East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-04
AMERICAN WILL PROVE
EFFECTIVE IN WAR BY
NEXT SPRING IS SAID
PEzssRY ARNOLD GIYEcS sim
MARY or MAR DURING
THREE YEARS WITH
FORECAST


NE2aE YORK AuE s-Three years
sna ssFen caps aga to-day a s0maae
rnzTl5er in Eszra5ero syd1a q hi11 %
blood OBJ Elr0ps tka41 hzS E5npe thar
rtnae spread t1 ensalf in irs red g5oo5
ssexEHl-siElEtE y an the world Ths
c5E5l11s5 nations wfzseh remain zss1-
ir11 IN al the world strife ulzF non
Dc c0onss1 On The fingers and toes
Prom tie Balkans rhe war-Flanses
spread TO nearly all - E1roSse- then
~ 1sse ORIENT 10 AEl2-am6 flEslBs
20 the American hemisphere Todzg
aoz Il e9a1lnent Il the zorId eK1Ers
tk1zs does cot hold nation either Al
z4z ~ act On sF.eszkang terms win
some other naiI1a
Aneraes an April s Ehrew an ire
weaEns 81 ner f1ssr5e resources 10
wealth ram materials and men %
. The scales 20 swing the balance 10
N,ar5 zeu0e-alcT and aEzirs- German
suzaeTzrr and brutality Hey actioa
h=ayzensd rhe new democracy in Rvs
ssa revived Frances exhausted E@r-
r50Es and stimulates F2nglznd's sFszrF
. soldiers and WU-kuzen- Moreover.
American Is entrance resulted IN enDn
elatsoH OF the first cI=zar-cut issue gt
the Ear-shzt the allies are fightlBs
for democracy and Eflf not cease
uHtl thai democracy - achieved and
( The 5eEa aocrzcy Of the rest 81 the
world forever male safe
The pas. rear szg many nOtaols
{ changes IN the Ear. Two EnOazrchs-
the zaEt but one u all the ahs7l1t-
Isl Divine right s9serelgns. were
swept into oblivion
a new nation appeared after the
Iaos1 bloodIess revolution IN history
t Germany reached the eiimax % her
] terrorism and brutality in inaugura-
,ion of unbrldIsd submarine warfare
on the seas and q slavery Of the
I BeIgian civil population Il was tbs
Arrogance of supposed might that
Z brought Germany ami her allies such
& powerful enemies as the United
States. Brazil cuba. China Panama
/ BOLIVIA, Guatemala. Liberia. H0ndur-
a. Nicaragua san Domingo. siam
I n one year likewise Germany has
( is@en forced 70 chronicle her first re-
I treat since the Maine II was 9
matter ~ strategy according to her
I military chiefs. but il released thou
/ sands Of acres Of desoIated- blacksn-
81 land 10 France and when the al
J
strategic retreat the enemy yielded
( StiH more
Il vas a year in which twice ever
power Of the German war machine
was twice concentrated unayaiI-
1hgly. yerIun survived despite ali
| Germany could do. 50 did the Che
min des Danes. France bore both
these shocks The year has likewise
| - rrF
one Of the weapons which three
/ years ago Germany boasted would
win her the war-the Zeppelin dirig-
ibIe In her baby killing expedi-
tions over England now. Germany
uses aeropIanes- The Zeppelins
proved too unwieIdly
! In the year just past. hunger was
/ enlisted as a war weapon By both
| sides. Il was to ''staTve out Eng
land that Germany invoked the sub
( marine piracy. 1t was To draw clos
er the blockade around the central
powers that America soon after her
entrance into the strife. adopted
stringent plans to prevent her food
stuffs reaching the enemy. In the
year to come It will be America
whose horde Of money will be pour
lean ingenuity on which the demOcra-
cies Of the world will rely for sOlu
ton Of the submarine problem. Am
erica vast industrial machine will
be expected 10 produce vast quantities
Of munitions. OF aeroplanes- Of guns.
And Americas rich lands will be re
lied upon to furnish the food which
in large part will feed her allies AM
erica has already begun her titanic
task. Some Of her soldiers are in
France. At home. the nation has
started raising her selectiye draft
army. Her greatest businessmen, in
veritors and manufacturers have lent
aid The farmers have responded
The plain people have contributed
81 900 600 to a Liberty Loan" Am
erfca's effect in the war is not ex-
pected by experts TO be fully appar-
ent until next spring Every prep
aration being made by the United
States is based on three years more
nf war Meanwhile Germany is
steadily sinking the worlds supply OF
shipa Her estimate is that since
February nearly 5000. 900 tons have .
been sunk. Englsnd's estimate ie
500 900 tons. II Is on this su5ma- I
rfne menace that the democracies "f !
the world will first concentrate