The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Hudson Maxim Sees Three
to Sepen YearSMOre of War
He Differs with Judge Gary and Gives Many Reasons for His
Belief that End Is Not Near

and force the Germans back. But this
Ia not ALL The armies of the entente
powers are obliged to attack the Ger
mans from widely dispersed positions.
They are obliged to cover a circle thous-
ands of miles in length, and their lines
OF communication are correspondingly
long. and the difficulties of communica-
ton and cooperation correspondingly
great: while the Austrians and Germans,
working on shorter lines within that
circle. are able to mas their forces one
day at one point and another day at
another point upon the enemies POSI-
tions, where 1t would require the entente
powers weeks or months to move and
mass their forces.
Entente Armies Handicapped.
The Germans can fight on the western
front one day. and tso days later fight
upon the eastern -ons. while 1t would
be impossible fc ,hc entente powers to
move their troops from one OF those po-
sitions to the other even In many months.
Had the entente powers succeeded in
breaking through the Dardanelles, the
condition would be somewhat different,
but the attempt did not succeed 1t was
a colossal failure, and a yet more coios-
sal blunder.
"All of the talk about starving out the
Germans and all of the talk about cut
ting off their supplies of any sort is
empty vaporing. The Germans cannot
be starved out The Germans are the
most economic, the most efficient, the
most self-sustaining people in the world.
Even today, after the war has lasted
more than a yehr and half, the Ger
mans are able TO produce more munitions
OF war and. get their nitro-compounds
from the air'to make the explosives than
the entente powers are able TO make,
even with the assistance Of the United
States and with the help of all the mar
kets of the world.
I'm Germany all prisoners Of war are
Immediately put 10 work as soon as cap
tured. Farmers are set TO farming, me-
Chanics to making munitions.
I'm England, however. they put their
German prisoners in concentration camps.
where they are kept in idleness, while
Lloyd George, the British minister of
war munitions, is shouting for more am
munition. and prophesying British disas-
ter and ultimate defeat unless the pro-
duction of munitions of war is greatly
accelerated.
Three TO seven Years Longer.
'It is Austro-German opinion at the
present time that the central empires
have the best Of the war thus far. II is
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their hints have been based upon their
opinion that the entente powers were
about ready TO give up and leave Ger
many with what she has captured AMI
pay her a big indemnity besides. Now.
evidently. it will take some time and q
good deal OF mauling before the Germans
can he brought from their present high
opinion Of their accomplishments to a
realization of defeat.
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their gold out of their countries. They
are spending their money at home, and
il will take a long time to exhaust them.
They Will be very stubborn and will
fight a long time yet before they will
acknowledge defeat.
"On the other hand England has no
idea of letting Germany retain what she
has captured. She has no idea of pay
ing Germany an indemnity. On the con-
trary, the entente powers expect TO keep
UP the fight until the Austro-Germans are
compelled to pay a large indemnity.
SHOULD the Austro-Germans by any
possibility win so much success that they
would be masters on the continent of
Europe the British navy would still bar
the seas. The British channel is an en-
trenchment guarded by a wall OF steel
and will prove much more difficult Of
passage than the trenches on the wesN
ern front.
England is unassailable In her iso-
lated position. She may probably lose
Egypt may possibly lose India, but her
oversee colonies cannot be assailed. and
should she lose Egypt and India. Eng
land would not yet be whipped. 1t would
take years and years after that before
the British lion would give up the fight.
1T is my prediction that the war will
last from three to five years yet, and
that it is more likely to be seven years
yet than three"