The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-10
ENRY CLEWS
 WEEKLY LETTER

hA second leap of the great Ger rush on the western front has ed. In few short weeks the en- has recovered territory that re- red the Allies some time to win. it must be acknowledged was Dmplished by superior force. But ht was the net result? The three bable objectives of the German hy---division of the French and hsh, crushing their enemy, or talk
 Paris---have all completely failed, the position of the German forces ay is less secure than when the Fe began. What the next move
 be is not yekdivulged, and in the Brim the enemy will be fully occu- consolidating his lines, bringing
 big guns, supplies, etc., and i'm wing transportation facilities. Pos ty the lull following these successes
 be utilized for fresh peace talk;
 all such camouflage is useless; be- se Germany will not be likely at sent to offer terms satisfactory to
 Allies, and a German peace with
 potentialities for another war is possible. We must not forget that many has no thought of retiring hin her original boundaries: no [ingness to give reparation for the ishing of small nations, and albso- hly no repentance whatever for fer the colossal crimes against Jus
 and humanity or the wholesale Iation of the entire moral code. Ice with such an interruptions and moral power as Prussian militia n is unthinkable, and cannot be n seriously considered, until that Ter has been crushed. and in its ce one established uIpn ideals Fe consonant with modern civiliza- b. Nothing can compel such a nge as this in the Prussian mind, ept a decisive Allied victory, the look for which improves daily. tish and French forces seem quite to hold on, and the Americans
 happily now being rushed across surprising numbers. Already our Is have shown their mettle and en tho enemy a taste of what to |ect; and very shortly they will we an important factor in the war. for recent piraticai submarine at ks on defenseless American vessels home waters, they will accomplish hing except stimulating our ener- s to still keener pitch, and in this pect they will prove more service tQsus than to the enemy,-
 heee are two very encouraging tors 1n home business affairs; the look for a big cotton crop and also
 large wheat crop, both of which this period promise to be record akers. These are two of the most bortant crops raised in the United tes, and their promise of abund- e is as encouraging to our Allies to ourselves. In other respects the D situation Is favorable, and if sent expectations are realized they
 tend to check high prices and |1teering; for while the Food Ad- hietratfon has accomplished won Is in the latter direction, the law supply and demand cannot be ig- Fed, and the task of regulating ces will be much easier under 1ndance that under scarcity. In
 industries pertaining to the war re is intense activity, and effort is ng steadily shifted from the. un- eesary to the necessary products. source of uncertainty has been noved, and that is labor which is playing a high degree of patriot
 and steadily increasing it's out thus offsetting to some extent
 losses through drafting into the ny. British labor has doubled its put since the war began by means intense effort and better methods. ch an increase of product here, gever, is hardly to be expected, for
 reason that American labor has g been regarded as more efficient