El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-29
Situation U1a0orable To
Germans Except In In
creased Territory.
WARS COSTS
$4,000 MINUTE
Allies, At Close OF Second
Year, Hold Marked
Advantage.
oNDON. Eng. July 2s.-The end o.

ONION, Eng, July z9-The end o.
the Second year Of the great var
- finds the Germans in possession
or more OF Europe than they held on
August I, 1915. the first anniversary OF
the start OF the great conflict The
war now is costing all countries IN
Volved total of $4,000 a minute.
This is practically the only respect
IN which the situation is more favora-
he to them Russia, her vast man
power at last organized and furnished
with implements OF destruction IN
plenty, is battering the Teuton lines
On the east and has already won back
$500 square miles. Great Britain boasts
five million men in her army and navy.
rance fights as strongly as ever. italy
Is Increasing her for fOrmida bIeness-
Austria appears 70 be losing heart
and efficiency Bulgaria refuses to
send achievements to the west CT
russian fronts Turkey shows slight
Germany still Barred From Sens.
The British navy. following the much
disputed naval battle Of Jutiand. still
shuts of Germany from use OF the
seas One merchant Submarine bas
reached America. but the supplies
hicn can be brought over to the be-
sleged nations in U-bOats will be OF lit
tie account
Germany and Austria both feel N.
pinch OF hunger. Their armies sre
sufficiently fed. but their industrial
workers complain OF lack Of nourish-
ment- The present harvest is watched
with anxiety and II il fails or Is oniv
OF fair size famine VIII stalk into tha
SITUATION next spring. or earlier
For "ReasOnabIe Peace
re German chancellor three times
IN the Eeichstas has offered peace 70
the Entente on account OF this for
Hldable opposition has arisen to him
~ nome, although he IS the kafser's
ether self His friends are raIlyinE
10 his defence and on August beeins
the curious countrywide lecture cam
palsn 20 prepare the minds OF tho
hitherto dociie German people for =
reasonable peace"
Must Crush Germany
Meanwhile. with the sI-v Frightening
re Entente allies reaffirm their resO-
lutlou taken IN the dark hours OF Tser
winter never TO cease their efforts
until Germany is crushed The Ten
tons not only must be beaten in war.
according 10 the allied formula but
must De repressed economically for
n Ile years after the signing OF =
treaty for peace
Armenian Prosecutions Continue.
The year mas been marked by a con-
t-i-uance OF horrible prosecutions in
armenia and Christian Syria. where
s-e 1lonalnmedans are apparently de-
termined 10 wipe out the 'giaouns"
Recent months have seen 4 cessz-
Iton or zeppelin raids on undefended
british and French towns. The cauSs
or tins Is somewhat Of a mystery a.
the Germans have claimed importsnt
results from their attacks
one Important moral defeat was s11s-
tanned by the Germans when thew bur
Tied Edith Cavell. n British nurse. 10
execution. As announced by B-anI
" litlock. American minister to Bel
gum. on October -.
The greatest naval engagement o.
history i'm number of men engaged sr,,7
lumber slain was fought June near
the Shasgerak. ~ the North sea. The
reSult was inconcluSive. both sides
aiming great victory and the -
ports varyin widely in estimates OF
losses on the two sides
II the Germans. as they assert Sc
riouSly crippled the British grand
fleet. we VIII probably soon see thor,
come out Of KEEL aEaiu. 20 finish their
task AT present. however. the B~ft-
ISM blockade is broken only by the
merchant submarine Deutschfaud
"a hich reached Baltimore July g
Submarine Dispute Ends
The year has also seen the cuT1r1f-
nation or the submarine dispute be-
tween the United States and Gersunv.
v hich terminated in the kaiser's canir-
Mating and promising 10 warn mer-
,Iantmeu before attacking
Talk Of peace has been mostly con-
Continued on page 2o).