A NOVEL VIEWPOINT.

Taihape Daily Times, 18 July 1918, Page 7

A NOVEL VIEWPOINT.

Opinions on the war run so much in a groove that it is rather refreshing to come acres oiie that defies expert judgment, says a London correspondent. I overheard a remark the other evening to the effect that the blockade of Germany by the British fleet is the greatest mistake that has been made by the Allies. ' But for that, the \ ** ' ’3 £fyf) <> i J 'v ' v , > s J }?•) J ‘ observer said, the war would have ended long ago in the overwhelming defeat of the’enemy. His argument was this: —Germany was slowly perishing of dyspepsia. The people of all classes, particularly the higher, were notoriously the grossest feeders in They were becoming stupid, as is convincingly proved by the opening phases of the war, when they had everything In their favour and muddled away their chances. Had the Allies allowed them t 6 go on gorging l themselves in their accustomed fashion the"' defeat of the Maj-ne would have been, followed by othprs still greater; Semi-starvation Lv the one thing that has enabled Germany to postpone the inevitable end.