New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-08

r-co, desire TO SCI forth the essen
.ial political and military circumstances
mich were explained TO me during my
-erent visit to Europe as underlying the
,oli,ics and the strategy Of the military
.ampaien which is now beginning. More
definitely and more clearly than at any
.ime in the war the enemies of Germany
have coordinated their plans and har-
nonizcd their views as to the conduct of
The war and the nature Of the peace
which they arc willing TO make.
At The outset all discussion is based
mon the war map. Germany. by virtue Of
superior preparedness, by virtue of her
policy. which enabled her to strike at tho
moment selected by her, has occupied
'srre areas OF Allied territory; she has
oyerruu Belgium. Poland and Serbia; she
holds considerable French territory and
she has enlisted in her cause Bulgaria
Austria and Turkey as Napoleon was able
10 enlist various states, even including
Prussia. in his victorious advance.
Liberation First
Allied armies have therefore to con
,dr first of all the liberation of the
territories occupied by Germany. Their
programme is quite comparable with that
Of the opponents of Napoleon, who after
many hestations, finally agreed to con-
-nue the war until France was restricted
10 the boundaries Of 1889. Conceivably
Allied purpose will take another leaf out
Of the book of the conquerors Of Napoleon
and presently agree to make no peace save
peace predcated upon the removal Of the
HohenzoIlcrns; but this for the future
The political aspects dominate the mill
,ary. Germany has created a solid block
Of territory extending from the Baltic to
ASIA Minor. from the Elbe 10 the Tigris
and from the 'Vistula and the Lower
Danube TO the Channel, which is as COM
ple,ely under the domination Of Berlin
as was Napoleon's empire under his
direction from Paris Just as Napoleon,
Tor his invasion Of Russia, was able to
use Prussian. Polish. Saxon and Italian
troops German High Command is to-day
using Turk. Bulgar, Hungarian and even
The Austrian Slav against her foes.
The Allied military problem is simple
10 perceive. Germany new empire must
be destroyed by force of arms; German
power must be restricted to the limits Of
Germany i'm 1870, at the least. as France
was reduced in 1914 to the limits Of 1889.
What the soldiers and the statesmen of
the Allied countries have resolved is this;
Peace is impossible so long as Germany
retains any Of the fruits of her con-
quests. because these fruits would be an
Incentive to new aggressions. Allied peo-
oes arc recalling the German formula OF
The last century. the formula which led
60 three victorious wars and gave Ger
many the basis on which she has erected
acr present structure.
Single Unending Pressure
The mission Of Allied armies, iu Europe
and m Asia. on the East front. the West
'front.' and the two Southern fronts. the
Italian and the Balkan, is to keep up that
unendinr pressure which VIII presently
lead TO German disaster, as similar
pressure brought Napoleon to Lepslc and
then TO the Marine.
The whole problem is single. The Rus
ian armies in Armenia, the British IN
Nesopotamia and the Holy Land. the
Allied forces in Macedonia are perform
ing something like the duty that Yelling
toms army performed in Spain a century
ago while the main campaigns were beng
fought in Silesia and SaXony.
Wellington's army ultimately freed
Spain and provided an opportunity Tor
enrolling the Spanish nation against the
French invader; conceiyably the BRUSH
troops in Mesopotamia will rouse the
Arabs against the Turks or the Russo
British pressure will lead TO the eXhaus-
ton and collapse Of the Turks. The Sa-
lonica army will have short work win
the Bulgarians if the German and Aus
TRAN supports go home.
But peace which sent Germany back 70
the frontiers Of 1914, with further re-
auction incident 10 the return OF Aisace-
Lorraine TO France, would be insufficient
because Germany has so completely estao-