Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
oldiers Still Fight Well,
hut People Are Ready
to Quit
OUTLOOK IS HOPELESS
Usual Fall VICTORY Not
Provided TO Help Masses
Face Dreary Winter
~ MAJOR GEN. SIR F. b. MAURICE
Former Director of Opsration Of the British
VI Army
Cpecief Gable 10 Erening Public Ledger
copwiohf. rofs. by Ncio York Tones co.
London. Oct. 10


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Every day 1t becomes more and more
evident that Ctrmany's weakest point
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exsggerated the eneets OF the blockade
and many fsnciful stories Of privations
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=, -. -, -.
f"s'efiai III 'er'l"h! ea''eu creuence'
Later. when the conquest OF Rumania
and the collapse Of Russia opened up
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'nere was 'e"ue"cE 10 'ush 10 Tue
cther extreme and 70 treat every story
ot harusnip III ''eF'"''"S with suspicion
- ususl, the truth lies somewhere IN
the middle.
The stra i'm which oi- blnrl,oda i,pnoead
upon GERMANY has been cortinuot,s and
~ efYects have been cumuIativc ~
GERMANY was in Io1G n long -vo,. ero,,
4 actual starvation her nriyations yrere
verv real and in 1917 and Iots OH, ala
mot obtain sufficient relief from her
conouests in the east 20 counterac,
materially the steady pressure Of our
command of the sea.
For 1.-The last three years winter has
heen a time OF horror in Germany. hut
cipiined people could endure provided
they had the moral flllip of assured vic
tory In the future to sustain them
Every autumn until this year the Ger
man general stan plunged and success
fully brought OF som" great couD which
enabled them to end the years cam
paigning with a hourish Of trumpets
and TO dangie Victory before the eyes
OF the German people as carrot Is
dangied before donkey nose. In the
autumn OF 1915 II was the conquest Of
Serbia that was the carrot; in 1916
the defea, OF hurnsn'a IN 1917 the
v1.o,s ,t.,,on nr,,,ies 60 .t, 'Bt ~ .s'' eat
OF '"e A'"' w ''V AVE
No Victories This Time
>o,r TODAY not only are there M vic.
to~,es 10 brighten the prospect of winter
hrt the outlook has suddenly become
,,tteriv honeless and on eyerv front
GERMANY and her Allies see nothing hut
defeat. For the first time in the war
we are combining really effective milf
tary pressure which is slower and less
snowy in its effects than the victories
OF our armies on land. It has. none the
less been certain and terrible in this war
OF nations.
Our reAi ooJec',e Is 10 uNe'co,,e wa ;
the Serfnans WouIu cdH 'He wiz ~ Wv
sneHy Peop'e 10 eoii''Nue r"e oN' IS 80. ,e
We are obviously hoI NE la. io' n,
inst objective ana tne navy nas hau
DIE snare IN pIacins US SO near 70 1t
Asduitns recent tribute 10 the SGD
senA Vishance anu p, e,aeNel ing "e'i,.t! W.
- the navy 'na' hae ~ u~lal'eu -" uio'
y orop ,ne enein. '.',ei - ,o't y, p'nV
one "nnen 'I'nS 'ils,'.' !"
mcorse. aho II - pa l'oGl"l'G olI'o. iI'''
.unc JUS. now , - Itit.t..
accoune ,or e ~ I'M, ',..,ntID
y. germany oS uesSi 'o,s ',g S'ruaS t..s, ~
., peI arn'ies " VIC "' 'o'
oinariiy perlous'
II Is quite certain that our recent vie
tories in the west have been the chic
means OF bringing Germany 10 he
present frame OF mind, and that W,
could have done this In no other wa.
but ii is equally certain that they ralUn
don't account for all. 7 am contiden
Z that cur men who are today fightini
the Germans on the Selle and the Amer
leans who are fighting the Germans o.