The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-15
Is Imperative if
Allies Are to Win War.
He Says.
fEUTONS STILL STRONG.
IN SPITE OF REPORTS

WRy 'h"' 'Nh'N'NS NStt hIDIt IttuiS
(ah iiimsy pleas for the blunders of It's
nosen leaders.
But the hour has struck FOR plain
keaking on the part of those who are
flied with clear vision. For a point
Us been reached at which the choice
(ust be speedily made between tho in
erests of hnccld parties and the exist
pee of the British empire.
According To- the rose tinted pictures
resented To- the public. We have ample
JASON to he satisfied with the progress
babe and the outlook opened up. Ini-
bal lundc have. we are told. been
repaired and the campaign is now being
{Anducted will economy, measure. hui
Xnnity and also with due respect for the
kested interests Of political parties at
m And military progress has been
sde withal. Tho violent attack on
srdun has been VIGOROUSLY repulsed.
Prrific losses ave been inflicted on the
temy and the moral effect IN the Teu-
pus and their allies as well as on the
eutral states is profound and lasting.
The fallacy Of this inspiri;ing cxhprta-
ion verges on criminal misinterpreta-
ION.
Ugh for Ncrdun Not Ended.
That the Germans r.cNoned on seizing
Icerdun by Il sudden coup de main is now
{,uite certain. Therefore the superb re-
distance they encountered the heavy
losses they sustained and the seemingly
Ijejune return which their sacrifices
Drought in connected - serious initial
Icheck which had "A soldering effect on
themselves and damped the ardur Of
I,heir neutral friends Bat they took
II ,c lesson TO heart and readjus;cd their
Vans to the unexpected conditions. With
he results the reader is couversant.
leir losses We're severe and their on
uest extends only over "A few miles of
Front. stu. their positive gain i uude-
liable and from. their casualties. how
kvcr serious. We cannot extract the
kished for solace until they have been
Sontrasted with those OF our daunt-
css ally. This comparison. although
doubtless to our advantage, has not yet
bcsn made public.
II Is turthtr wort noting tina; the
Eermans, FAR from being deferred by the
reception they encuun;eted. have inter-
fified their o~uSlaUghts. Aud they may
go on repeating them for weeks 10 come.
Nor is this necessarily a proof Of weak
hness. Ii may cOnuJ;e resolve and con-
hdencc. Fw II * difficult Ia suppose
that they would throw away 100000
men without "A falr mop" Of adequate
|%rcturns. TIC rrtutrs aimed at are rot
merely territorial. T. may also b. their
BUM to foil tn. Allies offensive ~ force
Them to undertake ID ~, niatGf"ly. To
me the attacks on Ncrdun beiI an uu-
| pleasant likeness i" tAe first advance
against Warsaw, which also afforded us
bundant food for scif-congi atdat,vn.
IOur optimn, press jcered AT the leu
ftoi's folly. Blu, tho Tcu,ou pcgged away
for six months until ne achieved hi, end
land captured the Polish capital. Nm the
Mnfnrx ~ Warsaw may la rattpni.I al
Ve1dun.
Now. IL would be u crime against the
Dnation to utter aught calculated TO rob
u of IA aVing faith o. TO lnoscu the roots
OF its superb heroism. Dn the other
hand. however. 1t would indeed bc Grim
inal to over~;ate % misinterpret facts in
order to awaken false hopes and mislead
a lrustful people. If. ;hen. those heart
ening assurances repoSe ON realities no
fair analysis Of them can work harm /:
whereas If they should prove a.
less the stimulus emanating from the
ensuing gertrude of danger will more
than compensate fof the disjlluSiou And
the time has come TO si!t facts from
fancies.
For IL - no secret that despite the
Asurface optimism which has long been
| The predominant note there runs sub
merged III the nations subconscious
"NP''S u Wv W u'rpu'''H'S NhouentS'
emotions and vague 'nissiNtngs. Nay.
more. htfui gusts of public judgment
are wdftiilg a feeling OF discont"nt
throughout the "%inlir" which il waxing
intense. FROM time TO Inn" thes" doubts
ana qnai'lS are hn"u' paiifuIl! acute
oS SHOCKS Ike the fallur" OF the i,arda-
n'iies venture ana 'he ia'c OF the
Mesopotamlan expedition.
;" WI"
That original sin of a warped con-
ception. coupled with. Oic limitations
vuposed by domestic considerations
which have stricken nearly all our en-
deavors with barrcuness, lies at the
deepest roots of the policy Of the allied
Governments And ii IL the ~eXtirpation
of these roots rather than "A change in
\ he Cabinet that thinking people in this
country and In France at first fcrvently
desired. For 1t Is a question of mea-
sures. not of men.
The war H. still hcing waged on our
Allies territory. The Central Empires
are immune from the h~ardships OF for
eign invasion. The discVnforts which
the blockade Is inhicting on their
war bread. butter cards and fast days
are as nothing compared with those.
belgium Is German. The richest de-
partments of France are German. Ser
bia and Montenegro are German. The
mineral wealth. the great metallurgical
works and factories and artisans OF all
those countries have been lost to the
Allies. and this loss has been doubled
by their employment against us. And