Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-10-08

and at least ten Of the divisions are
bolstorius mp the Austrians or trying
10 stem the Rumaniuu advance IN
TrunsylVaua 10y taking part in
MavtcnScn's Countcr-attaCk Obvious
IT, without a great rCarrangcmcnt of
forces, an offensive directed against
three times as many Russians fairly
we'll munitioned would be hopeless
Tho public is familiar with the sit
uatiun on the west front. where Ger
many has disposed 10000 divisions,
80 of them engaged on the Somme.
about 80 around Noldun, and the rest
holding the greater part of the four
hundred milo front An attack here
could not ho attempted with less than
thirty divisions at the minimum, and
whore these troops are to come from
SO long us the French and British
maintain their present pressure none
of my uiormants can see. An Of
tonsive I'm the west 10y the Germans
woud lay their denuded lines open to a
couutcr-uttuvk stroke that might
prove not only disastrous, but fatal
these men suy
Having briefly outlined the reasons
why "a German Ottcustvc seems impOs-
slhlo, the factors tnat seemingly must
compel the Germans TO retreat before
lined. Admitting that Hindenburg has
not enough men to advance IL may be
asked, why can he not simply stand
pat. since the attacks Of tho allies
are costing them far more men and
shells than the losses they inflict
amount TO?
I'm the first place the present Ger
man trench lines arc too widely cN-
tended FOR the number of troops avail
able to hold them. This statement is
admitted 10y German critics them-
selves and holds true whatever may
ho tho real facts about the VcNod
problem OF the rate of German vast
age ana the number Of men available
who can ho put into the armies to fill
gaps. Counting all the sinuositics OF
the western, Russian, Rumdnian and
balkan fronts the German armies,
with the help of from = to so Aus
tro- Hungarian and % Bulgarian di-
Visions are holding LOO miles of bat
tie line. There are less than $4,000
German soldiers manning the
trenches and not 100000 Austro-
Hungariaus and Bulgars, The Turk
ish situation need not be considered
in this connection, since for this year
the Asiatlc theator OF war has only
an Indirect bearing ON the European
fronts. Less than 1000 German sol
diers are available for each mile OF
front. assisted by not many more than
1000 Austrians and Bulgars and, OF
course, In point of fact the Concen-
trations of more than 1000, 000 men
ON "a front of only a few miles on the
Somme and at Nordun outs this hypo-
thcucal figure down by moro than
onc-third
ThlnncSS Now Felt.
Until iho allies by their stimuli
tancous attacks wrested the initiative
from the German staff, the thinness
OF the Tcutonic lines I'm most parts OF
the front did not matter greatly, for
they were able to keep their enemies
more than busy defending themselves
Moreover, the munition supply of the
Russians and British did not until this
year permit concerted allied on
slaughts upon a huge scale. Lack OF
teamwork between Russia. Britain
and Franco made still easter the de-
feusive task of Chief OF staff Won
Falkenheyn, who by his famous shut
tle-and loom" system used In the net
wor kof the German railways TO rush