The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-02-23
PLANS FOR VAST ALLIED OFFENSIVE

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Rome at the time of the conference,
tells me that entente statesmen do not
expect the German government to
make q serious effort to meet the coun-
rvs financial liabilities toward its OWE
people. and it is therefore not difficult
70 understand why the big business
interests Of Hamburg, Frankfort and
Berlin have for long been clamoring
for peace.
II. as expected, Germany wipes off
her liabilities and begins again with
. clean sheet, she will obviously be in
4 position Of economic superiority to
the entente countries while the latter
are struggling to devise ways and
means Of meeting their Indebtedness.
Social problems will be no less grave.
OF ali the entente countries, France
VIII! have suffered most heavily in men
in relation to her population by the
time the war is over. BY the end of
this year her dead or permanently
iucapacitated may reach 100000, and
England, Italy and Russia will suffer
after the same rate. At the same time.
Ge.l1any's losses will be found to be
superior. both relatively and absolute
iE, AZ those Of any other country in
the war.
Affects the United States.
This means that in every town and
village labor Will be scarce. Emigra-
ton viii be brought 10 Il ~standstiIl
for at least this generation, and per
hars for the mex The United States
will thus be directly affected, while it
is certain that the development of
Canada Will be set back for half a
century.
lroof that q great scarcity of labor
is feared in Europe. and especially
France, is given by the measures al
ready p%rulently taken by the French
government for the introduction of
coolie labor. This movement began
sosne months ago and will be inten-
silied this year. Already thousands Of
Aslatlcs are employed for national
purposes, and even when millions Of
Frenchmen are released from the col
ors it is anticipated that the employ
ment of colored men will have to be
continued to make Il big trade revival
possible.
Therefore, in the opinion of Euro
pean statesmen, America be great
ly disappointed il she expects the re-
leasing of millions of men at present
in the field To cause IL stream of migra-
ton westward across the Atlantic ow-
ing TO bad conditions in Europe.
The greatest and most pressing
question dealt With by the Rome CON
ference was, Of course, that Of the
organization OF huge united offensive
strokes on the main fronts this year.
The momen for delivering these
simultaneous blows will be decided
upon by the commanders in chief, but
it is no secret that by neXt April the
millions of men and women working
in munition factories will have pro-
duced sufficiently quantities
of guns and shells for the beginning
of a continuous offensive that will
break beyond repair the belt of iron
laid by the Germanic invaders across
Europe. Had not entente statesmen
been sincerely convinced of their stead
lily increasing military superiority over
Germany they would not have shut
the door Oh Germany's peace opening.
One Man in Chief Command.
Real unity Of army command Is an
immediate probability in the entente
camp. 1t will Very likely center in
one man, supported by Il small inter
national staff.
la future entente offensives the
weight Of attack will be more fairly
apportioned to the big nations in ac-
cordancc with their resources in man
power han has been the ease hither-
to. The British front is gradually
~lenglhening: it will grow Il lot longer
before the war is yer. In fact, the
relative burden Of united offensives
will be decided upon after q consider
alton Of population, number Of com
batants. figure of losses and length
Of front, in the case of each entente
nation.
Regarding munitions, no longer Will
each country manufacture merely for
itself, with 4 view to various partial
attacks fixed in advance. Hencefortn
the countries will decide: az the
amount Of defensive material neces-
snry for the whole front; (2) the ma
terial necessary for offensives on the
whole of the different fronts CD the
quantity of raw material for NUM-
tons needed in every country.
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in its crop Il half-lollar. &c quarters,
26 dimes. 13 nickels and ? pennies.