New Britain herald., 1916-11-01
GERMANY MUST END
 THE BIG WORLD WAR
And Prediction Is Made That End
 Is Far Off
Correspondence of The Asso. Press. )

London, Oct 5.-"You will have to ask Germany
 This was the answer of a .distin- guished English officer recently back from the front when the familiar query was put to him: When will the war end?
 i've know what we can give them" he continued, "but we do not know as yet just how much they are prepared to stand, or are willing to stand. In the meantime we will increase the pressure more and more until the break comes."
 With the turning of the tide on the western batlefields there was natural ly disposition here to feel that hos tilities soon would be over. The off, cers and men of the army do not share these views however, and are 1 constantly cautioning the people at l home against the idea that the issue | will be settled within the next few l months.
 From conversations with scores of officers familiar with the situation at 1 the front it can be stated that they do not expect the war to end at the ear ISoc OSlOIo next hoIS dl . , many who believe there are two more l years of fighting before the allied l nations.
 1 We have got long way to go,' said General Sir William Robertson, 1 Kitchener's successor, a few days ago. l And we must be ready to ga all the way" he added. Fight to a finish is the order. There must be no slack ening off. On the contrary, there must be a great tightening up." Impossible to Prophecy.
 No good soldier will make a definite prediction as to the end of the war.
 we must be prepared to go on for 1 a period of time which it it impossible t., estimate,'' said Sir William And that expresses the opinion of the army. There may be various inf1u- l ences at work which they know noth- ing of, there is the constant talk heard here of internal troubles in Germany, but the army officer only Hooks at the map" He still sees a long road ahead before the victory he has in mind can become reality The military defeat of Germany, and that is the only defeat the army looks forward to, means an invasion of the | German Empire General Sir l OMoore Creagh, the distinguished 1 Irish "V. e. has said:
 "The Indian Lancers may never | ride through Brandenburg gates but tho end of the war will not come un- til it is possible for them to do so."
 Things are going so well at the l western front that it is difficult even 1 for any words of warning to dull the spirit of elation in London. With Germany on the defensive 1t is felt here that the enemy is no longer fighting to retain all he seized in the first great onslaught of the war, but is rather struggling to hold as much as possible until peace shall come. There is the predicted shortening of the western line" which Londoners confidently look for from day to day
 On the other hand, is the statement of General Foch, the French com mander, who declares the Germans are so tightly held in the west it is impossible for them either to advance or to retreat in any great number.
 "We are on them" he said, like a corrosive acid. We have eaten into their Hanks and they can't throw us off, You cannot always see acid at work but the disintegratlng process is going on all the time.'
 Attacked From Rear.
 The artillery of the allies on the Somme, where the great armies of the belligerents are massed, con- mands such an overwhelming in f1uence as to prevent a retreat. it is said. The shelling behind the Ger man lines is just as intense as it is in front. The expenditure of Eng fish and French shells has frankly 1 amazed the Germans. the military critics here all agree, and the artil- lery activity has brought about a dis tinct new phase in the fighting. It has driven the once closely locked trenches further and further apart. It has solved the problem of dealing with a dug in'' enemy. It has been discovered that the way to successful l 1y take a trench Is to obliterate it, to l Tatten it out with shell-fire. Recent | allied advances have been bought with ammunition rather than with | blood This has led Georg Queri, the ! German critic, to write in the Ber- liner Tageblatt:
 "Every German killed costs a for tune to the French. The enemy is l Gevotino all of his attention to ar