Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-06
saturday EVENING, JULY 6, 1918
EVENTS OF A WEEK

AsssSsasS EVENTS OF A WEEK
@HsTAaAs41NSIlull which has followed the last push of the Ger
&HsaNNN6&Ward the south and west has remained unbroken
Retlr1ng the week except for local operations in which,
r. most instances, French, British and Americans were
10 Aggressors. and in which they were usually success
III German movements have been confined to raids
htE attempts to regain positions which had been taken
$0An them. At the end Of a week Of fighting Of this
aractsr the advantage is decidedly with the Allies. and
III Americans have borne their full share of the work
L = carried off their full share of the honors.
IA That the Germans are planning another offensive
~ accepted everywhere, as it is certain that they must
HEP striking or they are lost. One military writer, the
#pert of the New York Times, presents the interesting
Egestion that the next German military effort may be
to an effort to obtain peace by negotiation.
line Of reasoning that leads to this conclusion is
III p@if the Germans still believe that they can win by
dAtary force they will continue their effort, and that
#EeY will seek to force their way through to the channel
~ the best means of defeating the Allies. But, If their
~ ders are convinced that this course is hopeless, and
al they must depend on negotiations rather than on
4 hitting for peace, they will be likely to launch their
VI - blow in a region where they can make the largest
%~kFritorial gains, in order that when peace terms come,
81 be discussed they may have the largest possible area
81 French territory with which to dicker at the council
~ ia
III #Just in time for the fact to be properly presented
q Independence Day the announcement was made that
&fAbaHa1ited States has now in France more than a million
= FnSsN EARNED equipped and supplied. In this the nation
fStssspeeded up its work until the promise made by Sec
Baker during the winter Of a million men in
q -gnnesby the close of the year if transportation was
ffaalalbIe has been bettered by six months. The men
Shye been furnished on this side, they have been fitted
Ut with all that is essential for. service: shipping has
IN found; the lanes of the sea have been securely
HArded; and the American troops to the number of we'll
Fars g million are in France and are on the job.
&MEnincident with this announcement comes another
1a&sfAS6@gehect that on one sector occupied by American
z&NN8AAh army corps Of troops from this country is hold
6&sn@ line as a separate unit. This sector is on the
1Aaaes4&th Of chateau-Thierry and this American army is
SasH55S&kASe guarding the road to Paris, a position of great
Ms ssability and high honor. AS an illustration of the
8AnnerIn which military operations have grown in
asnAasHu 1sd one recalls General sherman's letter to
franssAns the earlier days of the formers generalship, in
n 1ifnshh speaks of the fact that he has command an
my of one hundred thousand men, without confusion
hnN8sNsaAAaa a reasonable measure of success. This fact
er 1na thought fixed his standing as a general, who, in
&seeaasAble way, understood his business. In the war
today, such an army would scarcely be noticed
AStAae enormous mass Of men engaged.
A9&
ssHssapendence Day was celebrated throughout the
eN#S#sSsSSS3f II mas never been celebrated before. In the
throughout the United States a new note was
Aecause OF the new relationship in which the
III JHates stands toward the rest Of the world. And
A1e Me8countries the proceedings were such as to dem
IL {r4ssgt the understanding of other peoples of the part
. kthis nation is playing in world affairs. In all the
EGepntrtes the day was recognized with fitting cere-
40 news comes Of exercises in far off Australia,
- IN japan, and even in st. Pierre, on the little
AM9 Miquelon, down in the Caribbean as it happened
mot an American citizen on that dav. the
July Was recognized with due honors.
= E6s#s .
ssaSof the striking features Of the dav at home was
8 @sning sof Jhips> which, when all are counted. will
a b o or more, this being one Of the answers made
a 4merican governm>pt, by American capital and
can labor TO the ~chalenge Of the Hun. Coupled
S@ss w Y had the address b the President, delivered
4 tomb toni Of sWashinston. II which the head Of the
f ~ #down anew the PRINCIPLES which constitute
issues hsnH 81 the war and decAred the determina-
y nation afion to hght for the ii hishment Of those
oStaas end. and without eompfmise.
-
speciaI effort was made to hape . ~.
yesssis i9pnched on the nations annyerr.rv
Sbssnsa = ste.dy increase 81 ship promotion
naoytssratiifyins Durins tho month gof june,
te4neufes presented atthe close 81 the monsn,
sAforce - increased ~ szss,sos tons, which Il
ship prcducuOn sver achisysd 81 ~ n.tion
81 Tine EaehS # these hips ms.ps MOI.
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