Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-24

true that tire man power or our enc
mics is steadily rising, although We
ale not so badly Oft as they think
And undoubtedly. with all the world
to draw upon. thcy will have more
cannon and machine guns ana shells,
fthey have not got them now. TheN
can never initiate, however, the skin
Of our gunneIs. the brain power or
our general staff. the heroism ana
endurance Cf our soldiers. II II be
said that even these things may bo
overcome bv fire superiority aud SUI
pCrior numbers. We reply thht Ger
many l. now fighting a defensive war,
and that the whole course OF this war
shows the army standing on the de-
fcnsiNc has an overwhelming relative
advantage over the alta "ktrs III"
stand made AT Ncrdun 10y the French
army, so inferior 10 our own IN cN"N
way, proves this. and consider what
the British ana French are doing ON
tho SommC. whore they have already
lost between three and four hundred
II tusand men, gaining no ground or
any lmportanCc. our losses are not
ore-third Of theirs, and the longer
they keep Up Tuch attacks the better
We shall he pleased.
"Finally, oven assuming that they
force us to retire on the main fronts,
thoy can never enter Germany ana
y
our positions Will be more strongly
held more difficult to break. And
most important of an In the closing
phases of such a war "a this VIII he
the factor af morale We admit that
the French have shown marvellous
spirit. we honor them for IT, hli their
country has been invaded, they have
orroueously believed themselves To- Zoe
fighting for their national existence.
to free their own soil from "a bar
burous invader. Now suppose We re
tire. how can the same spirit exist
How can n Frouchman or an Eugli3n-
man believe the lies about our ag-
grcssivc intentions any longer when
he knows that he himself is fight
ing not FOR the safety of his Owl.
country. but to destroy us In such
an event. our soldiers and all our peo
pie would rise to heights Of Saori-
fce and patriotism hitherto ur-
dreamed o. while the morale cf the
enemy would certainly decline
"Thc end of the war therefore,
depends on our enemies. Tho end may
not be far off because our enemies
know the facts us well as We do,
must realize they can never defeat
ue. and must know, that II they
wickediy continue their hopeless az
tempts the" must reckon with their
doludcd people afterward. They may
mt any time decide to stop, give us
tho guarantees We need to prevent
such a wautou attack bcinc made on
us again, and restore peace to the
world 1t is up to them"
have summed up the war situa-
ti1n as both sides look at IT, The
points Of view represented are not
those Of iiugucs and cranks I'm Eng
lGnd and Germany. but Of sober and
responsible people. Both sides hair
expect the end of the war to come
within q few months. or by next
spring at thc latest. and the fact that
peace ruuors "bound on both sides
Of the trench lines probably explains
the widespread opinion in this coun-
try that the end II not far off. But
when the rival opinions are set down
side by side, as above. the fact stands
+ nHt with startling distinctness that the
reason each side thinks peace may
come suou is because each side IS
T convinced tha, its enemy must To-
about ready to give up. The allies
. think IT is obvious to every one, m
cluding Germany that victory is only
q question of time; Germany believes
the alico know in their hearts that
they can never break down the Ger
man armies. A tremendous change OF
/ heart must take place somewhere be
fore peace is possible
some Truth; Some Fiction.
| If such a creature as an unbiased
/ neutral could exist, If Martian with
/ out the slightest interest in the affairs
of our planet descended and examined
/ the fighting fronts and the opinions
OF the populations behind the lines,
he might sum things up somewhat as
follows:
There Is a good deal of truth in
the briefs put forward by both the al
/ lies and the Germans. Take, first, the
claims put forward on behalf of the
allies. 1t is true that the block lde
/ is pnchng Germany and that there
seems no possibility shat the German
! fleet can in the slightest degree re-
/ lieVe that blockade. The submarine
/ rCliCy has proved a relative failure,
] has had little effect on the major is
sues of the war. and it is highly i'm
! probable that any future submarine
campaign will prove any more eitcc-
tive The Zeppclius. from a military
point of view, have been "a joke.
Shortage of raw materials IS a serious
handicap. The German high COM
mtBd has lost the initiative on the
main fronts, and probably can never
regain it. The allies have more men,
and despite the straits OF France. the
human reserves of Britain and Russia
/ insure the allies a constantly growing
superiority until the end Of the war.
The same thing holds true as regards
cannon. shells. machine guns, war
material of all kinds. The fall OF
Austria Hungary. and with her Tur-
key and Bulgaria, can hardly be
averted beyond next years campaign.
''On the other hand. two points OF
vital Importance tell in favor OF the
Germans, and will increase in weight
rs time goes on. Disregarding the
German obsesslon about their ma
tional soul being better than those OF
other nations, II Is true that morale
hat uncomfortable factor which Ma
poleon said Is more important than
armies. Is on their SIDE. It Is true
that the strength OF the British and
French resistance. especially the
French, in the days when the Ger
mans had the material and numerical
advantage, was due TO the belief thai
Germany was waging an aggressive
war which would make life unbear-
rble II she conquered, would make the
rest of Europe q collection OF trem-
Ting, downtrodden Vassal states That
belief Is now disappearing and with II
ls going much of the moral strength
OF the allied cause. The Germans
frcm the start have talked about the
wuntcn attack made upon them, it Is
tn,noecibIn that thav ghould not have