The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-08-08
By Frank a. simonds.

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copyriaht, 1918, New York Triblne.)
mo fourth veal az the world war
~ ,,,s.ta,r rat,on. IN. -pyon,,i.rf
y th0 "es eS. 60 1912
the Wnofo = e1uils 'llNu 8
~)nditions which are more favorable
I'D give real cause lor optimism
Jan any n a nave existeo.ln q past
months. We are entering the
9TH year OF IN contest not with any
respect OF peace now or even within
le period OF another year. but under
circumstances atr1kinGiy recaliing a
}tuation after the first battle 81 the
|arne. The second. and We may be-
owe the final, blow Of Germany has
BEN parted, II not broken. u we have
1t brought the new Napoleontc iediffce
, the ruin of a Waterloo, there ARE
gins that the recent defeat may prove
/ some degree suggestive OF Letpsic.s
The story OF the fourth year OF the
'Euggle is measured by two major
vents: the collapse of Russia n the
bming Of the United States. When
he year opened we were, all Of us, still
pping against hope that the Russian
perations In Galicia might prove the
{rst sign OF a renaissance Of Russian
Military power, and hat Russia might
epeat the. achievement Of the first
french republic and, In defending the
berty Of the Slay world, contribute
Nightly to the OF western
But pe.oIe tne .au COINS
p an emo RUSSIA hadEc eased 70 pe q
pintaIy laeloi, elsasol. 30
Ead cone lneir Work aIiu hence .le
viii. a : VS. 80 .ap ~
ghiie GeIIHaH FOODS Ielea,eu ION y
hst, wSne ~ ea,ly pen 81 ~
nge OF faIis a.lo enIea.etl Ss r. = 9 a.
tals > lulsiI.y Lu,le. VII ! aa ao mn
az pesn pIesclipsu ~ q.
eple lltlle. army, oI .fieio MaIshas Hls ~
Ohm French Ia the opening day $ OF the
Sar; .,,;aa
Inc MoIiu, i,arlncuiaaa uns m nh
vollu' WIS Ss,ow ~
Eefe 70 pethe u -
sussian conapse Wllen we Ne ~ 1es-
nan STORM BROKE ~ NdaIcl 81 tite plss-
tnt year ~ LYON sme atnie aaa ~ l,;tS'
tlu ous uillsauy ano ~.
2 u.stance u one " big e,t
Leas ulsasaels " III u.ha h. saI = NJ
khen the N.alsi ploW isa : IN
we ealeli. ol si,s uatisel Was pslssIssu
aleh ,he WI oGcalne go 1890 e
tlneii.a aEiu
young tIoops, hurried atio ~ q
Supialarlne iEIesleu ocean. ~ y ias
nowel ! Eeli's.Ii .,iu" e = Z
u we ailleu ,.Iies - Soa.ais.s So
lIlehsives eehlh q 0seisioh psAoie
america came.
Lost WITHOUT America.
AS early as June of 1917, when Nj
Eelle's Aisne offensive failed, it be-
tame clear that unless America came
10 the rescue the war would be lost
10 our allies and Germany would win
on the continent something recalling
Napoleon's uccess against Austria In
1905, Prussia in 1906 n against rus
sia in 1897. But what was net per-
eeived at that time was that it was
going to be a narrow question whether
France, Britain and Italy could hold
against our coming, and, blind to the
real facts. our coming continued to ask
zeal facts, our allies continued to asls
pf US material and money rather than
men, until the bitter awakening of
March transformed the whole situa-
ton.
The Russian revolution and the re-
sulting anarchy, which led to the de-
liberalization of the Russian army, in
tact produced a situation in which
France and Britain could win the war;
1t produced a condition in which the
possibility OF a German success was
patent, at least to Germans and neu-
trails. It brought back the old prob
there was to be repeated the German
effort of tn. Marine campaign. From
August, 1917, onward the German prob
lem and the German hope was to Or
ganizc a new blow which should crush
France and Britain before America
could arrive. as Germany sought to
crush IN lsla pe1ore l19ssssa,1 o ! !
etaslonsih ene east ioutu
lIehlioiL ),
IN = We Wenl paeh suuS aans ~
we condit1ohs OF the oPsnlhs uaysso
we war. BY the 2 Oh iast sex o ls
many vas Iree 70 sl!lNe agf ais suas
ssa,n, neIoIe Ile u tsi1 Was
Ven opsnea me peace u pn,sssianto5
xsh uno " abncnarese haa ea,ittiia ~
ssuss.a aho man apollsaeu .ns
eastern Itolt, gwen 70 lhe.G ni y
tne mastery OF the Baltic ana 5lach
seas, placeo n kalseps genesals ~
con,Fol O the colossal RUSSIAN cas ,