Germany

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 18, 24 December 1915, Page 5

Germany

INSIDE INFORMATION. MILITARY, ECONOMIC, MORAL SITUATION. THE FEAR OF TO-MORROW! DREAD OF. A LENGTHY WAR. GERMAN VICTORY IN 1916. OR ALLIED SUPREMACY ON SEA IN 1917. •■■• -. . • ' -uu '■ *; [United Press Association.,] (Received 7.30 a.m.) Milan, December 23. The II Secolo prints four columns of an interview with a famous -Scandinavian ' literateur, '■ who spent four months in Germany studying the mijitai’y, economic, , and moral situation. He declares;' There is no dowiiheartedness, as all the outward and visible facts serve, to delude thfe peo l pie. ‘ is a universal subconscious disquietude which springs' from,tlie blank uncertainty of what to-morrow may bring forth. The German people maintain that the enemy are beaten but not tamed, but they feel thai/tliey can rely upon their military force and endure the economic pinch- Sometimes dread ofer,takes .them when they ask themselves the question: ‘‘What if the war lasts till 1917 ?” ' The; problem of time reoccupies tbe i German mind. England has, 119 idefi of the German hatred against them/ The Reimans know tl|o English power, .and fear above all Great Britain’s logged perseverance. Should Great Britain succeed in prolonging the bar beyond 1916, I do not know how Germany can possibly hope for ultimate victory. ■ The British blockade proved far more effective than the Germans wish to be made known. It is believed in Germany that the war will either be won by the Germans in 191.6, or on the sea by the Allies in 1917; hence a tremendous outburst of force by Germany is expected next year. The fi«t acts will be an attempt to smash a way 1 to Calais and an expeditimr to Egypt. The official casualty lists show the average loss to be 150,000 per month. There is unrest because the industries and agriculture have been drained of hands for the necessary labor. •*