Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-24
KA|SER'S NEMESIS
IS F0CH, HUNS ADMIT
Been Deceived by Kaiser; Berlin
is Awakening to the Duplicity;
Americans a Surprise
w ssHINGToN, july "a.

Germany has not only been greatly
depressed bv the failure Of the linden
burg strategy, involving the rcpulse OF
Iudcndorffs offensive, but is disturbed
seriously over lc loss of the initiative,
fearing il may require weeks to wrest IL
again from General Foch An official
report from Basic yesterday says:
while confcssing now that the stua-
tion has changed, the German press is
attempting 10 envelop this confession in
many kinds of explanations, employed
with n view 10 making II more accepta-
bic to the German public. The Berlin
correspondent of the Strasshurger Post
writes:
The public had in general attached
too great hopes 10 the German often
sive which was launched on both sides
of Rheims. As we can see IN reading
the communications of the last few days.
these hopes have not been realized. The
enemy was informed of our plans and
we were not able to surprise him
Now the French and the Americans
have begun counter offensive. The
situation is thus modified and the Ger
man headquarters staff will have to
make fresh plans The public will do
we'll 10 practice patience with regard
10 future developments Of operations IN
the west
FEARS roCH STRATTGY.
Tho Frankfurtcr Icitung writes that
the entire lIindenburg stratcglcal plan
is compromised something new APP
pears in the strategic situation, II dc
clarcs. General t'och has hccn able 20
form an important army ot reserves lie
Is tryinK now hv = powerful counter
offensive - wrcst the initiative from
1 a
both sides Of Rheims has been stopped
Fochs attack docs not merely ann at
attracting the attention of the German
reserves and keeping them employed; IT
aims NJ dealing blow in the back of
Bochms army that IS marching east
ward. and should II bc successful il
might compel this army ~ retreat under
most tInfavorahc conditions loch's 1T
tack IS not only m answer "a tho Ger
man attack on both sidcs OF Rheims. hut
il threatens the whole Of Iiindcnburg
plans
FIND RESERVES WE'RE FIT.
The Same paper attempting Ia cx-
PLAIN the failure ~ the German plans
and recalling that the prcvions German
official communications declared It could
hcnccforth hc considered that Foch
army Of mancuver was used up aske
whore these troops came from. assuming
that the American transports have really
como more quickly than they were ex-
pcctCd
The Nlucnchncr Neuestc Nachrichten
saws the German general headquarters
staff has come m contact with special
difficult tasks brought about by the in
discrotions of soldiers and by soldiers
on leave It considers that France is
still very strong and that America has
more than 100000 soldiers in France
LOSES FArrH IL U-BoArs.
'oI'he submarine warfare alone. It be-
heves, cannot prevent the continual
transport Of troops and war material 10
the western front The English army. II
continues, has been reconstructed and
put into a perfect state The public
which IS aware Of the enormous difficult
ties against which our headquarters staff
has to fight, viii not bc ast0nlShcd tn sec
the latter proceeding with prudent tardl-
ness 1t viii take weeks, perhaps, to
wrcst the initiative from General Foch
ANY nervousness would he at the present
moment not only useless, but even harm
full
These cNhortatIons on the part Of the
German press arc . proof that profound
diSCOuTagCmcnt is rising among tho Ger
man population, which IS perfectly aware
Of the terrible blow dealt to the imperial
armies and Hlndenburg strategy by the
Franco-Amcrican offensive
Diplomatic advices from Paris today
convey the following unofficial report
from tho French front
IF the allied counter-offenSive Of July
Is was a complete material surprise for
the Germans, it was certainly a much
greater moral surprise for them Since
March p the imperial command cease
lcssly repeated 10 the troops that the
French and their allies were utterly in
capable Of taking action again
Having enlarged upon tins idea with
still greater force. II committed the
error. evidently for the purpose of ex-
citing thc ardor Of its troops. Of taking
UP . real propaganda with view TO be
llttling the offensive and even the de