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New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

think the majority Of Allied military crit
les are Of the opinion that she could do
it at price. She has the interior lines
of communication. An attack upon Salon
jca would put the Allied transport system
to very great strain; it would compel
further shift of French and British troops
to the Near East, certain to be opposed
bitterly in both nations, and it would thus
weaken the Western front, which remains
also rely upon Bulgarian troops for the
main effort. For Bulgaria Salonica is the
prize that has been sought ever since Bull
garia began to have great aspirations.
A Macedonian Victory
Germany would supply the guns, the
generalship, a few chosen troops, perhaps
no more than those Below is leading in
Northern Italy Certain Austrian units
might be added, now that Austria has
been saved from immediate anxieties
Such All attack would be directed against
very strange Allied army, made up Of
Italians, Serbs, Greeks, Russians, British,
French and contingents drawn from Brit
sh and French colonies These forces
hold a wide front, with comparatively few
good lines of communication behind them,
and the people Of the districts they occupy
are in part hostile, as is a considerable
element in all of Greece.
Now, conceive what would be the effect
Of sudden and successful push early in
the spring which carried the Germans
close to Salonica, if it did not Immediately
win the town. At the outset of new
campaign the Allies would suffer moral
defeat They would have promptly to de-
eide whether to send troops from the West
to the Near East at a moment when the
German blow in the West would still seem
to be hanging over their heads. For, what
ever happens, the Germans are going to
have the men and the guns to attack in
the West if they choose, without regard
to any Macedonian effort. In fact, if the
Allies should decide to send men and guns
from the West to Salonica, in addition to
the armies which will have to be main
taincd in Northern Italy, the Germans
might decide. rightly or wrongly, that the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
situation in the West, thus modified, war
ranted the launching of real offensive
which should aim at decision.

situation in the West, thus modified, war
ranted the launching of real offensive
which should aim at decision
In word, German offensive against
Salonica which would have real chance
Of success would, at the opening Of the
fighting season of 1918, upset all the
Allied plans and precipitate real crisis,
the crisis incident to making the decision
whether to continue to spend men and guns
and transport, the most precious element
of all, upon Macedonian sideshow. If
the decision was against such dissipation
Greece might fall and the German don,i-
nation of the Balkans would be complete,
the Kaiser would reestablish his brother
in-law and confront the world with the
accomplished fact
Now, as to Asia. Just as an attack upon
Salonica would, in the main, be made by
dad and Jerusalem would be chiefly the
work of Turkish troops, German led, re-
inforced by few German divisions and
munitioned and gunned by the Germans.
1t would cost the Germans little in life
and failure would have no disastrous
effects at home. And the same is equally
true of the Salonica enterprise; if it sue
ceeded, the British would have to face the
problem of making new sacrifices in the
West and withdrawing new divisions or of
accepting the loss Of Mesopotamia and
giving all their attention to the defence
of Egypt. Egypt and India would, in a
sense, be imperilled, and both have value
in the British mind wholly unappreciated
by any other nation save the German.
Venice Likely to Fall
The last thing in the world am trying
to do is to prophesy that the Germans will
make their great effort for 1918 in Mace.
donia or in Asia, or in both regions. What
/ am trying to point out is that the weight
of evidence points in this direction. ex-
pect to see the Austro- German offensive in
Northern Italy reach the Adige either be.
fore winter shuts down or in the spring
The Central Powers have advanced in the
mountains now to the point where they
possess most of the necessary ground, ano
the Italian position seems to me untena
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

with the corps sent under Plumer to Italy,
ended in bitter disappointment and
dashing of all British hopes.
AS the New Year opens the Germans
are able to put on the Western front sub
stantially as many troops as the British
and the French. / do not think that even
Austrian aid will give the Germans any
decisive advantage in the matter of pum-
bers. They are able to concentrate in the
West most Of the guns hitherto used
against the Russians, all those captured
from the Italians, and it is not impossible
that some of the Russian artillery will
presently find it's way to the German lines
in the West. In this situation any Allied
offensive on a large scale becomes, if not
impossible, altogether unlikely.
To attack now would mean for the Allies
huge losses, with relatively small possibil-
ity of a supreme success. 1t would risk
exhaustion without commensurate promise
of victory. On the other hand, to wait, to
accept the defensive, is to enable the
United States to bring up its forces, Of
which no large portion can be effective in
1918, but perhaps million will be ready
to take part in the campaign of 1919.
Hence the Allies, since the submarine war
fare does not threaten them with famine
or defeat in the next sixteen months, are
bound to accept the defensive and let Ger
many risk exhaustion by the attack
Where Will She Strike?
Now, as the situation stands to-day,
Germany has the men and the material for
an attack But she cannot wait. No great
new ally is getting ready behind her guns,
as we are preparing behind the French
and British armies. Her prospects next
year will certainly be worse than they are
now. But far and away beyond the mill
tary are the economic questions Every
month the war continues the world is be-
coming insersibly but Enthusiastically or
ganized industrially, economically, tinan-
cially against the German; the hostility to
Germany is spreading and the task of re-
gaining the old markets and establishing
the old commercial relations is becoming
more difficult. Thus, if, Germany has the
opportunity to strike, she has also the me-
cessity Of making prompt efforts to close
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

the war, which is no longer merely prob
lem of military factors.

the war, which is no longer merely prob
lem of military factors.
But where will she strike? This is the
question which is filling the press of the
world to-day. Will she strike in Asia
Minor to regain Bagdad and Jerusalem,
restore her dream of a Berlin -Byzantium-
Bagdad railway, regain her old sally-port
against British Egypt and the Suez Canal
which Turkish Palestine supplied? Will
she attack the heterogeneous force now
defending Salonica and Offering the sole
European obstacle to the completion of
Mitteleuropa, walling off this vast Teu-
tonic creation from tho 4Egean and from
the natural outlet of the Central Empire
at the south?
Western Offensive Unlikely
Or will the Germans make ono more
colossal effort in the West? They failed
at the Marne, they failed at the Yser and
about Ypres, they failed at Verdun; and
in these three attempts they had all the
advantages that numbers, preparation,
munitions could give them. Can they
nope W SQCCCcu IlON Rs ~ WO1 I'll VIC oe1C-
rifce, recognizing that if they try and
fail they will come to the end Of the year
facing victorious foes who are assured
Of great strategic reserve in the follow
ing campaign, when the United States is
at last ready?
The Germans have announced their
forthcoming attack is to be made in the
West. They have heralded it with brass
bands and a blare Of trumpets; but their
attack upon Verdun upon Russia in April,
1915, upon Italy a few weeks ago, all
these were surprises so far as German
publicity was concerned. If Germany
contemplated an attack in the West,
would she talk about it, giving her foes
due warning, the chance to make the last
preparation and search their own fronts
yet once more for some weak point?
1t seems to me, and this is the conclu-
sion find in most of the European jour
mails, that German offensive in the West
is unlikely 1t is by no means inconceiva-
blc it may come; it will come if the Ger
mans are actually in possession of infor-
nation, naturally lacking in our own case.
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which would lead them to believe that
breaking down in morale, as were the 1tal-
ian before the recent disaster; but, accept
ing the possibility, it remains plain that
the great weight Of chance is against such
a venture.
A Western offensive can come, it seems
mean economic, not military-is so dcs-
peratc that the Germans feel that they
must risk everything on one more bid for
quick decision. In that case they will
attack in the West, because nowhere else
can decision be had. A complete victory
Italy to make separate peace, would not
be decisive so far as Britain, France and
the United States are concerned. Much
less would complete success at Salonica
or about Bagdad win the war, or even
compel peace on terms which would leave
Germany any substantial profit for her
great sacrifices in men and treasure. Vic
tory in the war, if it is to come on the
field of battle, must come somewhere be-
tween the North Sea and Switzerland, and
if Germany feels that she must risk all on
one more bid for a decision under condi-
tons far less advantageous than on the
other occasions she will attack in the
West and we shall see the greatest con-
f1ict of the war unfold within the next two
or three months.
Minor Goal Probable
On the other hand, if Germany hopes
simply to last the war out, if she hopes to
win it as Frederick the Great won his most
terrible struggle, by wearing out his foes,
as Louis XIV saved his territory in the
War of the Spanish Succession, she is
most likely to seek to break the nerve of
her opponents by aiming at victories in
indecisive fields, which, despite the fact
that they are minor, will impress the
world and because of local circumstances
can be won with a minimum Of cost to
herself Such an operation was the at
tack upon Rumania year ago. The re-
cent Italian affair is an equally good illus
tration Of this strategy
! If Germany desires to take Salonica,
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Where Will Ger.
many Strike? A
NesternOffenSiVe
Possible but
Unlikely
pv FRANK II. SIMONDS
,.,hor Of The World War "They Shall
Not Pass"

The campaign of 1918 opens with GER
.s;n very clearly marked problems in all
minds By reason of the Russian collapse
.,a the Italian disaster, the Germans
..ye reeained the offensive, the initiative.
Theirs is now the opportunity and the
,.uer to strike. For their enemies the
,;adle is now: Where will the next German
ysv fall? In the West, in Salonica, in
Asia? In addition, there is the problem OF
he Italian campaign, which is still pro-
ssdine. Will the Germans and their Aus
,ian allies, who are doing most OF the
rork be able to press their advantage to
,ae extent of compelling the Italians, now
supported by the French and the British,
~ fall back to the line of the Adige, sur
rendering Venice, Vicenza and Padua?
It is perhaps worth while at the outset
n examine for a moment the conditions
out of which the present German advan-
tsoe has grown. At the outset of the last
c,mpaen. that of 1917 the German situa
on was. on the surface, almost desperate.
Russia, France. Britain and Italy, with
their minor allies, possessed combined
force vastly in excess of the troops of Ger
MANY and Austria. The Central Powers
we're outnumbered on every front, and, by
contrast with their condition in the pre-
ycus YEAR, they no longer possessed
s-rategic reserve like that used against
Nerlun.
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contrast with their condition IN the pre-
,ous year, they no longer possessed a
.-rateeic reserve like that used against
Nerlun.
Germany Hard Pressed
Beginning in june, July and August,
ii5, when French and British troops at
Sonmc. Italian troops along the Isonzo
md Russian troops in Galicia had devel
spel a concentric and, in a measure, a
ro5rdnated offensive, the Germans had
been compelled to accept the defensive, and
on all fronts they had lost ground, pris-
oners and advantages, which were not to
be concealed or counterbalanced by the
successful offensive made against Ru
mania just as the campaign closed, an Of
iensye which was actually successful be-
cause Rumania was sold out by the Rus
sian ruling faction, betrayed, and thus
abandoned to destruction.
Germany had found herself hard pressed
all through the latter half Of 1916, and her
enemies might reasonably have expected at
his time last year that with the renewal
Of a concentric attack in 1917 Germany
would be forced to shorten her lines East
and West, or court the disaster which came
10 Lee when he endeavored to hold front
loo extended for his numbers in the last
days of the Confederacy.
The concentric attack was resumed, but
after preliminary round of Allied sue
sesses, French and British on the West
front, Italian on the Isonzo, and Russian
IN Galicia, Russia suddenly collapsed, and
from that moment onward rapidly disap-
peared as factor in the situation. With
the disappearance of Russia the Allies
lost their advantage in numbers. Con-
eelvably, they were still more numerous,
but they had no longer decisive advan~
'agc. Moreover, since the Western front
has only limited extent, Germany at once
acquired reserve to be used on this line
when there was need, although she did not
make and has not as yet made any large
daft upon it.
Allied Failure IN l917
The failure of the Allied offensive in
WI was assured the moment Russia
aropped out, and Germany was henceforth
n position to level new blow. She had
nc numbers on the line and behind it to
make the security of the Western front
absolute, despite minor fluctuations. What
'Aould she do with her new reserves ac-
lulred through Russian detection? She
,ected to use a portion Of them, a small
lsetlon. certainly less than 100000, in an
suens've against Italy, whose lsonzo at
'a.S was becoming dangerous to Austrian
'e'ety. The result was the Italian disas-
VT and the loss by Italy of 100000 pris-
.''fs' lalf of all her artillery and more
"'' nall of all her military accumulation
"stores and munitions
me Italian disaster completed the ruin
Allied prospects which the Russian COL
Tpse Ir' mad begun. Italy now became la-
Ivy and 1T was necessary to send men
Nv guns at once to save her. At the mo-
.s"s When the Germans were beginning
transfer their troops from the Eastern
Il, "e Western front the Allies were
wxeu TO detach two armies from the
A. ssern front to serve in Italy. And with
s.s ,s ae'on they lost all advantage of num-
H., vi the West. The recent British at
nj. az Cambria, which might have re-
ssa IN one Of the decisive battles Of the
sSo Haig been able to support Byng
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-07
POST OFFICE RECEIPTS
SHOW STEADY INCREASE

Postal receipts at the local office
have not fallen off under war stress.
This became evident yesterday when
Postmaster G. w. Barefoot compiled
q statement Of receipts for the month
OF May that showed an income Of
$392O.53, or an increace of $1240.65
over the $2679SS of May, 1917, and
a raise of $1471O over the month of
April, 1913, when $3773.43 were tax
en- in. This advance was made ex-
elusive of the sale OF War Savings
Stamps or Thrift Stamps Figures
for each successive months business
represent a steady increase accord
ing to Mr.. Barefoot
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This story tolls Of the strange
problem put up to John Fleming, a
rising star and iedalistic attorney
Fleming feels il to be his duty to
protect the interests of his clients
no matter what the cost may be to
himself SO when he is called on to
defend Arnold Curtis, who is charg-
ed with murder Fleming determines
to go to the bottom of the case in
his efforts to secure ArnOlds free
dom. This investigation leads Flem-
ing to his own home.
The evidence makes it appear that
his own dearly beloved wife knows
n great deal concerning the murder
His mother, too is apparently i'm
plicated in the crime. Fleming
brings his mother, his wife, and all
the others who are at all connected
with the Caae, into his office for an
investigation. There, in tremen-
dous scene, the murder is unrayeled
Montagu Love appears in the role
of Fleming, the attorney in this pic
ture. June Elyidge is seen in the
role of Fleming's wife, and Arthur
Ashley is cast in the role of Arnold
Curtis All the other members of
the cast ar film favorites of great
ability.
Broken Ties is a gripping, at
tention rivetlng production. You
will like it. Be. sure and see it,
HER RUSTIC ROMEO"
A MutualStrand comedy featuring
Billie Rhodes.
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Observation-Disclosures
Short Stories
of the To1Un
Observation-Disclosures
,eceas Meet Tonight.

Rebeccas Meet Tonight.
The Rebeccas will meet tonight at
eight o'clock Several candidates
will be initiated and at the close Of
the meeting a banquet will be sery-
ed
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5c-1Oc-15c
WOoDMEN TO UNVElL
MONUMENTS SUNDAY

On Sunday, June 9th, the local
w. O. w, camp will unveil two mon
uments at Rose Hill cemetery, to
which ceremony the public is cor
daily invited to attend. One Of
these monuments is for the Mime
kah camp and a large crowd is ex-
pected from there The other is one
Of our members here Sow. A. d.
Russell. The ceremonies viii begin
at the cemetery at o'clock T. J.
DrlGgcrs viii be master OF ceremo-
MES, assisted by the officers and
the uniformed drill team of Chicka.
sha camp.
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RED GROSS NOTICE

All parties are hereby notified thai
before giving benefits of any kind for
the RED Cross or using the name of
the Red Cross in connection with the
same, permission must be secured
from the executive board OF the local
chapter. This is in accordance Vim
the laws governing the American Red
Cross. 1t is contrary to the policy
OF the local chapter to approve bene-
fits for the purpose of raising chap
ter funds. Mrs. W. H. Gilkey, chair
man Grady County Chapter American
Red Cross.
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to all young
men who may hereafter apply at this
office for a marriage license and wSo
give their age as being 21 years, tnat
in addition to swearing to such state
ment OF age, they will be required to
produce their registration cards be.
fOro the marriage license viii be is
sued Further notice is hereby given
that shall in future personally pros
ecute for perjury any person who
swears falsely to his or her age in
order TO secure a marriage license.
EDNA r. WATKINS,
Court Clerk, Grady County,
G.3td-1-tw
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STONE TO MAKE
GOOD WEATHER
FOR OUR ARMY

A letter from Shelley Stone, a
Chickasha boy who has been attend
ing the Oklahoma A. and M. College
at Saltwater for the past three years
preparing for army engineering ger
vice, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs
G. l.. Stone, of this city, states that
he is now in weather observation
training at College Station, Texas,
and has been advanced to the rank
Of corporal The course Stone is
taking is a branch of engineering
given in every state under the. su.
pervision of United States special
lists whose duty it is to "make good
weather for our armies" Following
is part of the letter:
Dear mamma:
"Our school started today. In his
opening lecture, Or. Fassig gave us,
for the first time, the purpose Of our
being here. We are to be trained
as weather observers, In other
words we are going to make good
weather for our armies. We go out
on weather observation each day
and have regular classes and lee
lures.
Although | knew nothing about
infantry drill before going into the
army, | have been made a corporsl
and placed in charge of a sG.:c,s or
course we are all privates while here
in training but several Of us are act
ing as corporals, however our pay
and present status is that of a pri-
yate.
let me hear from some of You
to let me know that eyery.--.AB IS
alright
"As ever your son,
Shelley r. Stone"
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ROCK ISLAND ITEMS
= = = = = = = = : = + 1

J. r. Eddy has been called to Me
Alester by the illness of his father
Mr. and Mrs George I3eulow OK
pected to leave soon for visit with
relatives and friends in Bellsville
Texae.
A. r. Ruiter, master mechanic
from El Reno. is here for several
days on business.
Miss Mab!e Donoy of Oklahoma
City is spending several days here
the guest of friends.
Paul TIeatherly has gone to Ard
more on business.
A. J, Mines of Silvis, Ill.,, is in
Chickasha on company business this
week
Mrs. Arthur Ulrey is expected to
return soon from Woodward, okla,
whore she has spent the past two
weeks with friends.
Charles Pruett is in Enid on bust
ness for the week end
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Whitworth a Jackie.

Fred Hamilton received a telegram
this afternoon from Hugh Whitworth
stating that the latter had been ac-
cepted for service in the navy. This
is his second trial to get into the ser
vice of Uncle Sam Whitworth will
leave Oklahoma City tonight for
San Diego, Calf.
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NEEDLES Postpone Meet.

Medics Postpone Meet
The Grady County Medical Society
viii not hold its regular meeting to-
night on account of the lecture Of
DR.. Allison at the Baptist church.
All doctors are requested to attend
the lecture.
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The highesS spot casn lEice viii bt
paid for some clean cotton rags deliv
cred at once to the Daily Express OF
flea. 2-3Iu
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DON'T THROW AWAY YOUR
RUBBERS

We have just installed new rub
Der machine and are especially pre-
pared TO repair rubber boots and
shoes and rubber soles on leather
shoes Repair any kind of rubber
goods. Buie Auto Supply Co 7-3t
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Stop Corn Agony
) In Four Seconds
Use "aets.It" Corns Peel OFF

The relief that "Gets-1t" gives
from corn -pains--the way 1t makes
corns and oalluses peel off painless
ly in one piece--is one OF the won
ders OF the world, The woman in
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WANTED-To purchase good or
+ room plastered house to move; pay
cash. Must be good condition and
price right. State price and loca-
ton. P. O. Box 400. 1-3t
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