Evening journal., 1918-03-27

In this war nothing has been more
conspicuously evident than the fact
that one mans guess Is as good as
anOihers The follow ng tells in detail
what Americans who have had an init.
mate and extended connection with the
far cast have come 10 believe Is the
real Significance OF the present east
ern situation, taken alongside the
latest widely touted Hindenburg d i've.
The fact that this drive was. so much
advertised by the Germans themselves
before il actually commenced Is In IT.
self significant TO them. on the other
hand Il must be borne IN mind that
the preponderance Of our highest mill
tary chiefs look upon the present Ger
man efforts as the real thing. having
an end in itself-the winning. either
OF Paris for the effect Of such a vic
torS upon the allied morale. or OF tke
French ports Of Dunkirk and Calais. 10
handicap the British physically In
transno ting their troops and supplies
10 tie trenchcs-Ed tori.
Special Stan Dispatch.
WASHINGTON, March 26-The Ger
man drive In the west Is on. Fifty
m les n front is being drenched W IN
blood Prisoners on both sides are be-
inc ial IN by the thousands. But
FNpc Is on the German war nollcv
have discove ed two ways Of looking
at the batilei There are two Distinct
schools Of opin on as 20 what the
German plans ard hopes for this year
really are: Not but that all are agreed
that the immcd ate vitality impo tan
thing for the allies to do is TO win de
els vely In the west. Only one grouI
looks beyond. and seems important Is
sues. that must be fought out event
ually and after the Huns are d ive
/ clear back within their own borde.
al eady taking shape 10 the east.
T Is Hinlenburg's west ont drive
tremendous and ruthless camoufage o.
the part OF Germany There are a
least two men who have been take
into the councils Of our Cove nmeu
! who think there Is good ground n
-hnlieving-it Il is-=-For obvious reason
these men may not be named Blu
here are possibilities as they poin
, them out:
The powers that be In Germany hg
, ure that lighting In the west is too ex
Ipenslve a proposition 10 be forced to al
early conclusion by either sid. The
figure that a push through TO Paris
even n possible, would cost too dearl
, In men and materials 20 be seriousl
I considered by them at this time. Ihe
4 know how hotly contested any oonsid
cradle advance they might hope TO max
IN France would be. And they thin
the Allies feel the same way towar
! driving ION TO Berlin" this spring o
! summer.
in other words, what German mill
tary authorities hope for as regards tn
west front is to hold the Allies to
deadlock.
They mean. though, 70 make tha
> deadlock as interesting as possible. The
Z, have good reason TO make it so intel
q estine II they can that the Allies w
Y overlook their activites-not militar
= activities either. Yet-in other d,re'
y tlons. Hence the word "camouilage
!, AS applied to one Of the most tremer
4 dous battles the world has ever seen.
While the deadlock is on In the ives
the Germans are using 10 the limit the
propaganda organization in the Far Ea
n and the still uncorrupted districts
n russia. In the British colonies. pa
= agents OF the Kaiser are doing the
Ie best to stir up revolt in linda an
lt Egypt. In these countries there has
v ways been a strong undercurrent
e anti-Brit sh feeling among the native
.e This undercurrent is the basis that q
l. German propaganda takes to work o
ID They are concentrating on China
Manchurla. the vast province the Jal
must cross to reach Russia by land.
The Germans are out TO raise he'll
n China" as a we'll known Chin Sc ira
" eler recently put 10
ID Any kind Of hell viii do. Consequenc
II matter nothing TO them.
" What they are after Is To weaken u
v Allies military organization by fo"cil
Re them 10 scatter troops In widely sepa
IS ated parts Of the world for purpos
10 Of protection.
Il And the German propaganda Is co
g centratod on our eastern ally, Japan.
"a divide the Japanese government al
G. the Japanese people by false repr
e. sentations and promises OF great ten
~ torial cqu'sltion-'when Germany h
q. won"-is the object.
They even figure that they have 2
), good ground TO work on there, ma