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1SS
ENTENTE MAKING
UNITED DRIVE THAT
WILL ENDBIG WAR
Sir Gilbert Parker, in Extended
Review of Struggle, Sees
Victory for Allies in
Few Months.
GERMANS GOT EARLY START
England Had to Organize and
Equip Army Before It Could
Do Land Fighting.
NAVY IS BIGGEST FACTOR
London, July 29. The Right Hon
orable Sir Gilbert Parker, member of
Parliament, whose services to the
British cause have been notable in
the field of publicity in the United
States, has made the following state
ment to The Associated Press on the
European war:
"You ask me to make a statement
on the two ytara of war in which
England, with its allies, France, Rus
sia, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Serbia
and Montenegro, has been engaged,
"Three months ago the task would
have been far more difficult than it is
today. Since then Great Britain and
France have moved forward on their
fronts and with tremendous effect,
but on that later. Also during that
time Russia has moved heavily upon
the trooos of the central empire, and
in the southeastern corner of the Rus
sian front has driven in, league upon
league, the Austrian troops, has cap
tured sector uoon sector, city upon
city in the regions where Austria was
dominant, and has made prisoners of
300,000 men.
Hindenburg Driven" Back
"Over in Asia Minor the field of
conquest has been enlarged and de
veloped, t-rzerum and crzingan nave
been captured and other centers of
Turkish authority have been taken.
The renowned von Hindenburg, up in
the Riga district, has been driven back
mile after mile and Russian prowess
has proved itself beyond question.
Russian generals like Brussifoff and
Grand Duke Nicholas have estab
lished Russian Dositions. weakened at
the beginning of the war through lack
of munitions.
Looking back one is forced to
wonder how Germany was stayed in
its march of conquest. According to
every rule it should nave oeen
whole year or more critics in the
United States, whose only idea of
warfare is that of constant action
have continually asked why was it
Great Britain, which had recruited
between 3.000,000 and 4,000,000 men.
should be doing nothing on the west
em front. They complained that
France was left alone at Verdun and
elsewhere. They did not realize that
France knew it had at its disposal at
any moment the British troops which
were holding their own line of front
and steadily extending it. They did
not remember that at the beginning
of the war Great Britain was armed
on a basis of a mere handful of men
that all the machinery and equipment
was upon a basis of the handful, and
that having men 1,000.000 or 2,000.
000 it still could not equip them be
cause it had no factories or muni
tions except upon the scale of the
nandtul.
"Men had to be recruited, uni
formed, equipped; artillery had to be
developed and extended beyond all
expectations of the past. All had to
De supplied. And the one reason why
there was such delay in makinar a
move on the western front by the
British was lack of equipment. The
push forward at Loos was not final
and effective because there was not
sufficient munitions.
Paris at the time it itself appointed
early in the autumn of 1914. It came
very near it. What stopped it?
"She had lett out ot her calculations
the strategical skill given by nature
to the French army, the new French
army from behind Paris, and 'the con
temptible little British I'
"It is a remarkable thing that on
the western front the only gains of
Germany were achieved in the first
few weeks of the war. Those gains
were of immense strategical value to
it. They included the mining and in
dustrial district of France and nearly
the whole of Belgium, from which it
has steadily drawn practical support
and. advantages and supplies. The
wonder is not that the allies have done
so well, but that, with all its prepara
tions and its perfect armament, Ger
many and her obedient colleagues,
Austria and ' Turkey and Bulgaria,
have done so badly.
British Navy Biggest Factor.
"Apparently at the beginning of the
war, everything was in their hands
everything except one the British
navy. If Germany could have mas
tered it as it mastered Belgium and
a goodly portion of France, the war
long since would have been over;
France would have become a third
rate power under practical German
control; Russia would have been
driven back into its steppes and
plains, once more the slave of Ger
man influence and control, and the
British empire as we know it would
have become a thing of the past
What the British navy did was to
sweep German merchant commerce
from the seas, prevent Germany from
trading with the rest ot the world,
except by crooked methods, bottle
up its fleet to uselessness, drive its
South Atlantic fleet to the bottom of
the sea, and throttle and choke Ger
man exports to an extent that great
cities ukc rzamourg nave iosi ine
hum of their activity, and outside the
Baltic sea there is no stir of German
commerce save in a freakish enter
prise like that of the Deutschland.
Those, however, who count the work
of the Deutschland as extraordinary
should remember that it is not original,
since considerable numbers of British
submarines have crossed the Atlantic
during the last year safely and surely.
It is not strange that the Deutsch
land accomplished its feat. It would
be very strange, however, if that feat
is duplicated by any sister ships.
"German foreign commerce cannot
be rehabilitated by the activities of
suomannes. Since the battle off Jut
land it can be safely and surely said
that the seas are still controlled over
whelmingly by the British fleet. The
Uerman tleet came out and then fled
to cover again after a stiff fight.
Britons Had to Make Army.
"But let us now take the field of
battle on the western front For a
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supplied their wants therefore did not call for the balance of their answers.
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Army Is Now Effective.
"But what is the condition of af
fairs today? There are enough muni
tions because big men have given
their brains and skill to the task of
organization; because the manual
workers of England have trusted
themselves to a complete sense of
duty; because they have given up
trade organizations for a period of
war; because without murmuring they
have thrown up their holidays; be
cause hundreds and thousands of
women have joined the munitions
works or have entered into fields of
occupation formerly monopolized by
men, such as the conduction of cars
on tram lines, driving vans, working
upon farms, clerking in offices, doing
men's work in scores of small trades;
because all England, in every corner
of it, is alive to the terrible signifi
cance of the world fight and has given
its best blood, mind, strength and
craft to the nation's cause.
"In spite of criticism and complaint.
England would not and did not move
on the western front until it was
ready, though it was willing to help
at Verdun if needed and said so. and it
was not ready until it could dominate,
as it has done, the German artillery
over the whole of its line, with France
moving torward on the whole of its
line, they both could make good their
successes, mile by mile and steadily
and surely diminish the capacity of
resistance upon the part of Oermany.
i nis tney nave done.
Allies Moving Everywhere.
"What is the oosition todav? Every
one ot the allies has moved torward
and at the same time and every one
has succeeded as it has moved. Italy,
like Kussia. trance and fcngland else
where, has succeeded in its field
against Austria. Germany cannot put
torward its men to help Austria. Aus
tria is harrassed by Italy and Kussia.
Oermany is harrassed and hammered
by England, Russia, France and Bel
gium.
there is no rest for Germany any
where. It cannot shift its troops from
tront to tront, as it did in the early
days of the war. smashing one enemy
here and then whisking its troops over
to smasn anotner enemy.
"The allies no doubt have made
mistakes; but no such mistakes as
Germany has made. England was ex
pected to furnish 150.000 men for the
protection of Belgium in case of an
European war and that was all. It
has, in fact, provided an army and
navy personnel of nearly 5,000,000
men and has trebled the personnel of
its fleet. Could any other nation in
the world furnish over 4,000,000 men
on a voluntary basis, as Great Britain
has doner
Civil Porees Organized.
"Americans should understand that
it is not alone in the field of battle
that Great Britain has Droved its ca
pacity for organization. It has proved
i in me civil iiciu. it nas naiiunai
ized the railways of the country and
has protected the regular dividends;
it secured the sugar crop of the world
at the very beginning of the war,
through which sugar is cheaper to
day in Great Britain than it is in the
United States and at the same time
has got out of it a revenue of nearly
SJ4.000.0UU.
It rescued the British people from
being done by meat trusts by seizing
all ships which could carry chilled
meat, and, having the snips, It could
get its meat on fair terms, and has
done so 50.000 tons a month for
Great Britain and France and 10,000
tons for Italy; it has also supplied
France with steel, boots, shoes and
uniforms. It has made coal trade a
public military service and by act of
Parliament has fixed the profit of the
coal mines and it supplies the British,
French and Italian navies with coal.
"It has organized the purchase of
wheat by a small committee which
also buys and ships wheat and oats,
fodder, etc., for Italy. It has bought
up the fish supply of Norway and
very lately bought up against Ger
man intrigue the great bulk of food
exports of Holland.
It has put on a 5 shilling income
tax which has been paid without pro
test by the mass of British people. It
has drawn on its financial resources
until it has loaned to its allies and its
overseas domains 450,000,000 and it
has taken as high as 80 per cent of the
war profits of the great manufacturing
firms.
"The organization is not ornate and
spectacular, but there never was a
time when all the people of the coun
try were so occupied in national
things, when so many nave given
themselves up, without pay or reward,
to doing national work. Its power
of organization is proved most thor
oughly by the work of the ministry of
munitions, which under the indefati
gable Mr. Lloyd George has increased
the three government munition fac
tories before the war to 4,000 and with
2,000,000 workers and has changed
canteens for 500.000 people and has
erected twenty national workshops
within one case, a population ot SU.UOO
people.
As tor manufactures in a tort-
night as many heavy shells can be
made as were made in the first year
of the war. Great Britain has shown
its ancient skill for organization in a
new and successful light."
Steps to Develope the
Industries ot Japan
fCoiraapondanca of The Ataoctated PreH.)
Tokio, July 4. The Japanese gov
ernment has inaugurated an ex
haustive investigation into the indus
trial and commercial conditions of the
empire, including the causes of the
BERLIN'S YIEW OF
SECOND YEAR OF WAR
Foreign Office Says Conspir
acy of Aggression and Be
venge Will Fail.
FIGHT IS FOR LIBERTY
Berlin, July 29. Reviewing the po
litical events of the second year of
the war, the German Foreign office
has given to the Associated Press
the following statement;
"Unlike the military situation, it is
not easy to review brieflv the devel
opments in the confused paths of po
litical events, but an attempt will be
made in the following statement to
trace the leading ideas connected
with the political problems of the
second year of the war.
"The world war was caused by Rus
sia's aggressive policy, supported by
France's policy of revenge. But it
was rendered possible solely by the
fact that England subordinated to its
economic antagonism to Germany all
its other interests.
"Whereas Germany! enemies re
aard it auite in order that they de
mand territorial aggrandisements at
the cost of others like Russia, who
wants Constantinople and Gslicis;
like r ranee, who desires Alsace-Lor
raine and the left bank of the Rhine,
and like Italy, who seeks Austrian
territory thev srrudse Germany even
that it strive to develop itself eco
nomically in peaceable competition
and they pronounce this an unpardon
able sin against the world's order of
things.
Would Destroy Oermany
Thev are unwilling that Germany
should become great and strong, be
cause the other powers wsnt to be
the economic masters ot the woria
Territorial and economic aggrandize
ment has united Germany's foes in a
war of destruction against us.
The second war year, whose end
is now approaching, has brought
these true aims of our opponents into
clearer light. In Russia this is openly
admitted, they having an underatand-
sc with bngland. and want lonstan
tinople as their war goal. In France
there is a war-mad cry tor Alsace
Lorraine.
"In England, too. the mask has
been dropped. It ts openly admitted
that Belgium was only a pretext to
jusuiy .ngianu a parncipuui! m mc
war, which was undertaken only
from self-interest.
"Germany must be destroyed. Ger
many shall never more raise its hesd
economically nor militarily. In this
way is the goal of our enemy more
clearly enunciated during the second
year of the war.
"It is equally clear that the talk
of a struggle of democracy against
militarism is only a catchword, used
by our enemies to create sentiment
and to cloak outwardly their real
purpose of destruction. Assuredly
there can be no talk of a struggle
for the maintenance of democratic
principles when one side sets out to
destroy the enemy completely, in
cluding the civilian population.
England Not Democratic
"And is England really the land of
democratcy it pretends to be? Has
not the entire development of Eng
land during the war shown that Eng
land is drawing further than ever
away from democracy?
"Moreover if England had really
resorted to war in defense of the
rights of the smaller nations, as it
fondly announces to the world, it
could without damage to its position
have answered otherwise than with
the threat of destroying Germany.
"Chancellor Von Bethmann's re
marks, made in the course of the year,
outlined German aims with sufficient
clearness. England, therefore, wants
a war of destruction, a war to the
knife, which, according to the plans
of our enemies, shall continue even
after the cannon is silenced; for their
former talk about the permanent
peace that they wished to establish
has been drowned under the shout
that Germany's enemies are raising
over the Paris economic conference.
It is not enough that the world
must be shaken by a protracted
bloody war. The world must not
even thereafter enjoy a settled peace
if the will of the entente powers pre
vails, for the decisions of the eco-
nomic conference do not signify an
economic peace, but a permanent
economic warfare which never will
permit the world to come to rest upon
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inc uasis ox peacciui competition.
Rights of Smaller Nations.
This shows st the same time that
the great words of the entente sowers
about lighting for the rights of small
er nations and international order are
empty sounds, for when Germany's
enemies seek to control neutral trade
they simply ignore the rights of other
countries and base not on the princi
ples of right but uoon Dure micrh
precisely what they alleged they want
io apuusn.
The second vear of the wir hirr.
fore shows that our enemira ar n.
cisely what they all along wrongly
repruaencu uermany witn pemg'
namely, disturbers of the near R...I
sia. through its unbridled passion for
extending its borders. England,
through uncontrolab e An ire W
dominating alone the economic world,
and France, through its passion for
revenge.
The second year ot the war
further proved that it is our enemies
who follow the principle of might
before risrht. They show this in the
more and more reckless violations of
arenerallv recognized principles of
international law by the entente pow
ers, not only in the struggle against
the central powers, but still more in
their treatment of neutrals.
American Trade. Damaged.
"The American citizen knows what
damage has been inflicted on his
trade brought by the illegal block
ade through violations of the postal
convention and other measures of
England like that of blacklisting
firms. In spite of his own power he
has borne hitherto many humiliations
with surprising patience and perhaps
(n silent admiration for foreign
power.
Neutral states, yielding to might.
had to submit to many illegal meas
ures of the entente powers, con
trary to their own Interests. But it
is not enough. With the throttling
of neutral trade our enemies try also
tn nlace political fetters uoon neu.
tral countries. Portugal, aa England's
vassal, even permitted Itselt to be
dragged into the war at the begin
ning of the year. Other states, like
Holland, on the other hand, by ener
getic precautions against England :
maneuvers, have been able to preserve
tneir neutrality.
One observes therefore in the
second war year increasing violations
ot tne rights ot neutrals in the in
terests of Ens-land and its allien
These violations will also continue
through the third war year, and even
increase unless all signs prove false.
"Stands ior Freedom of Sea,
"Whether on the neutral side any
factors are to be thrown into the scale
against this, Germany is continuing
wun tenacity tne struggle which wil
also in the long run prove advantair
eous to the neutrals, as shown by their
experiences with England; for the
ultimate goal of Germany's struggle
ts the freedom of the seas. Ger
many's sea power, which undoubtedly
; iimc unpleasant to our enemies,
is a counter weight to England's ar
hitrary domination of the seas, and
it will be to the advantage of the
world.
"Evety human power requires a
counter weight if it is not sooner or
later todegenerate into arrogance
and encroachments. Probably many
peraons have seen this most clearly
during the second war year.
"Germany proved in the past year,
contrary to England's example, that
in attaining its end it seeks so far as
possible to avoid violating the just
rights of neutrals. It even went far
toward meeting the wishes of the
United States in its conduct of auh.
marine warfare in spite of the fact
tnat the enemy was trying to subdue
Germany through an illegal war upon
its peaceable population.
"Out of regard for the interest! nf
neutrals, Germany relinquished for
tne present one ot Its most eftective
weapons against the enemy, although
it was compelled to wage s life and
oeatn struggle.
Way to Bagdsd Opened.
At the ooeninc of the third vnp
of the war, Germany is able to look
back to its splendid military successes
on wicr ana on iana, wnicn are not
without political importance.
"Germany and its allies remained
firmly united during the last vear in
oonos ot friendship and common in
terests. Bulgaria, as the fourth mem
ber, entered the alliance in October,
1915, after having satisfactorily ar
ranged matters with Turkey. Through
tne accession ot Bulgaria, which re
sulted in the subjugation of Serbia.
the way was opened for the central
powers from Berlin to Constantinople
and to Bagdad, an event ot tar reach
ing importance.
The alliance of the central pow
ers rests upon a community ot politi
cal and economic interests. It is an
intrinsic necessity for sll four states
and it guarantees to them among
themselves the greatest avantagea
without in any way threatening the
tntereats of the others.
Building upon what it already has
achieved, Oermany treads the thresh-
hold of the third year of the war
with unshaken confidence. But the
goal has not yet been reached, for
the enemy has not yet come to see
the impossibility ot subjugating iier-
msny.
Impossible to Enforce the
Bundesrath's castiron Rules
(CerrMpondtnc of Tho Auoolatvd PrM.)
Tt. LI - V.k..l.nJ. T..l 9A
4 IIC JlUV, II5MI mmiuw, J mij rr.
The official Keichsenzeiger of Berlin
acknowledges the impossibility of en
forcing the Bundesrath's castiron
rules regarding dress sdopted June
10. It admits the necessity for con
sidering individual cases, especially
those whose vocations entail quick
using up of clothes, end are therefore
entitled to receive more frequent
renewals. The following relaxation
of the rules has been announced.
"Presumptive Need for Renewals of
Clothing."
first At the inauguration ot a
household.
Second During pregnancy and
child birth.
Third Illness, or death, m the
family.
fourth special church festivals,
or entrance Into a profession. '
Fifth Other special cases affecting
classes who presumably do not pos
sess spare clothes.
Canucks Extremely Popular
Among London Residents
(uoiTMponawca or xn aimciiim fru.j
London. July 24. Residents of the
metropolis are coming to think more
and more of the Canadians. Their
popularity is immense, all classes be
ing ready to cneer mem on any oc
casion, their pleaaant position being
due to their prowess In the trenches
and in the raiding lines st the front
The most recent opportunity of the
Londoner to pay homage to those of
the Dominion has just occurred in the
parade of 300 jelected bandsmen of
the Canadian expeditionary force.
The musicians, who were the solo
ists picked from 15,000 bandsmen with
the force, gave a promenade concert
at the Royal opera house, in aid of
the Women's Tribute Week.
Then, divided into three complete
bands, they paraded the Strand, Pic
cadilly, Pall Mall and into Trafalgar
square, receiving enthusiaatic cheers
from all sides.
England Issues Ultimatum
In Holland Cotton Situation
(rorreipAndcnoa of Th Aiaorlattd PrM.)
The Hague, July 24. England has
decided that unless the shipment ot
cotton by Dutch merchants to neu
tral countries is discontinued, no
further supplies of cotton will be
permitted to Holland. Announce
ment to this effect by the British le
gation has caused some stir through
out Holland. It is generally believed
that no room is left for doubting the
success of Germany in receiving sup
plies of cotton in a roundabout way
from Holland through neutral coun
tries. The Amsterdam Telegraaf says that
quantities of cotton goods are regu
larly exported by fraudulent dealers
to fictitious addresses in Roumania
and Switzerland and ultimately
destined for Germany.
Burglars and Thieves
Spend a Busy Evening
Richard - Crawford. (Twelfth anH
Cass streets, reports to the police that
his roommate left during the night,
as did also $30 in bills.
S. S. Sebasteno, barber at 307 North
Sixteenth street. Is minus ten razors
and $4.
Jule Tlthaua. 306 Barker block.
shy $17 and a watch which were ex-
tracted from hit office.
W. B. Price. Paxton hotel, a devoid
of considerable wearing apparel which
waa taken irom nis room.
Bee Want Ads produce best results.
OPPOSEDTOHOLLWEG
Conservatives Make Their
Pretence Felt in the '
Reichstag.
SOCIALISTS ABE LOYAL
(CrrMPndnes 6t Th AwoetaUS Ptvm.)
Berlin, July 4. The Reichstag ses
sion recently closed was marked by
interesting developments in the rela
tions between the government and the
various political parties. One result
waa to bring out more sharply than
hitherto the opposition of the con
servatives to Chancellor Bethmann
Hollweg.
The conservatives represent the old
aristocratic traditions of Prussia, and
their social and political influence is
so great that they usually succeeded
under previous chancellors in snap
ing the course of the government
They have ever taken the lead in
opposing ail socialist ana democratic
tendences in the state; and before
the war one of their chief lines of pol
irv was war upon the socialists as an
element dangerous to the monarchy
and the present order Of society
Since the war has been in progress
however, the government has quite
changed its attitude toward the so
cialists. The chancellor has steadily
acted in the spirit of the emperor's
declaration, made just as the war was
about to begin, that henceforth he
Knew no parlies, out oniy uermana.
The loyalty with which the social
ists have stood by the government
and helped to tight the country s Pat
tlea has been more than once rceog
nized by Bethmann Hollweg in his
speeches in the Reichstag, and he has
clearly admitted this fact must lead
to some politicsl readjustments sfter
the war is over. This has never
pleased the conservatives. But the
chancellor has gone on his way mak
ing friends of the socialists and tn
viting their support for government
measures. The conservatives looked
on coldly at sll this, for they ssw thst
their best argument for keeping the
government rigidly conservative was
being wrested from their hands.
The Big Problem.
Besides this, the conservatives have
taken offense st the government's tax'
ation policy. Thev are tully commit
ted to the view that the empire must
collect its revenue tax through indi
rect taxaiton, like customs duties snd
internal revenue taxes of. various
kinds. Especially do they urgently
insist that direct taxes income, gen
eral property and inheritance taxes
should be reserved for , the federal
states. The huge problem, however,
of raising revenues to psy interest on
the war debt, to pay pensions, sn
meet other expenses growing out of
the war. cannot be solved without re
sorting to direct tsxation there are
not enough indirect taxes in reach to
meet the requirements of the situa
tion. Hence along with the various
indirect taxes proposed this spring
was a direct tax on war protits. in
working out the details of collecting
this tax. however. It was touno oy
the budget committee that it would
be practically impossible to distin
guish between profits due to the war
and profits not due to it Hence sn
all-'round property tax of one mill on
the dollar wss proposed oy tne com
mittee snd accepted by the govern
ment Some of the conservatives
finally voted for the tax; but their
two leaders, Count Westarp snd von
Hevdebrand. voted against it to the
hitter end. In this, curiously enough,
thev found themselves alone with the
small group oi socialists wno apiu
off from the main body of the so
cialists last March.
; . Views of Conservative.
In the debates on these tax meas
ures snd on the press censorship the
conservatives were very severe
their criticisms of the government
and of the chancellor. ! They resent
it in osrticular that their newspapers
were not permitted to say what they
pleased about the United States in the
height of the submarine controversy
between Washington . ana Berlin
neither can thev forgive the chancel
ior for having yielded in modifying
the form ot submarine wartare.
Several days ago the chancellor
aooke with unusual passion in ex
nosing the false statements put forth
in an anonymous pamphlet written to
attack him, a pamphlet evidently em
anating from conservative hesdquar-
ters, snd he also had some snarp
thinas to sav in replying to another
pamphlet by Herr Kapp, an influen
tial conservative politician. These
pamphlets made the impression upon
the country that the conservatives
were beginning a systematic cam
paign for the overthrow of Bethmann
Hollweg. Some of the national lib
erals are also dissatisfied with the
chancellor and are known to symps
thize with these attacks upon him.
In proportion, however, as the ultra-
nationat elements turn away injm mc
chancellor, he is finding alt the warm
er support from the other parties m
the Reichstag, including the old so-
cia ist party. It waa a curious, un
wonted spectacle, during the chancel
lor s speech of June 6, to see the con
servatives listening with mute dissent,
along with the seceding socialists,
while all the other parties in the
house spplauded him to the echo.
'olish School Society Is to
Introduce Lecture Courses
(Corraspendcno of Ths Aaaaelatad fraaa.l
Warsaw. July 4. The German
military administration has allowed
the revival of the Polish School so-,
city, which the Russians had pro
hibited in the year 1907. The society
will now organize branchea in all the
chief towns and will open primary,
intermediate, and high achools st
many places. Libraries will be estab
lished, lecture courses for educational
purposes will be instituted, and peda-
gogicai ana otner scicnuuc periodi
cals will be published by the society.
New German Coal Company :
To Trade in Balkan Countries
(CnrraittondMioa of Tha Aasoelatad Praaa.)
The Hague. July 24.-The Balkan
Coal Trade company, incorporated, is
the title of a new concern iust formed
in Berlin by the principal coal mas
ters, the object of the company being
to deal in coal with the Balkan coun
tries. The capital of the company is
.000.000 marks. The Prussian min
ister of finance participates to the
extent of 400,000 marks snd Prince
Hana Heinrich yon Pless is also a
shareholder, r
