El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-11


was true of France at the beginning
Of the war is just as true tOday-al-
ways providing that America does
her part and does It promptly and
effectively
How long France VIII fight de-
ponds entirely on America For she
cannot continue the struggle without
American help The man power of
France has been used Up to the eX-
tent that she cannot keep up her re-
serves after September. A soldier put
out Of action viii then mean a place
left vacant in the trenches
Wounded and CrIppIes to Front.
Her population has been combed to
the last man, including wounded men
and cripples sent back to the front.
She has given one IN SIX OF her popu-
latiOn TO the armies. England has
given one in ten, Italy one in eleven,
Russia one in twenty France has no
more men to give.
The problem resolves itself there
fore. not into how long the men in
the trenches will fight. but how long
they can fight What America viii
DO and when she will do IL is always
the answer.
American soldiers must fill the
holes I'm the French lines American
soldiers must take their places in the
trenches beside the French soldiers
American soldiers must fill the sadly
h'-.-s-- -+laA III A'7' A'-------- N--H
France Is Desperate.
In this case the question OF time
is all important II is of an import
ance that cannot be exaggerated that
the French army should know at
once. from the highest 10 the lowest
that America VIII send men TO the
batlsfields OF Europe and pour them
in without thought Of mum 1ers until .
Germany is beaten
There is only one way 70 give this F.
knowledge cOnVlncIuEly- Il is TO send /
the men Saying that we viii send 4
them at some indefinite time VIII not i
do. We must send them The sight /
Of the men in France is the proof that I
is needed
we discredited ourselves pretty .
thoroughly as a fighting nation dur /
ing 60 months. We had lots Of big
words and fine speeches, but little 4
action We must have action now I
immediate action. We must have an /
army in the making before autumn. ]
be made in the autumn We must /
have before autumn an army Ear ]
enough along in learning its lessons
to 20 to France, where they know I
what war Is. 10 finish training II I
we only begin 10 train our army IN I
the autumn. il will only be ready in 4
the spring TO 90 TO France TO finish I
training That viii be too late.
France VIII Hold Lines.
France viii fight until her last man {
is dead in the trencehs TO hold the ]
lines until America can take on the Z
Job. If America Shows not by words Z
but by actions that she is in the war I
to fight at once.
But we must not expect the super |
human Of France. We must realize 7
that this war is now Americas war /
II there is a failure, II will be Amer I
ras.H 90 sH-E
viii be Americas fault, for being too /
late. for promising for the future in
stead OF acting in the present
There is nothing the matter with
the morale Of the French people and
the French army The spirit Of the
soldier at the front is always better
than that Of the civilian at the rear /
but there is nothing the matter with
the morale Of either soldier or civilian !
IN France The time has come, how s
ever, when America must support
that morale with every ounce OF /
energy she can bring to bear.
How long VIII France flght- /
Jusqu'au bout. To the ultimate whis- (
per
How long can she fighte
The Answer Is America
The answer 10 that question. also. I
IS mere IN America. A nation can no [
longer fight on the morale of its peO-
pie and armies Material and sup /
plies are as important as men More I
over. under modern conditions morale ]
depends largely on supplies, and the I
action or an army depends on its ar
tillery supports.
When IN the French offensive from 4
scissors TO Auberive two regiments I
of the famous goth CORDS refused TO I
leave their trenches no one could ac- /
cuse their morale. Those regiments ]
were the foura Eere, meaning that I
they had been cited three times for
gallantry in the geenral orders Of the /
army It was not question Of
morale. but Of the work Of the artil- I
lery. That had not been done prop
erly. The men knew that for them 10 B
advance to the attack would be
merely slaughter, and they refused to I
move.
If materials and supplies FOR the
army give out in France. if there is I
a lack Of shells and cannon. the army I
cannot fight, whatever its spirit may 4
be. And an army that cannot fight .
rapidly deteriorates in spirit It is .
highly important thing TO keep a.
army on the offensive, to keep up its /
offensive spirit
Allies Must Maintain Offensive.
At the present moment it is Of the 4
utmost importance that the offensive 4
should lie and remain with the allies I
on the western front. This is a mat I
ter or keeping the french morale al ]
It's present high level and OF lowering 4
the German morale. To do this France ]
must be equipped with munitions and .
supplies in umitless quantities. Her
own stocks have albOst given out .
They must be renewed by America
II this is a war of starvation, IL is
starvation that affects both sides .
y nile Germany can renew herself in
tenally far more rapidly. for a far
longer period and far more effec- .
lively than either France or England Z
Frances supplies can only be renewed !
from America. And it must be don't
at once
Thus. the answers 70 the questions
how long France viii fight and how
long France can fight both lie with .
America. The spirit Of France, peO- +
pie and army, is superb. tt rests with +
America TO keep il up in all its
glorious strength. France lives and .