Anxiety in Berlin

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 40, 3 October 1914, Page 5

Anxiety in Berlin

NEWSPAPERS PREPARE GERMAN PEOPLE FOR DEFEAT RECOGNITION OF FRENCH AND BRITISH FIGHTING. """'" (Received 9.15 a.m.) Rotterdam, October 2. The Germans here are aghast at the tone of the latest Berlin newspapers, which are preparing the German people for defeat. Official messages admit that the German tfopjps may be compelled to abandon certain positions, but they ask, for a suspension of judgment until the result of the combined operations is known. The Berliner Tageblatt says: "The announcement of an extensive attack against the German flank' is not calculated to relieve anxiety, but we know the German lines are protected by broad echelons, and even if fresh French and British forces advance north-eastward they are bound -to encounter the echelons, which the German commanders have withhejd in expectation of such an advance. The influence, of the British reinforcements is showing itself more and more. They are effective'enough to impede, though the results will not "be lasting. Why not admit this, because the victory must be ours. The more difficult it is, the greater the honor. Around Verdun a decisive movement is approaching. We forced our way through the outworks, but found on the heights to the westward of the Meuse a very strong position prepared by the enemy. The French are experts at building up such positions. Their obstinacy in defence and attack, deserves recognition. It has taught a lesson to all who expected an easy time.