Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-17
WHY is GERMANY
STILL UNBEATEN?
Question Is Answered by For
mer Berlin Correspondent
of Daily Mail.
NOW AT ZENITH OF POWER
Reasons Found in Superb Or
ganization, Which Leaves
Nothing to Chance.

LONDON, June lG-why is Ger
many still unbeaten? That is tho qucs-
ton which is often asked and it is
answered in the Daily Mail by Fred
erick William VILE. the newspapers
former Berlin correspondent as fol-
iows:
BY all the laws of probability and
Representation. Germany should be
PROSTATE at our feet
Why. AT the end OF two years and
ten months OF war. is she still un-
beaten? Why, faced by "A hostile two
thirds OF the civilized universe. is she
still at fighting zenith? What is tho
secret OF situation which bellies all
experience and history IL tho Al
mighty with" the Germans. as tho
legend on their royal standard and i'm
perial coinage alleges?
These arc questions lcvcled at mo
every day. If their answer required
expert" knowledge. should not ven
ture TO supply tive arc living in the
era OF exploded experts. Eut as the
answer IL simple. ! have no hesitation
in giving IL. 1t is multiple answer
not easily expressed in a single phrase.
There are a dozen reasons why our fc-
rocious enemy is still a foe In being.
Never SO easily a at this trying mo-
'mcnt could analoEies pertinent to
Britain be drawn from Germany. |
resist the temptation to draw them
only because OF their obviousncss.
Germany is still defeat-proof. be
cause:
l. All tho men. women and children
in the empire regard themselves as
being at war. and are conducting them
selves accordingly.
:. The empire has government,
which governs with no other CON
sideration whatever than that Of waG-
ing and winning the war.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING:
Is LEFT TO CHANCE:
). The government leaves absolutely
nothing to chance. anticipating con
tiuEcnc!es, and not tcmporizins with
them after they have arisen.
4. The nations food supply. though
d,sastrousiy low. has been organized
siht. November. 1914 on basis which
makes starvation" impossible.
8. Failures in public ohice-military.
naval and civil-are ruthicssiy re!c-
gated no matter how Understanding
name or brilliant reputation re-
quires 10 be sacrificed
6. The industrial classes. realizing
that their own existence. as we'll as
that Of Germany, is At stake. arc work
Ing tooth and nail in the national cause.
{. Strikes are mercilcssly dealt with
and broken before they have had time
to spread by treating would-bc strill-
ers and their leaders as common enc
mics of the state.
s. Despite their failings and dis
agreeable qualities as 4 nation. the
German people are thrifty. frugal
highly patriotic and endessly willing
to sacrifice for the Fa,hcrland.
3. The German armies. after thirty
four months OF fighting. are still in
cupation. with minor exceptions. OF the
vast territories which their superior
preparedness enabled them to CON
quer and hold.
10. The German fleet is still intact
numerically more powerful than ever.
capable of riskng daring sortics into
mined British waters, and is sinking
hundreds Of thousands Of tons OF allied
and neutral shipping per month
II. German man power, which rests
on prcwar population OF roundly
10000, 300, is nearer "eXhauStion"
than the man power of the United
Kingdom with prcwar population Of
100000.
1o. German craftsmanship cschcwing
war measures" like the stoppaGe of
racing to save oats. deals with burning
necessities like rationnG of bread
stufs. The German government viii
not shrink from rationnE the air men
breathe if 1t will promote the winning
OF the war And il will not wait until
the nation has no more breath left
before issuing breath cards.