7 APRIL 1917, page 2

Which Of The Three Schemes We Have Discussed Has Actually

been adopted by Germany—for, as we have said, we feel certain that one of them has been adopted—must very soon be disclosed to the world, for we must give our enemy the credit......

Of Course We May, And Do, Wish They Would Make

the experiment, and make it in as large numbers as possible. If they would only come a quarter of a million strong, we could make sure of disposing of them both from the naval......

Again, There Are The Thousands Of Tons Of Barbed Wire

which must be put up in front of the trench line, for we can assure our German enemies that they will not be able to pick up barbed wire as they march through our coast......

Further, The Germans No Doubt Hope That The New Line

will be better designed for standing purely on the defensive. The Germans, whether voluntarily or owing to the operation of circumstances, have thus a good deal of man-power in......

The Next Temptation To The Germans Would Be A Massed

attack by the best part of the Austrian troops, reinforced by a large section of Germans, upon the Italian front. The plan would no doubt be to make a terrific drive down the......

But Though It Is Perfectly True To Say That The

Germans have been forced to go back, we must not for a moment suppose that they are merely bluffing when they tell us in effect that they have voluntarily drawn back in order to......

On The Whole, The General Military Situation Is...

The more the matter is examined, the clearer it is that the Germans made their great retirement on the Western front, and gave back to France so large a portion of the......

But, Remember, Even If The Worst Came To The Worst,

and the Germans, not caring what might be their losses, should, by out- numbering the Italians in men and guns, be able to secure some temporary successes, the resources of the......

The Third Alternative For A German Counterstroke To...

and justify their enforced retirement is an attempt to invade these islands. This, judged from the standpoint of what we may call sane military- policy, is of course crazy.......

At This Moment We May Be Certain That The Germans

have decided upon some counterstroke which will compensate for their retirement on the Somme. Where is that counterstroke to fall ? There are three possible places outside the......