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Show WHAT THE GERMANS MUST DO TO WIN. Germany's army, to win, must go forward. That is one of the tremendous tremen-dous handicaps under which the Kaiser labors. Therefore, every back ward movement, unless for strategic purposes, is a serious blow to the Germans. Were the armies of Generals Von Kluck and Von Buelow and the Crown Prince to be forced to retreat to the frontier and back again on German territory, the war would be over so far as the prospects of a complete German victory might be considered, and the reason Is that Germany cannot can-not escape Its present Isolation except by a breaking of the cordon by which the nation is hemmed in, and Ger many cannot long remain isolated without suffering complete commercial commer-cial breakdown and demoralization. In the earlier stages of the retreat of the German armies from around Paris and to the east, there "was a possibility that the allies were being drawn away from their base to allow the Germans to fall upon them with crushing force, but the withdrawal has been so precipitate and so general, gen-eral, with so much evidence of dls tress, that it now becomes evident that the retreat is in the nature of a defeat which must have a most depressing de-pressing effect on the Boldlers, who, a fortnight ago, were flushed with victory and looking forward to the occupation of Paris. Today the retreating Germans are reported making a stand north of the River Aisne. If they can hold their ground even for a day, their safe retirement through northern Prance will be fairly well assured; if they not only retain their positions but gain ground, then the war once more will begin to assume the proportions pro-portions of a long drawn out conflict con-flict in which final success will come to the side that has the greater endurance. |