Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-24

In getting crews. OF course the
promise to Wilson to stop Illegal sea
warfare was caused by the loss OF
most OF the U-boats, and the cam
paign will undoubtedly he resumed
when another fleet has been built and
new crews trained, but the result viii
be the same as before.
Germany Being Stranglcd.
Because of her helplessuess at
sea, Germany is slowly strangling un-
der the grip OF the blockade. she
cannot get cotton, and her efforts
to substitute wood pulp for cotton n.
making high explosives have failed
disastrously. She lacks copper and
rubber. and when her allies are
beaten will be unable To get gasoline,
The food shortage Is impairing the
morals of the civilian population and
the military efficiency of the soldiers.
German credit is bankrupt. and hci
system of floating loan after loan
secured only by paper has depressed
the confidence OF her Weather
classes.
"On land. Gcrmany's last chance to
win disappeared when her onslaught
failed at Nerdun ana her high com
mand lost the initiative She is now
strategically on tho defensive every
MutIt. ana Will ltlllilli ~ ullNll HiiN
Is beaten. We have already over
come her Al one time enormous lead
IN supplies of cannon, machine guns
and shells. The disparity Of strength
is increasing continually, for oui
manufacturing resources. now fuzzy
developed, are greater than those OF
the central powers, even without the
important aid OF the United states
In the other all-important factor OF
land warfdrc--man power-the ad-
vantage is overwhelmingly with us
and Is increasing every day. Germany
no longer has any strategic reserv
of men left with which to undertake
a great blow, and II Hindcnburs
wants to get such reserve ne must
shorten his fronts and so release men
from the trench lines, an operation
we 10 not believe he could carry
through without disaster. In any cas-"
we already uutnumher the Tcutoni,
allies about five to three, counting
only men equipped; they have already
put all their men in the field. ox-
Cepting boys who are coming of age
while Russia has unlimited human
material loft and England has ac
ranged matters 50 she can keep hor
field army Of Sc divisions or LOO, 600
mcn at full strength to the end oi
jas even II she loses 3,400,000 mcu
between row At that time.
The German. are not fools, aud
they know all these facts as we'll ~
we do. They must know that thor
position is hopeless, and that If they
go on fighting thcy will not only lose
more men and cripple themselves
economically still more, but increase
the severity Of our terms. Therefore
they may at any time decide TO sur
render and stop the war, and it is
possible that the conflict may On ]
very soon ana most improbable that
t will be prolonged beyond ncNt
year"
so much for the viewpoint Of the
allies. intelligent German critics look
at the same facts I'm this light:
Germany can never be beaten II
our allies are eventually crushed wt
will fight on VIGOROUSLY against q
world of enemies until they rcaliz,
they can never break through into tn,
fatherland. and then they will stoI
( ana conclude reasonable peace
which is all we ask. We admit oul
! helplessness ct sea for the moment
: although Zeppclins and submarine
may cause our chief enemy, England
! to change her tune before the wal
ends Talk by our enemies about oul
/ finance means nothing, for we ar,
supplying ourselves with the material.
| of war. and 50 long as our own pco
/ pie accept our paper there can be nC
trouble. They will continue To do sc
regardless OF questions Of gold re
| serves because OF the lofty spiritua
| patriotism which animates us all anC
which our cold -bloodcd enemies viii
never understand. The same spirit
caused rs to accept food privatlons
when they occur although things car
never again BE- as bad rs they were
early last spring. The new harvest is
good one, and the wise measur,
taken by the government to insure
that the food producing power of the
iand shall be utilized To the best ad'
vantage only began to bear fruit witt
! this harvest. We shall now have
enough Of everything, not too much
of one staple and not enough of an
| other, as in the past. As for cotton
! copper and certain chemicals, It Il
| true that without these our enemic!
would be helpless. but German
| science, which leads the world. ha!
been able TO find substitutes where
substitutes were needed, even to ex
tract nitrates from the air I'm quaint
ties to supply all our needs, Oul
enemies should realize that the dis
cibllne, organization and efficiency
which enable us always 10 win oul
battles with anywhere near equality o
force are not confined to the militar!
sphere. but apply in all branches o
the national life. These things arr
the expression of the German soul
ana nations without such soul can
not expect to reac ch our standards.
at Is true that our allies by mex