A RIDDLE OF THE WAR.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14650, 2 March 1918, Page 2

A RIDDLE OF THE WAR.

Writing to the "Fortnightly Review" for December, Mr Archibald Kurd remarks that the position of Germany today is ■ very much the. same as that of France when Napoleon's star was in the ascendant; Europe was at his feet, and yet the fruits of victory were denied to him by some unseen and incalculable power, which neither he nor his Ministers could comprehend. The armies trampled over Europe, everywhere imposing their will by the bayonet and the sword, and yet victory eluded their grasp; the 'final victory necessary to complete the tally of successes seemed always, slowly receding. To-day the German people study the war map and are mystified.because it offers no .solution Vfco the riddle. Why are they denied the results of the victories which they trace on the map? That is the riddle.of Ihe war. Psychological influence apart,' says Mr riurd, the determining infiuonces in all world struggles' ha-ve bean naval power and economic power. The submarine .campaign, with all its.illegalities and inhumanties, is Germany's-desperate effort to break a constriction which is sapping her life-blood. ..Sometimes impatience is exhibited when.for a .long time the fleet maintains silence. The ,war wkl be won by the army and navy acting together. -They ■ constitute .not .two. services, but one. .