The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-02
WAR ECHOES
From the Louisville Herald.

from the Louisville Herald.
 An English observer singularly aloof and fair minded. writing In the F'ortnightly Review. after making a careful comparison of the relative re- sources of France and England on the enc side and Germany on the other. gives 1t as his opinion that from ev cry point of view the allies mays be regarded as about one- third stronger.
 lie eliminates Austria and Russia rom his calculations as neutralizing one another, which, assuredly is not to incline the balance too wilfully In fla Vor Of his own side. He does not con slider in his figures the assistance be- Ing rendered by the overseas domin- ions-Canada, New Zealand. Australia neither does he take into account the Anglo-Indian contingents. This diff ference of one-third, he explains, ap- plies only to the available male pop rlation. Considered more closely, the advantage in favor of the allies is shown to be very much greater France, it is true, has proportionately me same ratio of her population un- der arms that has Germany, but. since her families are smaller so relative ly her number of grown ups is great CT. Accordingly, she has more reserve strength. England, with an army ies, than half the size of that of France, has a great many more men not at the front and such as can be occupied in turning out war material She has ar other enormous advantage Her fleet and that of France have kept the seas free. She has all the money she needs. She can go into the markets of the world and supply herself with war ma- terial. Her own people can meanwhile continue in the avocations of peace longer and. in greater numbers than those of any other country and next 70 her, France.
 That is not at all the case with Germany. Though she have the money, she cannot use it. The waste of war must be met at home and only at home. Ii the end is to come, as so many bo. 1ieve. from weariness and exhaustion, her chances are less good than those of the allies
 It Is, therefore less a strong and vigorous aggressive against Germany than a huge siege that is under way The fleets close the door from the coast of Norway to the westernmost cape of France. From Nieuport on the Belgian coast to close to Basic, in Switzerland, Beigians, British and French be1eaguer the Teuton invader. The fighting Is local, not general. In spite of all the desperate courage 1t gets nowhere, whether for the one or the other side 1t does but call for grim determination and a willingness to make sacrifices and take punishment
 It comes very close to a condition Of deadlock. In some localities. notably around Verdun and Rheims and Sois- sons. there has been no change of mo- E.ent for as long as six months. Even around Ypres. where in November the most sanguinary battle of the war was fought, it cannot be said that the price demanded and exacted has paid for anything except time that fights for the allies.
 A deadlock. nine times out of ten. spells compromise. If the Dardanelles should be forced, the way to an end may be sought. If the Turks hold their own, then Is the condition of deadlock prolonged by that much. It cannot last forever. But 1t can last long time.