The Washington herald., 1918-06-26
BERLIN HOLDS
VICTORYNOW
FURTHER
Kaiser Guards Against De,
bacle Similar to That
\ Of Austrians.
SAYS PEOPLE MUST
WAIT TILL 1919 NOW
Threatened Withdrawal Of
Austria Shown to Cause
Foe Much Concern.
ITALIANS CONTINUE GAINS;
!, NEW DRIVE I'M WEST LIKELY
| Foil to Victory Of Diaz Is Expect
ed Within Few Days As
German Necessity.
SAYS PEOPLE MUST
WAIT TILL 1919 NOW
ITALIANS CONTINUE GAINS;
NEW DRIVE In WEST LIKELY

Confidential reports received al
the State Department yesterday
show the German Kaiser has al.
ready taken steps to prevent a
collapse of his armies such as re-
suited in the Austrian dehacle on
the italian front.
The German people are being
told not to expect the campaign
plans of 1918 to end the war
Vague promises of victory in 1915
are being held out by the in
spired press.
The threatened withdrawal oi
Austria as the chief ally of Ger
many is shown to be a source oil
grs,tf concern at Berlin. The hur.
|rfed Skparture of Cen. Won. Luden.
dorff from the Western front foi
Vienna is to prevent a desperate
peace drive by the dual mon.
9rchy. =
Handwriting on WALL
The speech made by Foreign Min
lister DR.. Richard Won Kuehlrnann be-
fore the Reichstag Monday is ac.
cepted a. indication that Germany
sees the handwriting on the wall
President Wilson in the address an.
nounced for July 4 at Mt Vernon
is expected to make known that al
such false pretensions will receive q
negative response as long as the pol.
icy Of aggression IN the East is main
tained.
Meantime. while the italians an
along the Piave. there is talk Of new
offensives being started on the west.
ern front. Military men assert that
Germany must strike again within
a week or ten days, II for no other
reason than to. divert the attention ol
their war-weary soldiers from the dis.
aster which has befallen their Aus.
trfan comrades
Such an offensive would be vel.
coined by the armies Of the United
States and the allies, according tC
information which. has been received
from Gen. Foch. The Germans woulC
not dare make such a move without
concentrating their entire force FOL
the attack, 1t Is believed. This woul6
enable Foch to strike back with 9
maximum Of strength.
II Germany fails to assume the ini-
tiative the allies will not stand :dle.
Washington is filled with rumors OF
plans for a general offensive by the
allies. In this connection Secretary
Baker made the statement yesterday
that between 60 and 10 per cent OF
the United States troops overseas
were electives.
100000 q. 9. Electives.
The statement reveals that Of the
1,000 900 American soldiers who vii
have been landed in France by July
1, one week from now, fully 10000 OF
the total will be fighting men. The
satisfaction felt in England and
France over the speed with which the
American program Of participation Ii
being carried out is reflected in the
last address of Lloyd George before
the British Parliament.
The spirit with which the British
Prime Minister gave full credit 70
the war efforts of the United State
Is understood to have been the sub
ject of most pleasing comment q
yesterdays cabinet meeting. Tn
one certainty of the present situa
tion is that as discord grows amonl
the Central Empires the entente al
lies have reached a state of almos
perfect understanding and cooper
alton.
The reference made by Lloy,
George to an impending militar,
move Of great consequence on tn
Western front was generally &C
cepted by the public as q warning
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