Arizona republican., 1918-04-07

 terrible cost, is small in comparison with what has been gained through the German knowledge of political geography, political economy of the all the countries involved likely be involved in the war, and of the ways to reach the mind of these various peoples
 By actual fighting Germany acquired a consider able area of Russia but at the same time it by applying the four political sciences to Russia that a much greater would be gained and Russia enemy would be eliminated without and without bloodshed Rumana likewise has been dsintegrated It may be believed that Rumania whose into the hailed as allied diplomatic victory purposely provoked by Germany to complete the circumstances which should attend the Russian collapse. Germany, before Rumania embarked in the had prepared the way for a swift invasion of the Dobrudja. peaceful archaeological expedition had passed through that swampy region. Roads and bridges were constructed so that when Falkenhayn later swept across the Ru- rnanan Dobrudja allied military experts were puzzled by the rapidity of his movements
 The way for the Italian drive last November paved by application the principle of national psychology Victories were gained which in ordinary warfare would have Germany much in blood. The principle, says Mir Cheredame is now being applied in Switzerland and Spain with growing manifestations of results
 Immediately the heels of the boodless victories in Russia and Rumana followed hordes of German merchants tradesmen occupy the field. Here the result of the economic preparation for the war.
 NIr. Cheredame throws light the Verdun offensive at which the whole world guessing. It undertaken he says, with maximum and minimum objectives, One was sure to be attained. It less likely that way might be opened through Verdun Paris. But if that should fail the offensive would certainly result in gathering French forces in great numbers, and holding the British to the line farther north that endorsements would be sent saloniki the only time when the allied operations there might have prosecuted with success There not in this military strategy, but phy- choogy
 Mr. Cheredame agrees with all writers that Ger many in 1914 expected to win the war with a rash But Germany had provided against disappointment and had plan also for long to which it quickly adjusted itself when the first expectation was not fulfilled
 MT. Cheredame says nothing of German purposes of a worid-conquest but of the Pan Germanst idea of a Greater Germany and a Mittel-Europa to which every energy seems to have been wholly directed He presents map issued by Germany as long ago as 1895 whose boundaries of Greater Germany and Central Europe including territories and peoples of twelve races are almost coincident with the lines by Germany today. That map excludes part of Belgium now held by Germany but includes the whole coast of both Belgium and Holland. It takes in no part of France. But it includes on the entire eastern front almost al but quite all the terri tory lying within the German lines today.
 This article written last December and con- templated the great offensive which is now taking place. No prediction is made regarding the result of it, though it is extremely probable that the Verdun achievement will be repeated a gigantic scale thus postponing the definite decision and giving the allies another chance conquer Pan-Germany if they decide to make use at last of the large unemployed forces existing in Pan Germany itself"
 In conclusion MT. Cheredame says
 Tt is in the strategy of scientific politics that is to say in the intellectual management the war in every domaln-that the whole of the German Vlctorles resides In like manner it the ignorance on the part of the allies of this kind strategy which explains their successive their constant dsappontments despite the superabundance of their material resources Now, this ignorance is so unde- nlable that, after three years half of war it is impossible to point to single operation of theirs of winch the geographical, ethnological economic and national psychologic conditions it's execution have been first seriously studied They have not even thought Of such thing; and at the present moment thelr leaders have organization intellectually equipped to solve complete strategic equation But such an organization is absolutely essential to winning victory All the elements exist creating t when ever they choose in such wise it will give prac- ucal results with comparative promptitude"