Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-13
AMERICANS WILL
NOT Be IN DRIVE
Entente Confident of Its Ability
to Withstand German
Shock.
ENEMY WEARING SELF OUT
Prussians Have Drained Country
for Men, While Allies
Have Reserves.

OTTAWA. May $50 confident Is
the entente OF its ability to withstand
any drive the Germans can launch that
II mas decided not to use the American
army until it becomes a complete and
powerful force. according to a cable
summary OF operations on the western
front received here tonight from the
war committee OF the British Cabinet
The position now Is" said the sum
mary. that the Germans, determined 10
concentrate every available unit on one
enormous offensive. are draining their
country dry to force decision before il
Is too late, while the entente are so
conndent that having been given the
choice of small immediate American
army for defense or waiting till thev
are re-enforced by complete. pow
erful. self-supporting American army,
they have chosen the latter
TO the sledgc- hammer uses of
masses OF men by the enemy the allies
are opposing the strategy Of meeting
the blow with the smallest force ca
pable of standing up to the shock.
whiie Keeping the strongest reserve
possible. Troops on the wings are
whenever the enemy has been made to
pay greater price than the ground
is worth, the whole aim being TO re-
duce the enemy to such state of ex-
haustion that our reserve, at the right
moment. can restore the situation.
BRITISH ARMY EXACTs
FULLEST TOLL FROM FOE
In the present operations, the Brit
ish army has withstood many times it's
own with the enemy masses. 1t has
retired slowly. exacting the fullest
price. Meanwhile. Foch holds the bulk
or the French in reserve, sending units
only to points hard pressed This
strategy has justified Itself in that in
three weeks it has seen the enemy
brought to standstill without a single
strategic objective being fulfilled and
with losses SO immense that his reserve
is In danger of proving inadequate to
his policy.
The German commander, seeing
how nearly he is delivering himself to
the allied reserve, has been compelled
to accept temporary failure and call
a halt. His position is tacticaily ex-
posed in two dangerous salients on
waterlogged ground. His countrymen
arc dangerously dissatisfied a the M
'nensc price paid for his failure to ter
inmate their sufferings His allies are
on the verge of quarreiing and daily
exhibit their growing dislike and dis
trust of the taskmaster who robs
them Of their lives and food.
TEUTOSIC RESERVES ARE:
NEAR COMPLETE EXHAUSTION
His reserves have nearly reached
complete exhaustion. Those of the
Franco-British are still in being. while
the American preparations develop.
inevitable. Therefore, he must renew
the offensive. His preparations pro-
ceed feverishly, but it takes months
properly TO organize such an offensive
He must be satisfied with what he can
do in weeks. We may. therefore, ex-
pect renewed. furious onslaught be-
fore long. The enemy is so committed
to his strategical plans that we may
await his main blow on the Arras-
Amiens front while necessity compels
him to try to improve his position in
the Lys sector.
The allies may have complete con-
fdence in the results. For the enemy
the issue is desperate endeavor to
avoid defeat; for the allies the issue
is only that of victory deferred. The
coming battle may be repetition o.
Verdun on a large scale. and if both
sides should be exhausted the allies
have vast powers of recuperation,
while Germany has drafted her re-
sources already"