GERMANY’S NEXT MOVE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 84, 9 August 1915, Page 4

GERMANY’S NEXT MOVE.

Discussing the probable action of the Germans after the fall of Warsaw the special military writer of the Otago Daily Times expresses the view that the need of the attempt to crush the Russians arose from two calls—that of Austro-Hungarians and that of the Turks. Attstro-Hungary has beep relieved from fear, and now the. German’s chief task and hope is to relieve the Turks. Therefore, the writer referred to concludes, Germany twill not pursue her attacks towards Petrograd or Central Russia, however tempting the bait may be. The Germans will now turn their attention to Italy and Serbia for the purpose of relieving Turkey and keeping an .outlet to the Mediterranean through the Adriatic. The great Pan-German conception and ambition for years past has been to convert the Adriatic into a German lake and Turkey and Asia AT.nor into a great German Asiatic empire, which would give the Germans control of all Hessian outlets and a road to the East via the Persian Gulf as well as the control 'of the eastern side of the Red Sea. Predicting further, he says;— The attack on the Dardanelles threatens all those contemplated strokes and ambitions at the heart, and Germany’s lirst work after (as she hopes) thrashing the Russians will be to thrash Serbia. annex it, give Macedonia to the Bulgarians as a bribe, thereby enlisting Bulgaria through self-influence on her side, and opening the munitions mad to Constantinople. 'I hen the Anstro-Gennans would rush 1 lunch and ib-inch howitzers to Gallipoli with the hone of subduing the Allies. The host way of preventing that is for the Allies to counter strongly in hurra me and Flanders for them, including the Italians, to reinforce Serbia- stiongiy with men, guns, and munitions. Already hv the cables wo know that the Anstro-Gennans are concentrating three army corps near the Serbian borders ; hut if the real truth were known it is probably that the enemy is preparing more than three corps. Time is everything to Germany, and she is out to make no mistakes this time against Serbia. If not more than three army corps are to he employed by them against Serbia, the Anstro-Gennans must he going to have the assistance of the Bulgarians, Britain must send more submarines to the Sea of Marmora. and more heavy guns to. Gallipoli. and get through the work-more ijuiek ly than she is doing. There can

b e liule doubt tluit. munitions are being forwarded to Turkey by way of Bulgaria. The process is simple. Austria- sells munitions to Bulgaria, and sends them through Kowuania by way of the Danube, a very short distance, and Bulgaria soils them to the Turks.