The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-07
AMERICAN HELP
ANTICIPATED TO
STAY TEUT0NS
England Gets Good Impression
Of Colonel House Report,
BY X. WALTER.

LONDON, Jan. The report oI
Colonel Houses mission has made an
excellent impression in London More
j.. than any other statement It gives an
idea OF the businesslkc arrangements
concluded at the Paris conference
There had been a certain amount OF
pessirlSuc rumor owing 10 the short
duration OF the conference which was
denied by subsequent statements in
Paris and London and has now been
entirely swept aside by Colonel House 5
account OF the systematic co-ordlna-
tion in all branches OF allied opera.
tions and supplies 1t is now evident
that the short sitting Of the conference
vas due only to the strictly business
manner OF its deliberations and not to
any limitations OF the business it found
itself able to tackle.
viii Send Enough Troops.
The recommendation that the fight
ing forces OF the United States should
be dispatched to Europe with the least
possible delay is taken as official as
sutance OF policy which Washington
adopted from the beginning. 1t will
help 10 persuade curiosity as To the
number OF Americans in France to give
way TO confidence that whatever their
number. il will he adequate TO the mill
tary program. II is pretty generally
taken for granted, however, that the
American forces are not assembling
, behind the French and British frort at
the same speed with which Germany is
piling up her reserves from the sur
plus liberated by the Russian debacle
and il is anticipated that Germany will
make an offensive greater than any yet
known, before the United States is
able TO readjust the balance OF military
power Until the Germans began to
bring divisions from Russia this bal
snce had grown to be in favor OF the
allies, owing to the great increase IN
the British strength
Germany Has Superiority in Numbers
Today II is commonly known that
Germany can put larger number OF
men into the field than are ayalablel
on the side gof tie allies. For this rea-
son it would not bc surprising should
German offensive obtain some slight
temporary successes in the capture OF
territory or its evacuation by the allies
for the purpose Of taking up OF posi-
tons already prepared for defense
There is no question whatever OF the
d Germans breaking through or that they
will not be made to pay prlce
for any gains or near gains OF ground
just as disastrous as that which they
paid at Verdun.
The British and French commands
are also quite wide awake as to the
possibility OF turning a desperate Ger
man offensive into an even greater dis
aster for the enemy. for desperate, un-
doubtedly, will be the next great mill
tary effort OF Hindenburg, because it
is evident that he cannot count much
longer upon public support Tor many
more snoh bloody sacrifices.
Military SituKtion Is Serious.
II is just IS well for Americans TO
realize the serious state Of the military
situation Like the English, they well
coined the Russian revolution with a
whole heart, little thinking OF the part
they would have TO play in connection
with that upheaval. In the French
revolution the French killed each other
in the American revolution British and
Americans killed each other; but the
Russian revolution has already cost as
many lives OF Italians as OF Russians
II is costing French and British lives
today, and tomorrow II will claim its
American sacrifices. This is part Of
the price Of democracy which it i, hard
TO have to pay. II is impossible to be-
Beve that when the Russian people re-
alire what their conduct has involved
they will sell their democracy So cheap
ly TO the Germans, as, until today they
seemed about to do.
What Germany Hopes
The German aim OF a Mitteleuropa
has been extended to the colossal poiii.
cal objective Of an extension Of Prus-
sianism a thousand miles 10 the east
a. well as TO the southeast. She hopes
to dominate all the people Of the back.
ward Russian. races and add many
states rich in material and manpower
to her military vassals. Probably she
will overplay her hand and in the end
be punished for her political campaign
in Russia as thoroughly as Napoleon
suffered in his military venture But
however soon the Russian people real
i,e their danger and face it, they can
not now redeem the terrible price which
they are forcing us to paw today for
making the world including Russia.
B safe for democracy