The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-08-12
rHE ENEMY.s FIcHT FoR Lee.

The three armies striking a. German forces in Franc
are making surprising progress and their successes cleo
trfy the civilized world Nations that have been bOwe
Down revived by the prospect amounting to al
assurance, that their enemy win be beaten of and thei
injuries repaired The German army is papably shaken
not demOralized but staggered Retreat to more
line Is certainty; but there is no certainty that tn
Germans find any line zhatevsr that win hold tn
pnrsuers The allied armiosare mow in - position
strike blow after blow with cumalative effect Prob
ably IN that prevent themrOm rolling the German
out Of France is the destruction Of communications il
the battle area and the approach Of winter
The German plan of campaign is defensive in France
not by choice but byneCessity The enemy cannot or
ganize offensive agains this year, even Il the allie
should attacking Transportation lines behind tn
Germans have-been badly broken by artillery and ali
raids, we'll by in the enemy offensive an,
the subsequent recoil Material has been spent or de
stroyed to keep out Of the allies hands, while the Ger
army itself is badly depleted and must be reconsti
tuted Every day Of Marshal Foch's savage assaults
increases by geomerc ratio the difficulties and danger
Of the Germans who fighting far from home. Ther
is also before the enemy the sight Of growing army
from across the Atlantic The Germans have now haC
good taste OF American STEEL and they do not relish it
They win not deliberately invite humiliation by attack
ing an allied army stronger than their own made up
large part of uAmericaB who combine unweariednes
with uptOlthesmnute Skill and supported by unlimited
material
The German disaster however is too great to be
eealed from the German people. If il is not counter
acted its effects may be,seriOusy evident npublc agi
taton against the mlitarists impaired morale in thu
army strikes sabotage and riots. An these effects are
visible in Austria following the disaster of the Pave
What will Germany do? II is to be expected that
Germany win cast about for a place to strike, no
where the allies strongest thee is no hope
of success in France but where the allies weaker
The Italian front may appear to be favorable point fol
attack Austria has nearly SO per cent divisions
than the Italians canmustsr and Germany has six
divisions on that front TrOOpsecan be concentrated
easily by the enemy the TrentnO 'front.' while the
ICaahS are not AS W6tl pkoV0Sa VIVA EdEVAuS 10 cOH
vey troops to that front
The political situation in the two principal enemy
countries may compel Germany TO armOr her western
front and then to join Austria great offensive against
Italy in the mountain section. There to be-
lieve that such an offensive is scheduled for October
Italy expects attack and is preparing for it with all
the her command. But Italy is Rsneedo
coal and other materials, well divisions of
troops capable Of mountains ehtng 1fthe German high
command should withdraw the army in France to very
marked degree and then dig in, it win behOove the allies
TO be ON the lookout for attack upon Italy with sur
prising force and violence There will be month two
in which to reinforce italy Those months may be pre-
cOus aids of victory if utilized they may be mean-
choy repeOns of the delay by which the allies assisted
Germany to administer the terrible blow to italy in 0c
tober last.
The first and last point to bear in mind at this juno
ture is that the German military system is fighting like
savage animal for existence II is not mortally hurt
1t is Capable of immense mischief isalmost dan
gerous in retreat as advance just the allied armies
were Overconfdence and premature assumptions Of
victory would be extremely We may be sure
that Marshal Foch does not indulge in sentiments
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