The sun., 1918-09-11
RYTOBOLSTER
GERMAN NERVE
TeutOnic Newspapers All Re-
fleet Growing Uncasiness
of the People.
EXPLAIN AWAY DEFEATS
Say Kaiser's Army Can Hold
Ont Forever in Defensive
Against Allies.
EXPLAIN AWAY DEFEATS
Specioi Cable Despatch TO THE Sus from tie
London Times Service.

specioi Cable Despatch TO THE Sun from the
London Times Service.
Copyright. 1918; al rights reserved
THE HAGUE. Sept. l0.-All the Ger
man newspapers reflect growing uneasi-
ness lest the German nerve. should give
way utterly under the eclipse Of faith In
the German supreme command. The
Frdnkturter Zenun1's le.ding article
Sunday Is an attempt to raise the
spirits of It's readers. II does not at
tempt to disguise the magnitude of the
operations in the west. which. II says,
have created for the Germans a military
situation the seriousness Of which Is
known to all. Tho Allies have sue
ceeded In frustrating this years German
offensive campaign.
While not pretending TO know the
plans OF the German supreme command.
whether It chershes hopes OF attaining
Anal military success on French terri
tory or contemp!ates soon or late a
voluntary termination Of the offensive.
the Zeitun0 says the Germans do not
desire to deceive themselves In respect
to what has occurred since. II Is one
thing to discontinue such a victorious
campaign voluntarily for strategic rea-
sons and another thing to do the same
under the enemy's compulsion.
Says Defeats Are Not Final.
II asserts that the conversion OF the
German strategy from the offensive to
the defensive does not in itself neces-
sarily bring the adversary one step
nearer to final victory. 1t condemns
those faint hearts who read a great
battle only from the point of view of the
enemy communicates, where victory fol-
lows victory. strategically and tactically
striking Germany one annihilating blow
after another.
The newspaper declares that whatever
line the German command ultimately
may choose for Its final defensive front,
Germany's armies, both strategcally and
tactically. will be In a position TO hold
such line permanently. come what may.
against all the Entente's r.lllons. in
Guiding their Americans, and against all
their superiority in arms and munitions.
It will be hard. but II will be accom-
plished.
An article by Herr Beemeister, editor
OF the Pan-Gertndn weekly, DuS tTos-
serc Deutschland, In its Issue of August
20, 10 remarkab BILE in some of Ia pas
sages, which show political leadership"
Admits Falling OF Morale.
It traces much OF the present trouble
back TO the sins OF omission OF the un-
happy Won Bethmann-Hollweg. but II
il admitted that the German morale.
both on the front and at home. has de-
Perforated in the last Six months, while.
on the other hand. morale has become
increasingly important from the mill
tary point Of view The case ls stated
thus;
From the military point of view the
| situation in Germany might he worse
In the event that II so shaped itself that
the supreme command would fall bach
completely to the defensive. We have
no sort of reason to believe that such a
| situation Is before us. but let us assume
! that II Is.
I'VE have proved for some years Ia
the west that even an immense supe-
rIority has not been able to force US
out of defensive positions, In such de-
| fensive positions, therefore, We should
| he able TO hold for an unlimited time