“BRITAIN UNDER-ESTIMATED.”
THE German press is publishing a remarkable article by a publicist named Kohler, in which he declares that Germany seriously under-esti-mated the British Empire. German experts expected the war to linish by Christmas, 1914, because it was assumed that England’s maximum Continental army would be 60,000. Germany made the mistake of forgetting history and England’s great experience in warfare. She is only gradually realising that England is extremely capable in a military sense. Diplomats also under-esti-mated British diplomacy, and failed to appreciate the existence of pronounced Anglo-Americanism as a definite counterbalance to Germanism. Editors commenting on the article warn Germany to learn a lesson, and not to over-estimate her
own powers 'and qualities, nor to under-estimate -the powers and qualities of her enemies.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1726, 16 June 1917, Page 2
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125“BRITAIN UNDER-ESTIMATED.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1726, 16 June 1917, Page 2
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