The Detroit times., 1916-09-21
BY HERBERT COREY

(CopyriEnt, 1915. by Herbert Corey }
PARIS, Sept. 20.U The Big Drive
should begin about oct. /.
Even the wellinformed portion OF
the public has been in the habit OF
referring 20 the combined French.
British offensive on the Somme As
the big Drive. II has never been
entitled 10 that label II has been a
most successful Zig drive, In which
the Allies proved their ability to
smash into the German lines when
ever and almost wherever they
pleased. IL has been IA overture TO
the Big Drive II has been a trial
heat, in which the great new war
machine was warmed And gagged
ana jolted down 20 tie work But
the Big Drive Itself IL a far more
comprehensive affair that battle
ON 2b-kilometCr front n h. 10 be
an attack east and west. I'm which
every nation az the Allies viii exert
every pound OF weight against the
powers OF the center
The big drive is an aiTrjr OF poll
tics and commerce as Well as artil-
lery. It's aim Is not merely TO
smash the military strength OF The
central powers, hut 10 shack.e them
so that, even after pence e. declared
they shall Do reduced and impu'eHi
Bulgaria has asked for peace and
has been refused Either Greece Viii
join the Allies or there viii De rev.
olution n Greece Rumani1 has
been promised those provinces o.
Austria which are Rumanian ly
blood"
Those statements rest upon high
authority But 90 properly seize tho
immensely Of the Big Drive one mast
approach Il piecemcal II is per.
haps easier 20 cons der first tho
purely military operations on The
western front There may be- no
distinct line of domarcation between
the little drive of today and ne Pig
Drive which "a TO start r. may
merely be that there viii 30 few
more hundred Guns f~ing and- Tow
more thousand mon emr'oVsd and %
little more speed shown I'm Tho giant
operation. I'm al probability 90 VIII
be only an naturalization and pro.
longa,ion OF the present offensive
It's aim f. not 20 "hrptl fho lnr q"
: although break ~ the German ftHr
would be welcome Tho rl10 has 60
CHASTITY simplicity II ie o~'v 'r
drive the Germans back ard KIN as
many OF then. as possible in Tho
driving
Ordinarily the drive should end
about the middle 81 September. rs
that time tho boSt OF tho weather
has passed and rain and wind may
We anticipated Bs an item in The ~
count ~ most weeks This hpmpers
aerial observations. binders artillery
observation and calls FOR ar eXtrav
agant expenditure ~ shells 20 sc
complish q desired end. n the Al
Hes were rtill inferior IN artillery
power 20 tho Germans az they had
been m 20 Sept 1T ~ proba bio
that tho drive would dwindle into
comparative stagr Alton by the time
the frst snow fles But the Allics
are no longer inferior They arc
today on practically even terms
Their supplies and reserves are IN
creasing everv day. whole those Of
the Germans do not show any ap-
parent growth
ny the middle 81 October tho al
lies should have n definite superior
Try I'm guuhre--they nav BE- Airing siy
shells 70 fve--and that superlOri'y
should show a steady increase every
month the war lasts
This war viii 30 won BY nrtil
lery." according 20 the statement Of
the general commanding the German
forces IN the west IN an Interview
given q New Yorl, paper am quoi
ing by memory from Tho excerpts an
pearing In the Paris papers "In Tho
long run tho most shells and biggest
guns will toll the tale"
The Uig Drive WINS manned AZ that
council ~ wqr presided ovor tv VI
Aristide BRAND I'm Paris some
months ago ard was largely shaped
BY that gentleman ~ tho time Tho
scheme was 10 wait until each Al
licd nation was NJ the ton ~ jte