New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-24
German Blow in
East Is Expected
By British Critic
Manchester Guardians"
Expert Says Sea Power
of England Is Menaced
Doubts Break in West
Asserts Italy and Greece Must
Get Full Support of
Allies
Doubts Break in West
[Staf Correspondence

LONDON, Dec. 23.-"This is war OF
the Turkish succession" says the Man
chester Guardians" military expert.
That's the tangible and material oo'
ject. The other objects are symbols
With this drastic and unique decla-
ration Of Allied war aims tins uh-
usually farsighted critic advances the
extreme arguments of the Eastern
school and insists a reconsideration ol
Allied strategy is necessary. -.
"A break through in the west, ne
saws. "has become a matter OF less I'M
mediate Importance. TINS object Is
POSTPONED. and the immediate object pc
fore us is securing our position IN the
East. first, by strengthening the re-
sistance of Italy. for if Italy goes our
sea mower in the Eastern Mediterranean
is seriously menaced; secondly: as d
corollary to this generally defensive
nolicv in the West and Italy a vigorous
prosecution in the East by diplomallc
as we'll as military and naval measures
of our offensive.
Will Menace Sea Power
"The new German move WIZ no' "
a.,ornnt 20 'break through in the
West. il will be a movement Whlc1 20
beoinninp by driving in the Italian leII
and will lead up to an attack on ureece
Nd tho defeat of France. II IT can De
achieved it will establish the Germans
on the flank Of our sea power III nv
Eastern Mediterranean. oor.
"a friendly Italy and Greece are con
6itions of our retention Of Egypt, ana
e,,r Communications with India and the
East. 1o ,.b;ch
were go far under the control OF .Ie
enemy as 20 give the enemy tnelr l9I-
ands as submarine bases would maxi
our retention of Egypt and our otner
possessions in the East extremely pre-
carious. The issue cannot pc put 700
broadly. b. her campaign against lcaly
and her prospective campaign agalnsO
Greece, Germany is seeking to threaten
our sea communications with the East
Another expert, Major CiyrleuX'
writing in the Paris "Matin.' urges
change in Allied policy, and presents
one of the most ingenious arguments
in favor of a single generalisslmo IN
the West:
Exchanges Necessary
"To-morrow in a battle which VIII DC
perhaps UNEQUAL in violence. but con-
tinuous in it's successive Manifesto
lions. and which will be engaged IN
from Flanders to Alsace, immediate eX-
changes of battalions and batteries may
appear to be necessary between the
main French and British armies.
at is always a question not Of being
stronger everywhere (Which is impos-
sible), but of being stronger at given
moment and at a given point.
who will direct these exchanges, the
value Of which will depend on the all
important nature of the order of the
supreme chief who connects in his
brain the tangled threads of the for
midable network?
Critical hours are passing which
will never return. Before the decisive
thunder of the big guns a commander
in chief is needed for the heroic SOL
diers in the West. Future history
must not be able to say their sacrifices,
which are past counting, have been
vain because the essential principle of
'ictory had not been complied with"