Evening star., 1916-11-05
Giving Up Of Fort vaux lndi-
cation of Disintegration of
Teutonic Plans in West.
BAPAUME'S DANGER GREAT
By OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.
The duration Of the war depends
on our enemies. Prophesying does
not pay, 1t Is possible that the year
1917 will bring battles which will
decide the war. I only know that
We will fight this war to the finish
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg.
1--WE do not think of peace. We
are absolutely decided to continue
the war as Is shown with sufficient
clearness by the measures of the
Teutonic army commands" K Gen.
Won Ludendorf.
THE number of killed in this war
is estimated at 100000. The num-
Der of permanently crippled is es-
timated at S,3OO.oOo. The number of
wounded is estimated at 100000.
How long is this massacre to last?"
Herr Bernstein, socialist, in the
reichstag.
Let US recognize that it is I'M
possible to tear out the roots of the
distrust against our aspirations,
but there still remains the question
as to whether it is not possible at
least to affect a certain amount of
bunting Off that might tighten. the
work of our soldiers and perhaps
make possible the shortening OF
the war'-Prof. Hans O.. Delbrueck
German historian and political
writer.
These statements. which have emanat-
ed from Berlin during the course of the
past week. are significant. 1t has been
very evident for many months that Ger
many is becoming house divided
against itself. inasmuch as the people,
the economists. the scholars and students
of the future. all extremely weary of the
struggle which is sapping the strongest
manhood of the maj tion and involving it
in. no telliug how many. grave economic
perplexities. being arrayed on the one
side as against the representatives OF
the German militaristic scheme of
things. who see only one course. that
fight 1t out. There is no question In
the world. it would appear. that the
German military leaders themselves are
more or less confident that they will win
In the present struggle, but evidently the
people of Germany are seriously begin
ming to ask if this view is one to in
spire complete faith. and if a decision
can be wrought-wily not now?
i
Not only are the German people. so far
d is satisfied
Financial Situation wi tn the
Also Cause Of Attack. trend Of
things, even in face Of the fact that
Germany has heralded with acclaim the
recent successes against the Rumanians
and the Russians on the eastern front.
but they are becoming dissatisfied over
the conduct of the war from financial
and economic standpoints- -@..
They now are beginning to see that the
financial arrangements of the present are
to be arrangements of woe in the future.
They are beginning to see, dispatches
tirely successful. are being raised in
quarters most able to subscribe-those
institutions and industries most profiting
by the war-and declare in the final an
alysis these burdens H.ust be borne by
the people themselves.
They are beginning to see dispatches
would indicate, that Germanic policies
In regard to other nations cannot
struggle. AS Herr Bernstein remarked
during a session of the reichstag:
One of the principal results of the
progress of our civilization was the
confninS of war to combatants only.
Now we have petitions urging war on
-combatants with the most brutal
weapons. The bombing Of open cities
is advocated in order to bring the
enemy nation concerned to it's knees,
but this betrays a complete misconcep-
tion Of popular psychology which was
better understood by Sophocles, who
said that an enemy must be fought in
such a way that he will once more
become friend.
What Is the fundamental wrong of
the German policy? What is 1t that
turns our sincere friends in times of
peace into our adversaries: 1t is the
extreme mistrust with which not only
governments. but the people of other
countries regard US?
Let IL be proclaimed authoritatively
on the German side that We are pre-
pared to conclude an armistice as
preliminary to general European
on the basis of democratic rights of all
nations"
Utterances such as these may carry
no great weight in swaying the Ger
man gov
All Indicate er nm mt
Change of Opinion. sent
course of fighting to the bitter end, but
they are indicative of IL great change
of opinion since the war first started,
and when no breath of criticism was
uttered. when there was unity of ex-
preston everywhere. II they, as
credited. represent the thought Of a
great portion of German people, the
var may not be continued nearly as
long as otherwise, for a path will be