East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-04-22
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III WASHINGTON, April 22.-The
| German drive in The west IL on.
Fifty miles Of front Is being drencif-
ed with blood Prisoners on both
sides are being taken BY the tfous-
j anda Butt
Experts on the German war policy
have discovered two ways Of looking
at the great western battle There are
two distinct schools OF opinion as TO
what the German plans and hopes for
this year really are. Not but that al
ARE agreed that the immediate vital
'lly important thing for the allies to do
lis to win decisiveiy IN the west Only
lone group looks beyond, and sees i'm
lpcrtanp issues. that must be fought
lont eventually and after the Huns are
driven clear back within their own
borders, already taking shape in the
east.
May BE CasnoufRaac.
is Hindenburg's west front drive
a tremendous and ruthless camou-
flage on the part Of Germany? There
are at Least two men who have been
taken into the councils Of our govern
ment Who think there Is good ground
! for believing it Is. For Obvious rea-
sons these men may not be named.
But here are possibilities as they point
them out: e
The powers that be in Germany
figure that fighting in the west is. loo
expensive a proposition to be forced
to an early conclusion by either side.
They figure that a push through to
Paris. even If possible, would cost too
dearly in .men and materials to pe
seriously considered by them at this
time. They know how hotIy contest |
ed any considerable advance they (
might hope to make in France would |
be. And they think the allies feel the (
same way toward driving ION to Ber-
lin this spring or summer.
In other words. what German mil
itary authorities hope for as regards I
the west front is to hold the allies to
a deadlock.
Using Propaganda.
They. mean, though, to make that 4
deadlock as interesting as possible. (
They have good reason to make it so /
interesting if they. can that the allies
will overlook their activities-not
military activities either. Yet--in
other directions. Hence the word /:
'camouflage" as applied to one of the [
most tremendous battles the world
has ever seen.
While the deadlock is on in the
west, the Germans are using TO the
limit their propaganda organization in
the far east and the still uncorrupted
districts of Russia. In the British
colonies. paid agents of the kaiser are
doing their best to stir up revolt in
India and Egypt. In these countries
,N. ctr
current of anti British feeling among
the natives.
They are concentrating in China
on Manchuria. the vast province the
Japanese must cross TO reach Russia
BY land.
''he Germans are out to raise the
devil in China" as a well known chi
lese traveller recently put it.
Want Troops Scattered.
What they are after is to weaken :
he allies military organization by
'orcing them to scatter troops in
widely separated parts Of the world
Tor purposes of protection.
And the German propaganda is :
on our aeastern ally.
Japan. To divide the Japanese gov-
rnmcht and the japanese people by E
alse representations and promises
when Germany has won@--is the E
,bject.
They even figure that they have
-ot good ground to work on there, E
nany of Japan's leaders being Ger Z
men. some with pro-
ierman leanings. Il
Agents We're Busy.
AS far as the false representations 8
( the allied cause and the. allied 8
trength go, we can judge forp our
elves. We have had taste Of them 8
light here at home. And we know 8
that has been attempted, and is still Il
eing attempted. in Mexico. II
We have seen the German propa- =
anda work successfully over the 81
reater part OF Russia. While the
eadlock OF last year held on the
-estern front German agents were q
usy in Russia-and Russia col
.psed. Such a scheme as the one
lid out above would be exactly pat
rned after what the Germans have lfr
one already. si
Danger In East. is
If the Germans can hang onto their al
estern front, keeping the allies busy Fl
ith such great offensives as the pres ar
1t. while their propagandists strike 70
different kind of a blow behind the ce
mes In India. Egypt. China, Mexico.
even Japan-then the great plan lpr
,r disrupting the world will be in a OF
ir way TO work out, they figure lbI
But only il the allies are kept too
lsy; deceived into deceiving them al
Ives. af
II the allies realize their danger and
ork intelligently TO combat it the mi