The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-09
Chancellor Would Talk Satisfactory Peace
J0FFRE PLANS
 WAR FOR TWO
 YEARS AHEAD

PARIS. Dec 9.-The plans Of Gen. Joffre. who has been supreme com mander of all the French forces en- gagged in tho various theatres oi war and head Of the council Of the Allied forces. contemplate two more years of war at least, and tho deefot of the Central powers. accordlng Go iniorma- tion that is alleged by the Paris Jour- nal to be absolutely authentic. lt Is said that the plan of campaign con- templates the defeat of the Austro- German and Bulgarian armies in Ser bia the severance of the communica- iion that has been established be- tween the Teutons and Turkey and tho humiliation of Turkey during the coming winter and early spring Fur ther than that. beyond Italian gains In the war with Austria, and Russian offensive operations, there will be no attempt tO measure strength on Q big scale until sometime next year Gen. Joffre Is working on the theory that In order to win the war, Germany must bo defeated and all of the cam- paigns along the various fronts-that in the west which extends from Bel gium to Switzerland; that in the AL pine country which extends from Switzerland to the Adrlatlci that in the Balkans, which extends from the Montenegrin and Alganian frontier to the Rumanian Danube that in the east. which extends from the Baltic tothc Rumanian border. and Che Tur' lylsh campaigns-are all being waged with the ultimate defeat of Germany ln view The redemption of Serbia and the defeat or Turkey. planned for the winter and early spring, are inci- dents in the final purpose, the defeat of Germany. and through that. the end of the war and peace.
 Gen. Joffre is planning that this end will be arrived at through the meth ods adopted for the present year the gradual wearing away of the Ger man forces and the gradual eXhaus- ton of German resources. He figures that Germany is now losing 10000 men daily. and he intends that the losses shall not become less This means 100000 a month, and l,250000 before spring In the meantime. he believes that the forces of the Allies will gain in numbers faster than the German loss. In the spring, he believes the Russians will be able to complete the work that they will begin in the win ter. of expelling the German forces from their country. Later in the sum- mer he believes that it will be posal- ble to defeat the German army in the west and drive lt from Belgium and France. With the coming of the win ter or l916I7 ho plans thct the Ger man and Austrian armies will be con- fined to German and Austrian soil, and Germany and Austria will be cut off from communication with any oth- CT country with the possible excep- tlOn of the Scandnavlans. This much win be the work of the next year. Then will begin another year of the wearing out" process He does not believe. it is said. that lt will be ad- yisable to rush the Germans after they get on their own soil. though he believes that Russia will be able Go occupy O considerable portion of German territory, probably before the end of 1917. But with the Germans on their own soil. he says the Allies can continue the "wearing out" pro cess for one year, or two or three, or as long as that may be necessary With the German army gradually get ting smaller and lho Allies forces gradually increasing there will come tlme- when the Germans may be de- feated without the price being too great to pay. But. while Joifre be- lieves that it will be possible to de- feat the German forces within year or a year and a half, he thinks the less expensive plan and the more hu- mane one will be to slowly wear the country out.