Looking
to the final outcome of war,
No
one in America wavers in the belief,
That
the Allies will not gain victory -
Apart
From German-American’s who,
Like
the Kaiser, feel God is on their side.
In
the interests of speculation
Officers
of the American army,
Were
canvassed for their opinion
Of
the European war’s outcome,
By
the publishers of New York World.
40
officers above the rank of Captain,
Were
asked to answer 2 questions:
How
long will the war in Europe last?
Which
side will be the victor?
To
note twenty officers did not reply.
The
overall answers were as follows:
The
war will last from nine to eighteen
Months,
and then Germany, unless
She
is super human, will be defeated.
Among
them, one said that Germany
Had
a strong fighting chance to win.
Being
noted as remarkable,
Was
same line of reasoned beliefs -
All
agreed that it is a war of all resources.
The
fighting will go on, until one side
Has
exhausted all their finite energies.
The
questions led to a unified conclusion.
From
the belligerents manner of force,
And
each powers state of mind, prior to war,
This
fight is likely to be a death struggle -
Until
one side is crushed. Then it will
be
More
than fifty years for the loser to recover.
by
Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1914.
How it will End – American Military Views. The Daily Telegraph, [online]
24 Sept. p.3. Col.1. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/11116439/Daily-Telegraph-September-24-1914.html
[Accessed: 24th September 2014].
Mann, J., 2014. 100
years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 24
September 2014).
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