El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-09

FCFET British victories along the Ypres front,
coupled with other allied advances along almost lne
II whole Of the western front emphasize the apparent
determination Of Germauys fighting power though AMER
can people are cautioned that the strength Of German re-
sistance far from broken and that the same tenay OF
purpose which has characterized German HIaIy eIOIt III
fbe mast NAV be expected long time in the future
The deterioration, however pronounced The German
army was not fighting months ago with the same oe
termination and effectiveness as IN 1916 and II Is not s
ing now as well six months ago
No one who has followed the Of the battles IN
Flanders can have failed TO be impressed by the weakening
of the German resistance to attacks. The British nave
cone forward over the worst ground possible to imagine and
have encountered steel and concrete dugouts almost without
number all afodng the best protection to the dence ana
all bTistling with machine guns But each time me sh
have gained their detectives with decreasing di1lcut
More noteworthy is the weakening Of the German IoTce
attacks After the last lew advances OF he
British the Germans have been unable to organize counter
attacks for after the British had established them
selves dug in to receive the blow and brought up their
field artillery TO add strength to their position As re-
suit when counter attacks the British nov down
the grav waves The German reaction is getting 10 be ike
that of an aging whose reuperative powers are waning
Americans beginning to grow optimistic Even the
president of the Santa Fe railroad predicts that the end
the coming next spring. With the English and the
French not only holding the Germans back but actually
driving them back Americans are beginning to feel that as
soon as the great horde Of trained American troops
thrown into the field the German army going to roll
like paper Maybe the wish but the father to the thought
but Americans taking heart than at any time
since we entered the
Just when we VIII get in and begin actual fighting no
body department. officials say and maybe they
don't know as yet Properly, strcteS silence is being
maintained about the number Of American troops in France
and when they viii enter the trenches.
How many Of our troops have already crossed the
water? None Of US knows and if he did know, would
not tel All that the number is large and ever
increasing It growing steadily greater with every month
that passes All the United States where there
regular army camps soldiers today and do not
them tomorrow After awhile begin getting letters
from those Of them whom know, dated: Somewhere in
France"
The story Is related of an American army surgeon his
identity concealed by his hospital apron, treating wounded
German soldier who had lived in the United States
Out popped the lesson the German had had drilled into him
IN his own lines. Said he:
"You English needn't expect any military cooperation
from the American troops They're not here and they can't
get over heTe because Of U-boats.H
The medico pulled down his apron until the collar in
sigma revealed
my friend" he replied, @there thousands Of
American troops already here than you OF your nation
can imagine
Usually they 90 out Of El Paso in way that reveals
itself They cheer they leave Fort Bliss and cheer all
the way downtown They sing they enTan and the last
dim sound is chorus Of shouts They going into the
Big Game
Those troops who left at home athTH with the