The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-11-04
THE GIGANTIC STRUGGLE
in EUROPE.
BY j. w. FEAGlN.


With the Russians as good as beat
on the eastern front and it's capitol
threatened, the Kaiser has been ena-
bled to remove many army divisions
from the seat Of war in the east to the
Italian front where with enormous re-
Inducements, representing every ma
tionality of the German Empire, en- at
tack was launched, that for furious
ness, syiftness, exceeded any thing of
the kind along the Italian front in
many a day. Like herculeas ava
lanche, the German armies, ran right
over the Italian armies, driving them
from their positions back onto allan
soil. Nothing could withstand that
mighty whirlwind attack, so sudden
and with such desperation, that no
body of men could we'll check ii. All
the territory that the Italian had
gained in the last three months was
taken from them at one single desper-
ate onslaught on the part Of the Ger
man armies.
Autria has been gradually yielding
to the eItalians in the way Of territory
for the last three months or such mat
ter and it was to regain this lost ter
ritory, commonly known as Irrendenta
Italia, that the recent desperate as
sault was made.
Now let us take little view of the
western front. Here is where her
culean task confronts the Germans,
that of regaining lost territory on the
part of Germany in northern France
Here is where the general morale OF
the German armies has been considera-
| bly, lowered. Here is where the
younths of Germany are collected to
| fight Britain and France, Here is the
seat of war where, perhaps, more
men have fallen than on any of the
army fronts in Europe. 1t is on and
| along this front that a last and des-
perate attempt is to be made by Ger
many to regain her former positions
in France and from which her armies
have been gradually forced back by
| Britain and France. 1t is an evident
fact that the fighting fever of the Ger
mans has been greatly weakened with
in the last three or fourmonths and
especially along the western front.
But the Germans are a wonderfully
recuperative people, when defeat and
disaster overtakes them, they seem
to be forever optimistic, never seeing
anything but the bright side of the
picture. They claim to be an uncon-
querable people. Indeed, it looks a
little title that way Y just nowA /.
\ ,lSRRt NAl tie b!spt America? sheiwilli
cast her strength, her wealth ard her
lighting power with. the allies OF Eu-
/ rope, The s3dsstiny ot3 Europe lies
partly in Americas aid in that gigan-
tic struggle over there. We labor
under only one disadvantage and that
is crossing the Atlantic. But this wri-
ter is under the impression, that when
that day comes for a general attack
j.oRtll9 part American tQEcess some
thing viii happen, We may be forcd
to retreat in some instances, but the
American soldiers will come as near
sstanding his ,own ground" as any
body of men, it matters not who they
may be. But readers, things are 60
ing from bad to worse over there.
believe the extreme scarcity of food
will be an important factor in closing
that war when nothing else would or
could. Germany is determined to- win
if such thing is possible and equally
so, are the allies. But as I have Just
said, hunger stalks all over Europe.
Not only this, but carrying ship are
scarce and the ammunition factories
can't supply enough guns and shells.
That was just what beat Italy.
She didn't have the big guns and
Shells to hold her ground.
1 reckon the tide Of fortune will
change when America enters the gi-
gantic struggle in which Empire, King
dom and Republic are at stake.