COUNTING THE COST
In an article in the September number of the "Fortnightly Review" Dr. E. J. Dillon remarks that after three years of war each side seems to harbour a hope that, circumstances favouring, it will force the other to sue for peace, the Teutons relying on their submarines and the break up of tho Coalition, and the Entente putting its trust in the effects of slow attrition. A™', f ho<=e who, dread that the sacrifices whioh he people are making may be in vain are tormenting themselves with painful questions, ihoToughlr fixfake to tho necessity of mak» in" friends with a weakened Russia, Germany is busily preparing the conditions in which to nropose peace terms that will fit, in with the declarations made by Kerensky on the subject of revised wa.r aims. How littlo alive aie Entente stntesmen to what the Germans are now quietly doing in Russia.may one dav lie realised in presence of a series of grim facts which will stir the .Allied peonle to their depths. The experience of th"ee years has proved that superiority of resources is not of itself a pledge of victory. In theoTy the possessors of these are bound to win in the end if th»v utilise them, but. how long can they afford to keep up a state ef warfare, waiting for the entl ? There aTe certain forces at work which do not make for optimism. Hr. P-'Uon adds. Tn conclusion >ie savs: "One thing seems certain; the upshot of this struggle will decide whether or no Germany shall hold swav over the white, races. And there will be no 'next time.' F"r if the T o ii. tons realise their Central Europe, a Federal State will be created with a population of 170-180 millions, and an army of 15 million men. The will of the tion will nrevail without, actual war. TV nothing in Europe that remained could withstand it. and a powerful fleet, of super-U boats would cut, off Europe from America."
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 48, 20 November 1917, Page 6
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334COUNTING THE COST Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 48, 20 November 1917, Page 6
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