Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-23
GERMANY LOSING.

high command has failed; Italy will
not collapse; peace has been brought
no nearer by this supreme effort
Two main results of the Italian Of
fensive were clear; II has fused the
union OF the allies and II has left "A
great Teuton army with It's back 10
the frozen Alps.s The Teutons won
victory, thanks to the decentralization
Of part Of the Italian army, but 1t has
left them in dangerous position.
They did not set out to conquer Italy,
but to win peace They have failed,
and they know they have failed.
The above summary of the situation
is not based on British optimism; it is
made after reading number OF Ger
man papers and weighing their evi-
Italian campaign. The military eX-
perts exult. Of course but political
eyes turn away to look for greater
promise In Russia On the brightest
day Of the advance into Italy the Bcr-
liner Tageblatt is already more con
cerned with Lcnine's offensive Than
with that of Won Buelow Can Lcume
hold out uutl agreement has been
reached? And it alludes TO the ncces-
sity for ascertaining the Views of dts
tant countries Interested in the war
mentioning Brazil and Haiti. I'VE
can only hope that in the meantime
KorcnslSs and KOruluff will not con
trive to enter the winter palace with
the assistance of machine guns" II is
not too much to say that the German
press is more stirred by the apparent
opening Of a Russian road to peace,
than by the crossing of the Alps to
victory. In Vienna on November II
there was n mass meeting OF fifty
thousand people; they met, not to re
joice over the invasion Of Venetia, but
TO demand that the central powers
should recognize Lcnine as the ruler
of Russia and make peace with him.
The Italian campaign, in fact, hav-
ing failed of its political purpose, is
nothing more THAN a sortie from be-
sieged fortress, and sortie that
neither strengthens the position OF the
besieged armies nor brings relief TO
the civilian population. The German
people now do not want victory: they
want peace and food. Significant vital
statistics are given by Leipziger Volk
2eitung. In Leipzig in the month of
there were 49S births and
III deaths, not counting army casual
ties, whereas In 1914 births exceeded
deaths by SO per cent. The Breslau
health report is better than this, but
gives the information that out of GOA
births 1853, or 25 per cent, were illeglt-
Innate. Hungry typhus has been
spreading To such an extent that 1t has
called for official 'denials Of alarming
figures quoted by rumors. Berlin goes
unwashed for lack of hot water. owing
to the coal shortage; from the same
cause Hamburg newspaper offices
close early In the evening for want of
gas; the dyeing industry. pride Of Ger
many's commerce, is suffering so
badly for the same reason that thirty
out of "a Berlin dye works are to be
closed
The Italian victory cannot ease the
economic situation, nor does il seem to
have favored political unity anywhere
except among the allies. The grow
ing dispute between Austria and Hun
gary and Bohemia daily comes nearer
to the danger point. The appointment
OF Hertling as chancellor has raised n
storm among the German parties
which may reach crisis any day.
The Alldeutscher Blatter Is furious.
the chancellor, 1t says "is stained with
guilt as no other chancellor before
him. and Secured his appointment
by means of mortal. political sin"
The Reichsbote reviles him as n Ro-
man Catholic; other papers see in this
hope for making better use of the
pope. Won Tirpit2 seems to take this
view. Germany has an interest in
the papal see being rendered more
secure" he said in a campaign speech.
Not that the father OF submarine
piracy openly advocates peace; he has
abandoned his hope that England can
be spurlos versenkt, but looks to the
permanent annexation of Belgium rs
an alternative menace to England.
The idea that submarines would
prove a sufficient protection against
England was great mistake; some
effective counter weapon was bound
to be discovered" therefore Germany
must annex Belgium. The military
victories of the day seem propitious to
the old pirates new scheme. But the
German people are awakening to the
fact long recognized by their enemies
that altho Germany can stin win VIC
tories, she is steadily losing the war.
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