The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-03-21
IB0SCHES INVITE
JOURNALISTIC
WESTERN FRONT
CLAIM THEY ARE ABOUT TO
BEGIN LONG PROMISED
ATTACK
Have Many S h O c k
Troops Ready
Only Once Before Did They Do
This and Then They Got an
Awful Licking in Assault at
Verdun Fortifications.
John Edwin Nevin

Il. N. S. Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 19.-If Ger
many intends initiating a grand Of
fensive" on the western front the
time is ripe. London advices origi-
mating in Copenhagen reaching Wash
ington this afternoon stated that the
German high command has invited
neutral correspondents to witness
such an offensive The inference is
that it is to be initiated Immediate
~
Germany can do so if she is ready
to pay the price. Most officials here
who are closely following the situa-
ton do not believe that even Won
Hindenburg and Won Ladendorf, Law
ish MASTERS as they are of man power.
would care to assume responsibility
for an offensive the result of which
would be in doubt while they have so
much to gain by consolidating their
/ lines on the eastern front The po-
sition of the United States on. this
! line was set forth only yesterday in
the weekly review of the situation
by the army staff It states that:
while hostile preparations for an
offensive in the west are not siacken-
ing it is becoming more and more
evident that the enemy will launch
this offensive only if compelled to do
so by the exigencies of the general
strategic situation"
There is no doubt that if Germany
wants to attack she has the force all
along the western front with which
to do so. The advices to the general
staff show that her troops are now so
massed all along the battle front
from the North sea to the Swiss
frontier that additional units cannot
be utilized and new organizations
from the east are all being held in
reserve behind the front at railroad
functions from which they can be
easily moved The entire front line
of trenches is held by the picked
shock troops garnered from all the
fronts. Immense supplies of NUM-
tons are reported by aviators to
have been moved to protected .stor-
age points behind the line. The wea-
Their too, is ripe now for an offens-
i've If fulfillment of the boasts of the
German general staff that it will en-
force peace by the sword" is now to
be attempted
There is no Disgusting the fact that
officials in charge of the war were
hoping this afternoon that the report
from Copenhagen was true and that
Germany was about to attack. Opin-
ion here, where all of the plans of
the Versailles conference are known,
is unanimous as to what the out
come will be-
Germany cannot break through"
explained a high officer of the gen
eral staff this afternoon. There is
not a single weak point anywhere.
The weight of men, of materials and
especially the morale of the men all
favor the allies
IAN offensive initiated by Germany
now will be repealed once for all,
and with it the initiative will pass to
the allies"
There might be extensive "feelers"
put forth at many points, but he did
not look for the grand" offensive
which the Copenhagen dispatch said
was imminent
It has not been the custom in the
past for Germany to Invite" corre-
spondents to witness an offensive and
let the news leak out through neu-
trail countries. In fact only once has
the German general staff anticipat-
ed its action in this way, officials
said this afternoon. That was when
they invited all correspondents. in
GLIDING Americans then in Germany
ITO enter Verdun with the crown
prince"
The kaiser went to the front at
that time also prepared to participate
but what happened is now history.