The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1918-05-17

know from where to obtain their daily
bread, then the condition Of Germany in
this respect is but matter of COM
parison.
ARMY-After four years OF war the
armies of the entente powers are equal
in discipline and organization to those
Of the central nations. Since the battle
OF the Marne, the ententes have gradual
ly forced back the German armies. A
continuation OF trench fighting in
Northern France at the rate it was pro
crossing would in short time have
made Germany itself the battle ground.
In two years the British and French had |
forced the Germans backwards over the
identical ground taken by the Germans
in the last great assault Of month.
The cost to tbe ententes of the gaining
OF this same ground was far less than
that of the desperate sacrifice of men in
the last month by the Germans. While
lin the east the Germans have made GER
tain successes, partly through local de-
moralization of Russia and some other
countries, yet such successes we're most
ly made over inferior forces, short of war
material.
PEoPLE-After four years of war the
allied countries are closer than ever.
The armies in the field are fighting
shoulder to shoulder, taking their COM
mands from foreign officers and obeying
with willingness, while the people of all
the allied nations are working to support
the soldiers without distinction OF
nationality. and without national
Jealousy. On the other hand, it is a
matter OF common knowledge that
Austro- Hungary is torn by local dissatis
fasti9n and fractional race jealousy, and
that the revelations have shown that
Austria has for more than year sought
to taake q separate peace unknown to
Germany. That Turkey and Bulgaria
are only held to Germany by terms of
practical vesalage, with no real love for
the master nation; while poor Russia
4 grovelling in the dust may yet rise
lagainst the inroads and demands of it's
arrogant conqueror.
/ SUCCESS While Germany had gath
fered in some European lands whose con-
quest may Of may not be of present OF
future strength, she has lost a vast ex.
tent of territory in Africa which
promised better returns in colonization
1 and future power than all she has ap-
|parently won in Europe. As yet there
is nothing permanent in the successes of
Germany. The final issue must and will
be fought out later. Even the entire
conquest OF France would not be final.
Two great obstacles stand in the way.
! America and the British, French, Italian
and American navies-and the armies OF
America.
RESERVE PowER-While it is fact
that Britain and France cannot now in
crease the man power of their armies
and that 1t will require the whole of
their reserve force to keep up the losses
as shown by the casualty lists; that also
proves that after the four years struggle,
after the known losses and taking re-
lcognition of all probabilities and popu-
ilation, then Germany must necessarily
also be at the end of her man power SO
far as increases in the army are con-
cerned. Her reserves in food, muni-
tions. etc, also must be very limited.
Financially like the other European
nations she has been living 'off her own
fatilike the alternating bear as she has
had no power Of fgetting loans from other
lands. 4
Now granting German superiority and
probabilities Of present success, what Of
the future3, America with some prepa.
ration alone is superior to Germany in
man power and all sorts OF material re-
sources. America should be more than
Z match Tor Germany il they began war
on equal notice. And now Germany
even with full success in France would
have to face America. America fresh
and as yet hardly touched BY the torches
OF sSwar. America with al available
army Of ton millions with . navy equal
In power to Germany, with the sym
plthies of the entire world, and Ger
maay exhausted 81 the greatest war;
Efforts otany nation q history after {opsls
pears. must lace America. ss'se Il |;
That 4 the possible prospect. Il isl
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