Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-05-26
WHO is WINNING IN THE Wan?

was written for the purpose or BRING
ing the English face to face with
some startling facts. The one who
writes it is universally acknowledged
to be the ablest Of all correspondents.
An Irishman by birth he has studied
at the principal universities of
Europe in which he obtained mas
terry of many European languages.
For many years he has been on terms
of closest intimacy with statesmen
who have shaped the policy Of more
than one European country Always
close student of European politics,
he has been able to form his judg-
ment based on facts known only to
diplomats within the inner circle OF
those who have the destiny ofEurope
in their keeping. Such is the man
who raises his voice to warn the
English that they are deluding them
selves grossly if they believe the war
is going in favor of their country.
"The hour" he writes, has struck
for plain speaking on the part Of
those who are gifted with clear Wis
ion. For q point has been reached
at which the choice must be speedily
made between the interests of flaccid
parties and the existence of the Brit
ish Empire"
He then refers to what he desig-
mates as rose colOred pictures" by
which the readers Of the British
press have been deluded for many
months past. They have been told
by able editors that former mistakes
have been lemcdied and that as n
result satisfactory military progress
has been made. These self same
editors have laid much stress on the
manner in which the French, un-
aided BY their English allies. have
defended Verdun at the cost Of rivers
Of French blood. DR.. Dillon COM
menting on these premature jubila-
lions says: ITO me the attacks on
Verdun bear an unpleasant likeness
to the first advance against Warsaw,
which also afforded us abundant food
for REORGANIZATION Our optimist
press ieered ct the Teuton's folly.
But the Teuton pegged away for six
months until he achieved his end and
captured the Polish capital. And the
story Of Warsaw may be repeated at
Vcrdun."
The Fortnightly article points out
that this hurrahing by the British
public over alleged advantages in the
theatre Of war Is like whistling to
Keep tho courage up. Back of it
there IS q dim consciousness that all
is not as 1t should be. We quote:
1T is no secret that despite the sur
face optimism, which has long been
the predominant note there runs
submerged in the nations subcon-
scious depths q tide Of disquieting
thoughts, emotions and vague mis-
givings. Nay, more, fitful gusts of
public judgment are waiting a feel
ing of discomfort throughout the En-
pire which is waxing intense. From
time to time these doubts and qualms
are made painfully acute by shocks
like the failure of the Dardanelles
venture and the fate of the Mes0po-
tamian expeditions"
Small wonder that these Shocks"
beget a feeling of uneasiness in the
average Englishman. He has been
reading carefully censored press
which has done its best to imbue him
with the Conviction that England's
Teutonic enemies are getting the
worse of il. Whilst he is congratu-
lating himself on this he learns that
q costly naval and military eXpedi-
tion to the Dardanelles has been
foiled by the Turks He scarcely has
time to digest that piece of bad news
when he is informed that an English
army has boen surrounded and cap
tured in Mesopotamia-a military
disaster unparalleled in the present
war. 1t was the soldiers of the sick
man Of Europe" who inflicted this
second blow upon British prestige.
1t is a bitter pill for John Bull to
swallow. To be walloped by the Ger
mans is bad enough, but to be forced
to surrender to the Turks whom
John affects to despise is far more
humiliating.
In the Fortnightly Review article
certain facts arc enumerated for the
purpose Of disabusing the English OF
the belief that the Germans have
suffered most in the great interna-
ti0nal struggle. Here are some or
these uncontrovorted facts: THE
war 10 still being waged on our AL
lies territory. The richest depart
ments OF France are German. Ser
bia and Montenegro are German. The
mineral wealth, the metallurgical
works and factories and artisans OF
all these countries have been lost to
the Allies, and this loss has been
doubled by their employment against
us. And as we have not contrived to
keep so we have failed to recover
them. Nay, we are still losing
ground" This picture Of the exist
ing situation in keeping with the rosy
accounts the censored British press
is placing constantly before its read
ers. The latter have been told that
the Germans have been weakening
and that their reserves have melted
away to 700, 900. DR.. Dillon charac-
terizes this statement as "a puerile
fabrication as we shall yet find out 70
our cost. He calls attention to the
fact that Germany and Austria every
week arc turning out more high eX-
plosives than Great Britain, France,
Italy, Russia. Japan and the United
States combined 100000 a day is
the almost inconceivable total OF the
number of shells turned out in the
two Teutonic empires. We are not
winning this war; writes DR.. Dillon,
"and to convey any other impression
to the public would be cruel and un-
patriotic. We may sum up the