The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-21
FAMOUS WRITER TELLS HOW WAR
 lS.APT TO END
Barring Famine or Revolu- tion He Sees No Peace
 Before 1918
(By E. Ashmead- Bartlett, the Bril-. liant War Correspondent, Who. Makes. a Series of Remarkable, Forecasts.

= "The time has come for President. Wilson to, state our aims and to in-l vite the delegates of Rumania Bull garia, Greece. Serbia and Turkey to- meet at a Round Table Conference and to come to terms with one an- ether. Such 8 step would be of vital importance to the interests of the AlNes in the Near East. and with the withdrawal of Turkey and Bulgaria from, the struggle. the whole, fabric Of the ~strategyy of. the Central Pow CTS collapses like a pack of cards.s,,
 Both the Allies and the Central Powers are hoping to end the war by ether means than a struggle Pou- trance on land. z Germany still retains her faith in the submarine, and is, endeayoring to blackmail not. only England, but the entire world, into a compromise fa- vorable to herself. We are hoping that a failure in her crops and gem eral internal condition will render iti impossible for Germany to last ; out another winter
 But supposing neither of these con- tingencies arises -what- will happen then? Now that America, has prom tsed to. send her afmfes, 1t seems ob- yious that unless Germany gives way the war must be carried on into 1918.
 Then in 1918 the vital issue will be this-Will the Allies assisted by the American. armies, be strong enough to force a decision on the western front? This question is very difficult to answer because we have no real knowledge as to how many hundreds of thousands of men America is pre- pared to send and how long it will take to raise, train and equip them.
 Ar for 1a Garroarr fr cfy. s11f,. marine campaign fails, as we now feel more, confident it will fail. Amer ican intervention will be the vital fac- tor next year. Their General Staff will then have to come to the nomen- tous decision of risking a. disaster in France and Belgium or Of general retirement probably to the line of the Mouse. they must retire to the Rhine and fight on German soil, and they arsS}ikeiy to risk very great deal to keep the war away from their own; people. .9 II Can some solution be found which will render 1t unnecessary to carry, the ghastly slaughter of 1916 and N917 on the western front into 1918 2.
 It is. not in the interests of any, of the combatants to .prolong the strug- gle if only a permanent peace can { be assured. All are now faced with s the destruction of their male popu- lation, bankruptcy and a hundred other evils vwhie5 fqllPM in wars tra1RryrHt f3Nfcsrt tpigN RSM irssthe in- teresks of the British Empire. to re- duce its man power to the level which Germany has already reduced hers. Such a course can only retard our economic recovery after the ,war
 The real victory will be gained in the manufactury when the war is over, and not on the battlefield. War has killed itself The armed from Her and the submarine and. a hun .dred other devilish Inventions will cause all peoples to keep the peace in the future:s War has been proved to be no longer worth while.
 There is undoubtedly a strong A movement. which it is useless to ig- nore in all countries. whether friend Or foe. The Russian Revolution has Jet loose a flood of suppressed Thoughts and ideals which the worlds censors can check no longer. The great dam which has so long held back the flood of democratic opinion is smashed at last. The aims of all the combatant demoeracies are grad ua11y finding a. comman denominator. namely, no annexations and the rights of all nationals to choose ur1- der what flag they will live.
 The only real obstacle in the way of peace.-at this hour is the retention 'of the Hohenzollern dynasty on the throne.
 What, -sthen, will be the end, and when will it come?
 I do not think the. finish of this world ;cataciysm will come all at once. or will be settled by; a general peace conference. One by one, the weary Ttans will drop out
 I believe we shall see peace in the Balkans by the coming of October or even sooner. Now that Russia has renounced all claims to Constantine pie. the air is cleared and the great obstacle in the way of a Balkan set ,tlement has been removed. In real. ity the Balkan states are fighting g / fseparatet local group of wars render. dered inevitable by the unsatisfactor, readJustment of Turkish territory by the Treaty of Bukarest in 1913. K The time has come for Presiden Wilson to state our aims and to in vfte the delegates of R Rumanf, Bulga ria, Greece. Serbia and Turkey te meet at a. Round Table Conference and to come to terms with one an other. Such a step would be of vita \ Importance to the interests of the Al 4ll68 III In0 l<cdI G<dSl, c1uo WIlIl Nlls withdrawal of Turkey and Bulgari, from the, struggle, the whole fabri of the Central Powers collapses lik, a pack of cards. is
 think it likely that Austria vii , niaKe d separate peace
 Then Germany alone remains il the field. confronted by the French British and American armies. Unles her economic condition becomes sucl gthat she is forced into peace thi winter.1I do not believe the German will give in even when deserted b, their allies. think her line will re
 main. much the same this summe and autumn, but that we shall see
 further retireent during the winter and practically the whole of North ern France evacuate Her 1ef flank-@willS --baek---to the line o the Franco-Belgiana frontier for tresses. She is certain to do her ut most to hold Belgium and Antwerl in order to have something left witt which to negotiate. Sg
 Then the final struggle will com next spring on historic ground in tn ancient Cockpit of Europe
 Shall we smash the Huns in tn field with the aid of the Americahs
 We ought to be able to force then out of Belgium across the Mouse. an 1,uoE fr. tHa 1inc of fJ7o