WHICH IS THE MAIN FRONT?

Taihape Daily Times, 14 November 1917, Page 4

WHICH IS THE MAIN FRONT?

LONDON, November 3

The Italian calamity has made the difference between the Eastern and Western strategic schools acute. The "Manchester Guardian" says We dare not be silent about the profoundly unsatisfactory military conduct of the war

We have more men and greater resources than the enemy yet the fourth year shows a relatively worse position than the fourth month, because the generals who are bound to the west front (dominate ; the General Staff;. which dominates the statesmen. The newspaper asks why the Flanders battle was delayed until the time when the weather threatened its ruin. It urges the Government to strengthen the General Staff, fcnfeking it mount over the commanders" to~ The vjarious :theatres. It foretells Jfche retirement of Sir William Kobertson (Chief of the General Staff.)" On the other hand, (?slonel Kepington ("The Times") claims that the Italian sector must remain subordinate and secondary. We must not relax our deadly grip on Flanders nor the determination to pursue our plans in the West to a logical conclusion at the I right moment. „