Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-04-02
ORNAMENT PEACE WORTH
|CHT|NC FOR, SAYS BETH.
istinguishcd Author Addresses
Largo Audience in the City
Auditorium.
REDICTs ALLIED SUCCESS
resent Drive Is Costing Germans
Moro In Men Than Land Gained
rs Wortli-War Awaits Entrance
OF Americans to Battle Lines.

idedi worth waiting Tor. worth
ntinS Tor and worth dying for
II must never be said that this. the
ealest crusade OF history. failed for
lack or little hual courage.
mt you believe tho poisonous gas
Sseminatcd throughout the allied
untries. that this is a war that can
DC won. VIC are moving ahead. and
are gong TO win: so let your motto
Garry On" said Major la, Hay
nth. one OF the FIRST 100000" to a
o"d OF 1000 people who packed in
CITY Auditorium last night. who
ere thrilled and delighted with his
ustra,ed lecture. Carrying on"
Major Bcith stated that the present
I'VE was the result OF triple force
Germans. Austrians and Bulgarians
yer years vacation on the eastern
font; and that. though IL was Just
ts beginning. the future was
iEht. lie stated that always the
cat onens!vcs were possible IL the
lacking foe would pay tho price.
iis Is true up 10 certain point.
said. but not beyond the range OF
eparat'on. lie said that the Ger
ans were great on preparation and
Sanization. but were weak on initia-
&c: and that tho price of drive was
the control of the enemy's guns and
b u
tho audience. that the price OF The
csent drive would bring the Hun
prec!ably nearer his disastrous exit
ON the great war. though the vic
rious end was farther away than
was year ago
hAZED AT PROGRESS
OF THE PAST YEAR
He stated that since he was here n
ar ago lie had visited the western
ont, and that most OF his old rrlends
ere gone. In the original battalion
~ htty men are left, and not a Single
Elcer: though this remark does not
can that All but half hundred are
ad. He stated that chess warfare
not In this war: that battalion
es into the trenches to do what Is
signed II 10 do, aid that IL stays
ere TIL 1t Is donc-;hcre is no more
oinE In and going through" He
10 that he was amazed at the prog
IN made in the past year.
Speaking along this line. Major Beth
Id that the allies had gained every
ntage ground they had fought for In
past year. and mentioned many
them In tho north that the great
i've now IN progress has not dis
rbed. He stated that the enemy had
crrun the same ground IN part along
SonIne as in the iirst great battle
the Somme, but that they could
yer regain the confidence the allies
I'd won there that they were SUI
rior TO tho Tcutons' machine. That
,est!on they answered there. and tho
me question. so he said. the Amer
ans would soon be asHin. aud an
'erinE themselves, the delusion that
German army is !nvincibic hav-
been broken once and for all
He defined the war as one huge bat
on ono continuous front for hum
eds OF miles. and said that the so
ton to 1t was the destruction of
~ man power OF ono side till Il
'nldn'i stand IL any longer. He then
ideL that ii the Germans had rather
aEsport their ncn To the western
ont and mass them for slaughter
her. tho Strengthening facilities were
hn!tely better. the allies had no COM
Amt TO make. The Germans. he said
their drives come shoulder TO
Ioulder and in grca; columns with
ms on shoulders. making no atteInp,
hEht. and prove mighty good tar
. t for allied guns.
RTILLERY AND AlusHIPS
MIST 90 TUGETHER
Major Beth explained that artillery
I'd airsh!ps must go together that tho
shells behind the enemy lines. He
en- stated that during all the nghting
| the present drive the allies had never
ice lost control OF the air. and that
! 'ty-four German planes had been
ought down one day TO nine British
anes missing. In this connection he
described in detail the creeping bar
&c attack. in which the infantry
irely prcccdes the creeping artillery
the front line of trenches. which arc
sptured without reference To the next
| II the line IL once more put intact.
Referring to the German trenches.
said that The Germans had adopted
G chain Of stronr; points. in Belgium,
Rhich was AN admission OF weakeninS
! continuous line being "a luxury" and
atcd that during the pas, year. had
bit the weather in Belgium been ex-
i've retaken Ostend and destroyed
e submarine base. lie stated that
lis would be done. and also said that
/ the Tcutons had conducted n pro-
ctive method In the north, instead
{, making mad dash for Paris the
isult might now be Very different.
|. il is. lac said that 1000. 900 British
rs had been transported to the Con-
I nent without single loss: that the
Ierman flag had three, years been from
II the ocean: that over 100000 mines
lad been swept from the eaters OF the
ritish Isles and France. that the
1Ibmarincs were being destroyed as
st as made: that the allies had won
1icry objective: their hearts were high,
lid that within the year they would
let ne enemy ready for the knockout
| low.
He said that Belgium deliberately
lcrifced herself to give the allies
nance 10 get ready: he then said that,
tho $50. 900 Huns couldn't get through
[,e line al the first battle OF Ypres,
linen the odds-aud ends line was held
" 10000 English. he didn't think they
build get through now. AZ the second
|attie OF y?rcs the Germans .aadc tho
|rst use Of poisonous gas. and, with
he English trench full of choking and
lying trouI they didn't get through,
|,r the rc-cnforccmcnts were the first
|,ntingent oi Canadians: and lie be-
eyed when the allies struck next
(elSium would be free.
How DO we stand in this common
|iusc against common enemy:" he
|sked the crowd. lie then outlined the
|nmistakable allied success. He stated
hat Jerusalem would never again he
b the hands Of tho Turks. and that