Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1918-05-16
WILL NOT Be USED
UNTIL COMPLETE
ENTENTE ALLIES CONFIDENT OF
THEIR ABILITY TO WITHSTAND
ANY DRIVE FROM GERMANS.
FIELD AS ALL AMERICAN FOE
Allies Saving Their Men While the
Germans are Draining Their
Country Dry.

Ottawa.-So confident is the en-.
tente Of its ability to witstand any
drive the Germans can launch that il
has been decided not to use the Amer.
lean army until it becomes a complete
and powerful force, according to a ca
BILE summary Of operations on the
western front received here from the
war committee OF the British cabinet.
The position now is." said the
summary, that the Germans, deter
mined to concentrate every available
unit on one enormous offensive, are
draining their country dry to force
decision before ii is too late, while
the entente are so confident that, hav-
ing been given the choice OF a small
immediate American army for defense
or waiting till they are reinforced by
complete, powerful. self-supporting
American army, they have chosen the
latter.
TO the sledge-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,
while keeping the strongest reserve
possible. Troops on the wings are
permitted to give ground within limits
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
exhaustion that our reserve, at the
mn ont
alton.
What British Have Done.
In the present operations, the Brit
ish army has withstood many times
Its own weight of enemy masses. Il
has retired slowly. exacting the full
est price. Meanwhile, Foch holds the
bulk Of the French in reserve. sending
units only to points hard pressed This
strategy has justified itself in that in
three weeks 1t has seen the enemy
brought to standstill without a sim
gle strategic objective being fulfilled
and with losses so immense that his
reserve is in danger Of proving made
quate to his policy
THE German commander seeing
how nearly he is delivering himself
to the allied reserve. has been com
PEELED to accept temporary failure
and call halt. His position is tacti-
cally exposed in two dangerous sali-
ents on waterlogged ground. Ais
conntryment are dangerously dissat-
isfled at the immense price paid Cor
his failure to terminate their suffer
ings. His allies are on the verge of
quarrelling and daily exhibit their
growing dislike and distrust of the
task master who robs them of their
lives and food.
His reserves have nearly reached
complete exhaustion. Those OF the
Franco-British are still in being
while the American preparations de-
Velop. The tine draws closer when
defeat Is inevitable Therefore, he
must renew the offensive. His prep.
arations proceed feverishly but 1t
takes months properly to organize
such an offensive. He must be sat
ished with what he can do in weeks.
We may. therefore. expect renewed.
furious onslaught before long. The
enemy is so committed to his stra.e-
gical plans that we may await his
main blow on the Arras-Amiens front
while necessity compels him to try 70
improve his position in the Lys sector.
Ihe allies may have complete con-
hdence in the result. 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 a repetition of
Verdun on large scale and II both
sides should be exhausted. the allies
have vast powers of recuperation.
while Germany has drafted her re.
sources already"