The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-03-26
The Week In the War

decisive battie 81 A& MI TIE 4wdh sp4haps is
used advisedk f9rtsinlId substantial stfces at,
lend the Germans, greatest effort this battle viii
not be the decisive conflict Of the great struggle
Under those circumstances such decisive engage.
ment will only come when the htll force soi the
United States is Joined to- and combined With
those of the Allies Anything short ot COMPLETE
and overwhelming victory for GsrItiasN now
would not decide the wat lpapy sesrti the Allies
and the United States viii ON until autorfaey
Is hopslessly and forever besten and democracy
rises triumphant from the great conflict,
Y. On the other hand however anything short Of
far reaching victory for the 6ermatis means this
is the elimination OF the lighting. the climax, the
tnfning point for German arms The time was
the psychological for them to strike They
must win now or they cannot win at all. From this
time forward the combined armies Of the Allies
and the United States will increase i'll numbers
and in power faster than can those Of the Central
4 Powers. Failure to make a great advance now
means inability TO make any advances later Il
Whatever be@the result OF thiS great battle ;the1
cost TO Germany is certain 70 BIZ enormous Ger
many has the offensive and IN this war it has been
time and again demonstta that Il Is the attacker
who suffers the most heavily, For every British
soldier killed wounded, or made prisoner streraf
Germans will lose their lives and several others
win be incapacitated Ii is the Boehe who IS ad-
vancing against whitening ere which tnows men
down like grass and winuows Regiments as chaf
is wnnowed 1t is, then, eSidentl that only a
victory OF great magnitude can rommence to COM
pensate for such tremendous losseS .,,, ~,
We are told from Washington that by August
the United States win have a feet Of batteplanes
larger than the present fleets Of Germany Great
Britain and France combined This announcenhtnt
is one OF the most important recently made for u
means that then the Allies battleplans feet will be
more than FIVE times as large as Etrmahy's 1T
means absolute control OF The air fof the ALLIES
on the Western trout, Control Of the air to- be
great factor in the winning Of the war y - -,
AS yet the military participation Of the Upitsd
States is comparatively small American troops
occupy sectors only fifth or a sixth as, large as
where the great battle is now raging. This Isl
only Americas beginning. Each day each week,
each month the strength and ausefnlness Of the
United States win grow, II 5 tfeopsAare frssil'
young stalwart and sturdy men NOT weakened 4,
body and In nerves by "a long continued strain.
+ These are the acknowledgements Of which the Hes
are assured Ssish inforoefnents Is 3bsSs Ger
many and Austria cannot eeniina1d From pow ou
they must call upon ths very y0uh aiIt lure
and those in the declining YEATS ~ t
Vi These are reasons Why the Iiiist Fin
now or fail why The HIN war i6rds ats iSgte bfnE
what they hope TO- be the decisive blotS 4 4 81 e
~ Ills trerncuupus OHeIS1Vf lSI d7COpdfSSd0p O1
weakness II Isl an acknowiedg ement that the
campaign of submarine flithiess1esk has failed
Unrestricted summarizing ,kss tor stsrye Great
Britain to its knees in sx months hen year Tor
this was allowed. The sacrifice iof thpassnd dppn
tens of thousands of lives, the cfipping Sf hun.
dreds of thousands o. German sVoTb 1pasn who
will be later needed sorey in md ptiYsats
would never have been eonsidefsd had TIE war
lords hope Of winning othetwise& ~ ~ ~
Partial success of Germany nd asSf fort can
prolong the war further for tGerfndpS at most
There is perhaps that much further 10 drive the
Boche back. On the other hand III 5may $eSpedits
the defeat of the Central powers sby setting for:
ward the. day when certain collapse viii gppiG ~
Press reports received up, 10 last evening
showed the British lines holding splendidlY. Whils
the Germans claimed their program, had gone for
ward exactly was planned and 70 the very rpin'
ute, papers taken from prisoners showed it other,
wise. Dispatches TINS far received INDICATE this
great drive has not been the success anticipated
and claimed Channel ports are said to be the OBJ
jectives. They are far away from sthe Huns iHos]
advanced positions The enemy has not cut ths
Allies lines GENERAL Haig reports them intaet
The British have fallen back IN places d. spnsiaSf
able distance, the line has rlstely 9beqt .ane
stretched Here again has the o(Eettsirs failed.S "
The surprise attack on the Ffeaet iapk a,flsFe i
meets the British line has also failed Thus TIL
Allies present an tnbrokeu front IL fhs ensnpy a
this point where it was planned to- 9teT tlieln. s
On the other fronts events, are oyftshsdowed ;bJ
the greater ones in tPcardS3 Itsiian air ttotce.
have gained superiority over the y nsts0 Gsrmar
fleets In Palestine the British arc pushing for
ward and, spreading OUT their lines though stht
Turks are. resisting ystubbortyy hes week end
with the general Situation not p ally way ursatis
factory tortbe. Allies = ~ r.,.-. g. Z: !
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