Bisbee daily review., 1918-08-06
KNOW YOUR ENEMY
 STORIES OF GERMAN WEAKNESS DISCOUNTED

Captain Denny, soldier in the Am erican army. France. writes to a New York paper as follows:
 The great Illusion of the war has been to minimize the German. The war would have been won long ago if we had not been deceived by insidiOus rropagands. When I left Australia three years ago, my friends said: "The war will be over before you get 10 the front" They believed that GermanF was at the sfav1tion point; that Aus tria was breaking uD; that social rev olutiOn would destroy the whole fabric of Prussian militarism. They little understood the efficiency Of the mill tary machine that had been elaborate " built up for over forty years. That efficiency exists today and is accentu- ated
 There are many popular Illusions concerning the German as a fighter.
 The Hun is no coward. He does net held up his hand and cry. Mercy, kam- eTad.' He is a bloodlust beast who violates nuns. and bay0nets guiltless priests and innocent women and babes But he is a wonderful fighter and knows how to die The man at the front knows this. He sees him every day. The man at home dees not, and SC Le ridicules the Hun and so weak ems cur estimate of the men We have to fight.
 The German is not goadad or bay oncttcd on by his officers The kaiser aDd his chiefs iiaVe succeeded in per suSd;ue the Hun that he is fighting a war of defense to preserve the father land and he fights and acts on that impaise He needs no other incentive. I have often heard stories of Huns who were forced. a; the point of the officers pistol to make the attack; of u1cn who were chained to machine guns: Of troops ordered to be shot if they returned to their own trenches. But on investigation these legends vanish into the air. If true they would furnish pleasant food fer reflection; but t'ey are net true and only tend to weaken cur own effort.
 The German prisoner is not a weak ling He is the reverse. Of sll the prisoners I have seen coming in after an attack or in working gangs along the roads in France there was scarcely one who was not of good physique and a first-class fighting man There were cases. no doubt, where the Hun, after being in the line for weeks or in Nc Mans Land for days. has come in with mud-thick clothes and generally worn and unkempt But this IS incidental to the business Of war. Tre German General Staff take good care that the fighting man has everything necessary to carry on the fight.
 The German is not half-st2rved. Whatever privaticns the civil popula- ton may endure. the soldier does not suffer. The truth that "an army marches on its stomach is nCt 9 new ly discovered maxim l. is older than Napoleon and German officers know every axiom of the war game. Some times, after days of long attack and bitter fighting. many t7oops are on short or nc rations. lt was sc with the British during the retreat from Mons: it was so, in part with the Ger mans in their last great drives. These are unavoidable incidents, quickly ad- justed at the first opportunity.
 The fact is that the circulation of such reports is ell part of German The Hun seeks 10 create in the minds Of the Allies an impress sion of weakness. Such an atmos- rhere engenders a false confidence which must always tell in their favor And nc front-iine troops likely to be- come prisoners have letters upon them complaining of food shortage and war