Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-05
VICTORY BY AIRPLANES
They Sow Destruction and Death
Everywhere.
ANOTHER Big ATTACK IS COMING.
Germans are in Position Where They
Must Continue offensive; But There
is Little Chance Of Their Being
Able to Score Another Surprise
Like those Of March 81 or May 27.

Able to Score Another Surpris,
Like those Of March 21 or May 27.
| New York World.
I Paris. June 3O.-The lull on tn,
French front persists, at any rate 81
far rs il concerns the new German
offensive against the British. Th,
British. French and American troops
however, are not inactive. Not onl!
have they stopped numerous German
IL ids aimed at sounding the Alliet
line. hut they have executed brilliant
successful detailed operations which
showed their kccnness.
The Americans at Chateau Thicrry
| the British in Flanders and the French
in the interesting advance they have
Just made west OF SoiSsOnS between
.imhlrny and Cutry show themselves
prepared To answer the German at
tackS.
| ludendorff Must Attack.
There is no doubt that Ludendorft
| is preparing n new offensive. As
| said in my last article, he is con-
dcmn"d TO the attack through the eco
nomic and political situation in Ger
| many. I;ut he must have been en-
| larrasscd 10y the recent Austrian de-
| feat in Italy. 10y the seriousness of the
alimrntary crisis in Austria Hungary
10y the Bolshcvik troubles agitatng
Russia and by the ever increasing diff
| ficultics within the German empire it
self. He cannot hope for II sensational
| surprise like that OF March II and
that Of May -. The Allied high
command is on its guard.
II must not be forgotten that LII
dcndorfr still holds the better stra-
trgiral position and has the greater
facilities OF manocIIvrr for attacking
masses
big battles are to bc expected in the
take place? Perhaps on every front.
I:ut one must look a;tcntivcly to Ger
tain rivers exercising attraction for
the Gcrmans--thc Marine. the Disc
and the Meusc.
Activity in the Air.
I.udcndorff must bc hindercd in his
plans 10y the Allied aviation forces.
The conmuniqucs speak of inccssant
bombardment of the German rear
lines. Yet they do not say everything
that could bc told. II must he ad-
nitt,l tbnt f,nrn,np aviation 1nos
the same behind our lines. They al
ways take advantage of the night. In
daylight German aviation is COM
plctcly handicapped. Its activities
have carried him even 10 Roucn. and
it's bombcrs have attacked without
respitc The channel ports and towns
bordering the front.
Gothas have returned TO bomb
Paris. making the forty-sixth raid.
London. however. has Jared even
worse.
Aviation is playing its role. and
there is no reason to cry out against
barparity nor for rcprisnls Barbarity
and rcprisals are old newspaper
stories.
This war. as the German war doc
irincS made IL. is founded on terror
and determination as means to
shorten and render il less costly in
human life. The Germans showed
this in the first days Of the Belgian
invasion. The Germans still imagine
after four years of war that they can
tcrrori2" and dcmoralize armies and
nations by using all kinds of dcStruc-
tive power and 10y barlarous treat
mcnt OF prisoners and populations OF
invaded regions.
More and More Terrible.
The role Of aviation has grown
during the war through the technical
progress of fabrication. The airplanc
is becoming every day n more and
planes can bc divided into three
GLASSES chase. rcconnoitering and
| boml,ardmrnt. In its last named
category the airplane has become a
decisive factor in the war. With ma
chine guns and small cannon ii takes
part in the fighting as much as the
soldiers. rs was seen in the last
battles in ricardy, when escadrilles
held and even scattered enemy COL
umnS and convoys.
With the ever increasing dangerous
bomb. the airplanc carries the war
far into the cnemy's country, destroy
ing stations. railways. places where
troops are concentrated. and NUM-
tion factories. This Is not case of
reprisal. This airplane action is part
OF the battle. is on the battlefield
| itself and the lines of communication.
There is no doubt of the superiori-
ty this Intervention will bring to the
high command. which knows how to
handle II TO certain victory. The
Germans have pretended to extend
the reprisal question in bombarding
regions outside OF the army zone.
They naturally protested when Allied
airplancs attacked the Rhine cities.
We recognize their usual duplicity
and perfidy.
We will not reopen the question
proving them the first TO start the
bombing. so to speak. Of open cities.
Taubcs were seen flying over Paris in
1914. London was attacked In 1915.
Paris and London. the Germans. say
are military obiectives. We agree.
Unhappily they are within reach OF
commandment. since the invasion Of
Belgium and France.
Carry War to Germany.
Germany had hoped the distance Of
the Rhine citi's would preserve them
from the Allies attack. Being in
vaders. they felt certain they would
be immune from invasion. Aviation
at last has carried the war into Ger
many. When bombardments SOW de-
struction, death and terror beyond
the barricades the enemy believed
IN