THREATENED GERMAN ATTACK

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2649, 21 December 1915, Page 7

THREATENED GERMAN ATTACK

MUST BE EASTERN ORWESTERN FRONT ByTolegrapli-Frcss ABGociation-OopJrigM f ' Paris, December 19. Tho military critic of the "Temps" declares that we must oxpect a German attack on the Dvinsk front or the West- I ern front. Germany would like to attack Egypt, hut there are euch great natural difficulties that tho expedition could not be ready for at least three B months. This would not suit Germany, who wants a.decisive result immediately. , THE CAMPAIGN OF 1916. I Bl | ASHMEAD BARTLETT'S VIEWS; t (Rec. December 20, 7.25 p.m.) | London, December 19. j, Mr. Afilimead iJartlctt, the war cor- £ respondent, writes: "Germany's threat a to attack Egypt is mere bluff. The campaign' of M(i must be won or oom- j, promised over on Germany's Eastern or t Western fronts. Tho prime faotor will j be largely the extent of the Russians' j recovery from tho tremendous shook' of tho past year. "Unless tho Allies drive the Germans within their natural, frontiers in the spring and summer of 1916, it would be hardly possible to make another serir ous effort. If we fail wo will be unbeaten, but reduced to stalemate. '.'Those whose finances and resources ' can bear tho'strain best mil be finally ! victorious, hence tho paramount import- , ance of husbanding our resources and strength for an indefinite number of * rounds, if wo fail to deliver a knock-out blow in the summer." ■ , INVASION OF ECYPT. 1 TURCO-GERMAN PREPARATIONS. I (Rec." December 20, 9.40 p.m.) , Amsterdam) December 20. < It is reported Von der Goltz is cs- I tablishing his headquarters at Aleppo, j from - where the Turco-Germans are < equipping for the invasion of Egypt. i The Kaiser and tho Sultan sent mes- J sages to Von der Goltz hoping that his 1 efforts would soon be crowned with vie- ; His forces include a- Constantinople j Army Corps armed with Krupp rifles, ] and under German officers. ] ,THE FORCES AVAILABLE. i SOME HUN CALCULATIONS. ' (Rec. December 20, 9.40 p.m.) < Rome, December 20. | German calculations received through ' neutral sources state that half a million Turks and fifty thousaud Germans [ will be available for the campaign , against Egypt.