The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-28
No LIMITATION uPoN vIcToRY.


identity Of victor and vanqushed is concerned wen
assume that this year win end the There facts
to sustain the opinion that ultimate victory and defeat
viii hinge upon this years battes but there facts
to support the notion that the beligersnts viii make peace
this year.
The allies believe in their souls that the enemy armies
viii be overmatched They have many facts to support
their belief The two tremendous struggles Of March
and April of this year give substantial basis for the allied
belief that the German armies cannot overpower the ar
mics Of France Britain and America; and hence it
reasonable to believe that the German armies have passed
their climax Of strength and win out decidedly
worsted il the next struggle The German failures Of
March and April are fixed facts The German failure to
is an assumption which remains to be proved But
it Is 50 violent assumption would be to assert
that Notwithstanding two German failures and an in
their Forthcoming drive.
If Germany should succeed In breaking through the al
lied armies the war certainly would not end in 1918 It
would enter upon new phase Of immense scope and con
sequence, the full extent Of which cannot be even i'm
agned.
the allies should throw back the German assault and
down the German armies the war would probably
upon its last stages but these last stages would not
be compressed within the year 1918 Every one in al
lied countries hopes that domestic disturbances in Ger
many and Austria will demoralize the military element
and either lead to successful revolutions or to an easy
victory for the allied armies There is little more than
hope in this prospect however The situation does not
Justify the allies in basng any important plan upon this
hope The only safe rule to adopt with regard to the Ger
government and people is to assume that they are
and viii remain in substantial accord united in the dis
regard Of human and divine law, determined to win by
fair and foul MEANS and oBsessed by the conviction that
by fighting they collect from defeated nations more
than enough to repay the losses Of their insane adventure
Murmurs have arisen from the German people, it is
true, and to be true that the German emperor
compelled to attempt the defeat Of France and Great
Britain this because of the insstent demand in
Germany for peace and bread Nevertheless, if Ger
many should be beaten back in the onslaught there
little ground for presuming that the German empire would
thereupon undergo domestic commissions resulting in the
downfall Of militarism. The allies would still be com
PEELED to carry their advantage forward to the point of
decisive defeat Of the enemy
When the giant antagonists have struggled through
their next encounter they viii be tired and although the
whole world may know which side enjoys the advantage
there may be to push the advantage to imme-
dlate victory Behind the German lines formidable
defenses, reaching to the Rhine The allied armies af-
ter having beaten off and overmatched the enemy in life
and death struggle could be expected to experience
miraculous If strength sufficient to push
the Germans the Rhine To accomplish that feat
would require time for recuperaton and reinforcement
Therefore the plans Of the United States must re-
main ample where they ample and must be enlarged
where they inadequate to the needs Of the foremost
aaton Of the world arming itself for victory against the
most formidable force that has yet attempted to abolish
freedom among men. The war should not be planned by
months years. by numbers of soldiers or ships II
should be planned solely for victory The fate Of the
world hangs upon the adequacy Of Aerlcas war plans
and the effectiveness Of Americas war operations There
other matter which need concern the United States
The sole aim of Americans should be to broaden their IN
telgence and exat their hearts to the point where they
will be PATRIOTS worthy Of this ndestructbe and rress
ble nation which has been apart and prepared by the
divine hand to protect the deenseess and strike dead the
spoilers Of humanity No plans can be TOO ample no
weapon be too massive, energy be too great
to execute the true will and purpose Of the United States
in this war, which to impose just compile and last
ing peace upon foe who shall have been made forever
incapable Of assualng the world There can be no m
tatiOn Of time, space, effort in achieving victory
Washington Post.
With possibly more than million American soldiers
now in France and possibly half that number the