Show THE BIG DRIVE W HITHER the allies were really ready rendy for the big bin g drive when they began egan it a n few days a s 's ago only the future can cnn tell It Jt was necessary some time ago agoo it is especially necessary necessary necessary sary now if the wa elin wavering Balkan states are to be given something to think about and if the tide of in invasion invasion invasion in- in into Russia is to 10 be deflected back bark to the tho w western tern front Many reasons demanded some such display of energy and of military prowess by tho allied nations They were liskin risking less of failure than perhaps per per- I haps would have been the case earlier because the German Gennan strength in I Prance France and Flanders is probably now I at its lowest ebb The flotation of a I war loan in the United States Slates with nothing as ns its Hi security but the permanency permanency perma perma- nene nency of the tho nations that get et the money will be helped by br success The Balkans Balkam wavering wu between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente need 1 this sharp warning Russia has been inaction oi oiher of growing restive over the her allies since to that she hc may properly properly prop prop- erly charge man many of her own trou trou- bles Stirring h happenings s may be expected expected ex ex- within the next few weeks il if the drive means anything thing more than thana a n mero mere re response to the demands for foi action I K If it means that Great Britain Britain Britain Brit Brit- ain considers herself nt at last sufficiently sufficiently sufficiently provided pro with munitions the war will continue on more equable terms with an occasional German defeat defeat de de- feat to vary ary the monotony of uninterrupted uninterrupted uninterrupted German victories If Tf it means only that the thc allies have determined to dig pig themselves es in for the tho winter a n few miles nearer the German Getman border bonIer the thrill will trill be short The character of oi the operations operation that have distinguished hed the drive justify justify jus ins the tho British analysis that this is a war ar of equipment and of materials Trenches must be bo made too loo hot to hold their occupants and the tho morale of the latter must bo he weakened by hy a no hurricane of shell and shrapnel before of a charge is possible Fifty hours honl's bombardment preceded the flue assault upon the tho German lines tactics hitherto hither hither- to probably impossible to the allies because of shortage of munitions |