Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-13
Noted Correspondent Can Not
See That Allies Accomplish
ed Anything in Their Big
Drive Against Germans,
KAlSER'S FORCES
CLAIM A VICTORY
Complete Review Of Operations
in Western Theater Gives
Bright Outlook to TeutoniO
Armies Everywhere,
nv I,,rs o'DoNNELL BENNETT

INV JAMES O'DONNELL BENNETT
,ropyright lsl5. by the Chicago Tribune
Hotel de- LEurope, Lille France
oct t2.-The most important Ques-
lions IN the world today are
oWhat did the Anglo-French often
sye accomplish o.
and what if anything, is it accom-
plishtng 2?
certainly these are the most inter-
e,ting questions men and women in
Europe are asking each other today,
and think they are such vital ques-
lions that If one only would get the
correct answers to them one might
almost know what the issue of the war
viii be.
And certainly if / We're to walk into
The office tonight, as / wish TO heaven
could. the first questions YOU would
ask me would be those / have put at
The beginning Of this letter. In this
dispatch ! want to convey to the read
er in as intimate way as possible
some part Of the multitude Of tremen-
dous impressions ! have received dur
ine the last fortnight. Tremendous
though the impressions are, ! do not
want to write about them in the tre-
mendous manner, but simply to talk
as il we were bending over the maps
spread out on your big desk and gem
timely trying to get the hang Of the
terrific operations still in progress.
That way we would talk with a mini
mum infusion Of hot air. Hot air is
easy stuff to write these days.
Germans Assert Victory.
There will he some things In this
letter that YOU win find it hard to be-
lieye; some things, too, that ] would
like to cable because | think they are
of immediate interest But judging
by experience, they are matters that
would hardly get by London, or if they
did would reach you in such gafbled
form as to be meaningless.
First though not the most impor-
tant Of these incredible statements, is
the statement that the Germans at
home and the soldiers on the west
front consider the results Of the Of
fensiyc as a German victory Now
that opinion might be dismissed as a
perIlous delusion and ! should so re
gard it il had not seen during DAYS
Of personal contact with the German
troops on the west front that those
troops are not in peril What is more
Important and more Illuminating, is
The fact that the Anglo-Freneh often
sive has not distracted Germany from
pursuing her operations on other
fronts.
The most trustworthy man in my
circle of friends among the American
correspondents assigned 60 Germany
n9s Just reached here after trip TO
wilma and points east of wilma and
ne tells me that German operations in
Wat region are active and successful,
Wat Very extensive plans are being
worked out, that the booty is very
lafse and the spirit Of the troops very
me Energy and confidence. he says,
distinguish every move in the opera
uuns ON that remote front.
That "Rellef'' of Serbia.
AS to how the German-Austrian Of
iensive in Serbia goes you know by
tnis time, Just as we knew last Satur-
uay evening when the word ran along
ilHes OF cheering lines from Lille to
'he Argonne-" Belgrade list genom-
men And yet when / reached the
west front there We're observers who
salo that the Anglo French offensive
was launched not primarily with the
purpose of breaking through the Ger
man ines hut Of relieving Russia from
n'e German pressure and spoilmg
,p,'''nany's plan for rushing the Ser
Olan offensive brilliantly forward.
"elL granting that the offensive in
so'Fed no more than these two OBJ
S.',s. we know now that it has failed
~, T,u iailed signally, in respect of them.
ne German advance in Russia con-
unues and the Serbian offensive has
o',eaay resulted in the capture of an
other capital.
"u' We know from Joffre's orders
s1'iieroos copies of which have been
,ound on the prisoners-and from
,h uo'o Cafan's order to the guards that
,"e offensive actually contemplated
se"efal break-through of the German
,'es from La Bassee to the Cham
''o'u 'aNan said-and | have seen
t9ples Of his order in the original
a'tsl'sn-that ''on the eve of the great
~ ~ oallIe Of all times" he wished his
Ups much luck; that "the destiny
'he coming English penetration Is
asS PENDENT on the result of this battle. &"
T, 'u that great things are expected
rom the guards"
"eherai Joffre's Admission.
ana General Joffre said that to
s,a 1o''n p the attack in the French the
ors g OIL war is a necessity for us in
~. to drive the Germans out of
oa a''e that we shall thereby free
eoantrymen, who have been op-