Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-16
Most Significant Of ALI


 Associated Press report of the war situa- ton, sent out from Washington, reveals an inside viewpoint as the administration sees it with all its power of possession of inside information The dispatch really bore the marks of governmental state ment It carried the opinions of our high est military authorities and conveyed the information of the civil authorities as well
 In the first place 1t warns the nation to expect another and greater German otfens- i've in the near future It discusses the prob ability that the last two offensives, the one that started at Chemin des Danes and end ed at the Marne, and the last one, that struck so savagely along the Noyon-Mont- didier salient, are merely feints, upon a great and expensive scale, in order to get Foch to withdraw troops from the Amiens sector and from the gateway further north that blocks the road to the channel ports.
 It also hints at some mysterious and mighty purpose in Foch constant and con tinued campaign of defense that is costing the allies so much and such precious ground and so many strong positions. In other words, it conveys the impression from those on the inside that Foch could strike mighty blow if he would. It tells us that he has the men and munitions to make a counter stroke somewhere along the line that would remove the present pressure on Paris and the menace of a bad break in the allied lines.
 Again, and this is the greatest news of all to the average American, 1t gives abso- lute authority for the statement that half a million American soldiers have landed in France since the German offensive began March q. This means that we have at least three-quarters of a million men over there, and have far exceeded the most san guine expectations of some three or four months ago. And 1t means further, that we are sure of our million before fall
 It also prepares us for news soon to come of real American army on the battle line. It declares that already the American forces are beginning to play a vital part; that they have stiffened the hard pressed allied line and are soon to be called to battle by the thousands instead of by the hundreds, as heretofore
 In fact, this bold and clear dispatch under a Washington date line, and semi-official at least in its authority, gives more direct and vital news of the war situation at one time than has been given out altogether since we entered the war. And it IS well to speak out plainly at this time The American people are intelligent and brave enough to face the situation squarely, and it is seri- Ous enough situation, as every one who has been following the foreign cables close ly, knows full we'll The German staff has always known more about American troop movements and allied resources than the allied public has been told by their govern ments.
 Foch' wary and cautious tactics, always defensive, have been questioned time and again in the Paris press, but always without the least loss of faith or confidence in that great commander. The allied world Is sub timely confident that when the time comes Foch will strike And the world knows that both England and America are pour- ing reserves into France in steady and un- ending stream. And day after day we read of how the Germans press forward and that the allies are always outnumbered in all the actual fighting by great odds We know that the Germans have hordes of men on the battle front and are spending them with desperate and reckless hand We know that time and again the peril to our lines has been very grave. We know that the Prussian gains almost at will in every drive. We wonder how much more ground Foch will give; how much more he can afford to give. But what we do not know, and what Germany does not know, IS when Foch will strike; how many reserves he has and where they are massed From Fooh