The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-08-08
ALLIES WANT us.
TROOPS TO SHARE
INGREAT OFFENSIVE

There is no chance for peace dur
ing the approaching autumn
The allies are delaying their next
great Offensive until American troops
have arrived in sufficient numbers
to be Of real military value
These are the two salient facts in
q copyrighted dispatch from the
Paris correspondent Of the. New
York World today.
France Grows Stronger.
French military experts havs
agreed. he says. that the war will
continue another winter and spring.
British and French are counting on
America with q vast supply Of men,
guns. and sirplanss to break the
KAissr's lines.
Won Hindenburg's front cannot Be
broken by q slight numerical super
iority Of men and guns. nor even By
double his. force, but II the proportion
Jumps to three to one. artillery and
the flying corps included. the result
will be a catastrophe for him-the an
Inhalation Of the Germany army. To
accomplish this, It IL the Franco
British strategy to destroy ~ many
Germans a. possible without regard
to their own losses so long as they are
less than the enemy's, so every Arriv-
ing contingent Of Americans Increases
the ratio Of the allied superiority.
Much has been limited concerning
Frances weakening morale. and the
nation indeed bIed grievously while
holding the Hun by the throat until
England was prepared. But the
Crown Prinee'k nghting for the
Chemin des Danes In the last three
months has been just a. fierce a. his
most savage attempts upon Yerdun,
and he has failed everywhere 70 re-
take observation points captured by
the French The Importance Of the
chemin des Danes fighting has been
overlooked because of other events.
like the United States war prepara-
lions and Great Britain's opening
strokes. But French doggednsss and
willingness to continue lighting for
liberty and TO crush militarism have
proved Just a. elective this year ~
last year at Verdun- The French sit
uation IL improving continually be-
cause Of the honorable discharge Of
the older CLASSES OF the -armI and the
continual release OF farmers for agri-
cultural work and of skilled laborerB
for making munitions.
A subtle and premature peace
IL anoat everywhere, and
while II IL discussed idly and IN
II 10 refutsd. rejected. re-
pudiated unanimously when stripped
OF its false humAnitarianism and its
brotherhood OF manism" disguise and
as q German plot to save
the skin Of -ths HohenIoilerns and
FIereest Fighting Yet Coming.
With the die cast for the oontIn-
uance OF the war. and the allied pow
ers firmer knit together than ever.
the heresst lighting yet Il coming as
the veterans prepare the enemy for
the death blow the United States
army will deliver when II takes the
field in force.
Heavy blows impend-not In 4 dss-
perate effort to break through the
German front, as 1t is realized that
the United States army win partlsi-
pate In that cataclsm when It IL night
ing in force-but blows accomplishing
what they are aimed to do.
That is, to grind the German army
to pieces. weakening 1t steadily, in
until the moment Vhen the
allies will be superior in numbers
and material that they can shatter
line of steel and con-
crete in a dozen places between the
sea and Switzerland, pour through the
breaches and turn the isolated seq
ments OF his tanks