The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-12
Fury and Failure.

/ The fury OF the attack now beng made by the Ger
against the French in the Montddier region is sad
to excel anything yet seen in the war; The onslaught
however, is not great scale the ofensives Of
March and April Taking these two facts into cOnsdera
ton, together with the elements making up the situa
ton in which Germany finds ITSELF and what is the
able inference to be drawn?
| 1t is absured to presume that Germany is stronger
wthan she was March 81 1918 when after months
of careful preparation after her all rested
and reequpped and after she had transported from the
Russian front great army to reinforce the western 'front.'
she struck the blow at place not revealed to the allies
In that blow, under personal command the emperor
the German empire concentrated all the strength
in men, material esprit and the advantage of sur
prise against antagonist who was not fully prepared
whose supreme command not unit and who was not
apprecaby reinforced by Americans at the point of at
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The German emperor led his huge army to defeat
and not to victory They failed to break the French and
British armies At the end of eight days of superhuman
effort theye still within the memorable circle which
civilization has forged around the barbaIans and within
which they doomed to die Another tremendous ef
fort to break the chains was made in April the blow be-
ing directed against the British in the hope Of reaching the
English Channel 1t failed. Again the conspirators at
the head of the German machine realized that they
trapped and beaten and that their waning forces
confronted with er-increasing fresh troops from
America.
Finding that the British forces were centered
the lines lately under attack the enemy shifted some
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a narrow front hoping to swing westward and sweep
toward aPrs Although he made progress when his for
ounumbered the defenders by five to one he struck
stone wall when the French and American reinforce
mens up and the net result of the experiment was
another heavy death roll of Germans
Now the desperate and frantic German emperor orders
fresh slaughter of his people by beginning an offensive
where there element of surprise and where the re-
nforced allied armies ready for the shock The re-
suit of the encounter furious fighting than ever
as the German command presses its human material
against the fiery point of contact Yet the allies this time
do not yield ground generously they have done here
tofore Why? Evidently because the very fury of the
German onslaught against a prepared position means
that stout defense will collect highly profitable toll of
times while his desperate antagonist cannot any longer
stop to count the cost If Foch finds that the allied losses
too he will yield ground but if he finds that
the proportion of German killed high enough to bleed
the hostile army of its strength he will hold his forces
where they and keep his guns hot
Every stroke the Germans have made since March Fl
has been weaker than the preceding This fact stands
md +ho 0;,a ~ l;o
German pretense and exposes the fatal nferory of
German military power in the full test Of strength If the
history of the world to be changed by German victory
the 'front.' announced by the German emper
or on the night of March 20 when he issued his order
why it that Germany negects to win the victory and
in the meantime squanders $4,000 to 100000 men?
The simple truth is that Germany has passed the peak
lies are stronger than Germany and grow stronger every
day. They not yet strong enought to take the German
army and throw bodily of France but they and
will shater that army if the United States will continue
the dispatch of troops sufficient for the purpose The
World breathe freely concerning the fundamental
curity of France and Great Britain Those nations
firmly rooted to invincibe strength against which the
hordes Of Germany beat in vain. The task fefore
the allied world is not to accumulate forces for defense
but for oense The glorious attacks of the United States
marines may become the turning point which the al
lied armies ceased be defenders only and assumed their
later character as irresistible avengers of humanity
few more struggles, few months of effort by
the united nations Of civilization few more vigorous
confident rebounds from temporary setbacks and the
enemy Of mankind will be at the point of Lbrtys blade
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