The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-04-26
HUNS HAVE NO
CHANCE AGAINST
AMERICAN ME- n
Australian Declares Kaiser
Would Give Half His Men
To Have Such Fighters.

BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES IN
FRANCE, March Correspondence
of The Associated Press The Ger
mans are in for rude awakening II
they are sincere in dlscounting the
american army in France. in the opin-
ion of +. NJ. Cutlack. assistant ofic-
ial correspondent with the Australi-
an Imperial Force here.
THE Americans" he asserted, have
spirit for which the Kaiser would
sacrifice u good half of his numbers If
he could get it into his troops today"
Returning from a visit TO the Ameri-
can forces Mr. Cutlack wrote:
"The dominant fact In the arrival
of the United States army Is the huge
bigness of it. II Is new new as
paint -- and keen as racehorse In
training-Or rather whole paddock
/ ful of racehorses. The world will
probably not have the chance again of
seeing such u spectacle of amateur
! Warliko earncStneSS, fOr lhe AncTl-
cans are learning very fast.
"lt saw something of the same sort
when the Australian War Army be-
gan long ago in l9l4-the same light
hearted enthusiasm the same rich
raw quality all unframed and mex
pcrienced, the same outDouring Of the
very best of % whole country In ar
emotion of national pride. countinf
/ neither cost nor returns. The Ameri
cans are not soldiers yet. and no peo
pie realize better than themselves
liOW much they have still 10 10 Il
make themselves soldiers, nut they
will be n great and powerful army il
probably shorter time than they rcCk
ON HrOn.
ARE FINE SOLDIERS
Great armies have before this beer
raised for great causes, and the BRIT
sh Empire has the best of reasons TO
knowing how with the vital spark II
him the most unmilitary civilian ma
become a fine soldier. Hut 10 urn
YOU can read of In history ever marc.
ed with more splendid ardor or ia,
ed great struggle with sercuer 81
islaction than the American Eyped
, tionary Force In France. And il
a such mighty army. They viii NJ
, tell you how big, and you are discou
, aged from guessing, but %c IA
o automobile and still the American hO'
n dotted the landscape. drilling, marc
ing. manoeuverlng, building camps III
roads.
They are learning the art of iigl
Ing from the best soldiers of Franz
4. and Britain. and many of their OH
10 crs as attaches OF one sort or aGoih
H. have seen a lot OF this war from Il
r German and Turkish side AZ we'll.
st found Major who had watched I
G. Gallipoli campaign from the top
N. Battlship Hin and was in the coz
kc dence of I.iman Won Sanders and I
Turkish pnshas. lie has therefor,
particularly warm regard for the a
lralians.
I'VE went up 10 see the Americ
line in Lorraine. In their khaki a
round, tin hats among the Lorra
hills they look and act very much /
our own men; indeed they might
our own fellows, They have
N same sturdy, selfrellant look. III
~ spread themselves over country
~ the fashion OF men accustomed tn v
spaces. They walk with the sa
easy, frcc-limbed carriage Their
nd cipline. like ours IL thing wh
force could never impose or maint;
hut is rather contributed v0lunra
To "A common good in violation
temperament and upbringing.
nee Against these men. as against
ken men of the British Empire, the
Jo mans have no chance"
Mrs ss ------------------
Dad. WANTS GAME WITH Y