The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-05-16
WILL NOT Be USED
UNTIL COMPLETE
ALLIES CONFIDENT ..
THEIR ABILITY TO wIrHs-
ANY DRIVE FROM GERMANS
FIELD AS ALL AMERICAN FOr
Allies Saving Their Men Will. .
Germans are Draining Their
Country Dry.

Country Dry.
OttaWa.-So confident is +ho
tente or It's ability to withstand VII
drive the Germans can launcb 80. Guy
has been decided not to use tho 49,
lean army until it becomes a ooro- IIei'
and powerful force, according to s'S ea
Bile summary of operations m y. Va
western front received here from, t tpe
war committee of the British cabina'
"The position now is" a,id ~
summary, that the Germans dot1 n'
mined to concentrate everv avoi1o%I
unit on one enormous offensive oa'
draining their country dry to forao
a decision before it is too late Will
the entente are so confident that h..
ing been given the choice of a sman
immediate American armv for dofon~"
or waiting till they are rdinforcod ~
a complete, powerful, self-supportin,
American army, they have chosen the
latter.
ITO the sledge-hammer uses =.
masses of men by the enemy tho a1,,oa
are opposing the strategy of meetna
the blow with the smallest force 90
pable of standing up to the shoot
while keeping the strongest reserve
possible. Troops on the wings aro
permitted to give ground within lmito
whenever the enemy has been made
to pay greater price than the ground
is worth, the whole aim being to 70.
duce the enemy to such a state of
exhaustion that our reserve, at tbo
right moment, can restore the situ.
alton.
What British Have Done,
I'm the present operations, the Brit
ish army has withstood many times
its own weight of enemy masses. II
has retired slowly, exacting the full
est price. Meanwhile, Foch holds the
bulk OF the French in reserve, sending
units only to points hard pressed. This
strategy has justified itself in that in
three weeks it has seen the enemy
brought to a standstill without a sin
gle strategic objective being fulfilled
and with losses so immense that his
reserve is in danger of proving made.
quate> to- his policy.
"The> German commander. seeing
how nearly he is delivering himself
to the allied reserve, has been com.
PEELED to accept temporary failure
and call halt. His position is tacti.
cally exposed in two dangerous sail.
ents on waterlogged ground. His
countryment are dangerously disSat
isfied at the immense price paid for
his failure to terminate their suffer
ings. His allies are on the verge Of
quarrelling and daily exhibit their
growing dislike and distrust of the
task master who robs them of their
lives and food.
"His reserves have nearly reached
complete exhaustion. Those of the
Franco-British are still in being,
while the American preparations de:
velop. The tine draws closer when
defeat is inevitable. Therefore, he
must renew the offensive. His prep
arat1Ons proceed feverishly but it
takes months properly to organize
such an offensive. He must be sat-
1sf1ed with what he can do in weeks
We may, therefore, expect a renewed
furious onslaught before long. Ine
enemy is so committed to his stra.e'
gical plans that we may await bis
main blow on the Arras-Amiens front
while necessity compels him to try 70
improve his position in the Lys sector
"The allies may have complete con
f1dence in the result. For the enem!
the issue is desperate endeavor u
avoid defeat; for the allies the ISSUE
is only that of victory deferred. Inc
coming battle may be repetition o.
Verdun on a large scale and If DOH
sides should be exhausted, the allIS'
have vast powers of recuperatIOn'
while Germany has drafted her ~
sources already"