Richmond Times-Papering
66th YEAR
RICHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1916.
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Military Critic of Berlin Tageblatt Joins Ranks of Optimists.
SAYS ALLIES ARE FAILING
Declares Great Franco-British Offensive Is Gradually Weakening.
November 11?Major Morratt, famous military critic of the Berlin Tageblatt, has joined the optimists. He expresses the conviction today that the plans of the allies have failed on all fronts and that the central powers are strong than ever. He said, "Chancellor von Bethmann-Mollweg described the situation accurately. When he came in the Reichstag, the situation of the allies on the Somme front have not changed the general aspect of the war. We continue vigorously to resist the pressure from all sides, and the plans of the allies have failed in the Balkans, as they did in the east and west." The Chancellor simply stated the facts, without the rhetorical flourishes and the sport of which the French Prime Minister Roland and M. Lloyd George would have indulged, if they had been in his place.
"The great Franco-British offensive which was begun in July with ninety divisions, is only ebbing away with an army of 1,500,000 men the allies, in nearly four months, have reconquered forty-four."  Three small villagers and a few farms with a total population of 16,500. The territory gained by them is hardly one-third of 1 percent, the area in the possession of the Germans in Belgium and France. They have served between 6,000 and 8,000 men and accomplished practically nothing. No wonder that they are becoming tired, at least temporarily. 