The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-28

front Of forty miles, stretching between the Suppe
and Meuse rivers or, roughly between Rheims and St.
Mihiel French and American troops are cooperating
in the drive the French the west and the Americans
to the eastward The first days progress is reported
to be entirely satisfactory.
Evidently it is the intention of the supreme
mander to give the enemy no rest this winter The in
crease of allied power is steady and sufficient, nOtwth
standing the heavy drains upon it in recent attacks
England and France are machine shops and arsenals,
turning out stupendous quantities of material while
America pours forth nexhaustble numbers of men at
the rate of 10000 day. to be increased Marshal
Foch, in recent interview stated that the British army
was stronger and better than ever that the American
soldiers admirable fighters and the American army
rapidly increasing in sze and that the French army
the good fighting machine that it in 1914
The enemy acknowledges that he is outnumbered, and
there is no longer any boasting that the enemy
tries can keep pace with the allies in producing war
material.
The offensive just beginning in the Champagne is
therefore sound strategic move designed to keep the
enemy the run and prevent him gathering strength
dig in reorganize his forces. The St. Mhe salient
having been smashed, the Franco-Amercan forces in
that region confident and eager for battle while the
enemy is correspondingy depressed and unready for
further combat. West of Rheims the conditions
prevail, with the enemy everywhere the defensive
and slowly Withdrawing in the face of superior forces
The constant accession of fresh strength from America
tells all along the battle front. Now the region north
of Verdun to be battle ground unless the Germans
conclude that vaor is the better part Of discretion There
need be apprehension that the battle will favor the
enemy it be true that the Germans have massed
strong forces north of Verdun Marshal Foch and his
generals, French and American, have proved that they
acting always upon accurate information and with
full preparedness
The approach of winter finds the allies incomparaby
better circumstanced than the enemy. There will be
shortage of coal in England this winter on account of
the tremendous demands of the larger allied armies and
their system of supply. The British newspapers are
urging the people to look the situation squarey in the
eye. curtament of coal for domestic use in England
means more American troops fighting in France. An
abundance Of coal in England means fewer Americans
in France Similarly, Frenchmen behind the lines are
asked to smp themselves in coal and other necessares
for the sake of equppng the armies and enabling them
to fight through the winter without cessation.
On the enemy side there is worse than curtailment
there famine Last February when spokesman of the
Austrian people protested to Gen. Ludendor that Aus
tria would be starving by April he replied that the Ger
would be in Paris before April But the big stroke
of March, the greatest and complete that Germany
could deliver failure and it followed by fail
in April May, June and july when the allies began
the counter drive which apparently will not end until
the enemy driven off of French and Belgian soil Ever
since the German failure in March the situation in Ger
many and Austria has grown worse morally and econom-
cay. The food situation is desperate the people are
respondent and physically depressed and every hand
the deadly grip of the allies is visible reminding the peo-
pie constantly that their is lost They would be
more than mortal if they could maintain stout hearts in
such circumstances.
Above all other things, the German and Austrian peo-
pie desire peace. They are clamoring for it and are
beginning to threaten their rulers with death if they do
not get it. The allies will not give them peace just now
The must go until it is beyond the power of the
German and Austrian peoples and their rulers to do any
thing but keep the peace.-Washington Post