The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-07-14
CBy The Associated Press.)

iehAus dlhti III uOIlutIH IdIAt
has caused the thorough soaking of
the ground, particularly in the low
lying portions Cf the battlefront, and
not inconceiveably has had something
to do with the delay of the Germans
in renewing their offensive.
1t Is month now since the last of
fensive died down, swamaed 10y the
tide of French success on the hanks
of the Matt, north of CCmpeigne, and
there Is as yet no sign of the enemy s
being ready to strike again.
Meanwhile the allies have been
pushing back the German lines little
by little at various important points,
hardly a day going 10y without a
French or British attack These in
the aggregate have gained valuable
defensive ground and resulted as wei!
in the taking of thousands Of German
prisoners.
Meanwhile the German diplomatists
are again airing their war aims pro
gram and engaging in peace discus
sions among themselves
The German chancellor has touched
upon the vital question of Belgium
Iii the relation of the status of that
nation to peace and has declared thai
Germany does not intend to retain
that country lin any forms whatever.
She is holding it as a pawn in the
negotiations, he asserted, and the
German government finds il eXpedien.
tc explain this utterance in an Off
cial statement in which 1t is declared
that the holder of pawn does not
intend to keep it, IF the negotiations
bring satisfactory result"
Germany is also exercised at the
situation in Russia If the utteranc, 5
Cf the newspapers go for anything.
The idea that the Bolsheviki are re-
tanning power by the verest thread
Is reflected In advices to some of the
GeEman organs and the fear that tee
Bolsheyiki regime will fall, and with
IL the elaborate edifice erected in the
German interest by the Brest-Litovsk
treaty is openly expressed. Dis =
quietude over the hold the Czecho-
Slovaks have secured upon Siberia ana
at the prospect of an allied descent
INTO interior Russia. "from the north, ''
the Murman coast evidently being
meant, is likewise voiced In this con-
nection 1t may be noted, it was said
in Washington yesterday that British
reintorcements have been sent to ST.
beria to assist the Russian and Czecho
Slovaks in protecting the allied stores
at Vladivostok. Washington advices
reflect the view there that further ana
more definite peace feelers may he
expected from Germany which is felt
Ill high quarters to have her ewes
turned to the east, with the gaining
of control in Russia, outweighing in
her estimation all that he might
have been inclined to make an effort
TO retain upon the western front.
American military effort mean
while is growing apace it being an
nounced by the chief Of stofl in Wash
ington that the number of troops dis !
patched to France has grown to l.
100000, some $4,000 mcn having left
In the past week. The formation of
three army ooi'Is from the troops in
France each corps comprising from
225,000 TO 80 900 men was also made
known.
The Albanian campaign, although
entirely subsidiary to the operations
on the western front, has continued
to be the most active theatre of war
so far as extensive gains of ground
are involved. The advaace made
mainly by the Italians with the F'rencr
on the right flank, has already reach
o maxtmumt depth of % miles on a
front of some so miles, Strengthening
tho allied line as it runs from tae
Adriatic and link with the Macedonian
front.