The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-10

that the present government had per
 nitted agitation against us. The irri-
 tation against us was further in-
 creased by the fact that out of con
 sideration for the rate of exchange
 we did not take enough tobacco from
 them, and many Bulgarians felt that
 they were losing money in consequence. MURPHY, U. s. A. "SAT TIGHT''
 The representative of the United
 States. who sat tight in Sofia, took ad-
 vantage of these conditions very clev-
 erly, and held out prospects of large
 profits in good Swiss francs. Many failed to resist this temptation; they turned again to the entente with whom
 at heart they had always been in sym
 pathy. Oominic 1. Murphy, was the one who Sat tight" He was an irri- tation to Ludendorff, who several times vainly insisted that Bulgaria should
 get rid of him. In the summer of 1918 he was often consulted by the liberal Bulgarian cabinet which had over thrown the Radoslavoff regime and it was on his advice that Bulgaria threw herself on the mercy of the allies after the defeat of her army).
 The only conclusion I could come to about Bulgaria was that it would re- main faithful to us as long as all went ! well with us. But if the prospects of
 victory diminished or still worse, If we suffered failure, then things were bound to turn out just as in fact they have. Why should there be any difference between the character of nations and that of men? q could believe in the steadfastness of the Bulgarian army for just so long as I could believe in the faith of the Bulgarian nation).
 TURKEY HAD ARMY ON PAPER Turkey was faithful to the alliance, but at the end of it's strength: whether
 through it's own fault or that of others was immaterial Its man power was greatly reduced, and the army existe to a certain extent only on paper. Pal estine was sure to fall an easy prey to England unless the troops there were reinforced. Turkeys disintegration was bound to produce political results over wide area, and must therefore | be prevented even though the decision of the war might be brought about | elsewhere.
 In Germany the national spirit ap- ! peared to be better than with our al | lies; nevertheless, it had sunk very low l and feeling had become worse. I must admit I formed too favorable an esti- | mate of our remaining energy I hoped | that the recruiting question would be put in order.
 ] The army had come victoriously l through 1917; but it had become ap- 1 parent that the holding of the western l front purely by defensive could nc l longer be counted on, in view of the 1 enormous quantity of material of al. | kinds which the entente had now al | their disposal. Even where tactical ! conditions had been absolutely normal i and by no means so unfavorable as ir | the struggle for the Wytschaete salient or Laffaux corner. we had lost ground i and suffered heavily.
 l FEARED ATTACK BY ALLIES | These losses had indeed been greater
 than we had incurred in well-conduct. l ed attacks. The enormous material re. 1 cources of the enemy had given his at. | tack considerable preponderance over
 our defense and this condition would
 become more and more apparent as oul
 infantry approximated more nearly .ir l character to a militia, as our best mer I became casualties, and as discipline de | clined.
 l It was also to be expected that the 1 enemy would learn from past battles he would probably attack on broad 1 front, as in the double battle of the Aisne and Champagne in April ant May, 1917, and aim at surprise. Thi: l he would be able to do by employing
 vast quantities of4stores and equip 1 ment. These attacks would doubtless
 make far greater demands on us thai | any that had gone before.
 | The troops had borne the continuou