AMERICAN MILITARY VIEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 276, 19 November 1914, Page 6

AMERICAN MILITARY VIEWS.

As'to the final outcome of the war (writes the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph") nobody here wavers in the belief that the Allies. will prove victorious, excepting, of course, the. German-Ameri- ' cans, who share the Kaiser's illusion, i that God is on their side. American army officers have been canvassed by the "New York World" to ascertain their professional opinion rel garding the war and its outcome. Forty officers above the rank of ] captain were asked two questions:— ,1. How long will the war in Europe last? 2. Which, side will be the victor? In brief, the answers were:— The war will last from nine to. 18months, and Germany, unless she is superhuman, will be defeated. •The majority, of .the officers estimated the Avar to last one yenr. Twenty officers declined to reply. One said that Germany had a fighting chance to win. A remarkable 'feature of the discussions . was that in nearly everv instance the same lino of reasoning was followed. One thing upon which all agreed was:—"This is a war-not only of ready resources, but of all resource, and until one side has about exhausted all its resources the fighting will go on." -

Other discussions led io this:—From the manned in which tlie belligerents have struggled, and with the knowledge of the state of mind of the Powers engaged preceding the war, this struggle is to be almost a death struggle—that is, ,unless one rude "is so crashed that it will require half n Century or more for even a- waking recovery. . ....