Show Allies Preparing k For Germanys Germany's Chast Chastisement semen t Continued From Preceding Page kinds nothing the tho Germans ma may mayy do Can tan prevent pre us from gaining rapidly upon them In In the west there will be a still stillmore stillmore more Infernal Internal contest before ore be the end but our relative means to batter down o resistance will Increase until our opponents opponents opponents op op- op- op are prostrate F f je c Can the enemy expect any better fortune fortuno in the east cast Hindenburg is said though said though the reports are conflictIng conflict conflict- Ing to ing-to to have havo been placed In supreme command of ot all the forces of the central central central cen cen- empires from the Baltic to the Guns are being massed and shells sheila piled up for some somo heavy stroke at the Tsars Tsar's armies As an intellectual leader w we e do not believe that Hindenburg thou though h the legend of his namo name counts for much in tho enemy's ono ono- mys my's ranks is the equal of men like and others amongst the nus Russians lans Our eastern eastorn allies cannot cannot cannot can can- not yet et have an equality in hea heavy artillery artillery artman ar ar- the have o other tillery but they assets ascots moral and ma material te-Ial te which may be expected ox- ox to enable them to hold their own At the very en worst their advance could only be bo retarded for a few tew mon months At the best there ml might ht bo be a debacle of the whole Hindenburg le legend end even before the winter The Thc German rally will bring bring- things to a pitch pitch of ot drama but win will not change fortune t of 01 n Germau German In these thes conditions tho the question of what nhat will win happen resembles an eng engl- I the 1 nee ing III In lm t L I II Into LU a s city c- c it Ity and strength th of ot materials undo under given stresses and strains There ar are two military theories of ot what mus must take place within a somewhat shorter or somewhat lon longer cr period pello Either th the enemy's present lines will sf until they break up at last at nt several points enabling the allies to roll up the enemy's enem enemy's ene ene- m mys my's forces section by br section an and so make an end Or 0 the central empires will tr try to prolong the struggle glo by a s. s fighting retreat and m b bv by making sue sue- uc- uc o stands on shortening lines JInes which would be serve l. l. l of course with Thi This r increasing railway efficiency latter latter atter attempt might ht or not retard th the I Issue suc but could In no event change chango It Let us now look at these theNe two theories s of or the enemy's fate ate Suppose first that he will not retreat or cannot re retreat retreat re- re treat trent without risk of ot speedier disaster and elects to fight I ht It out o grim Im death more or Ie less where here ho stands west an and east As his casualties In Increase tn- tn orease crease and hi his power to reinforce rapidly rap rap- idly s until it Is extinguished his present lines would become as a n whole thinner more rigid more mora brittle The pressure upon thorn them would increase threatened s sectors could only be he temporarily strengthened b bv by denuding others In a n. fatal manner certain to be detected The rho allies aUles would effect a to total total total to- to tal rupture of tho the enemy's front at some point when there would be no hostile hostilo power man-power to fill till tho the breach and would drive clean through h. h Before this took place the enemy's lines would woul have hl come como to an awkward conform conformation Other broad broat ruptures would speedily follow tollow The long de forred fn day of ot the allies' allies cavalry cn might ht come cone nt nl last and in a n great destruction destruction tion the enemy enem might be bo requited for tor all That Is a n perfectly thinkable end of or tr trench warfare within the next twelve c months It would mean moan a cata cata- It would be bo the debacle of or the enemy the eru crash h of ot the central em em- pires But thou though h this is by no means l Inconceivable and it would be tle se- se most moat to be preferred red we e are aie not nol yet ct to assume that It Is the inevitable Inc |