The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-18
EXPECT ANOTHER
YEAR OFTHEW WAR
United States Sees No Hope
of Peace in Germany's
Reply to Pope
BITTEREST FIGHTING
OF CONFLICT AHEAD
America Is to Have a Big
Part Before Decision
Is Reached

Washington, Sept ls.-PublRation o
Germany's reply to the pope Il awaited
IN Washington with only mild interest
From seemingly inspired press comment,
In Germany and Austria that have pre-
reded it officials seem confident that il
will not advance the cause of peace.
As far as can be learned from these
comments it makes no attempt to dis.
cuss peace terms, though protesting to
fall in with the general views of the
Vatican concerning the need for last
ing peace.
The impression grows stronger daily
that there must be another year of war,
and the belief is held in many quarters
that next years fighting will surpass
in fury anything that has yet occurred
in the world conflict.
Both sides are preparing for this SUI
preme test of strength with every ounce
of reserve energy their war industries
possess. Reports which the allies are
getting from behind the German lines tell
of factories working night and day pill
ing up mountains of ammunition at
rate much faster than the guns at the
front are using it.
The overworked and underfed muni-
ton makers are being prodded to their
utmost by promises of big victories to
come next spring. Actually, however, it
is thought here that these immense stores
of ammunition are being piled up not
so much for the launching of new often
sives by Germany as to meet what Ger
man military experts look froward to as
the strongest attacks which her enc
mics have yet put forth.
1t is in realization of what the next
year promises in a military way that
allies are steadily expanding the scope
OF their preparations
There has been a growing apprecia
ton among the entente powrs of the
willingness of the United States to spare
no effort or expense in assuming her
share of the fighting. In fact, there are
those among the British and French war
experts stationed in Washington who
frankly concede that the United States
by the enormity Of her own preparations
has set a pace for her allies that is
taxing their energies
lit is estimated by the presidents ad-
vfers that by early next summer the
force of Americans participating in the
military events Of the war will begin
to make itself felt The scale upon which
the American army is expected to be OPP
Grating from that time on is indicated
by the fact that the machinery of The
war risk insurance bill prepared by Sec
rotary of the Treasury McAdoo after
with the president is
framed on the assumption by the govern
ment's actual experts that the number !
of American soldiers who will be in !
France and Exposed to the war hazards" !.
will be steadily augmented until by Sept.
/, 1918, it wifi be l5580000.~
While it is probable that there will l
be other oifensives by the allies through :
October and into November of this year, c
it is understood that the various war
conferences. being planned have in view
to greater degree the military plans Z
for next year.
Tile conference to be held in London
within the next few days will be sue.
reeded by other conferences at Paris I
and .cIsewhere. While The United States
IS not figuring conspicuously IN the first
Of these, there is every indication that
ske will gradually assume more and
more important place at the military :,
round table. There is little in mill y =
airy way that can be discussed apart u
rom the question of funds and the Unit = >
d States is at present holding the mon :,
" bags.
There are. Of course, some evidences !.
If friction here and there. Italy feels =
hat she is not getting the aid that she
reeds and complains that her offensive
gainst Austria, which promised so well, W
5 being weakened and nullifed because j,
# this lack of aid. Impatient spokes- fe
nen for her here and in Rome even 60 so IN
ar to hint that Great Britain does not hi