Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-07-14 | Page 6 | Dr. Aked's Report

DR. AKED'S REPORT. l.Vv. Dr. Akfil or San 1'raiii-isco ?.riM out of llerinany tho latest news rcKimlinif the Hititmlcs of various factions fac-tions towar.l ;iP3t'C His discovered tliat tin, hat tie of Jutland lias nolahly stilT-eueii stilT-eueii the tleleriuinittion of the war party ! to continue tho conflict. He estimates tliat this boh battle has letiKt'aened Ihe ( war by nt least a year, hut does not ex- plain v hv it has had that effect. ' It is only a few months sinco the I German government sent a note, mip- posed to have, been dictated by Kaiser Wilhelni, to J'lesideut Wilson regard-inn regard-inn th snlimiirine controversy. Jn it the emperor sought to place tho blame for the continuance of war upon the allies, lie stated that Germany had long been ready to accept peace proposals. Commenting Com-menting upon this statement, KnfrUsh statesmen and journals pointed out that the emperor wanted only such peace as would give Germany all that a victorious victori-ous country had a right to exact, and n4i h peace, they added, could not be considered by the allies. Judging by Dr. Aked's testimony, it is apparent that the war party will accept nothing less than tho terms they insisted upon six months or more ago. Dr. Aled points out that there 5b a strong peace party in Germany, but that the war party still is dominant. Editor Harden and other ablo men fulminate against militarism and the stiff-necked .,:...., c ....... lrtr.to nnrl call nnon NllUUUO Ul 111 ..... tho people of the fatherland to arouse themselves and ceaso to be "dumb-driven "dumb-driven cattle," but the war party maintains main-tains its mastery of the situation. The explanation is that the majority of the German people still believe in ultimate victory. And yet tho impartial ob-; ob-; servers wonder why the inconclusive battle in tho North sea should have ' more -weight on public opinion in Ger many than the tremendously successful, although so far indecisive, drive of the Russians. General Brussilo'ff has taken ( 270,000 prisoners iiud probably has in flicted that number of casualties. In a word, he has already put out of action more than 52"),000 of the' enemy and shows no sins as yet of discontinuing his offensive. On the other hand, the Jutland battle resulted in serious losses to the Germans and forced them to submit sub-mit to England's mastery of the sea, at least temporarily. Germany "s warships returned to port immediately after the battle and many of her vessels are undergoing un-dergoing repairs which cannot be completed com-pleted inside of several months. The true explanation probably is that the state of mind in Germany is just as much as ever doctored, so to speak, bv the government's publicists. Only an occasional voice is raised daringly to point out that the allies are undefeated and ever growing stronger by land, if not bv sea. The government publicists counteract these infrequent protests by showing that Germany still holds the enemy en-emy 's soil and many rich cities ; that there is v.tt danger of any real food famine; fam-ine; that Germany and Austria still are making more ammunition than are the allies, and that Germany still has more than a million reserves. It is a telling argument on the surface, especially the reference to the reserves, but even a million reserves cannot last many months at the present rate of consuming consum-ing " cannon fodder." ' It is a general opinion in the allied countries that the ' ' tide has turned ' that Germany and Austria must con- j tinue to grow weaker while the allies wax stronger, and that ultimately the Teutonic lines, st ret cited to the limit, will break at numerous points and then collapse. With the belligerents in these moods, peace has not the slightest chance at present, ami not until late in the summer sum-mer or early in the fail will the world t hirge he able to judge which way the r.de has definitely turned.