The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1916. WAR ACTIVITIES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 88, 20 March 1916, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1916. WAR ACTIVITIES.

War activities throughout the past week appear to have favored the Allies on all fronts, and the splendid resistance at Verdun continues unshaken. Russia, marches forward assured of victory and full of determination to punish the Hun despoiler of her fancities. In all the minor fields our troops gain ground, and in some instances make sweeping successes. In the Balkans, distrust of each other keeps Turkey and Bulgaria sullenly watchful, and above all, distrust of Germany grows on all sides. Tn Germany there is evidence of" strife with tl'e civil populace and bitter disagreement amongst the dictators who are rushing too German nation to its death. This is made further manifest by th,e retirement of von Tirpitz, who, it is 'shrewdly guessed, has been bverruled in his naval policy which, however despicable, at least made for the! comparative safety of the German war-' : ships. But Germany's daily-increasing difficulties make it quite possible that I the mad Kaiser and those who are hii [chief military advisers., may actually ! send out the High Seas Fleet to meet I Britain's naval squadrons as the last hope of the desperate gamb'er. It s 1 not, however, quite necessary Jhat a ! change of naval policy should mean 'that the German ships will venture to ! battle for such, for instance, as a

: TTi<nlifi<"iM<m of Tirpitz's inhuman eam-j jpairr of sinkinc cvei-v ship at sight,j irrespective of nationality, might well' .lead to the German Nr.val Minister's| resignation. It is not wonderful thati the Kaiser and those who are permit-! ! ted to know how little Germany's grentl navy has really done, are dissatisfied J with von Tirpitz, and the "overwork" J story is prohably merelv another little Berlin artifice to further befool the . (wmmoii people. Taken altogether, ithe outlook is a brighter one for the ' Allies than it has been for some time.