New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-16
Official Statement Inter
pretcd as FOretelling
Allied Offensive,
AUSTRIAN DEFEAT
TO COME FIRST
Professor Pollard Says the War
VIII Not End Before
Next Year.

London. June 15.-Si gnihcanoe is at
cached TO q sentence embodied in
.e~.-ofc.sl French Communication re-.
,e.yed IN London to-day, inasmuch as
Fl. seems 90 draw the attention Of the
,gbic 90 what is considered the serious
failure Of Gcrmany's recent strategy.
"It seems since the Vaux affair" tn
sentence read. chat the Germans
fronting Verdun are maintaining an
attitude Of expectation in view of the
menace OF events which they feel are
becoming increasingly imminent" This
statement Is generally interpreted, in
the light Of public expectation. that the
time is rapidly approaching for an i'm
rortant Entente Allied offensive.
Professor Albert F. Pollard, of the
chair Of English history in the Uni
versity Of London, lecturing here to-
dsy on the progress of the war, said
he anticipated a great offensive by the
Allies on the western front before long,
but that the people must not expect
the war 20 end before next year.
The utmost TO be hoped for this year,
he said. was the defeat OF Austria, a
virtual settlement of the Balkan diff
Guilty and the driving back of the Ger
mans a considerable distance on the
western front The final defeat Of
Germany could only come some time
next year, the speaker added, after a
winter Of discomfort such as Germany
had never known and after another
neval battle
Professor Pollard's snticipations re-
feet the prevalent ideas in London. The
view is held here that Germany made a
serious mistake when she permitted
Austria 20 withdraw half of her effec-
tives from the Russian front for the
operations against Italy, after having
brough. her own reserves from the
Russian front to Verdun. This appar-
emily has had the result Of enabling
Russia 70 make a surprisingly success
tul drive u Galicia and Nolhynia.
L s further considered that the re-
cent naval battle deprived Germany
temporarily Of The means for prOsecut-
ing a combined military and naval Of
iensive I'm the Riga region and thus
ccuntering tho Russian drive, which is
now expected 20 go on TO fresh sue
Cesses. as IL will be extremely difficult
g.. 10 oil b n
Russian front.
Reading to-day's French semi-oficial
communication in connection with the
recent presence Of General JofTre and
the French ministers IN London and
Premier Asquith's announcement on
Wednesday Of the proffered British
ic'p 90 the French. the public is look
irr forward 20 coming events with curl
o-ity and confidence.
Tcutons Concealing Truth.
According 10 reports received in Lon
don trc German and Austrian govern
wrrfs arc making desperate efforts 20
conceal the truth about the Russian
drive from their people. The behei
prevails here that weeks must elapse
before the Austrians are able TO with
AfdW FORCES from the lidl4hu AibiiL AN'
'he defence Of Lemberg, and that II
mav then be too late.
The Russians are Withholding their
strength on the centre and are driving
hard westward on both hanks. II IS
believed in Petrograd that the further
Development Of Genera Brussiloti S
victory viii depend largely on the
progress Of Russia's western Allies
general strategic plans. The Entente
Allies are now all IN touch by wireless,
and their coordination IN strategy has
reached a point never before achieved.
While the Germans appear TO he
making further progress on the
Nerdun front. an interesting review
comes from British headquarters IN
France tonight. IL says that the re-
cent lighting, i'm which the Canadians
distingu he'd themselves. is no longer
considered as the opening of the third
battle OF Ypres II adds that 1t is now
very clear that there is no great Ger
man concentration on the front OF
lpres. that presumably nothing in the
nature Of a considerable infantry Of
fensivc was contemplated, and that
there was no idea of "Nerdun tactics
JOB this region.