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HUNS BARELY HOLD ON
WHILE U-B0ATs BATTLE
Major Maurice Says Germany Is Re-
duced to Pitiful State of Mil
itary Helplessness.
ENTRY IMPORTANT
Biggest Development Of Third Year
OF War, in Opinion Of English Of
ficer-Places Unlimited Resources
at Disposal Of Allies.
GBy Associated Press.l

| LONDON. July 2S.-America's en-
trance into the war is the most i'm
| portant development of the third year
of the great conflict. in the opinion
| OF Major General Frederick B. Maurice,
chief director OF military operations
| at the British War Office. as expressed
in an interview in which he reviewed
the main events of the third yeae and
| summed UP the present situation.
| To-day. Major- General Maurice said,
| Germany, whose whole military gospel
was to prosecute a vigorous offensive.
| is reduced to "a pitiful state of MILL
tary helplessness. in which she is
| barely able to hang on" in the hope
that her submarines will force the
people of the entente powers to de-
| mand peace at time when Germany
has the big pawns' with which to
make a bargain.
Speaking from the military point
of view" said Major-General Maurice.
the greatest event of the third year
of the war is the fact that the Ameri-
can people joined us. Up to the pres
ent. France and Russia always have
been able to say to their people that
the English power had not yet been
developed to the fullest extent. and
that. when England's full weight was
In the field. the pressure on the French
and Russians would be somewhat
lessened. That still is true, but only
to limited extent. Even England is
getting near the point where she must
say that she cannot extend her work
much further in France. Meanwhile
TIL" strain in the Continental countries
is becoming greater and greater, and
the French are in real need OF more
and more support.
"Of course, the same is true. and
probably in far greater measure. in
enemy quarters.
But the whole lesson of the three
years of warfare is to emphasize the
military maxim that the man with the
last reserves is going to win, and We
still have got the whole power Of the
United States to draw upon The
United States is to-day the general
| reserve of the entente. With that re.
serve intact, we may look the fourth
year in the face with entire confidence
Germany has made the same mis-
take with regard to the United States
as three years ago. she made with
regard to England. She argued I'VE 10
not believe England will come in. but
II she does come in. she is not mill
tary power soon enough to play any
part in this war We proved that
theory wrong. as you will prove her
theories regarding the United States
wrong.
GERMAN THEORISTS HAVE
FALSE IDEA OF AMERICA
What was II that led Germany into
war with the United States? She
found she could not win on land. 1t
was necessary to try U-boat warfare.
This said the German theorists, will
defeat England and bring the reign
Of tho entente to an end. We do not
believe the United States will como In.
but II she does, she is an unmilitary
nation. has no army. cannot create one
for many months. perhaps years. GER
tainly cannot become n military factor
soon enough to play any pnrt In this
war;
That reasoning sounds unbelievable
to US, but a drowning man clutches Mt
straw. We believe the German
theorists will be proved as wrong in
their estimates Of the United States
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