The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-26
ROCHAMBEAU AND PERSHlNG.

It was on the Fourth of July 1917 that the French went wild in welcome to Pershing's men as they marched through the streets of Paris. It was the eleventh July 137 years before that Americans went wild in welcome to Rochambeaus men as they marched through the streets of Newport.
 Now or deverance must come, wrote Washington in 1780. And it came with the French France may be in desperate straits as we were in 1780, but she realizes that are doing for her now what she did for then
 We are at the end of tether. wrote Wash ington before the coming of the French. Is France anywhere the end of hers?
 There are those who think Fred B. Pitney, a correspondent of the New York Tribune, is of them He has recently returned from France and he reports the situation desperate Here are some Of the things he says of it:
 France is in sight of the end of her reserves She send to the front every able to stand on two feet. The proof of this is the way they have combed out the embusues in the Maison de la Presse
 From a population of fewer than 39,O0O.0dO France has sent in six into the armies The 1917 class went into trenches middle of last year. 1916. They in the fighting at the Somme at the age of 19. Four regiments of the famous Twentieth Corps, the most famous fighting corps of the French army had boy from the 1917 class in squad of four men. The 1917 class helped to take Maurepas.
 Part of the 1918 class is in the trenches today. And the 1918 class produced fewer than 215O0O recruits only little more than 100000 Including crippes' the 1918 class could not give 225,O0O men.
 These specific instances of what the war has done to France of the sacrifice she has made By March, 1916 the record of French klled-leaving out entirely all of the wounded disabled and prsoners-was S82000 By March of this year the number more than doubled. Today the French kill ed approximate 2,0O0,O0O.
 Before returning to this country I had long talk with high official of the French Government on this question of the power of France
 We hold until September he said perhaps until the end of September But no longer We have not the to keep up. We have used up our reserves. We no longer have the fresh men to send into the firing line take the place of those killed put out of action The end of September, at the furthest. is the end of that de pends whether there is great offensive this mer. big offensive up not only munitions, but mem well. If we undertake big offensive will have to throw freely into the fighting and keep throwing them in. That reserves used up. And that reserves used up at the beginning instead of the end of September What is the answer this?
 | Tt is America. It is that France must have Inducements before the end of September. France has been bled white. She has given her men, money and material She is still fighting as hard ever, harder than ever No one hears a cry from her. except the cry that victory must come, the battlefield. But nevertheless the great and glorious spirit for all the high and patriotism that marches to the final with flashing eye and without tremor, she is today making the last su preme effort in faith in America in faith of this country in belief that America will fail her in the hour of bloody birth of a liberty
 America must fill the depleted ranks of France before the end of September"
 There several reasons which need not be noted here why this should taken as seriously as the writer means it to be taken France is nearer ex haustion than she two years one year ago-and so is Germany. But just how near either may may not be, it may be well understood that Pershng is welcome in Paris in much of the spirit with which Rochambeau was welcomed at Newport.