. St. Nicholas [serial]. 255. THE WATCH TOWER Review of Current EventsBY S. E. FORMAN Author of Advanced Civics, A History of the United States, etc. THE GREAT WAR No sooner had the Great War begun than menbegan to talk about when it would end. At firsta great many people were of the opinion that itwould last only a few weeks, or a few months atmost, for it did not seem possible to prolong awar where the machines of death are so power-ful and destructive as they are in these those who held this belief soon found theywere mistaken. After the conflict had raged forseveral months, it wa
. St. Nicholas [serial]. 255. THE WATCH TOWER Review of Current EventsBY S. E. FORMAN Author of Advanced Civics, A History of the United States, etc. THE GREAT WAR No sooner had the Great War begun than menbegan to talk about when it would end. At firsta great many people were of the opinion that itwould last only a few weeks, or a few months atmost, for it did not seem possible to prolong awar where the machines of death are so power-ful and destructive as they are in these those who held this belief soon found theywere mistaken. After the conflict had raged forseveral months, it was seen plainly enough thata long war under modern conditions zias possi-ble. Then it was said that the war might last ayear. Few believed that the awful strife couldlast beyond this lirriit. In Great Britain, how-ever, the outlook, almost from the beginning, wasfor a war that would continue much longer thana year. British statesmen declared that Germanymust be decisively defeated, and military expertssaid that it would requir
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