Evening star., 1917-04-08

as Prussia was put on guard At ths
Rhine against France a century ago.
to remove that Austrian sovereign at
Sofia who has used his Bulgarian
probably to dispose of the Greek roy
atty which has led Greece to the verge
of ruin. thus removing two tools Of
Berlin-these are the major purposes
of allied policy now.
Beside these tho Belgian problem
and that of Alsace-Lorraine are minor.
although both are essential, details In
the allied scheme of new Europe
Nor should one overlook the fact that
farsishted Britons already recognize
that it viii probably be necessary for
Great Britain to maintain garrfsons
along the Meuse to protect Belgium
from new thrush Of Germans, as Brit
ish and Dutch troops were frequently
maintained in the barrier fortresses
facing France along the Scheldt and
the Meuse in the eighteenth century.
! am anxious to have my readers see
these circumstances now, because tney
will again and again underlie discus
Sions of peace and operations OF war
until the end of the great strus gle
The allies do not delude themselves into
believing that amy peace which they
may impose upon Germany Will be per-
manent. They do not expect to crush
Germany, and they have no purpose to
partition Germany, aside from return
ing Alsace-Lorraine to France and lib
Grating the German Poles, because they
realize clearly that such course will
but breed new conflicts.
They recognize that Germany, how
ever financially exhausted at tho end
of the war, will emerge a great nation.
with at least 60.000,000 of people. and
may recover with the speed that aston
ished the world in the case of France
less than half century ago. But they
do believe that they can greatly reduce
the extent of the German menace by
liberating a number of races which as
subjects of Germany's Austrian partner
have furnished millions OF soldiers for
the central powers.
A Poland erected in part out of
lands once Prussian-but ii should be
remembered that they were Polish be-
fore they We're Prussian-and always
menaced by another German attack: a
Bohemia freed from Teutonic domina-
ton. after long centuries OF struggle;
a. Serbia expanded into 4 great state
and owing its existence to allied policy
these three states will not soon fall
into tle German scheme of things, and
the German dream of an empire from
the Baltic to the Persian gulf win be
abolished forever.
Chances Of a Separate Peace.
German policy will naturally be to
seek a separate peace with one OF her
foes; with Russia, by consenting to a
return to the conditions of 1914, with
possible Austrian concessions In Ga
Iicia and neutralized straits to meet the
Constantinople situation; with France.
to whom Alsace-Lorraine might even
be offered; but separate peace with
France is hardly thinkable after recent
events. Austrian policy must continue
TO be dominated by Berlin. and until
the general collapse, unless the young
hg3 E.a . gre a he.
strength to free himself from Germany
and join with the foes of hts present
ally an event hardly to be expected.
Now this political policy calls for
never-ending military action. 1t means
that the allies from all sides must
press or and pound on. The stretesy
is not compreh ended IN the advance to
certain point or the capture Of a fort
ress. 'Ene" or province. British
and French strategy is that Of Grant
in our civil war. and Sir William Rob
ertson, the British chief of stan, told
me in London that the civil war history
was in the mind OF all British soldiers.
citing to me Henderson's book. The
Life of Stonewall Jackson" as the text
book of the British army.
Grants strategy was one Of pounding
until his enemy. weaker in all things
save courage and military skill, should
more munitions. the allies are pounding
and viii continue to pound the Ger
mans.
They are fighting with a certain end in
view, and this end will not be achieved
by any limited victory. The terms that
the allies mean TO impose upon Germany
are terms which represent TO them the
insurance against the repetition OF the
present catastrophe, which il tho only
real profit the war can have for the iii-
tons now fighting. Their terms are terms
which only an exhausted nation coull
accept. because they carry with them the
doom OF all the dreams OF German pc triotg
and statesmen for century If they are
imposed hot only will Germany he actually
weaker in Europe than before the war.
but her colonies overseas will be lost and
the one roadway TO new colonies. the
rosdway from Berlin to BaSdad. of which
she holds almost ALI today, will be barred
by new strong states, behind which, at
Byzantium, is Russia.