Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-03-08

TREND OF DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE'S CONFLICT.
We should not make the mistake of assuming that de-
yeopments not rapidly taking place in connection with
tenty in another direction Two account for tenn
porary lack Of interest in s European war itself In the
the world struggle which is in effect the maintaining OF armed
neutrality in spirit if not by actual vote Of Congress IN IN
the allies is Us from knowing all that is
thoroughly why the discovery of
plots against the whole American nation including German
to all other and force insist upon the adoption of
measures to prepare our country to withstand successfully
the back 0~'
should insist upon shutting the lid the omnpresent and
repressble correspondent few days since the Brit
had taken the publishing of full details concerning the de-
parture from New York of freight ships with full list of the
hour of departure and the expected date of arrival in Euro
@ o Almost any man can I wny IN
their submarine warfare. 800
countries the United States and thus made available for
transmission to Berlin by wireless may be OF Infinitely
sailing freight ships The Of the sinking of certain
ships of the entente allies in certain quarter may be the
under way and thus enable them the allies plans by
counter movements Other bits of information enable the
central powers boards to fairly accurately what
If the United States again involved in actual hos
Titles it will be necessary shut off all information Of this
kind through press otherwise that would be helpful to
the We must stop making preparations for national
defense book that all the world read We must
put paddock the mouths of such fool public Sen
ator Stone who astounded by giving away in the
United States Senate the that merchant ships
to be equipped with light submarine chasers
and ne h the epposs
with reference to INVASION especially of small
er no fsy ey Sa4ned % Of @ w
to They told Roumanans what was Coming to them
their determination to strike Italy as soon as weather cond
tons make such move possible The world is told in detail
ali great blows of this kind will be in charge Of the combined
Austrian and German forces and the Italians are afforded
every opportunity to for the Teuonc onslaught
There is method in this apparent madness than at
first sight appears Every one of these drives by Germany
that dared to brave the Kasers wrath as warning other
countries trembling the verge of cooperation with the
allies second the furnishing of couneriitant to draw
the attention and strength and effort of the allies from
other battlefront.
drive the very thing needed to make the counteran
success On the other hand since the countries assaed
small and the allies could not afford relief the Germans
ran little risk OF raising up formidable opposition by annon
Germany seeks number of counterirrtants In the first
% the ans have been busy M tine
Of increased empire in the region of Albania the German
necessary keep troops home he will the
that they give the British and French in the Saonk
Greeks who want Albania and the region round about for
themselves thus holding the Greeks from cooperation with
time has when they do little CONTEMPLATING
their account The British and Russians they will
be prepared to give the Kaiser all he will have time and
troops attend to the western and eastern battle fronts
respectively so will opportunity launch for
mdabe movement against Italy Whether the Kaiser will
seek punish Italy at whatever cost remains to be
The European begerents not confirming themselves
at this time to plans for the future One of the most
important developments the success of the effort to sub
sute high explosives for the bayonet and the rifle and thus
husband human fe This explains the noteworthy decrease
the life attending the British drive the Ancre
elsewhere the western front This reliance high
explosives alone may yet be the of determining the
this 'front.' the Germans short of materials
for high explosives, stated.
The Kaiser plainly determined to the reputation
of the Grown possible evidenced by the repeated
drives region of Verdun but the French be
able off every attack of this kind while preparing
a great drive in the spring.
The continued of the British in the region of
points to the early cooperation of the British
and Russians the bacdoor of the Turkish capital and
the consequent distress of the Sultan Russia be de-
pended upon to make marked showing with the millions of
men in hand as weather permits