Mohave County miner., 1917-05-12
SEES BEGINNING IF THE END FOR
 GERMAN EMPIRE

LONDON, May 1.-The beginning of the end for Germany next autumn and peace before winter is over, is the prediction of Lieutenant-Ge General Jan Christian Shuts, who commanded the victorious British expedition in German East Africa and who now is representing South Africa in the inn perial conference here.
 Morally and politically Germany already is defeated" he said the other day, land all that remains is the final issue on the field of battle.
 'The submarine? We'll, am firmly convinced that the submarine cam paign is not going to settle this war. At the best, it is nothing more or less than a raid on our wide imperial lines of communication. The raids will be severe and will inconvenience us very seriously, but they will not lead to our defeat.
 "No raid on lines of communication ever yet led to the defeat of any em- pire in the world. This summer I think we shall see the submarine effort on which Germany is relying fail and then earlier than many of us think, we shall hear of peace.
 "This nation is not inspired by veng- ful feeling, nor by any desire to de- stroy the German nation. We are ac- tuated by higher motives. I am sure the nation will make wise settle ment, not only in its own interests, but in the interests of Europe.
 "What can modestly say about South Africa? We started this war with an internal convulsion in our own country. Uulike other parts of the British empire, we first had to set our own house in order. This was done. We secured peace and quiet in South Africa, and today, except in a small and fever-ridden district, the German flag is not flying south of the Equator. Fifteen years ago very large DOT tion of this population was locked in deadly conflict with the British Elm pire.
 ''The fundamental issue in this struggle in which we are engaged is that the government of the world is not military, and that it cannot be taken over by a military machine, but only on principles of equality, justice, fairness and equality.
 "You see the effects of this already. Germany started enormously strong and preponderant in military strength over the world. What have we seer? !? Simply because we have a just cause and simply because she has been try ing to hack her way through in a mill tary sense, one country after another has dropped away from her. Two of her own treaty nations have drop ped her, and today, all over the world, you find the nations of the world com ing together against her.
 q do not hide from myself that the position is grave one, that the Gen. Germany started enormously strong military combination, and when I speak of ultimate victory do not hide from myself that we have hard work | in front of us and that there are diff ficult times ahead. There is no doubt, | however, after the long time the war has lasted-lamost three years-and | the exhaustion which is overtaking | Central Europe, that they cannot con tinue much longer, and that by this autumn they will have made their maximum military effort. They are now flOuting the opinion of the world in way they have never done before, and in way which suggests that they must try hard at any cost to achieve some result this summer"