Bisbee daily review., 1918-11-09
GERMANY AT BAY
Washington Post.)

Those who nave StuOleO tnlS War as d whole have held that the shattering of the weaker. enemy allies would compel Ger many to sue for peace. This was nothing more than adoption of the German plan of annihilating the entente. Germany struck down one weak nation after another, hav- ing in mind the eventual struggle with England. The allies have now struck down one weak enemy after another, and they find that 1t makes the defeat of Germany infinitely easier, if not automatic.
 The fighting front will be the frontiers of the German empire within a very few days if the German organization holds to- gether that long. Austria's acceptance of an armistice means that the fighting line will be moved in one stride from the Piave to the borders of Saxony. Three-fifths of the population of what was Austria-Fiun- gary is pro-ally. The population will assist the allied armies in pressing forward against Dresden and Breslau Prague is al- ready an allied stronghold The Czecho- Slovaks have shut off all train traffic from Austria into Germany, but they will only too gladly tender this train service to allied armies. Thus, instead of food going from Bohemia into Germany, there will be bull lets if Germany does not obtain an armis- tice.
 The southeastern and eastern borders of Germany are exposed to attack by the col lapse of Turkey and Bulgaria. The allied fleet is now probably going through the Dardanelles. It ought to make short work of the enemy naval force in the Black Sea. Following the fighting ships will go trans ports carrying troops from Saloniki and Italy and France to Odessa and Contanza. By affecting a junction with the Rouman- ian army the allies can soon master the sit uation on Germany's eastern front unless Germany can accomplish a miraculous feat by transforming beaten army in the west into victorious army in the east.
 The effects of defeat, however, are cum ulative and there is no basis whatever for expecting miracles to happen in her favor. The small group of extremely able men that has dominated Germany Is now bad ly disorganized, as is shown by impaired military efficiency political agitation, pop ular unruliness and the wavering attitude of the government The people of Ger many cannot fail to be panic-stricken by the collapse of all of Germany's allies and the threat of immediate invasion. This public fright grows by what it feeds upon. exaggerating every incident into disaster and injecting the army with the universal sense of impending doom. Army officers cannot maintain discipline under such con- ditions The army can be kept at its work only by keeping it in ignorance, as the Aus trians were kept fighting in Italy. Prisoners just captured knew nothing of the collapse of Bulgaria or the defeat of the German armies in France. They had been told that the central alliance was holding its own and that Austria would soon strike Italy her death blow.
 Germany's army seemingly is intact. under efficient discipline and in process of extricating itself from dangerous. positions But how about the spirit that directs the German empire, including its army? If that spirit IS demoralized, the demoraliza- ton of the army is sure to follow without delay-posisbly with lightning like quick ness.