IF GERMANY IS CRUSHED!

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11215, 22 October 1914, Page 5

IF GERMANY IS CRUSHED!

KAISER'S DREAM BLASTED. "LIKE A GAMBLER." The whole American Press hails with praise tho triumphant action of tho allied armies over the Gevmanw in France and unstinted applause is given both to General Joffro for his strategy and the British and French troops for their brilliant fighting (says a, Home exchange). Tho "Now York Tribune" has, however, the hifc>ies«i praise for General Joft're, who," it says, "faced a critical situation calmly and with a success duo to the exercise of the prime military qualities of self-control and patience. Ho had to resist enormous pressure when he decided to mako no serious resistance to tho German advance, and to retire before General von Kluck until the Gorman armies came within a day's march of Paris. "He adhered to his plan, fighting a general battle only when his armies were brought up to full strength, and those who criticised him when tho Germans were over-running northeastern France now must admit the superiority of his judgment. At his own time and on his own ground he exerted all his energy and heat back the entire German front. In this he was nobly assisted by the British troops, who have earned undying fame on the fields of France."

The "Evening Post" declares that the first stage of the war is over, and it oi/ea thinks that the time has come to contemplate a victory of tho Allies. "While the menace of German militarism still exists," says the paper, "it seems certain that tho illtiinsitevictory will be given to the allied troops, and we may not be wrong'to take account of the problems that must arise if Germany is crushed." fhe " Evening Sim " does not comment editorially, but has notes written by a military expert, who considers that.the German Emperor has, "like a gambler, put all his fortunes on a single throw, and the dice have gone against .him. The dream of a German world dominion has been blasted on the banks of the Marno."