Arizona republican., 1918-09-02
The Headlines and the Map

The Saturday Evening Post has editorial in which it advises readers of to study the map and not the newspaper headlines. Then they will get impressions regarding the progress the world is making toward peace. The Republican year ago began telling it's readers that the map was the only reliable of information.
 One who has been dependent only upon the news paper headlines of the last two months the official reports the comments by excited military experts would be warranted in believing that the is its end. The map though tells different story. The Germans yet in Belgium and far in France. They yet occupying about onethrd of the territory they gained in their drive begun March 21
 bear in mind too. that this is the first time the Germans have lost ground. They first driven back four years ago Again in the early part of last year they went back the territory they going now, daily yielding to the British who seemed irresistible. Then Cambrai, the turn and later all seemed about to be lost.
 The people must steel themselves against kidding headlines and semi official reports particularly against letters which soldiers home saying it is about all and they expect to return year. All this makes for optimism which is good thing less it brings about let effort which case it is a bad thing. '
 We the of another Liberty Loan cam paign to raise ssOoO,OOOOOO The most strenuous
 
 been mised by the headlines, they will make sacrifice necessary to give to the campaign Why should they deny themselves furnish money 10 the government when the Huns are getting licked at every turn and the end of the is in sight?
 The best proof we have that it is not in sight is the prodigious effort the government is making to increase our manpower to the limit The govern ment is taking no chances. We all, the government and the people. did too much assuming in the begin ming. We proceeding upon facts.
 That will win now sure We only do not know when we will win. And that makes mighty difference-of many thousands American lives and many billions of American dollars These thousands and these billions annual sacrifices We have every incentive to shorten the period of sacrifice
 So had better disregard the headlines and the foolish stories which reach from the front all point ing to the early collapse of Germany Many of them utterly ridiculous to suggest that they are sent by temporarily insane correspondents for con- sumption by temporarily insane populace There for instance are the stories of the capture German soldiers whose pockets are filled with letters written by them describing in detail miseres of the Ger man armies. There also stories of military orders of the most secret and important character being lusged around by soldiers
 We must continue to regard the German as most powerful and resourceful foe. whose next move we cannot anticipate We cannot tell what will come out of the wash in Russia We suspect that the allied manpower has been increased lately by withdrawals from the Salonki and the Mesopotaman fronts If when the Germans have reached their objective in their present retirement may expect to find them greatly reinforced.
 The may end soon: we all hope it will but there has not been event since began four years ago pointing to its early end Foolish as it would then have been, we would have been more justified four years the fourteenth of thA month when the Ger mans were hurrying away from the Marne in predict ing an carly end of the war than we are now.
 No victory has ever been accelerated by practicng deception upon the vctors by lying to them It is the greatest service that be performed for Ger many to lead the American people to believe that they can afford to let down. ss.f .s-