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This article presents information on political developments in several countries. U.S. Secretary William Howard Taft's speech at the Union League Club on Thursday night was mainly a defence of extravagance. The facts he admitted, he could not well do otherwise with the U.S. Treasury reports before him. Responsibility for the great heightening of the cost of government, however, he refused to accept for his party. It was, rather, a kind of mysterious and fated "tendency upward" which had played the mischief with accounts. So serious have been German losses from typhoid fever in Southwest Africa that mutterings of discontent in the press have now become a chorus of protest. It is bad enough, critics say, that the prestige of the service should have been lowered by military blunders of various kinds, but that the medical department of the finest army in the world should have failed so lamentably in its efforts to safeguard the health of troops is nothing less than disgraceful.

This article discusses Leader of the Nazi Party Adolf Hitler, the failure of his peace offensive, and how the time is at hand to wage war against Britain and France. The author suggests that terrorism would be most successful in the west. Military leaders in the German command are advising against the initiative, but Hitler has the resources and the nerve to outweigh his besiegers.

The German Government is still under the obsession of the war-map. The present Chancellor dwells upon it in order to show how strong is the German military position; and the German press harps upon the fact that, while the soil of the Fatherland knows no invader, the victorious German army is occupying thousands of square miles of enemy territory. The argument is that if the Allies were not pig-headed and wicked, they would take a good look at the war-map and at once ask for the best terms of peace obtainable.

Presents information regarding the peace efforts being made after the end of World War I. Differences that cropped up in the Peace Conference being held in Paris, France, on the issue of treatment of Germany after the end of the World War I; Threatening by the U.S. representatives at the Conference that they may insist change of venue to any neutral country if French media and representatives did not change their attitudes; Observation that the chief hope of the French statesmen who wish the treaty of peace to bring about permanent discrimination against Germany depends upon the assistance which they will receive from the U.S. sympathizers; Argument that the policy of permanent discrimination against Germany will never succeed; Information that German armies were not dissolved immediately after the war as it would have created chaos in the country.

Comments on the decision of the Germans to bring their offensive against the French and British armies to a standstill. Strategy to maintain the advantage of the initiative; Indication of the strength of the Allied High Command; Consequence of the failure of the Germans to obtain a victory.

The crashing advances of the German Panzer divisions in the Balkans and in North Africa have monopolized the headlines during the past week. Yet grave as the turn of events in the Near East is, one must recognize that the focal point of danger is still the Atlantic. The toll of the U-boats and the German long-range bombers has been rising. Revised British figures of March sinkings give a total of 375,000 tons and one must presume a proportionate quantity of damaged shipping to add to the pressure on British yards.

This article presents information regarding changes made by the German ruler Adolf Hitler in the top commands of the German Army. At the climactic stage in the Battle of Germany Hitler once again seeks to stave off his inevitable fate by a shuffle of top commanders in the western theater of war. Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's headquarters confirmed on March 22, 1945 what had earlier been rumored in Swedish and Swiss dispatches, that Field Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstede has been relieved of his command in the west. Whatever his feelings toward Hitler and the Nazi regime, the Marshal is known to belong to the "no surrender" school. Although as a strategist he is not so highly rated as Rundstedt, he is a master of the slow, hard-fighting retreat.

Examines the parallels between the Battle of Chancellorsville in the American Civil War and the second German offensive operation in Poland against the Russian and Polish forces. Similarities between the strategies and decision-making by Confederate leader Robert E. Lee and German Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg; Locations of the main German and Russian armies in relation to the Silesian frontier, Lodz, Kalisz and the Vistula; Importance of capturing Warsaw; Roles of communications and railroad transportation in the German offensive.

This article presents information related to political, economics and social issues in the U.S. and around the World. To meet the growing demand, a new bank in Berlin, Germany has just been started which will make a specialty of American securities and finish accurate and up-to-date information to any German investor who thinks of purchasing stocks and bonds. Many Southern professors declare that not only in examinations, but deportment generally, Southern students are bound by the honor of a gentleman. The honor system in the North is weak precisely where the liberal' regime in the South is strong. The decision of the German naval authorities to use turbine engines hereafter is remarkable, because up to this time their prejudice against turbines has been strong.

This article presents news including the crumbling German resistance to the U.S. soldiers in France, a strategic mistake made by the German military, which may cost them the majority of their position in France, and the destruction, and or disorganization, of the German army north of the Pinsk marshes.

Reports on the effect of Soviet offensive on the German conduct of war during the Second World War. Report that Soviet offensive has brought about the severest crisis in the German strategy; View that this offensive has revealed the material might of the Red Army; Report that since the beginning of the offensive the Red Army has had a definite preponderance in infantry and artillery, and probably in tanks as well; Information on the Russian strategic planning; Aspects of the German crisis in the Russian war; View that the Nazis has had to pay dearly for their strategy of ruthless territorial conquest by a crisis in supply and a diminishing of its offensive power; Conclusion that the coalition strategy of the Allies for 1943 will assume the character of a combined Soviet-Anglo-American offensive.

Presents information on the myth surrounding the German army that the German high command is hostile to the Nazis and loyal to the old German ideas. Dismissal of the myth that German army is different and distinct from the Nazi party; Impact of the treaty between Germany and Soviet Union on the effort towards European reconstruction which was the main topic of discussion in the Genoa Conference of 1922; Information on the economic rearmament of Germany; Role of Georg Thomas, General of German Infantry, in establishing the War Economy Board; Facilitation of switching from peace-time to wartime economy was made possible by the efficiency of the board; Demand for the maximum utilization of human and material resources for quick rearmament; Implications of entrusting postwar Germany to the "German army"; Recommendations for educating Germans to elect and follow leaders who are not lusting for becoming the masters of Europe and of the world.

The article presents incidents related to the world politics. The treaty of peace between the European belligerents, has been signed. About five millions of inhabitants are added by it to the territory of Prussia proper, which is equivalent to an addition of about 60,000 men to her standing army. But it also puts under her absolute control the troops of the whole of North Germany, which will increase her disposable force by about one-third, and render her. It is safe to say, the first power in Europe. It is, clearly, only a step towards the ultimate consolidation of Germany. Another event refers to the incident of organizing a "Labor Congress," in which co-operation was the great remedy for the ills of the working-classes, organized by the working-men who are in favor of the eight-hour movement.

This section offers business news briefs around the world in 1935. In Germany, financial expert Hjalmar Schacht claims in his 1935 speech in Koenigsberg, Germany that the government had been focused on rebuilding the German armed forces and military draft. In France, French government had embargoed their produced commodities including coal, scrap iron and steel against Italy due to the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. In Great Britain, British war production had grown in September 1935, resulting to 158.3 million British pounds of income from 1934.

The article presents news updates from the field of politics and government in the United States. Whatever the outcome of the battles in Russian Poland, it is perfectly obvious that the German army must revise its judgment of the Russian troops, precisely as it has been compelled to admit that its low opinion of the British soldiers was erroneous. It is hard to part with a war-myth, but people shall have to give up those famous "concrete beds" which the Germans had prepared in England. The loss of the battleship Bulwark may turn out to have been due to the Germans, but that is hardly likely to prove the case.

This article discusses the new defense strategy being planned by the United States and its implications for European nations. The pressure for a revision in strategy is mounting in the U.S. as the result of some major developments. First, the Russians have steadily built their air forces in the West and now are constructing rocket platforms for guided missiles around Europe. Also, United States army leaders believe that it is better to choose Germany instead of France because they are abler than the latter to defend Europe.

Comments on the effort of the German army to gain the upperhand for the culmination of the world war. Proofs of the prowess of the German military; Use of the offensive for success in Russia; Compromise of the future of democratic aspirations.

Presents information on probability of the establishment of world peace. Comments on the position of the ruling forces of Germany; Opinion on Germany's military position; View that Belgian and French territory occupied by the German armies will be held as pawns to be given up only in exchange for suitable concessions; Interpretation of the speech by Georg Von Hertling, German Chancellor; Demands of U.S. President, Woodrow Wilson on settlement of war aims; View that Hertling is not responsible for Austria's internal situation, nor for the growth in the Dual Monarchy of a peace movement to which the government may be forced to yield.

Explains that the United States wants to know how the German Infantry fight in the First World War. Example of a section of country which has been fortified with barbed wire, trenches, and natural cover; Germans open a heavy artillery fire before the attack; Shrapnel plays havoc with men in open country; German attack goes up in three parallel and widely separated lines; Germans were the first to use extensively the breech-loading rifle; German military literature insists that the Germans must always take the offensive.

September 29, 1943 is the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Munich pact. By now the entire world is in agreement that for the French and British the pact was the greatest diplomatic defeat in modern history. But it was not an isolated defeat. It was the culmination of a series of shameful submissions that began in 1936 when German troops entered the demilitarized Rhineland and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain found it was natural for the Germans to reoccupy territory which they had been forced to cede.

While asking for a second front that would bring about the withdrawal of 60 German divisions from the eastern front, the Russians have been engaged in pushing westward the entire German army of some 200 divisions at about as rapid a rate as could possibly have been achieved by any Anglo-American action. Having completely smashed the German lines in the Donbas and in the sector halfway between Kursk and Kiev, the Red Army has moved forward with unprecedented speed. Advances as great as twenty miles in a single day have been reported.

Much of the current optimism regarding the World War II in Europe is due to incomplete acquaintance with the facts. The Russian and African campaigns have been, as they deserve to be, widely acclaimed. They point to a steady disintegration of German military strength and to an eventual Allied victory. But much less well advertised has been the steady gain of German submarines in the Atlantic, the mounting sinkings whose cumulative effect can well postpone indefinitely the day of victory. Germany has apparently lost its chance of winning the Second World War.

Reports on how Russian Marshal Ivan Koniev's Red armies trapped and slaughtered ten German divisions in Ukraine. Description of the Ukrainian landscape; Number of German prisoners who surrendered to the Red armies; Highlights of the confrontations between the Red armies and the Nazi 8th army.

Looks at the way the Battle of the Balkans differs from the three other great battles which had been fought in Western Europe. War tactic used by the German army to successfully conquer Western European countries; Reason for the refusal of the German army to stage a blitzkrieg war in the Balkans; Way in which the Germany won the Battle of the Balkans.

Relates the celebration of the independence of Norway after several years of being under German occupation in May 1945. Agreement between the Allied forces and German troops that the latter would evacuate all the towns except their central headquarters in Lillehammer; Delays in clearing out Germans that resulted from sending home first the displaced persons; Factors that contributed to the end of the black market in the country.

Focuses on the factors that influenced the mass surrender of the German armies in Northern Italy during World War II. Impact of the war on cities, power plants and factories in the country; Background of the capitulation; Military consequences posed by the surrender.

Discusses the armed forces of West Germany and its political will of its own in keeping peace and protecting the state. Plan of the German Army , headed by Brigadier General Count Wolf von Baudissin to reform the German military spirit; Influence of Baudissin on German Army to institute reforms to make the army more democratic; Support of the German Government given to West German Armies.

The article focuses on the arrival of Ib Poulsen and Carlos Ziebell, leaders of Greenland's sledge patrol, on the Eskimo settlement of Scoresby Sound in Greenland on April 30, 1943 to defend the area against German forces. The sledge patrol troops asked the U.S. forces to send them an aircraft and a machine gun. Poulsen knew that the capture of Lieutenant Hermann Ritter, commander of the German expedition, would lead to the attack of Scoresby Sound by the Germans to save their troop commander. Germans continued to attack the U.S. Coast Guard ships with its weather-reconnaissance planes.

Reports on the dismissal of military director of personnel, General Burkhard Mueller-Hillebrand in the German Armed Forces. Rejection of a candidate for a junior command by the general although recommended by Defense Minister Josef Strauss; Contempt shown by Mueller-Hillebrand for the civil power; Dismissal of the general by issuing a statement to the press.

Presents information regarding political development taking place in the U.S. Suggestion that establishing a German army would cut the U.S. occupation costs and help hold back Soviet Union; Denial by U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson and U.S. President Harry S. Truman of the report that Germany is being rearmed; Conversation in the direction of bringing France and Germany together; Restoration of German sovereignty little by little; Visit of Acheson to Bonn in an effort to introduce Germany to the polite society; Statistics revealed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission showing that in each big industry covered, one-third of the total assets are controlled by six corporations or fewer; Information that Shah of Iran was welcomed by Truman, made honorary captain of the George Washington University football team, and then left for a visit to New York.

Presents information on recent developments related to the World War II. Strategy adopted by the German high command in the world war; Information that the high command's original defense against the Soviet attack was broken by the unexpected vigor of the onslaught; Claim that the high command is preparing a new series of battles which will probably sooner or later be featured by a counter-attack; Problems before the Soviet Union general, of getting his own infantry formations up for the struggle.

Discusses the collapse of the British armed forces in the First World War during Germany's invasion of Warsaw, Poland, at a time when there was a prospect of victory for the Allies. British army did not exceed 400,000 men instead of the million men that were needed; British losses in Ypres, Belgium; Germans reckoned the British were no longer a force to be reckoned with on the offensive; Germany made their calculations on the conviction that Russia could be overwhelmed before the British could materially improve their situation.

Explains that the eighth month of the First World War contains three events of disadvantage to the cause of Germany. Attack on the Dardanelles Strait, Turkey; British armed forces victory at Neuve Chapelle, France; Russian armed forces triumph at Przemysl, Poland; German and Austrian armed forces together number some 120 million; Russia, France, and Great Britain have the resources of United States, Asia, and Africa to back them; In these conditions Germany needs to win promptly if it is to win at all; German effort on the west came to a complete halt on the whole front.

Reports on the Allied offensive against Germany. Assumption that there is a strong underground movement in Germany with popular support; Hope of Germans that with the Republican Party in power heavy American casualty lists might give the needed impetus to those social forces which could bring about a negotiated peace short of unconditional surrender; Political aim of German power to make the Allied victory as long delayed and as costly as possible; Use of tactical air power by Germans in the land fighting around Caen; Insistence of Nazis on defending to the limit everything their armies have occupied.

Emphasizes the need to rescue the Jews who remain alive in Europe in line with the impending defeat of the Nazi German armies. Number of Jews who have died in the war being waged by the Nazis; Failure of the liberal world to take action in rescuing Jews from certain extermination; Role of the democratic governments in protecting the Jews.

Focuses on various aspects of the full-fledged Russo-German war. Offensive and active defense plan of the German and the Red Army respectively; Balance of power between German and Russian armies; German strategy of the battle of annihilation during the war; Improvisation of the remedy of the use of infantry and artillery as anti-tank troops by the Russians; Report that Russian strategic reserves were thrown in so swiftly and efficiently that they were able to restore a continuous front and parry the crucial German attack over a semicircle around Moscow, Russia; Report that the second battle of Moscow, begun late in November, was waged with weakened offensive power; Victory of the Russians in the battle of the south; Report that at present, the fighting strength of the Red Army is higher than at the outbreak of the war and the offensive power of the Germans is apparently below that of their supreme effort in mid-October; Advantages of the German army of having large territorial gains; Risks for the German army, of an exposed position deep in the enemy country.

Focuses on the strategy of the Soviet Union in the Russo-German War. Prediction that German strategic methodology will comprise the rapid destruction of the enemy army as in earlier campaigns; Requirement of counter-measures against German military bases in East Prussia, Poland and Rumania; Suggestion for field fortifications in the recently acquired Russian territories to gain time for completing Russian concentrations; Suggestion to retire to the permanent defense lines lying along the old Russo-Polish border to a depth of fifty to one hundred miles, to the west of the line Kiev-Vitebsk; Comparison of the military capabilities of the Soviet Red Army and the German Wehrmacht.

Focuses on German Dictator Adolf Hitler's plans for an attack on Danzig and Poland. Report that these plans call for an intensive surprise attack by the Reich Army one hundred kilometers south of the Free City, the full width of the Corridor and some sixty kilometers broad, in an attempt to join East and West Prussia, Germany, thus cutting off Poland from the sea; Conviction of Hitler that the Cabinets of London, England and Paris, France, are less decided to go to war than they were last September, even though they have formed an alliance with Poland; Declaration of the highest generals in the Reich Army that the German Army can now maintain a war on all fronts at the same time, for it is stronger than in 1914 through its Italian and Japanese allies, who will certainly fulfill their obligations, especially at the outset; Report that about July 14, 1931, Hitler outlined to his collaborators the diplomatic strategy be intended to employ to achieve his ends; Report that during the afternoon of August 2, Hitler undertook a series of military measures corresponding to this future diplomatic move; Information on orders given by Hitler on the night of August 2, to begin the preparations of the secret protocol of the German-Italian-Japanese pact; Reasons behind Hitler's decision; Report that Hitler judged that in the circumstances, time was working against him and if victory were to smile on him, he must strike at once.

The article focuses on the work done on social progress in the occupied France by Prussian army. The Prussian army is the first, however, to be a perfect reproduction of the society which sends it to the field. To form it, all Prussian men lay down their tools or pens or books, and shoulder muskets. Its excellences and defects are those of the community at large, and the community at large being cultivated in an extraordinary degree, one get for the first time in history a real example of the devotion of mind and training, on a great scale, to the work of destruction. Their perfect handling of the enormous masses which are now maneuvering in France has been made in large degree possible by the intelligence of the privates.