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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

have all of US had full and sufficient evil
dence of the many phases of the defeatist
campaign of 1917, following the German
peace proposal of December, 1916, and
the Reichstag resolution of the following
summer.
In 1916 and for a fraction of 1917 the
German was convinced that he could not
get military decision. He changed his
mind after the Russian collapse In
other words. his peace offensive was so
successful that it cleared the way for
a new venture Of the German High Com
mand, new try for the military decis-
ion. The result of this effort is becoming
palmer every day The decision was not
and is not to be had therefore the Ger
man will unquestionably go back now to
the other form of warfare. which he calls
peace propaganda and we call a peace
offensive.
Turning now to the military phase
again: The German cannot get a mill
tary decision because he no longer has
the numbers to enforce any local decis-
ion. He no longer has any advantage in
gross numbers With the American
troops actually in France the Allies out
number him greatly. but unfortunately
only portion of the Americans are now
available. But there are enough of
these, as | showed several weeks ago in
a Sunday article, to give Foch something
more than an equality of numbers and
leave the German only such advantages
as come FROM the greater homogeneity
of his force, since it is ali of one ma
tionality, and the superiority Of training,
with respect only, however, to our own
troops.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

But if the peace offensive fails, as the
war offensive has Enthusiastically failed.
there is still ahead of US at least one year
more of terrific and costly fighting be-
fore we can begin to hope to win the war
in the only way that it can be Won
namely, upon the battlefield And in that
time each temporary reverse, each check,
each delay, will serve the Germans as a
new basis for their peace offensive and
a new foundation for their argument
that no military decision is possible. OF
the three stages that have to be covered
before we come to the point where real
peace is possible we have but passed the
first, or are just coming to the end of it,
1t has been in a sense the most critical of
all, but it has also been the simplest, be-
cause in the face OF peril which no man
could misunderstood all effort and all
energy were concentrated naturally upon
the task Of stopping the enemy. 1t will
i e less easy to get the same concentration
in the other two stages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

brief time, probably the moment that
some considerable but relatively unim-
portant German success, such as still re-
mains possible, tends to give temporary
lie to the facts in the German military
situation in the West. There will then
be frank declaration, such a declara-
ton as kUhlmann made the other day,
that no military decision is possible
Both sides have made the try; both sides
have made at least three tremendous
failures; therefore, the Germans will rea-
son, military decision is impossible and
peace by negotiation is the only way out
of situation which is bringing about
the bankruptcy Of civilization
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Time Runs
Against Kaiser

When this situation develops it IS es-
sential for every Allied observer to re-
member that Paris is once more in dan
ger, for the German will be seeking bv
the most ingenious and sustained effort
to win the French nation into making a
separate peace, a peace which will be as
attractive, in German propaganda, as
that peace without indemnities or an
nexations" which lured Russia to ruin al
Brest-Litovsk. Not less appealing bait
will be held out to Italy, like France in
vaded and far more than France exposed
to internal dangers Of a descriptive sort.
Germany means to win the war by her
peace offensive, now that her war often
sve has failed. The element of time is
just as much against her in the new
operation as in the cid Turkey and Bull
garia are becoming FESTIVE; Austria is on
the edge Of revolution-to be sure, like
a donkey on mountain trail. Austrian
statesmen seem always to Dlect the outer
and dangerous edge, but the present sit
uation rs more critical than any that has
preceded. If German peace operations
were delayed over long period Turkey
and Bulgaria might escape the German
leading strings and make separate peace
with the enemy. Even Austria might
break under the strain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Foch's Strategic
Triumph

Since l made my statement the proof
has been supplied by the Foch offensive
Employing the larger part of the Ameri-
can divisions which have been long in
France and his own French colonial
troops Foch created an army of ma
neuvre and struck the German flank be-
tween the Marine and the Aisne, bringing
off one of the great strategic triumphs of
the war. Had Foch been able to dispose
of sufficient reserves the stroke might
have been far more effective, just as
Jotfre's victory at the Marine would have
led to far more decisive results had
Joffre possessed any large unexhausted
reserve.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
German Army
Still Strong

1t is Idle to imagine that the German
army IS not capable of great resistance
IN the future. The recent retreat has
been conducted IN manner beyond
praise The German High Command
made an appalling blunder and gro
tesque miscalculation. Had the German
army been any less determined and dis
ciplined this blunder might have led II
destruction. at least for the army I'M
mediately involved. But, so far from
leading to this, the defeat simply opened
the way for an orderly and we'll con-
Quoted withdrawal in which the resist
ance of the retreatng foe won the recog
milton of the victors. Even if the Ger
man does not fight fairly or cleanlv. even
though his methods are abhorrent. there
IS general testimony to the stuhbornness
with which he fought and the steadiness
with which his rearguards hung on to
position after position, although the
great battle was lost and there could be
no Disgusting the fact
Nothing is more likely than that the
German will attempt to close the pres
emit campaign with some sort of VIC
tory. a decisive victory is beyond the
possibilities. But be may take some sec
tor Of famous ground, some city like
Nancy, or even Yp,es, by paging a price.
and then point to this achievement as
rroof that he has won the campaign and
remains invincible. In 1915 the Germans
used their autumn successes in Serbia
to cover failures in the West and the
larger failure in the East, where Russia
managed to escape destruction for the
moment. In 1915 Rumania played the
same part for the German, who had been
defeated at Verdun and the Somme. Last
year the Russian collapse was too plain
to require from the Germans any such
effort
The way to a successful peace often
sive for the German plainly begins at
some local military triumph on the West
front which shall in part restore the
prestige of the recently defeated Crown
Prince and the discounted Ludendorff.
To get this victory new blow will be
needed and there is, therefore, every
reason to forecast at least one more
considerable German offensive, followed
by a desperate effort both to exploit
such success as is achieved on the bat
tlefeld and celebrate it all over the
world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

campaign, she was too late Britain was
almost ready and France able to
hold until Britain could begin. After the
Verdun failure it was necessary to 20
east and south again, Russia having once
more become dangerous and Rumania a
fresh foe
But Russia defnitively destroyed for
military purposes, Rumania disposed of,
the East at her feet, Germany came West
again this spring. America was as I'M
ready, far more unready, than Britain in
The Verdun time. The chance to dis
pose of the older enemies before the new
one was on the field in troublesome num-
bers was unmistakable The battles of
Picardy, Flanders and the Aisne seemed
to promise the ultimate victory Just as
Morhange, Charleroi and Mons seemed to
promise it in 1914 The most optimistic
Allied observer could not deny that Ger
many had fresh opportunity to gain
decision on the Continental battlefield the
moment it was disclosed that the Ger
mans had devised "a system of battle tao
tics which abolished the value of trench
systems, as their heavy guns had abol-
ished the value of forts nearly four years
before. The parallel was again strik-
ing, but fortunately the end was the
same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Allies Have Not
Yet Won Struggle

Now, it is one thing to say that Ger
many has lost the chance to win mill
tary decision in this war and another to
say she has lost the war. Still third
statement is the declaration that we, the
nations which are allied against Ger
many, have won the struggle This last
is emphatically not the case. Nor is it
true that Germany has lost the war. She
has lost the chance of winning it on the
battlefield; but she has other methods,
and they are bound to be used now to
the uttermost.
Germany was beaten in 1916 at the
close of the campaign of that year, and
she knew it, Accordingly the Kaiser pro-
posed peace, not because he desired peace,
not because his proposal was intended to
lead to a settlement on an honor
able and possible basis, but because he
reckoned that a proposal Of peace might
disarm his foes and accomplish what his
armies had failed to bring about, namely,
a real German victory. His calculations
were amazingly correct. His peace pro-
posals threw his foes into confusion, ulti-
mately led to Russia's collapse, tempo
rarily brought Italy to the point Of seem
ing impotence and enabled the German
army to enter the campaign Of 1918 with
new chance to acquire n military de-
cision.
Beyond all doubt the Kaiser will now
repeat his strategy Of 1916 and we shall
nave new proposal of peace within
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Peace Offensive Now
To Be Faced

We shall have next winter, therefore.
to repe the peace offensive designed to
enable Germany to keep a respectable,
larger, share of the provinces she has
conquered. We shall have the peace of
fensive supplemented by much military
threatening. Unquestionably the prom
Use to devastate all CT France still in Ger
man hands, as we'll as Belgium, in the
fashion Picardy was devastated in the
Hindenburg retreat, will be one gentle
German hint to France as to the advisa-
bility of coming to an arrangement And
until that peace offensive is defeated we
must face the fact that we may still lose
the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11

dorff may not deal a happier blow.
viewed from the German angle, than his
last two, one of which was checked, the
other turned into heavy defeat. The
point is that he will be unable after such
stroke TO enforce decision.
Napoleon was in the same situation in
the most brilliant Of all his campaigns,
also fought in the Marine Valley Bern
hardi comments significantly upon this
fact in one of his military works The
German has very nearly exhausted his
shock troops; he is facing an enemy who
is his equal in numbers. has at least as
good communications on the vital French
sectors Of the front and is now in po-
sition to meet any offensive with swift
and powerful counter offensive, employ
ing therein fresh American troops.
The value Of our troops in the situa-
ton is peculiar. They are not, on the
whole, the match Cor any other troops in
the European field on the defensive, be-
cause they lack the four years of train
ing Of French. German and British
troops. But on the offensive and under
the guidance of the French staff, they
possess exactly the qualities which make
them the most dangerous shock troops in
Europe. They are young, physically fit
md morally at the highest point soldiers
can attain. Their spirits have not been
weakened by four. years of suffering;
they have not slowed down under the
strain which has taken the edge off the
best of all the other nations forces.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Peace and Wax
Operations the Same

If one could only make it clear for the
balance of the wa to all pubHcs, Amer-
ran and Allied alike, that the German
uses peace and war operations in just the
same way and for the same end. If he
can't conquer a foe and impose his will
upon an enemy by his army and by bat-
tie, he tries a peace proposal. Whether
the attack be by arms or words, the pur-
pose of the attack is to gain or retain
provinces and plumber. Russia was con-
quered by German peace operations quite
as much as by her military attacks. The
Italian defeat at the Isonzo was pro-
cured by peace Vaccinations before it
was obtained by military attack.
The German knows quite we'll that if
the war goes to military decision he
will not only lose all that he has taken
in his various campaigns. but also that
Germany will suffer as much as in the
Thirty Years War German rulers know
that the defeat of The German army will
invariably involve changes within Ger
many which are. to say the least, I'M
promising. No one expects great moral
awakening in Germany What is to be ex-
pccted is that the German, who was will
ing to support the existing system be-
cause of its supposed efficiency and fan
cied profits. will look for a new system
when the profits are found to be non
existent.
Therefore the German leadership is
not going TO risk the decision upon the
battlefield which must be against it. if
it can find any way to keep the provinces
and the plumber without running the ult-
mate risk This can only be accom-
plished by a peace propaganda which
turns on the war WEAKNESS and feeling
Of exhaustion of the peoples fighting. We
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Unity of Allies
Necessary to
Bring Them
Victory
Copyright, 1918 - The Tribune
Association (The New York
Tribune)

any reason to doubt that by the end of
the campaign, even though we are not
in Berlin or across the Rhine, the
outcome of the war will be so clearly
forecast that the Germans will be unable
to make 4 peace offensive which can be
dangerous, for once our military victory
is foreshadowed German victory by
peace offensives will become as impos-
sible as German victory by military
means is now becoming.
Meantime, we are over the pitch for
the year and for the war, unless the Ger
man can escape again, as he did two
years ago, when he started his peace
campaign and thereby destroyed Russia
and ruined the Italian offensive against
Austria. While Italy holds Austria, with
a measure of help from the Allies,
France, Britain and the United State.
can defeat Germany next year, as they
should now be able to check the remain
ing German thrusts this year Unity of
command, unity of faith and unity of
policy carry with them the death SEN
tence for the German purposes, if they
can be preserved through the next win
ter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
neF Victory Seemed
b Plain Sight

'u' again there has been repetition
VI toe Waterloo circumstances The Ger
'Sa Napoleon has sought three times to
~ the Allied Wellington, Joffre,
:, s''n and Foch in turn, but each time
Ing mas arrived in time, the Russians
''is' the British in 1915 and ourselves
.'1'' AS result, each grandiose at
= ~ "as faiied at the moment when the
"a people and the German soldiers
". "'s too rashly believed that victory
:" within plain sight.
WV, going back to the former occa-
We see that the failure in the
- campaign was followed by
OF German effort for nearly a
. ~ md half to tho East front. Ger
8" could not fight ofyensiv. campaign.
'esa sides, 50 she abandoned the West
matters in the East. When she
back to the West, in the verdun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
An Incompatible
Weapon

AS a striking force Foch. then, has
found at his hand in Pershing's army
the best conceivable weapon. He has.
moreover, the certainty of rapidly in
creasing number Of these troops Three
hundred thousand arrive in Europe each
month, and it will not be long before his
monthly increase IN trained troops will
reach this figure. In less than two
months the American contribution is
more than the annual increment Ger
many gets from one of her classes, and
it is made up of infinitely better ma
teria
We shall have next year practically
the only army in Europe capable of max
ing an offensive in the spirit and with
the force which German armies revealed
at the Marine and at Verdun, which the
French armies displayed in many often
sives before the fatal failure Of the
Aisne last year, which the British ar
mics preserved through the Somme and
the Flanders campaign of last year. 1t
will be an incompatible weapon in
Foch's hands, this American army, with
all its determination, spirit and energy.
And some fraction of it, an ever
increasing fraction. will play a part
this year. Indeed, if there is a tendency
in certain quarters to exaggerate the
technical military value of our contribu-
ton at the recent battle test, the value
of the moral contribution cannot be ex
aegerated.
We ought to have more than 100000
fighting men in France next year and we
ought to have reserves to keep our army
at that strength. With such an army
as the striking force of the Allied often
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Value of
American Troops

But neither Foch nor Ludendorff has
such a reserve now. Ludendortf had
it in the beginning of the campaign and
lost it in the terrible struggles which
have since .ensued Foch is acquiring it
as our American troops become available
in larger and larger numbers, but will
probably not have it in sufficient strength
to enable him to 60 beyond the limits of
counter offensives like his recent stroke
this year This is not to say that Luden-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Three Phases of
German Effort

We have had in this war three phases,
yhch have been exactly alike and have
Id to the same results. In August and
September 1914, Germany undertook to
eliminate France from the war by her
great offensive Her strategy was based
upon the theory that before Russia could
intervene effectively either in East Prus-
sia or against Austria the German army
could dispose of France and thereafter
turn its attention to the reduction of
Russia. The failure of the Marne en-
tailed the decisive defeat of this strategy.
The German army proved inadequate for
its mighty task and French military
power endured.
Again, at Verdun. having beaten Rus
"a down and while Britain was still IN
ready, Germany endeavored to dispose
France. The problem was the same,
ae issues Identical, and in this case it
as Britain who played the role of Rus
ia IN 1914 and at the Somme began an
offensive which deprived Germany of all
Glance of realizing her Verdun purposes.
for second time the Western line held
aud Germany was thrown back upon the
defensive.
We are just seeing the last phase of
'ae tnird German effort The revolution
Russia, carefully guided by German
agencies, had at last disposed Of Russia
1911. The United States could not
aectlvely intervene in the first half of
ae campaign Of 1918. Ludendorff had
'Afiy Six months ahead of him, as he
NSuiated, more than six months as it
~sa seemed, in which to dispose Of Brit
al and France before Pershing's army
''a'a turn the scales And as in 1914,
inc Marine campaign, and in 1916,
"'ofe verdun, the Germans have come
'"nih an ace of success and have failed,
WY after brilliant preliminary tri-
ampas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-08-11
Peace Offensive
Might Finally
Win the War
For Her
Rv FRANK II. SlMONDS
Author of "Ihe World War, - "They
Shall Not Pass

Germany has lost the campaign Of
,o1s and with this loss has been joined
.hs inevitable extinction Of the last
.bance to win a military victory, pro-
vided only that the great nations now in
arms against the German and his minor
allies remain as firmly united as they
bays been in the past. Germany escaped
defeat which was plainly indicated
after the close Of the campaign of 1915,
desuite her Ruranian victories Of that
wear, solely because Russia abandoned
the struggle and thus freed German
hands. In 1917 the Russian debacle en-
abled Germany to defeat British and
French offensives. and in 1918 to under
take her own great offensive which has
inst been wrecked at the Marine.
If one could conceive that, following
the Russian precedent, Germany could
hereafter eliminate Britain, France, the
United States or Italy from the war, she
might be able to undertake a new often
sive to win a military decision in the
West with a reasonable prospect of VIC
tory. But apart from such a success
;he has no longer the numbers or the re-
..,-s.e ,aoosc,rv for tho +acl-
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-29

The sweater, having Inspired all
sorts of sweater c1ats AMI sport COZ IS
for the benefit of those who like to
combine smartness with uniformity In
dress, has improved Its own original
convention. In the new models now
being manufactured of sweaters pure
and simple we discover garments more
trim and more carefully planned than
In the time-honored old original. Much
more attention Is given to the details
of finishing, and even the utility sweat
or makes n feature of color. Any
number of gay shades. as bright as
field flowers, enliven outdoor back
grounds.
Many women knit their own sweat
ers and swcnter.coats, but these hand
made garments are few by comparison
with those knitted by machinery. And
designers of machine knitted garments
have shown themselves amazingly clev-
or I'm turning out sweaters that are
almost rcplicas of those knitted by
hand. They are responsible for the
best of new models and the introduc.
ton Of novel decorative features that
make them interesting. Recently they
have introduced caps to mntch--in the
case Of utility--to be worn In keen au-
tumn days or whenever wind and cold
make hat not practical.
In the picture, mt the left. sweater
cont Is shown In light color bordered
with white. The range Of colors In
cludes turquoise, orchid. b, citron,
gold. emerald, amethyst. md less
unusual shades that have come to be
recognized as sweater shades. The
pIctu"n tells the story Of this model In
every detail, simple and effective de-
signing, attractive color combination
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-29
Blue SILK JERSEY
.ilsome Design Of Material in
High Favor.
Best Suits Embroidered by Hand or
Arc Decorated With eraidinos
Worked In silk soutache.

The sketch shows jcrsey-cloth cos
tune of the latest design. II may be
accepted as fact that Jersey cloth,
i'm silk or wool, Is as popular as ever
1t was; even more popular, according
to q prominent fashion correspondent.
Several of our leading dressmakers
state that Jersey cloth has come to
stay. That It Is as much necessity
in the world of dress as serge or satin.
This particular model was expressed In
dull blue silk Jersey and embroidered
In smOke-gray silks and soutache.
This combination of blue and gray Is
very fashionable. For quiet afternoon
dresses. navy blue Jersey cloth is made
up with smokc-gray satin, and with the
best results. The model skctched had
u long tunic coat, but this garment was
slightly punched up ut the back to
fOrm sort Of japanese sash. On u
all, slight figure such an arrangement
would be very attractive, but for the
average woman tunic coat which
falls straight all round is best.
Both Worth and laquin are using q
good deal of a heavy make of silk jer.
sey cloth, especially for sports coats
Of elaborate design. Worth is making
these coats Of striped materials, beige
and white stripes, black and gray
stripes md so on. Nearly all the best
jersey.cloth suits aye embroidered by
hand or decorated with braidings
worked In narrow silk soutache.
These embroideries and braiding IRE
In the same color as the dress ma
terinl rs u rule, but sometimes one
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-29

THE RED CROSS Is cnllsting more
than one thousand volunteer nurses
II month. and Is training them for
work In the Held. II sends them to
the army fully trained and equipped.