Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-12
AUSTRALIANS FRONT
IS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY IN 1917

thousands or Turks busy, so that tney
could not go TO any other front and
attack our brothers in arms. We also
had the satisfaction later on Of know
in6 that Greece got in bad and had
TO submit TO the penalty OF having her
country occupied by the Allies and OF
having to just do and say what was
demanded OF her. The GreCian cpl
sode is a sorry one. and it shows what
wife can do with weakling. The
sister of the Kaiser manages Tino
snd she has managed il so success
fully that her husband has no coun-
try, no crown to speak Of and no hon
CT among real men.
Somewhere In France.
After the Dardanelles affair found
myself on the way to France and I
am now Somewhere in that country
was at I4oos andsit was a great fight
| pulled through with a slight wound
If we had had the support of real big
guns and a curtain of fire We would
have gone much further.
AT present We are working along
the Somme river and it is some river
i worked in that pun on the Amer
lean plan just u see how you would
take it, | know that this letter will
probably never appear in print-even
If it passes the censor. dear cousin,
you are away off your base there. The
letter is too good to dream of sup
pressing. If you live through the war
come to Hawaii and you will be, sure
of a newspaper job; your stun is good.
Ed
I'VE are absolutely certain of vic
Tory about August, 1917. Our plan Of
offensive cannot fail The big guns
clear everything for miles and all the
deep dug-outs of the TeutOns cannot
save them. Why, after the first big
gun attack we simply marched over
the ground with our rifles over our
shoulders. 1t was no feat at all to
take miles OF front, once the big guns
were finished their deadly work. We
found Teutons in many q dug-Out but
they always surrendered and seemed
very glad to do so. All the attempts
the Germans may have made to cOun-
ter attack were simply blotted out
when our curtain of fire angle was
lifted and the shells, falling just
twelve feet apart, blew the reinforce
ments towel, where they belong!
Germans Cost In 1914. ."
when this war is over and the his
torians get busy they will without
doubt declare that the Germans and
Austrians failed when they did not
get to Paris in 1914. That was the
turning point and they have never
gained yard since. They are now on
the defensive and they are being driv-
en- back from their western fronts
where they after two years of digging
in thought that they were secure un.
til the end of the war.
''It is all over bar the cleaning up,
and that will take perhaps one year
more Should Rumania come in on
the side of the Allies the war will
be much shortened. In the event Of
Rumania coming in, Turkey and, Bull
garia will collapse almost immedi-
ately. Then Austria, attacked on the
north and south, will sue for separate
peace. Germany, left alone, will have
internal troubles. The many little
kingdoms that originally were ruled
by separate monarchs will began to
stir things UP and Prussia and the
Kaiser's followers will be forced to
give up. fully expect to hear that
Austria quits the war before this year
is finished. If Rumania comes in on
the side Of civilization, Austria's end
may be even nearer
No More Turkey In Europe.
II s,,or Il, Nd hot IC
there will be no more Turkey in
anywhere. England stuck
up for Turkey for hundreds Of years
and made it possible for the Sultan
to rule in Europe. This was because
it was feared that holy war would
stir up the Mahommedans of India and
cause the loss Of that great empire
to the British. All such fear is now
wiped out, as it has been proved that
the followers of, Mahomet in India
are fed up Of the Turks. The same
thing applies to Egypt where there
are many thousands of Mahommedans.
who it was feared, would cause trou-
Bile. However, that idea has been
knocked on the head and now the
sick man of Europe has his walking
papers. AS l said before, the date
of the Turks departure from Europe
depends upon when Rumania makes
a move. It will be good night-do
you get that?-for the Sultan and his
harem before very long. (The cores
pondent must feel like a prophet now
that he knows that Rumania is in the
war on the side of the Allies. Ed
To sum it all up without giving
away secrets, it is all over and there
will be a nice cleaning up before
long. Thank God, We have kept clean
hands as usual, and there will be
nothing disgraceful to charge the Al
lies with after they have won the