Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-08
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OUTLOOK
Franco American Offensive
Allied Intervention In Russia
and Economic Condition

Aug. o:-dernA"S -
scared white.
she's scared. first of all. over the
turn of things on the west front; over
the thousands of Americans regularly
outhghting her; over the hundreds OF
thousands of Americans waiting TO get
into the line; over the millions OF
other Americans "on the way"
This information comes from an al
lied source whose business 1t Is TO
know conditions in h enemy coun
tries.
She's frightened about Austria. She
doesn't know what moment Austria
may blow up. She knows what IS
,known and conceded In official allied
sources-thet the Austrian
situation is worse now than 1t has been
since the opening of the war, and the
people are holder.
She's frightened about Russia. AL
lied warships and American troops up
north have pulled out her hope OF
getting her hands oil the hundreds OF
thousands Of tons of military stores at
Archangel, there since the revolution;
she can't take a step toward Petrograd
or the northern railway lest these al
lied forces swoop south; and Tor all
she knows they may be going to swoop
south without waiting for that men
ace: she can't spare men from the
west front and armed intervention by
Japan and the allies in Siberia Is a
fact.
Bombing Raids Scare People.
She's scared over the bombing raids
the allies now max almost at Will
over her munition centers and FORTH
hed towns along the Rhine: she fears
to think Of the effect of these raids at
home as the people grow more ana
more frightened
h is frightened over the fiat fail
ure OF the peace feelers she constantly
sends out through scores of different
routes: she expected her continued
blows at the west front this summer
would put the allied powers in q re
ceptive mood"
h is frightened over h failure OF
the submarines; as against her boast
that the U-boat would bar american
troops from Europe. the Yankees are
! coming over-thousands of them each
week-and the losses through sinkinss
are less than any of the allies mao
! dared hope.
she Is scared over her after-war
! prospects, being constantly warned IN
| public by her own thinking men, tnat
! her position among nations after the
war Is hopeless withou a thorough
sincere housekeeping.
She is frightened over her dwindlng
man power and the possible fruits OF
the kaiser's extravagant promises IN
tha sprinR. OF victory his time" And
Yoss's Gazette in an inspired article
saws the German commands new mot
TO Is now economy In human me-
The Gazette adds: "A new method o.
attack has been evolved. wnich con
sists in calling q halt, directly resist
ance Is TOO stubborn and trying AGAR
Snirit Shelves sBrute Force"
In an HaIl-is-helT' editorial con
Teasing real anxiety over the Russian
situation, the Hamburg Nachricntei
, pessimistically summarizes; In
danger grows o without ana witn
in"
The Vossische Zeitung throws Ugh
on food conditions n Germany D.
these naive remarks: The nrst TIVE
wears OF the war our troops In tn
p deld received extra food from thei
relations at bone. Today all mat
reversed. and wood parcels from Tn
front play an important part IN nour
|. ishinK the home population"
Brute force-might IL rfghc.--
has always been the German MOTIF
but fright does strange things =
people. We ind Captain Erich Vo
Salzmann, German military crins
trying TO cheer VI the people as foi
lows:
h position on the west from
I the whole of it. can only De oescrln
ed as n OF the greatest anxiety. w
certainly do not underestimate IN
additional strength that the entent
has derived from American contrfbu
ton In human material But IN IN
great game that Is to be played OF
In the coming months spirit VIII OF
pose brute force. This truth CON
forts u.s."
Allied officers whose duty II Is
Gull over the enemy press know Gel
many's scared. And the allies haN
other, even more certain ways OF nnS
ing out about conditions In German
All that can be said IL that tbs
UKNOW Germany's having q M
Hmental sweat .
This doesn't mean they think a
Iwar's about over. Germany stail N
close 70 30 fresh reserve divisions Z
Rupprecht.s front with which to sta
big show" In Flanders almost AZ
III time she feels like ~. And II &c
Umany.s Offensive year ts ended. q
war isn't Won
But the German fright which b
comes more and more evident eve
day. DOES show that whether q
1 wars short or long. Premier Hugh
: OF Australia knew what he was tai
ling about the other day when
said: 'Tht turning point IN the VI
/. has come. IT'S OUR TURN NOW