GENERAL WAR NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 59, 14 June 1916, Page 8

GENERAL WAR NEWS.

ENGLANDTHE CHIEF ENEMY.

London, June 12. The Weekly Dispatch publishes an article concerning the opinion oi Germans in London alter the war. The writer, who is sympathetic to the Allies, points out that, the war was oi no benefit to Germans, who were doing well in Loudon before the war. The writer says: "There has been n tremendous change in English opinion, the most tolerant people on earth now being the most intolerant regarding us. It is hard luck for us victims of German militarism, and we hope the end will come quickly, but we have no illusions. The more desperate the Germans' position is the more desperately they will light. 1 have heard there is an idea that the Allies will not drive the Germans out of Belgium, because they might totally destroy the. country as they retire. It would not surprise me. All the prophecies of German revolution are rubbish, the people being too disciplined to revolt. No thinking German in London puts any trust in peace talk. Peace will only come when one side is exhausted. Though the Allies are stronger daily, there is no reason to believe that Germany is vet exhausted. The official attitude of Germany and her allies will show no mercy, as it will pay to leave Franco and England as weak as 'possible. I believe their power of recovery is twice as great. England is regarded more than ever as the principal enemy, and no doubt Germany is prepared to make handsome concessions to France in order to be able to settle England alone. On the other hand there is no war weariness in England, where* all conversations are about the great offensive. lam afraid it will require half-a-dozen offensives and a lot more bloodshed before the sounds of the guns cease."