4 MARCH 1916, Page 1

We may well be wrong, but it would be just

like the Germans to argue : " It would be better to add three hundred thousand Swiss troops to the enemy forces than to lose perhaps double that number of men in failing to break through else- where." Wo must never forget that the Germans are very fond of the proverb, " Desperate ills need desperate remedies." In any case, the immediate situation must bo one for deep anxiety. The German failure, or, to bo perfectly accurate, temporary failure, at Verdun is a good beginning for us, but it is by no means the last word in the German offensive. The

Dist pull on the rope is always the worst, and may cut your hands to the very bone. It has not come yet, but it is coming. Let es make no mistake about that.