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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 December 1915, Page 2

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\i EDXESDAy, DECEMBER 15. I'Jlj

ASPECTS OF TJib \YAI(

'the tronljJu lib outlook lor Germany ;s divjiilt with interestingly uy a neJlJiiiowu public wilier (Air r. A. AJckeiiziej in one 01 his latest letteis to the "War Illustrated.' He begins his article with a reference 10 (ticimtur Jieveridge ol Hie unted States ol America, wJio has estimated that Germany has live nullum men under m ins, and that she can Keep that liuuiber 111 the held despite losses ior ~t lia.it si.\ years. .Ur iievcridge urole tnis in Uermany lrom a German point ot view, and lie wrote it before the gigantic German looses during the Kusisjan campaign. .Mr .Mclveiizie goes on to comment, that the facts as Jkuow:i to tlio general public to-day justily us i 1 believing that Germany Jiay reached her maximum in numbers, and that ;ier total ol lighting men is less than thrcj months ago. iiut ive also know tlru the German system ol defensive war is enabling hor to hold long lines witj comparatively small numbers ol men. There is nothing in the decreasing numbers ol troops which justines the Jiopes ol early peace. is there a shortage in loodstullsr 1 Ame months ago Germany painted to the world a moving but ■wholly false picture o. hor people threatened with starvation by tlie blookadio policy ol' the Alles. This was done to create sympathy with neutral nations. At that time Germany hud plenty. To-day Germany says little about food shortage, but it bclonus more and more evident that'the shortage is genuine. Wheat is particularly scarce. 1 saw a. low days ago a slice ol German bread maue lrom rye, birchwood, sawdust audi potatoes, iiut, frankly, 1 cannot contemplate the likelihood ol Germany being starved into submission, and those wiio count on it are, 1 am convinced under a greai delusion. There is a greater possibility ol the exhaustion ol the store of military supplies. Our blockade becomes daily inoro elective. The enormous importations through neutral countries that were a leatiue of tlio early months ol the war arc being more and nioro cut off. .The German armies sliowedi over large sections oi the Ibid during this dull .summer considerable economy in tho nee of heavy gun munitions. liut it is reasonable to suppose that then - chemists are evolving fresh rnethods oi manufacture, and are concentrating on the utilisation ol waste, In liuance r we are in a dominatiiigly superior position to the enemy, and we can do much more than even the new budget demands ot us if necessary. Coming to aliotlier aspect of tho war, we note in "The World's Work" a striking reference to the fact that neutrality exists between Italy and Ger-

many, notwithstanding the further fact that Italy is at war with Ueimany's allies. Tho magazine remarks that "it is strangely significant that Italy is not yet at war with Germany, although she is with Austria and Turkey. The only reason one can imagine for such a situation is the truth 01 the story that an undisclosed treaty between Italy and 11-otimania compels the latter to go to the asistance oi the former if she is attacked by two great Powers. The Kaiser made ominous threats about the wreaking of his vengeance upon Italy in case she decided to go to war against the Central Powers, but so for ho shows such a remarkable restraint in carrying out his threats that one is almost inclined to believe the story aßout the Italo-Rou-manian agreement."