efforts of the latter encce large part of
their forces and the indications that the Russians will
be able to hold the Kaisers forces all along the line
The allies have apparently succeeded in putting their
offences automatically and strategcay in the Balkans We
accept the haste with which Bulgaria has officially and
formally notified the entente of the absence of
desire her part the aggressive evidence that
the moral effect of the of British and French
port for Greece military expedition from Saonca and
other recent developments will keep Bulgaria neutral
she does not decide to join the allies The Germans must
therefore face formidable stone wall in the direction of
Serva and the path to Conannope for the relief of the
Turks.
The moment for Germany, therefore, is appar
emily hand We showed the other day that Germany must
choose between reaching Petrograd and Constantnop, if
she could operate before the western allies assumed the long
promised offensive. Her massng of 100000 the
Servan frontier later showed the Kaiser had chosen the
Turkish alternative thus signalling the failure of his drive
toward the Russian capital just he failed earlier in his
drives toward Paris and later toward Calais and Engand
capital.
In humble estimation the peak of the load for the
exnedtion for the relief Of the beeaupuered Turks While
meeting the offensive movement of the allies in France
and Belgium and holding the Russians the Kasers forces
win the If the Germans have not sufficient
serve SO that they must choose between the OF
their fourth drive toward of the capitals of Europe
order to strengthen their western front agas the new Of
fensye Of the allies seeing the beginning of the end
Manifesty whether the Germans the allies to win
the time is at hand when both sides must put forth their
preme efforts to the other side from gaining mpreg
nabe position If the Germans strengthen their west
armies hold the territory occupied and at
the time continue their expedition through the Balkans
tc the relief Of Consannope they will eliminate all hope of
largo supplies for Russia VIA the Dardanees and the Black
They will be able to strengthen the Notifications in
Turkey both the Bosphorus and along the Dardanee
that the allies hardly big enough to drive
them ont except possibly after siege of years. and before
tina. time the will have ended.
On the other hand the should continue on present
terms evcn with Russia holding her against the Ger
MANS with the Italians slowly but surely gaining territory
from the Ausran with the allies surely pushing the Turks
out of Europe and with the western allies gradually wearing
the German strength in that region then the outcome
would be simply question of time whether of years or of
decades, like the Thirty Years war.
If Greece and Roumana and Servia forced to join
with the allies to themselves from German aggression
hen the allies will be much the stronger for Bulgaria
easily defeated by her Balkan neghbors in the second Bal
kan war with Roumania remaining neutral. .
If Germany is doing her best she must apparently
face ultimate defeat although do not expect to see her
crushed If however, Germanys military machine has not
reached its greatest possible ability to the peak of
the load then it will remain for the Kaiser to match the
accommodating strength of the allies If the Kaiser however,
did not put forth his best efforts to win victory while the al
lies ebb military SUPPLIES then he