Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-08-06
GERMANY NOT YET BEATEN.

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lions and supplies, and has sustain
ed huge losses in man-power, and we
say we have won a great victory.
Let US analyze the situation. and see
where the greatest fruits of victory
lie.
Is the victory to be found in the
capture Of munitions? We can man
ufacture munitions more rapidly and
| of superior quality to those captured
from the enemy The loss of these
war supplies is serious one, perhaps
to the Germans, but it is one from
which they may quickly recover.
Is the victory to be found in the
possession of that strip of French
territory recently taken by the Amer
leans and their Allies from the Huns?
We hardly think SO. The whole Of
the battlefield of the Marine is strip
of ruined ground that will in all prob
ability be barren during many years
to come, and will be made TO bear
the fruits of the soil again only af-
ter a long period of the most careful
farming.
In neither of these do We find the
truest evidence of the great victory
that has just been won by the Allies
in France. The killing Of Germans
enters into the equation only nso far
as this element tends to weaken the
armies of the Kaiser, for the organi-
cation of the German people is such
that so long as the army is we'll fed
there will be no outbreak.
The German people have long been
war-weary, but for that matter, so
have all of the nations of Europe.
The effects of the struggle are al
ready to be seen here in our own
5lassed Southland-even in Georgia
and Sumter county the war situation
+; causing grave inconvenience, and
in some instances, considerable NOM
etary loss to individuals. Yet we
fight on, and the nation as whole is
determined to win this war, if it
takes every man.
Our armies are strong and conf
dent because they have the whole
hearted backing of the people at
home Let's see if this condition
prevails in Germany. Prisoners taken
by our armies recently have com
planned Of the poor rations furnish
ed them, and no army can fight we'll
unless it is we'll fed.
Documents Of most significant
character, indicating that recent
events have brought about an ex-
tremely marked state of depression
in the German army have fallen into
the hands of the British Most sig
ni6cent of all perhaps, is an extract
from a German officers diary in
which he relates he had been asked
by the divisional headquarters wheth-
er the troops in the line favored peace
or continuation Of the war, his an
swer being:
Immediate peace or an immediate
decisive battle"
This entry was dated before the
! German drive for the Marine began.
Hardly less important is letter
taken from a German prisoner. L
was written to him by another Ger
man stationed along the Marine. Il
reads.
You will be In the thick Of it now.
ShiIk as much as you can. Do not
be stupid. We are risking our lives
only for big victories on the Marine
and we will never get out of this
mess al all Our regiment has been
nearly wiped out and we have not
pushed far. The war is becoming q
greater massacre than ever. Whai
is goihg to happen 1 don't know. Ger
many is slowly crumbling to pieces.
AS this letter says Germany il
slowly crumbling to pieces" and ii
will fall apart altogether before the