The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-22
NO PEACE BEFORE 1919
BECAUSE OF COLLAPSE OF RUS.
STA, SAYS MCCORMICK.
Looks for Change in 1919.-Believes
Full Force of America Will
Turn Scales for the Allies.

Chicago, Nov. 18.-Russia's COL
lapse and the unreadiness of the
United States makes hopeless any
thoughts of peace before 1919 in the
opinion of Medill Mccormick, Con-
gresham at large of Illinois, who has
just returned from a visit to most of
the important fronts of the European
battle line.
Mr.. Mccormick in statemnt to-
night, said:
1.-The Germans are not winning the
war.
Neither are we.
"The war presents stalemate
from which we are unable to exricate
ourselves because of the collapse of
Russia and the unreadiness of the
United States.
"Nowhere in Europe did l find an
informed soldier or public man who
believed that military decision
could be accomplished before 1919,
when the United States might add
effectively to press the. Central En-
pires. There is practically no hope
that Russia can be useful during
1918. Russia is so disordered that
she cannot make war. Happily, in
all proba bility, neither can she make
peace.
Teutons Act With Unity.
"The resources of the Central Pow
ers have been energetically~spent.
They are bleeding terribly. But they
act with greater energy, unity and
skill than their enemies. Thus they
made a seemingly successful drive
into Italy. The real object of their
political foray into Venitia was part
ly to make camouflage to conceal
their losses from Verdun to Pass
chendaele and partly to provoke
revolution in Italy.
The Italians were under-gunned,
neither had they enough ammunition.
But even so they would not have been
driven back as they we're If two or
three divisions, debauched by the
spy system of Germany had not
~, 5or,n fhoir orrc
Outright the Huns.
"The French and British have a
moderate preponderance in guns and
man for man they Outright the Ger
mans.
while there are still excellent Ger
man divisions in Flanders, there was
an appreciable diminution in the NOR
ale and the physical quality of the
German troops on the French and
British battle fronts. At the battle of
the Chemin-Des-Dames the German
batteries were so drenched with fire
they they were unable to reply. With
mathematical exactness the French
took the terrain. Hundreds Of heavy
guns were employed to wreck the
enemy defenses. This is an artill-
cry and industrial war. That must
never be forgotten. Above all heavy
guns are necessary-heavy guns,
their obvious compliments of air
craft and rail transportation, but
heavy guns and still more heavy
guns; twenty-five thousand cannon to
be made in American factories and
shipped to France before March l.,
1919. This is the essence of victory
and great guns offer the only means
by which it can be won.
Decided by America.
This issue of the war will be de-
cided in/ Washington and by the fur
naces of America.
THE splendid little American
army which already has crossed the
seas renderd a great service when
the echo of the first American fleet
on the soil of France carried to every
home the promise that that strength
and still more the industrial genius
of America will bring succor to
France.
France is fighting with heroic
and dogged courage. Her steady
thoughtful soldiery are ready to
spend their blood and to die, in the
belief that America will forge the
weapons to win the war. They
must not be mistaken.
Il say very earnestly that we must
have greater coordination of effort.
We must have a true war council