The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-13
"WHY ARE THE ALLIES OUT
MANNED BY THE GERMANS?"
(By Newell Dwight Hills. J

ed long over the dispatches announc-
ing that Great Britain has called 3d.
900 farmers to the trenches, thus
threatening the loss of a part of her
harvest. One of the British editors
and statesmen explains this even by
the frank statement that for the mo-
ment the allies are outmanned and
will be until another million Ameri-
cans reach France. Many men are
unable to understand what this means
although the explanation is very sim
pie. The combined population of
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria
and Turkey is not far from 100000
900. To this must be added seventy
millions Of conquered and impressed
peoples of Belgium, Poland, Rou-
mania, with the Baltic provinces of
Russia, Ukraine and other regions.
Over against this two hundred and
ten millions stands the 25,000,000
living in Great Britain, France, Italy,
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and
the English people of South Africa,
and India. and the Isles Of the Sea.
Concede, therefore, that the army of
six millions 0 fthe allies are over
against six millions of Germans. Why
are 1--WE outmanned?"
Back of that British EDITORS state
ment lies most dramatic fact. Our
allies keep their treties, and will not
use German prisoners to fight against
their brothers. Therefore the six
million Of allies soldiers have no
support behind them. But the Ger
mans impress all conquered peoples
and have behind their lines not far
from six million slaves. Lifted into
the air if the observer had a glass
powerful enough, he would behold
back of the Germans six millions, an
other six millions of impressed pris-
oners and conquered peoples, who
support the German army. These
men driven forward by an automatic
pistol and the rifle, work within half
a mile of the rear German trenches.
They dig bitches, fill shell holes, re-
pair roads, bring up burdens, care
for the horses, scrub the mud from
the wagons and the slightest neglect
of the task means that they are shot
down by the German guards. All this
releases the German soldier from the
deadly work that breaks the nerve,
and units a man to go over the top.
1t means that the German soldier
can fight eight hours and have six
teen to rest and recreation.
But over against this German
army fighting eight hours, with their
exhausting work wrought by several
million impressed servants and slaves,
stands the allies army. Our men
after eight hours of active service
must then begin to dig bitches, fill
shell holes, repair bridges, clean the
mud from the wagons, bring up the
munitions, and this deadly work for
eight hours added to thei reight hours
of active service means only eight
hours left for sleep and recovery,
while the German has sixteen hours
off duty for recovery and sleep. The
allies keep their treaties, and do not
ask a German prisoner to fight
against his brother. The allies obey
laws of right and wrong, but the Ten
Commandments are a great handicap
in time Of war. Is there any one
who supposes that six million of al
lied soldiers, working sixteen hours
a day, are as fresh and as fit as six
million Germans, working only eight
hours a day? That is why the situa-
ton is so perilous. Fortunately vic
tories are not won by muscle with
out, but by the soul within. The
sense of justice in the heart lends a
form of omnipotence to a youth. In
a moral universe, therefore at last
we must win. The great problem
is, how to carry on until the October
rains, when the fog will hold the
wheels of the German chariots until
we can get another million Ameri-
cans across to France with full
equipment, and $4,000 airplanes that
that next winter will bomb Essen and
Berlin out of existence. The report
of Secretary Baker holds argument
for a boundless hope. Think Of a.
cartridges made by the men
and women in our munition plants in
one day. Every day the horizon
brightens. At last the time is APP
preaching when the full power of the
American millions Of men, American
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