The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-14
PREDICTS WARS END
BEFORE NEXT SPRING
British General Declares Ger
mans Whipped.

London - Correspondence Of the AS
ISOLATED Press THE beginning of the
end for Germany next autumn and
peace before winter is over, is the pre-
diction of Lieutenant General Jan
Christian SHUTS. who commanded the
victorious British expedition in Ger
man East Africa and who now Is rep
rcsenting South Africa in the Imperial
Conference here.
Morally and politically Germany al
ready is defeated" he said the other
day, land all that remains is the final
issue on the field of battle.
"The submarine Well am firmly
convinced that the submarine cam
paign is not going to settle this war.
At the best. 1t is nothing more or less
than raid on our wide imperial lines
OF communication. The raids will he
severe and will inconvenen &c us very
seriously. but they will not lead to
our defeat.
mo raid on lines Of communication
ever yet led to the defeat OF any en-
rire in the world. This summer I
think we shall see the submarine ef-
fort 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
| vcngcful feeling, nor by any desire to
| destroy the German nation. We are
actuated by higher motives. I am sure
| the nation will make n wise settle
mcnt. not only in it's own interests, but
| in the interests OF Europe.
what can | modcstly say about
South Africa" We started this war
with an internal Convulsion in our own
| country. Unlike 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 i'm a
small and fever ridden district, the
German flag is not flying south Of the
equator. Fifteen years ago very
large proportion of this population was
locked in deadly conflict with tho
British empire.
THE fundamental issue in this
struggle in which we are engaged Is
that the government of the world Is
not military, and that il cannot DO
taken over by military machine. but
only on principles Of equity. justice.
fairness aud equality.
you see the effects of this already.
Germany started enormously strong
and prcpondcrant in military strength
over the world. what have we seem
Simply because we have 4 just cause
and simply because she has been trying
, to hack her way through in a military
sense. one country after another has
dropped away from her Two of her
{ own treaty nations have dropped her,
and today. all over the world. you find
1 the nations OF the world coming to-
gether against her.
Il do not hide from myself that the
. position is a grave one that the central
, empires are an enormously stron.
' military combination, and when
r speak of ultimate victory I do not hide
! from myself that We have hard work
in front of us and that there are diff
I ficult times ahead. There is no doubt,
4 however. after the long time the wal
e has lasted-almost three years--and
the exhaustion which is overtaking
I central Europe, that they cannot con.
4 tinuc much longer. and that by this
;; autumn they will have made their max
Z imum military effort. They are now
Il flouting the opinion OF the world in n
y way they have never done before. and
q in way which suggests that the,
t must try hard at any cost to achieve
Il some result this summer"