Evening star., 1918-08-25
AMERICA INSPIRES
ALLIED CONFIDENCE
People Everywhere Convlnc.
ed 1t Is Only Matter Of Time
Until Victory Comes.
U. S. VAL0R MADE PLAIN
CabIeEram to The sunday Star aad
Chicago Daily News. C0pyright, 1918.

CabIesram to The sunday Star aad
Chieago Daily News. Copyrtght' iois'
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY At
THE FRONT, August a4.-'From a
dangerous defensive to confident OF
feHsive' was the way a high Ameri-
can military authority tsrsely sum,
married. the changed allied position
In recent weeks. No longer Is any
citizen of the allied countries OF Eu-
rope which have struggled through
the four years of war. from the num-
blest worker in the fields to the men
directing the military policy. doubt
full as to the finish. Germany's defeat
is only a question of time. Opinions
differ as to how soon victory. Will
come, usually the loss any one Knows
about the actual conditions the
shorter the time he allows
Americans at hon's cannot estimate
too highly the part they played In
effecting these changed CONDITIONS
The Americans have not won any OF
these stupendous battles OF recent
weeks alone. each stretching over
more miles of front than ever was
dreamed of in previous wars. but in
all they have taken conspicuous
part, and it is safe to say that In
more than one days engagement they
have been the deciding factor.
Fight With Equal Bravery.
The French. British and Italians
have fought with equal bravery. and
the world might share Americas
democracy. They have been doing that
for four years. Their discovery that
they had an ally whose men we're as
brave as they was the most important
thing. America can not only furnish
money, food and munitions, but also
the living heroes, from the same in
exhaustible store.
Military experts have already writ
ten COLUMNS analyzing all the various
these. But one fact which still cut
shines all these weeks of fighting, and
maybe one of the greatest dates In
history in future ages, was the fight
Possibly that may mark the turning
point of the war.
Lethiolet was merely y half dozen
stone buildings, now smashed to ruins,
TSerx ong The s9s es9sd read ss fsem
ed that road in their plans to capture
the French capital That was the
farthest point reached, and it was an
American unit that stopped them there
that Sunday afternoon. 1t was not. a
coincidence, but a direct result of the
Spartanlike stand of the Americans
that day. The Germans have been
stopped ever since. and every thrust
has been thrown back with terrific
cost to their hest troops.
Allied Banks Thrilled.
The stand which the new Americans
made that day thrilled the allied
ranks to every corner of the globe,
and swept away any lingering doubts
that the Americans were fighters as
brave as the bravest. and showed that
the new ally was able to help win the
war in which they had struggled SO
long.
would be able to drive them out of
Beileau wood and hill 204. each with
in sight of Lethiolet. They were
pushed back from there few days
later and now are far beyond.
The next date line of events mark
ing German declin. this year, whose
earlier months were largely in their
favor. was the offensive started July
Is, driving toward Chalons. It was
IKE water Sa1,a r hsi,.lng 2 a. dam; The Ger;
few ever returned. Americans were
in that fight. as were Representatives
of all the allies. Military leaders say
it was the severest deieat which Ger
many has received since the war
stdIteu. Ihe deFHdn OHehsite, de-
spite the ruthless loss of men, never
budged the allied line.
Americans Still in It.
In the popular mind this military
result is overshadowed by the sur
prise which the allies sprung July is,
when they attacked on. the 130-kiIo-
meter (eighty-one miles) battle front
between Scissors and Rheims, with
Chateau Thierry as the apex. The
Americans were in 1t from the minute