El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-13
GERMAN DRIVE
IN SERNi THE
KlISER'5 OWN
Was Bitterly Opposed By
Leading German Com
manders at First.
LEADERS FEAR
MOVE MAY FAIL

~ERI.IN. Germany. Nov 13.-Nat-
uraIly all eyes here are directed
IL towards the Balkans. where the
German armies are endeavoring 70
crush the stubborn resistance or a ma
ton Of fighters hardened through CEN
turtles Of warfare
The plan OF forcing a way through
to ConstantinOple is said mere 70 nave
originated with the kaiser and % nals
met at first with strong reslsl dLLlCS
on the part of the older German gen
erals, including Won Hlndenourg ana
Won Mackensen. who thought II TOO
daring at q time when Germany
armies were weakened and with the
attitude Of Rumania and Greece sun
In reality. Of sourse. the plan is
merely an altered version Of the plan
Of the great Napoleon in 1lsS and ltss.
when he hoped TO strike down England
in India through Egypt, followed oy
his later attempt TO DO Ine same
through his invasion OF Russia in 1872
Repeats NapOIeOn's Tactics
The kaiser is not trying 70 conquer
the British world empire Dy repeallu5
the tactics Of Napoleon under other
Conditions and in the reverse order
The attempt 10 annihllate the armies
, Of the car having failed, and RuSsla
SIN barring the way eastward, the
kaiser believed that Napoleons I1rsl
attempt to threaten India had batter
chance OF success under modern con
diLiOns than the second ana uuuel me
war cry, ITO Egypt and India via Con
stsntinopIe," raised in the entire Ger
man press. the frontier OF Servia was
An old German officer. considered
one Of the first military experts in this
country, said OF the plan:
May Be Too Late.
sHThe kafser's plan" he said. is GER
tainIy most daring and one which ap-
/ peals 10 the heart OF a German sol
l der. but I am afraid II IS being car
rfed into execution too late Had We
tried this stroke at the beginning OF
! the war, as soon as we had won Iur-
kew 70 our side, ] believe we should
have had fair chance OF success. " {
should then have had sufficient troops
AT our disposal 70 force way through
/ Servia 70 Constantinoples while SerFl4
was exhausted and unable to offer any
I serious resistance. and before England
had organized her defences in Egypt
Now our path is far more difficult
I OF course, we shall crush the armies
/ OF Servia. but that does not mean that
ire country itself will be crushed
I We shall have TO contend with the
same kind Of incessanr guerilla war
I fare that Slapped the strength OF Ma
| poleon in Spain We are still stronS
| enough 10 crush a powerful foe put
! ting up a strong concentrated resist
/ ance, but what can We do AGAINST
/ thousand Invisible foes striking from
! In Belgium and especially in Brus-
! sells the BelEians irritate the Germans
I by an incessant warfare OF pin pr1cks-
/ Won cannot fight flies with heavy
I guns The sight Of the German mill
I tary governor fighting the mysterious
I paper- .Iivre Beigique." which has no
I office and is printed God knows where,
/ is quite Quixotic-
| The governor, with an army Of spies
I al his disposal, had made frantic e1-
/ forts to discover who is editing and
I circulating the paper Every printing
? establishment in Belgium has been
. searched. In Brussels alone see print
Z ing offices have been visited IN vain
/ Occasionally the paper appears bear
| ing the imprint Of one OF the many
3 Germany firms Of printers It does
not appear regularly, but whenever q
new issue is printed the governor finds
the first copy lying on his desk on TOP
OF all other papers, marked with the
] compliments OF the editor" Who puts
l IL there nobody knows
/ German detectives have even visited
| all paper factories and compared their
Z stock with the paper OF the mysterious
{ Journal, but in vain. for no similar pa
3 per has been found
In his despair the governor has Of
fered a prize Of 900 to the person
who discovers the "diabolieal pamph-
letters"