The Mena weekly star., 1917-05-17
BRITISH BACKBONE
 OF ALLIES POWER
Unless Sine Can Be Starved No Hope of Victory, Austrian Paper Says Claims That Russia
 Will Quit.

Vienna, May i2.-The Neue Freie presse discusses the peace prospects from all angles and come to the con- clusion that the war could be end ed at once if England, supported by the United States, could be brought to her knees.
 As long as Great Britain is able to continue the struggle peace will not come" the paper says. Russia may drop out and Italy also, but the fight will go on, because France will not dare to conclude separate peace and England is more firmly resolved to crush Germany than ever. Counting on the ineXhaustible resources of America, the British statesmen and army leaders believe themselves absolutely sure of vic tory.
 England would actually feel re- leved if Russia, Rumania, Serbia and Italy would quit, because these exhausted countries have become a heavy burden for her and can give little or no military aid for long time to come, while America is able not only to furnish unlimited money food, ships and ammunition supplies, but also enormous armies after a certain time The aid of the United States is worth more Co Great Britain than all her present allies with the exception of France.
 The actual entrance of the great American republic into the war be- came a certainty the moment the unrestricted submarine warfare was proclaimed
 The Central Powers knew this, but military necessity was the de- ciding factor. Whether the step taken was wise OF not the future must show. If England can be brought to the verge of starvation before the United States is able Go take part in the war on large scale the Central Powers will die tate peace terms. Many months will certainly pass before America can do more for England than she has been doing for the last 30 months, and in the meantime the submarine war must be continued with undi- minished energy.
 Great Britain will be ready for peace if her shipping during the next three or four months can be reduced so that it will not even be sufficient for her own needs.
 Says Russia to Quit.
 As far as southern and eastern Europe is concerned, the end of the war is in sight. The Russian revo- lution is working for peace, altho it was brought about by England for just the opposite purpose. When the badly crippled Russian colossus quits, Serbia and Rumania will also try to get the best conditions pOssi- ble. and there is reasonable hope that Italy may do likewise, but we have to reckon with the possibility that the submarine war will not prove as successful as expected. and that England cannot be starved out,
 Tn this case, the world war will develop to a fight to the finish be- tween England and American on one side and the Central Powers on the other. How the struggle would end is is impossible to say, but one thing is certain. if England and America should win it would mean Anglo Saxon rule over the whole world. Every country on the globe would practically become a vassal of the Anglo-American alliance, despite all the high sounding talk of the rights of the small nations. This Anglo Saxon hegemony would probably last for a long time, and certainly until Japan, with the aid of Russia and China, felt herself strong enough Co contest it successfully