Germany.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 317, 17 June 1915, Page 5

Germany.

OUTLOOK ON THE WAR. TUB CHANGE OF FEEUNT:. GERMANS ON THE DEFENSIVE. London, June 15. A neutral observer writes: "There is a marked contrast to my previous visit 1 to Berlin. Many oHlcers are home on ) leave. The Herman plan .seems to be to give everyone a :cw months' training ami actual experience in lighting, with the result that there is a continuous coming anil going of troops. 1 found new confirmation of the belief current in England, that Herman army corps keep changing fronts. "The general opinion is that the fall of Constantinople is very remote. They are convinced that the Allies dispositions are inadequate, and that the Dardanelles cannot be forced. Officers re--4 peatedly said that the Turkish sold hi--1 is well fed and led and is of good figlite ing material. The army in Euroju-au [1 Turkey excels in trench warfare, and '• will offer a stubborn defensive rcsistn ance under Herman direction. It is clli- '' cicntly equipped and organised, and will probably bold its ground on tlic wninSlllll, "The Russians arc considered a stubborn anil elusive enemy. Stall' officers stated that if their commissariat and transport equalled their tactical skill and lighting qualities, different pages in history would be Written. "I have beard little of the campaign on the French front, ft is admitted that the army of the Crown Prince is unable to retrieve its losses. Paris seems no longer (o be the objective, the .. difference being that tbe Hermans are ,( now on the defensive. "It is repeatedly insisted, that artillerv and not men count in this war The Krupp gun which bombarded Dunkirk from a distance of twenty milea inspired as much confidence as an armv p. corps." ■s.