Valdez daily prospector., 1916-01-01
JOFFRE PLANS WAR
 FOR TWO YEARS AHEAD

PARIS: The plans of General Joffre, who has been supreme com mander of all the French forces en- gagged in the various theatres of war, and head of the council of the Allied forces, contemplates two more years of war at least, and the defeat of the Central powers, according to infor- nation that is alleged by the Paris Journal to be absolutely authentic. It is said that the plan of campaign contemplates the defeat of the Aus tro- G German and Bulgarian armies in Serbia, the severance of the commit nication that has been established | between the Teutons and Turkey and the humiliation of Turkey during the coming winter and early spring. Fur ther than that beyond Italian gains in the war with Austria and Russia offensive operations there will be no attempt to measure strength on a big scale until sometime next yea. Gen. Joffre is working on the theory that in order to win the war Ger many must be defeated, and all Sf the campaigns along the various lfronts-that in the west which ex" tends from Belgium to Switzerland, that in the Alpine country which ex- tends from Switzerland to the Adri- atic; that in the Balkans, which ex- tends from the Montegrin and Alba nian frontier to the Roumanian Dan- ube; that in the east, which extends from the aBltic to the Roumaniah border, and the Turkish campaigns are all being waged with the ulti- mate defeat of Germany in view. The redemption of Serbia and the de- feat of Turkey, planned for the win ter and early spring, are incidents in the final purpose, the defeat of Ger many and through that, the end of the war and peace.
 Gen. Joffre is planning that this end will be arrived at through the methods adopted for the present year the gradual wearing away of the German forces and the gradual ex- hausting of German resources. He figures that Germany is now losing 10, 900 men daily, and he intends the loss shall not become less. This will mean 300,000 month and 1,250,O0O before spring. In the meantime, he believes that the forces of the Allies will gain in numbers faster than the Germans. In the spring he believes the Russians will be able to complete the work that they will begin in the winter, of expelling the Germans from their country. Later in the summer he believes that it will be possible to defeat the German army in the west and drive 1t from Bel gium and France. With the coming of the winter of 19ls-17 z he plans that the German and Austrian armies will be confined to German and Austrian soil and they will be cut off from communication with any other coun- try with the possible exception of Norway and Sweden. This much will be the work of the next year. Then will begin another year of the same process. He does not believe that it will be advisable to rush the Germans after they get on their own soil, al- though he believes that Russia will be able to occupy considerable por- tion of German territory, probably before the end of 1917. But with the Germans on their own soil he says the Allies can continue the "wearing out" process for. one, two or three years as long as it may be necessary. With the Germany army gradually getting smaller and the Allies forces gradually increasing there will come 8 time when the Germans may be de- feated without the price being too great to pay. But, while Jonfre be- lieves that it will be possible to de- feat the German forces within a year or a year and half, he thinks the less expensive plan the more hu- mane one will be to slowly wear the country out. .,.-,