South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-01
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HOW THAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE WAS
STARTED IN WASHINGTON
APRIL /, 1913.

Entrance Of American troops into the great Eu-
ropean defensive. lighting shoulder shoulder with
French and British brings the war home again.
renewing the strain. We have been used for months
TO having American troops in France though
tain to how many and .he calousing has been add
ed TO occasionally b. reports Of engagements and
along the American front off Alsace Lorraine,
with less extended casualty lists the
have when these boys are to see some
real lighting Dispatches say there was a wild cheer
went up in the American camp when their orders were
learned. and the 100000 strong began march
the northern battle fronts. Heaven bless them!
May their enthusiasm never grow less.
But here home; what are we to say; what are
to do? Yes. folks at war The American
Red Cross stationed in France. in all probability IS
going TO have some real service 20 perform before
many days and for American boys wounded, bleed
ing. The Red Cross nurse. the Red Cross doctor,
surgical dressings. hospitals and the spiritual
ton of the army ehapains supplemented by that OF
the War Y. NJ c. A.. and the War knights of Column
bus; help maintain these The Red Cross you
assured, and wen these other agencies are
following boys wherever they go; indeed, almost
integral part the great machine. We can
reassert energies for the maintenance Of these
things provide achievements and all things
needed that the allied armies may win and the troops
suffer little possible In hnmanity's name we can
all do that
Fear of America and the troops being transported
for France, was unquestionably what induced Ger
TO hurry up with offensive Some admins
traton critics boasted that Germany knows how
many soldiers have in France. which II true, would
to indicate that Germany might know also. about
how fast are sending them there We do not know
exactly how hypercritical gentlemen have come
to know how much Germany knows about affairs;
exactly how closely associated they with the
man government in their demands for full publicity
became evident however. that as soon as
Sec'T Baker accepted the challenge and showed as
much Of his hand he lid announcing assurances
that he had In mind Germany at once got busy as
II determined to decisive victory if possible
fore the United could get further into the way
OF f..
German prisoners captured in resistance of the
drive witness the that for the
toriaI squabble. replied by the secretary of war.
the German offensive would probably have delay
ed least fo- another month These American boys
headed for the French battle front thus soon it APP
pears. COINS pay the penalty Of such flannel
mouthings as those of Sens. Chamberlain Hitchcock
Lodge. hi Johnson. Penrose and the Hon T. Rsose-
welt Of oyster Bay. They would probably have to go
anyhow eventually but i'm another month we might
have another hundred Thousand there to back
them up too. and auxiliary supplies Of a Red Cross
nature in greater abundance
Which means only that the great world war has
been MADE that much dercer temporarily and perhaps
last that much longer. and calling upon us Il
sacrifice that much more. II is of the penalties
that pay TO- the misuse Of liberty sometimes. even
10y American I'm high places. la Toilette was a
prince OF an American com pared with Of them
since in his quite open pro Germanism he lacked the
hyopcriticat prCterses essential Rooseveltian.
Chamberlain Hitchcock Penrose demagogue II
suggests another thing that we at home can do In
addition paving taxes. and buying Liberty
bonds. and War Savings stamps and financing the
Red Cross War Y. RI G. A, and X. OF c. etc, we
learn distinguish not only the alien enemy whc
works his proc cussedness in midst
90 enectualIy man-handle our American traitors
whether the noor OF congress- running for pres
dent years hence.
Every drop Of blood shed the battlehelds II
France so DAYS. any other period in advance 81
what otherwise might have been had these American
traitors been Americans hrst-is "damnable spot
on their "fair hands" which "au the perfumes Of
Arabia" cannot remove