Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-06
GERMAN SKILL
WINNING OVER
british INERTIA
French Defensive Has Been Aim
less and Without Results,
He Writes.
TEUTON INDUSTRY HAS
MADE BETTER ARMS
Censors, Some 1000 in Number,
Are Better in the
Trenches.

cry over spilled milk; let us admit
frankly that our first and second cam
paigns against Germany have been
failures, and start new one," writes
Major G. w. Redway, we'll known
British expert, to the Daily Mail, urg-
ing the seriousness of the war situa-
ton and the necessity of a complete
reconstruction OF the British plan OF
campaign on a broader and far more
intensive basis. .s
~ German Science.
Major Redway puts it even stronger.
"The contest, if now stopped" he de-
clares, "would be decided in favor Of
the Austro-German alliance. German
science has been opposed by British
inertia. and science has won.''
ut is very difficult to be precise in
suggestions which may savor Of crtt-
cism, because this war is not Brit
ish war primarily. and our gallant ally
across the channel must always figure
as the senior partner in the enter
prise. That the French have upheld
their old reputation as dashing fight
ers is evidenced by their losses un-
uncomplainingly borne; but It wero
much to be desired that We could ~
easily recognize the value Of General
Joffre's strategy. !, |. s. 4
= Campaign AIn,tsss. sa 4,
Major Redway's criticism Of /, thu
French campaign is that it has beeH
too frequently aimless and resultless.
He says: 1 .,2sgnigg Es 55%
"The evasion of General Joffre last
August prevented decisive action be.
ing fought, but such evasion of course
involved abandonment Of territory.
The French evacuation of their ten
northern departments enabled the
Germans to extend and fortify Q from
tier which now seems impenetrable.
All Manner Of Devices.
Behind this barrier German indus
try has assembled all manner Of
means and devices to prevent its re.
capture and to support fresh enter
prises to be undertaken at leisure.
Offensive strategy coupled with de-
fensive tactics has once more jusu-
fed the maxims of Napoleon and SO
FAR as the operations on land in the
west are concerned the war Is over IN
! technical sense The decisive &C.
ton that was practicable last year 10
no longer possible, and We need net
inquire into the causes 81 certain e.
periments that have cost England a
army of more than $4,000 men durint
the winter months.
Question Of Wits.
1T is now not only a question Of
nerves, as the Germans told us long
ago, but a question of wits. We are
with the same kind OF
problem as the one that baffed US so
ong in South Africa. We have to do
with an enemy whose ways are not
our ways, and now as then, we must
consider whether it is better to b
for our fine old sporting
methods or whether we will take q
eaf out of the enemy's book and beat
lin at his own game.
"In regard to tactics it is evident
hat we should deprive ourselves Of
nothing in the shape Of weapons and
appliances that will injure and alarm
he enemy's troops. The Hague rules
nay yet serve strange. purposes; tho
code once broken may prove to be j.
category of deviltries practiced on
hose who first resorted to savage
warfare"
Too Many censors.
Major Redway would also like to
zee the superfluous personnel Of gov.
,rnment weeded out and sent to tho
'ront. The censors, for example, moro
han 1000 in number, could mostly
oe dispensed with, he thinks, and
sent to do duty in the trenches.
1T is no longer becoming to haunt
our luxurious habits in the face of
world in arms" he urges. "Of course.
t would be false economy to allow our
wounded to lie on straw and remain
intended for weeks, as the Servians
10 from lack of means. But on the
,ther hand, a census Of able bodied
nen who are employed in connection
With hospitals, ambulantes, rest
camps and recreation establishments
would prove a revelation. Even the
occupants of the war ofice, and tho
hundreds of staff offices throughout
he kingdom could be winnowed with
great advantage, including such estab-
ishments as the ceAtofs' once. Tho
attached to generals head.
quarters are always too literally be-
slowed, especially in camps where op,