The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
'OR|vE IN WEST
BY H|NDENBURC
EXPECTED SOON
Germans Plan to Smash
France Before u, S, Gets In,
By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.


WASHINGTON, d. C., May 81
Smash France before the United
States gets in.
This is Germanys chief hope OF VIC
tory, and 1t is the policy on which the
German government is concentrating
all it energies. A revelation OF the
power OF Germany 10 carry out this
program is expected within the next
six weeks
The situation is viewed as desperate
by many American army officers The
allies are weakened and war weary
and waiting for the United States to
come IN and give Germany the coup
de grace
America Is Not Ready.
But the United States will not get
in effectively until next year. The
government does not contemplate send
ing more than 100000 men before snow
flies. So with the submarine on the
sea and Iiindcnburg on the land Ger
many has nearly year IN which TO
carry out her effort to wrcst victory
from impending defeat
The American government has come
| into possession OF a vast amount OF
startling information concerning the
war situation in which the United
States is involved, but the contents OF
this dispatch are all that | am at lib
| crty 10 present in print under the
terms OF the voluntary censorship.
Million New German Troops.
The administration has learned that
! Germany has a new army OF between
! 100000 and 100000 men who never
have been in the trenches, but have
been under intensive training for sew
eral months These fighters were re-
/ leased from the factories by the in
/ duStrial reorganization resulting from
/ the German man power legislation and
by the labor OF the Belgian workmen
! dcportcd TO Germany.
The American military authorities
believe that Won Hindcnburg, rein
forced BY this fresh army, is about to
launch terrific onslaught on the west.
| ern front.
The Germans are stripping the east
ern front OF their crack fighting or
CARNATIONS for the further reinforce
ment OF Hindcnburg in this drive II
now appears that the reports of a Ger
| man movement against Russia and a
German drive on Petrograd originated
in Berlin and were put forth to de-
! ceive the allies as to the true objective
! Of the German program.
Russia Out of Fighting.
Russia, torn with revolution and an
archy, is out OF commission in a mill
tary sense Russia evinces a disposi.
tion to let Germany alone il Germany
will let her alone Russia is furnishing
some food to Germany and may fur.
| niSh more The situation is as accept
! able 10 Germayn as would he a sepa
rate peace with Russia. Germany is
free TO turn with full force on her
western foes.
II is known that Germany expected
| the United States to enter the war with
| the resumption OF ruthless submarine
watlare and planned then TO strike a
mortal blow at France before America
! could come 10 the rescue.
But the British struck Hndenbnre
before he could prepare his onslaught
lie was compelled to retire. The Brit
iSh and French KEEP, him on the run
and he could not make a stand long
enough to gather his forces for the long
contemplated drive on the French lines
Allied Drive Is Spent
Now however, the allied offensive
appears to have spent itself and Amer.
ican military authorities are beginning
to see signs Of the maturing Ilinden.
burg plan The great German genera
IS striking here and there. feeling on
the strength oi the allied resistance
II is estimated that 1t will take Hin.
denburg from three to six weeks tC
prepare fully for the great offensive
France is exhausted IN man power
and moreover, IS Withdrawing severa
hundred thousand men from IN,
trenches n revive shipbuilding and ex
tend factory work The British begar
diverting men from the army to IN,
factories almost as soon as the United
States entered
England has 10000 men on tn
western front and 100000 men a
home and IN the Levan,ine countrie.
I England save she has reached IN,