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In our opinion, the failure of the Germans, Austrians, and

Bulgarians to attack us and the French at Salonika is a notable sign of weakness. Consider the situation. Here you have armies, which are supposed to be flushed with their great victory over the Serbians, showing an almost complete inertia. For the last two months they have been merely watching the French and British fully reinforcing themselves with men, guns, and muni- tions of all sorts. They have not dared to strike a blow to prevent that reinforcement. Of such inertia there is only one explana- tion. The Germans and Bulgarians are too weak to attempt to do what every military text-book tells them they ought to do. and do instantly—attack in force before the reinforcements reach the Allies.

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