New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-09-16
GERMANY Is TRIUMPHANT
TO-DAY.


II This article on the military 81
L. uation is based not upon our e,
: pert S conclusions but upon tt
o clearly elucidated statements {
IS Frank II. Simonds. the most rabi
e of pro-Allv writer's. in the Ne,
York Tribune for August 9th.
;. In two years of war; write
G Mr.. Simonds. "Germany ha
wrecked the factory and industrial
, machinery and plants of Frame
and Belgium and Russian Poland
she has very seriously crippled
the shipping resources Of her onl,
considerable rival on the seas
IF peace came tomorrow, he,
factories. her plants. her shipping
would be in far better position
than they were in August. 1914
While Germany put her factories
to work to supply the markets of
the world. France. Belgium and
Poland would have to restore their
factories, purchase their machin-
cry and begin again.
"The thing Americans do not
perceive with sufficient clarity is
that peace now would be a great
German victory. for reasons which
IL have indie ated, and that it is
precisely for these reasons that
Germany is again and again bid
ing for peace on the basis of the
"man of Europe" If, in addi-
ton to escaping invasion and the
destruction of her industrial
plants and any payment through
her shipping for the losses of the
British. Germany could retain her
hold upon Constantinople, her
road to Asia Minon she would
have won the war, even if she ac-
0uired not a foot Of territory in
France, or oven in Po-
land. In due course of time Aus
tria, Bulgaria, and Serbia would
pass under complete German dom
nation, as all three have steadily
tended to pass since the war be-
gan. Rumania and Greece would
necessarily follow the line they
could not avoid. From Ham
burg to Baddad the German rail
road would run uninterruptedly |
and German efficiency would in
due course Of time reach Suez,
cross into Egypt and even APP
preach India. She would in no
distant time be absolutely master
alike Of the Continent of Europe
and the African shores of the
Mediterranean. What millions
in France. Russia and Britain
noV see, was unknown to them
two short years ago, or German
seemed too grandiose to
challenge sensible consideration.
What seemed then dream has
low become almost a solid fact:
{ will become a permanent fact
mless a victory over Germany is
achieved which will destroy the
Of this German
cheme. But it took ten years to
ret to the end of the Napoleonic
lream.
"To suppose that Germany,
nth so much of her ambitions
chieved, will surrender the vital
'ortions of it until she has met
isasters that compare with Mos
ow and Leipsic is preposterous.
"The Allies have first by fight
1g to divest Germany of what
he has conquered in this war.
articularly Of her conquests
.om the Danube to the Golden
[orn. They have then to rescue
'orthern France, Belgium and
GLAND. To suppose that the end
le Allies mean to attain can be
ttained this year or next seems
, me unreasonable. To suppose
lat knowing or believing that
ley can attain it, and peceiving
hat the cost to them will be if
ley do not attain it, they will
OPP short of it seems to me equal
incredible. And this is why I
lare the belief held in many
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