The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1915. PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 October 1915, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. LEVIN. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1915. PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

.Many people sire inclined tu judge the ■war's progress by the piecemeal and ol'ton inaccurate reports sent daily by cable. To such folks must come alternations of with apprehension, high hopes with semi-despond-ency, joys with regrets. The better way to judge of the war is to take the daily reports ctnn grano salits, in recognition of the truth that war correspondents who have no access to official sources ol' information oik'ii present drafts on the 'bank of their imagination anil find them honoured by a gullible public. Lately we have ueen reading a well-compiled review ol the operations in the iirst year ol the big war, and again we are struck by the apparent fact that the war s'fill in its initia.l stages so far as tactical development goori. though its costliness in money ami men may cause it to terminate long ere the effectiveness of attacks by citlK'-r side may achieve such an effect. Briefly summarised, the result of the fighting on the western front has been the ingress of Germany through Belgium and France and her partial egress to lior present btandpoint on foreign ground. The internecine, nature of the. fighting has cost millions or lives and hundreds of millions of money, yet the main achievement is a mere iinpas.se for froth sides, till such limes a,s developments in other part« change the present position. On tfie eastern front there have been fluctuations of fortune, and hy present indications Germany is finding her task of maintaining her latest advantages much harder that tshe. anticipated. In the Dardanelles, it seems evident, the Allire' superhuman of Forts have been demonstrated as insufficient for The great task attempted, and flie main atfack now is setting towards Constantinople by way of the Balkans. .Such, in short, is a. summary of the year's effective operations, and thofie who readse this lact fully will be saved from the harassing experiences that befa-1 all tiliose who from week to \\oo\i in the last filtei'.n months have been anticipating some- gigantic and unprecedented debacle to befal tlie enemy. This war s on a colossal scale in area as weTC «s arms and men. and only grim persistence and enduring courage can see it to a successful issue. Our own hope ol early succcks is based upon the hoJioi that failure to raise the necessary hundreds of millions money will make Austro-Oermanic statesmen adopt a more reasonable attitude, and cause them to accept terms ol peace that will leave the Allies virtually triumphant •without need for pressing the combat to the stage whore tTie enemy will ije demonstrable' helpless and ourselves laden with deht to a degree thai would hamper our mvn and our Allies' financial progress for hundreds of years.