The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-06-20
PARIS WILL! NOT Be GERMAN
PREY. SAYS GEN. A|ALLETERRE
By Gen. NJ. G.. Malleterre.
I.oryrI.h;. 19lN 10y tn" i'rr$S Publish
,r. tTslr New York W"rld.J
.. Especial Cable Dcsral"h)

rNHiS. .Iunr l<.--!t seems as though
the cnIir. world hollis it's breath as Al
did IN Ib,s.. jar-nfi day, nf august and
S.i,.mhcr l9i4. hearing III" '''rnAh
.urS approaching Paris. II iS c"inrr"-
l..usiIl,. that all the Allies. even all :h"
Airs. even all III" ncutrals are deeply
I.l"E"G.
In tins first ariiric Tor TIL" N"w York
W"rhI ,ieSir.. ~ begin by assuring our
American allies that PARIS Is mo- III
ltugrr--thHt Paris Will not b. t"e prey
ii tn. ti"rlnhnS.
For this Ia happen /! would b" nee
.sSnrv Tor tn. French Army L" break
,!n,rn. 10 be forced into II retreat as ser
,nuS as III 1914. Hut this cannct be.
, Th.. poilus Of the Marine. Of V. Gun or
the Somme and the .Nlsnr ara always
!! the same, and nothing like Il few minor
revrr>cs will Il. abl" t" break down
! their valor or make France and the
world doubt them.
Tho Germans Will Not Enter"
Though certain emotion has been
caused in Paris hr thu explosions or
shells and torpcdoeS though some Paris
ianS Wiz. have. grown tired from 100
often descending To their cellars. or are
:, riff" too nervous or too Idle have
."migrated 70 more peaceful rlimnS. AMI
though it has been necessary u tax"
certain ind SpenSable precautions as re-
cards children and artistic treasures,
ihose Americans who are now VISITING
Paris OF residing in Paris will be abie
/, 20 affirm tina, the damages caused ar"
insignificant and that the Germans Will
not enter tic capital
Doubtless the hattie runlbles near
700 ncav--pariS. II he guns approach
ed further they might seriously damage
tho great city. But there Is no doubt
that France would resign herself there
: o. sharing the suffering Of Paris
. There is also no doubt that everything
viii br don" in order tn reduce 10 4
minimum this outrage against tho
beauty and life OF Paris.
I |, is tn. misfortune Of Paris that she
is TOO near the frontier disputed by
France and Germany: thst shr is on the
road Of iuvasions. Rut il is also to her
glory 10 have assembled I'LL Ihc children
~ France in the struggle for national
uniiy against The German Invader. AMI
to b. th- Sririt"al centre nf Franc"-
Us sh. would 10 If she had her physician
frontier on The lthlne.
In former wars Paris has henn he
SriSci and occupi-d by 'hG hcridltary
enemy. hut always she has come cut
stronger and more virle from the trials.
"t ;he 1nomcnt--aS with Paris. 81 win
France. II will hs 50 this time TOO #
, tate dccr"cS an invasion.
In Ial+ as IN 1870 III" German mill
tary leaders had Paris for tho final OH
ier;iv". The German 1914 plan aimed
at crushing rapidly the French army
u, AA2
I'd. hut there was the Narns.
Paris Ludendorf's Aim.
Can il NJ, said that in the present Of
:ensive Ludcndorff who mentally
ssc,ns the rcincarnation Of old Nollkc--
again amel at capturing Paris: 1 do
not think so.
The doubt" attack on both the Disc
/ hanks May a7-Jure .. seemed III fact 10
designate Paris IA ,lir general direction.
II would thus appear. after two
months interval. as L resumption Of iho
March y offensive the flood OF which
: reached Muntdidier and Nu?On.
Yet meanwhile other attacks had oc-
/ currcd---and not less violcnt--In lan-
! ders with the manifest Intention OF
! pushing on 70 Calais and Dunkirk.
Tho German press. though making a
! great display concerning the "EmpHrnrs
Battle for Paris" Indicated IN more
serious articles that the German high
command sought other things than geo
sra phic detectives even rs important as
! Paris, Calais. Dunkrk and Aminns.
! It Is always we'll - guard against
| German wiles. yet il is certain that I.u-
dendoCf envisaEes the operations ha is
. conducting against thc western front
, differently from the Crown Prince.
/ Doubtless ha would be delighted to take
/ Paris. Calais and Dunkirk: but as q m;tn
! or war ha thoroughly realizes that it is
| first necessary to crush the armies in
: terposirg themselves between him and
his detectives.
! That he IS doing his utmost 10 a"h!"vr
with the million he brought Ia M" w,.s:-
-rn front, thanks 10 he Russian d"!r'-
! Iicu and tho l"vicS upon the NnunG.l.lS
class and the German d"I-rtS. II" crn-
! ploycd new methods Of attack 20 which
! the German troops were carefully train
! ed. basing thnSe attacks upon the powr-
! Jul material accompanies 'hc infantry.
! More With Tactics Than Strategy.
. He mas In fact noe more with tn"licss
| Than with strategy. On March . n" at
, tackled with large masses in tho sector
4. no deemed fteblest because II was the
/, junction OF the British and French AZ
; mics and especially because this Sector
Wis hsld by the British army. which Lu-
: dendorfr believed easier TO crush than
| the French The British Army had in
! fnct just extended it's front IN order tn
relieve Frances effort.
. Tho battle beginning March - sue
| coed Ad---cvcn went Very far. Can II
! still be believed that I'ariS. rather than
, lAmiens, was the war objective" There
! is every reason TO believe that I.ud"n-
! dorff would have "Np!nitcd, had u" boon
| able. the retreat of the british right
! wing hy attacking and turning tho c"u-
ter and throwing the British army INTO
; III" S"a. Perhaps he tried that in
! March. when he attacked Simultaneous
/, ly 0, III" Avr" aud a I\rra&. Rut tho
! RI pid intervention Of the French dr-
Visions and the IritISh resist Tn"r tor
J minated the undertaking.
What docs l.ud"ndorff thcn do It"
attacks i'm FLANDERS. opening on ia" Ii;tii-
Irul salient Was his intention then To
, force "A passage tn Calais or toward
The Rethune coal fields" l?vraiS Io not
/ provo IT, Here the undertaking ~
: again stepped. Not even Yprrs ~
/: taken.
! Then Ludendnrfr turns south. ""
! launches an attack against ia" CIV Imin
. d..S- DANES. which succeeded Tar h"ti"r
. than was expected. hOuhtlrSH hr hnrI
prepared parallel attack along The
-, h,,o SO 1n ~