GERMAN CONDITIONS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2653, 27 December 1915, Page 5

GERMAN CONDITIONS

WHAT A NEUTRAL THINKS E] T«le2raDi-Eres» Asaociation-OoryrlgM Milan, December 23. "II Secolo" prints four columns of ah interview .■.■ with a famous Scandinavian litterateur, ■ who spent four months in Germany studying the military, economic, and moral situation.' He declares that there is no downheartedness,; all the outward and visible, facts serve to delude the people. Nevertheless there is a. universal subconscious disquietudo which springs from the blank uncertainty of what the'morrow will bring forth. The : German people maintain that the enemy is beaten, but-not tamed. They feel that they can rely upon the. military fore© to endure the economic pinch for somo 'time.; Dread overtakes them when they ask themselves the question: What if the war lasts till 1917? The problem of time reoccupies the German mind. England has no idea of the German hatred against her. The Gormans know the English power, and fear above' all Great Britain's dogged perseverance. Should Great Britain succeed in prolonging the war beyond 1916 they do not know how Germany can possibly hope for ultimate victory; The British blockade has proved far more effective than the Germans wish to be known. It is believed in Germany that the war will either bo won by the Germans in 1916 or on the sea by the Allies in Hence a tremendous outburst of force by Germany is' expected next year. The first acta will be to attempt to smash a way to Calais, and an expedition to Egypt. The official casualty lists show an average of loss of 150,000 per month. There is unrest because industry and agriculture have been drained of hands.