El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-02
ENTENTE SEES
VICTORY AHEAD
Directors of Allied Govern
ments and Armies Send
Addresses to Armies.


ident Poincare Of France; Gen. Joffre
French commander in chief. and David
Lloyd-George, British secretary of
state for war, are published in the
Bulletin des Armees. the official jour
nal of the French army.
That Of Gen. Joffre follows:
Soldiers Of the Republic:
your third year Of fighting has
begun For two years past you have
been supporting with unfailing
strength the weight of an fmplaca BILE
conflict TOu have caused all the plans
Of our enemies to fail You vanquished
them on the Marine You checked them
on the User: and you beat them in the
Artois and in the Champagne at time
when they were vainiy seeking victory
on the plains of Russia Then your
victorious resistance during the battle
of five months duration broke the Ger
man effort in front Of Nerdun.
Germany VIII CrumbIe.
Thanks to your stubborn courage
the armies Of our allies have been eli-
able to manufacture arms. the weight
Of which our enemies today are ex-
periencing over their entire front.
The moment is approaching when,
under the strength of our mutual ad-
vance. the military power of Germany
Will crumble.
soldiers Of France. you may be
proud OF the work you already have
pllSneQ-
You have determined to see It
thTSugh TO the end Victory is certain
(Signed) '.Joffrer
Justice is On It's Way.
President Poincare wrote:
For the second time, my friends we
have to commemorate together, a soul
stirring anniversary. Two years ago
we lived hours that are not to be for
gotten; since then, two sections of man.
kind have been graphing with one
another and are fighting amid streams
OF blood The nations who have let
loose that stupendous catastrophe has
not completely eXpiated their act But
justice is on its way
President Poincare referred TO events
before the war and related how the
German troops entered French terri
tory and continued
Two years have passed. but amid !
the fatigues and perils these recoIec- |
tons my friends have remained vivid
IN your souls DO not let them become |
obllterated- because IL is they who gave |
TO this war its clear significance and /
Drlng TO light the beauty Of your task.
InstlnctlVely. mutilated France,
which during II years had iuDoseti J
sllence on her sorrow, understood in
1919 that the foe who was attacking
her. blinded by pride and fanaticized !
Dy hatred was attempting to destroy
sors are attempting TO falsifv history
Ihey were at first less knavish and I
more cynical when they f1attered them
selves IN seeing in the treaties grant
ed by them nothing but common SCRAPS
OF paper With insOlent frankness
they accepted the responsibility OF their
crime
The French people were not de-
celved- The nation was conscious that
theirs was a case of legitimate de-
fence; II realized spontaneously that |
sacred union which Is the main con-
dltlon and which found in the memo
rahle sitting Of the parliament on the (
ton
All Frenchmen Responded. I
The war became Immediately in the s
whole force Of term. a national war {
Ihere IS not Frenchman who re- s
NAMED deaf to the call of his country
YOUR fathers and save your national ! {
SOIL you were conscious that your na-
tional honor was AT stake: your knew 7
Also That you We're going to defend j
your hearths: that you were going to
1efend all which constitutes France 5
traditions. ideals. moral forces. pre- 7
served and developed by a nation which '
Will not die I
Cause Is That of Humanity. S
among these ideals one of the old {
sst and most deep rooted is the hor- {
or OF injustice. The violence melted | I
tut TO Servia and the invasion Of Bel
sium still further enhanced the out
)urst Of your patriotism and fortified |
'our resolution to be victorious. You
perceived that the cause Of which YOU !
lad become the champions out-meas-
lred your lives, that it was greater
han France herself that it embraced I
n reality civilization and humanity I
II IS a new crusade that you have !
crusade for the law Of :
.ations and for the liberty Of peoples :
The grandeur Of your mission has ex- .
lted your courage and you have re-
.ealed TO the world the true France |
hat France whose disappearance or
2 ha 1
amity and eternal loss TO mankind i
German Pressure Restrained.
our patience and gallantry during / |
ong months have restrained the pres c
ure OF the Germany army. The BAT q
leIields where you have repulsed the | q
nemy-the Marine. the User. Cham 1 1
agne. Artois. the Meuse and the a
omme. mark so many stages Of vic %
ory. II is you who have enabled 7
rance 10 organize her eQuipment and I
belgium and Servia to reconstruct L
heir armies 1t is you who have Civ n
n to England the idea to form the a
dmirable divisions which are fighting o
ow at your side II is YOU who have "
iven to Russia the means to supply c.
lfIes and guns, cartridges and shells S
o her heroic troops
Allied Superiority Apparent
To-day. as you see the allies are be- s,
inning to gather the fruits Of your o
erseyerence- The Russian army is b
ursuinS the Austrian army in flight. Il
he Germans. attacked at the same p
inc on the eastern and western fronts | n
re engaging everywhere their re Il
erves- British. Russian and French | d
attalions are cooperating in the liber- 0,
ton Of our soil.
The struggle. alas. is not yet ended | k
will still be hard and all of US must I "
ontinue working and working unre-
littingly and with fervor But the Z
1periOrity Of the Allies IS already an I
aren't TO everyone The scales of fate I
ad protected oscillations Now, one
the trays keeps on the ascent: the l
Their is lowering under the burden
-hich nothing will tighten.
Immortal glory is due to Verdun.
hich has prepared the combined &C
on Of the allied armies. Glory be
18th you. my friends. who have saved :
rance and avenged insulted right"
The British minister OF wa- David /
lloyd George. briefly refers to the -.
rench armies, 10 the heroic defence II
Ferdun and to the offensive move Il
ent now in progress -
For two years Of defensive" he =
.ys. I'VE prevented the enemy from n
1vancing. At present we are forcing F
i'm to evacuate, step by step, the
)untries he has profaned.
our triumph Is desired and await n