Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-08-13
Lads Under 10 Helped Save Day.

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lads who helped to save the cause Of
the Allies from disaster.
After the enemy's experience in
that six weeks of fighting. although
we know what the plan was. the Brit
ish army was not attacked for three
or four months. The Germans may
come again. but that will be because
they have failed elsewhere.
II wish to give warm recognition TO
the assistance that the French gave
in these operations. After May !. the
Germans turned off and attacked the
French.
in analyzing the clements Of the
Allied success, stress should be placed
on the rupidity with which the Brit
ish made good their losses and the
rapidity in which the American troops
were brought over. These two matters
were essential parts of the German
miscalculations.
| Another element of success was
the united command, which was
achieved only after a long struggle.
There is no generalissim in the strict
achieved was a unity of strategic
command. which has answered every
purpose, as the Germans know to their
cost.
Mastery Handling of Reserves.
"From the moment Marshal Foch
achieved strategic command the for
tunes of the Allied armies were re-
stored. There have been mishaps but
the mastery handling OF the reserves
has baffled the Germans effort and
ended in their retreat from the Marne.
America alrady has a powerful.
large and victorious army in France,
the equal of the best troops. 1t is
growing every day and there will be
no break in the increase of that army
until America has an army not far
short. If at all inferior In numbers,
to the German army itself.
Germany never again can main
| tain the same number OF divisions
that she had. She now is hcgging for
Austrian support. Miltarly. the
Germans have passed the height OF
their power.
Russia Has Become Clog.
Russia. moreover. has become a
clog to the feet OF Germany. The idea
that Great Britain is acting hostility
toward the democratic government of
Russia has nothing in common with
fact. II Is always our policy to deal
with de facto governments. but it is
impossible to decide or ascertain from
day to day what the government is of
n single village in the vast territory
OF Russia.
I'VE have not the slightest desire to
interfere, with. the. Russian ,psopls.
and certainly no intention of impos-
ing on them any particular form Of
government. But when we see Ger
many using her authority over large
tracts of Russia and exploiting them
TO the detrimcnt of the Allies and
against the will of the people them
selves, we feel at any rate that the
| Russian people ought to bc free to
decide for themselves.
The Russian people resented the
interference of Germany, and they
are more and more seeking Allied
help. We will not hesitate TO give
il to them wherever possible.
THE Czecho- Slovak movement is a
remarkable one. The only desire Of
the CZecho- Slovaks is to leave Rus
sia and come west to fight for the
Allies. They desire to take no part
in Russian politics. All they wish is
10 get away. and they have asked us
|.for ships. We have arranged to do
the best We can for them. but we are
business to interfere in internal Rus
sian affairs.
BoIsheviki Alone to Blame.
I'VE took ships from very impor-
tant essential work elsewhere in or
der TO send them to Vladivostok for
the purpose of the Czecho- Slovaks.
Acting undoubtedly under German
duress, the Bolsheviki government re-
fused to allow them to get through to
Archangel and Vladivostok. II the
CZccho Slovaks now are the centre of
activities hostile to the Bolsheviki, the
latter have only themselves to blame
and nobody else. The Czecho- Slovaks
are anxious to get away and 1t Is i'm
possible TO blame them for getting as
sistance wherever they can.
We are told that Siberia Is Bolshe-
wiki. but IL so why did not Siberia sup
port the Bolshcviki government? They
could not get sufficient men to form
decent sized army and had to en-
ploy German and Austrian prisoners
in order to attack the Czecho- Slovak
forces to prevent them from getting
through to Vladivostok.
To Justify Wilson's Course.
II wish to make this clear because
there has been criticism OF the action
OF the president of the United States
for the decision he has taken. in con-
junction with the japanese, to send
forces to Fladirostok to rescue the
Czecho- Slovaks from plight due to
the organization OF German prisoners
Of war into a force to intercept and
capture them.
IN regard to the question OF
peace. the attitude of those persons
IN every country who consider any
effort toward peace as dishonorable
and reasonable ought to be stead
fastly discouraged. But do not re-
gard the present moment as one in
which an honorable peace Is possible.
We went to war because the British
people saw that something funda-
mental to human happiness and hu-
man progress had been put in jeop-