El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-12
AMERICA ALONE CAN WIN THE
GREAT CONFLICT FOR THE ALLIES
Both Sides Lacked Man Power and Supplies For Long
Offensive Necessary For Victory; England
and France Now Merely Hold Line
Until United States Ready
By FRED B. PITNEY.

- EFOEE America entered the war
the great conflict had become
IL virtually a draE- It is now a
war between America and Germany,
and II the allies are 10 win America
must realize this, England and
France being looked on as adjuncrs
to hold the line until America can
set inlo POSITION
England and France were by no
means beaten before America came in.
They were stflI capable Of a lonE.
hard fight But Germany was ca
Fable OF just as Ions and hard q
fight The point IS thar neither side
was able TO win Neither England nor
france was able 10 beat Germany. nor
were the two together; nor could
Germany beat them.
II had got down TO a question Of
two very evenly balanced opponents.
Neither side had the man power to
the reserve stocks OF munitions and
supplies 20 conduct the long and arr
duOus offensive campaign necessary
for victory Both sides could count
confidently on being able to hold
against an offensive by the other for
the limited length az time before
that offensive would necessarily
break down.
Question Of Morale.
Thus, before America came in. the
question had become one of whether
German morale, the morale Of the
people as well as the army would
hold out until the war ended from
inertia, with the two armies sitting
on opposite sides of a big ditch ex-
tending from the North sea TO the
Swiss border. II German morale
should thus hold out, the war would
end. not, indeed. with a German VIC
% H..s -s-H H.H
man armies on foreign soil on every
frontier The practical effect would
be much the same Germany could
bargain pretty successfully for about
everything she wanted In the peace
settlement
The hope that England and France
would be able % crush Germany Vau-
ishsd when the Russian revolution
got out OF hand Immediately after ir
was f0menreI and Russia ceased 10
be an ally to be- counted on The
whole 1917 campaign OF the allies
was based on The mum Der Of German
divisions that could be held on the
Russian front and the new often
sive spirit that would be shown by
the undetermined Russian govern
meut
Allies Counted on Russia.
II was expected that after the RUS .
sian revolution Germany would not
only be unable 10 move troops from .
80
ern front but that she would be ND .
against the very difficult proposition .
Of having 10 reinforce the eastern /.
front against the revitalized Rus +
slams
An essential feature Of the 1917 .
campaign was The Russian revolu-
Ion, and when L suddenly changed SO .
radicaly from the prepared plans the .
nigh hopes OF the allies IN early .
spring fell to the ground The allies
campaign had TO be quick and sharp. .
o. had 20 be a fu-iOus blow driven .
10me before Germany could gather
herself against it, And TO make this
plan successful the German forces .
1ad TO be held immObile, al least, Oh .
The eastern front
The situation in regard to muui-
ions and supplies compelled the all .
les 10 adopt this plan for q short and .
decisive campaign For two years
and a half they had held on Eriuly,
lighting on the defensive and iuCreas-
ne their munitions production. while .
they gathered q reserve stock OF can
non and shells and worked themselves
40 10 the point where they could pro-