The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-14
CLEWS WEEKLY LETTER

The comparative quietness still ruI- lg at the front suggests preparations pr a renewed drive by the enemy gafnSt the Allies The fact that this as not occurred earlier is proof of ae exhaustion which followed the revious drive, as well as the difficult es to be overcome in carrying out 1e original objective of the German prces. One thing is quite certain and tat is, that in spite of ground lost y the Allies in the Somme district, heir morale has not been impaired ut has on the contrary steadily risen. hile that of the Germans has as leadig falle- This result is attribut- ole to the terrific price in lives paid y the Germans, and to disappoint- lent at their failure to overcome lEed resistance, Germany is con- ,ioas that the chances of winning ais war are rapidly fading now that
 neTican troops are going across in yer increasing numbers. Secretary aller made the significant admission nat more than half a million An9eri- an soldiers are now in France, and lere is reason for believing that dur hg 1918 we are likely to have fully a lillion over there German leaders
 fuse to admit their doom is sealed,
 Id in bitterness of spirit they prefer
 wreck everything within reach
 ther than submit to the inevitable,
 fe longer Germany prolongs the war 'e more severe and permanent the
 lf-inf1icted disaster will prove Ger
 any's rulers brought down upon
 cir country the bitterest hatred ever
 nceived- It was made in Germany,
 Id Germany must suffer the penalty f its crime
 The extraordinary success of the VI fird Liberty loan should impress fl on the enemy the utter hopelessness Pl- carrying on the war We raised in M few short weeks nearly $4,000, ,069,- bI0 in money contributed by 17,00o- pID or more subscribers. The nthu- 1l esm displayed in taking the loan far .e1 eeeded all expectations, and must ID r interpreted as a remarkable den- pnstratfon of American earnestness md uudty in the determination to carry on phe. war to successful con clusion- If the German people really understood the mind of the Allies, this war would quickly end.
 The high tide of monetary strain Incident to the huge loan and extra ordinary tax payments has been safely passed. Such enormous transactions in so short period of time have never been attempted before in the worlds history, yet the whole opera ton was successfully accomplished with scarcely a ripple in the financial district From now on the money naLazet should lbe better able to take care of itself and funds should be less stringent until preparations are in or der for the next loan in the autumn. At present the war is costing at the rae of approximately $40, ,000, DOC, ,ood Ia day, and this rate of expenditure iS |liksfy to keep up indefinitely We 'aret still lending large sums to thf Allies; the cost of the war tends tc Increase rather than diminish, ant additiona1 sums will be required fol the shipbuildfng drive, since without ships and more ships the war canno' be successfully prosecuted
 Industrial activity is being turned more and more to war essentials, thu steel trade naturally coming first Without steel in abundance, and coa . also, we could not win the war, be cause it would be impossible to pro 7ide the necessary ships and muni ions without these primary materials lnd without them men and none! lone would be useless. Of food w nave an abundance for ourselves ant plenty to spare for our Allies. Tn, atest crop report suggests a possible wheat crop of 1000, 900 ,o00 bushels ,1TiJ1 len ha a rap1-5 1v1o