The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-04-18
WHY SHE STAKES HER ALL ON
Tbs ONE THROW.

One beliee remains 5Ipiupairad out
of the CO.'S iderable naE2 beg OF theories
and CONVICTIONS VII =, We entertained
as 10 t1e German offensive before Il
Was inau@urated on March "a. After
tweuty.six days CT s,UpeudoUs s2-te
it still seems certain that Germany
is riskirg everything on his throw o.
the war dice. S-,e is challenging Zete
for victory or DIST The TEicc sis" :
paying can on:s "a Justified BY ese;-
sive triumph. a SIG &aIS nov, Eh9
fails compIere:" AID ;rretrieyably. Not
that if sue IS s:n17el where she IS she
will surre1l:es at O5ce. but she Wall
have reacne: \ condition at home ana
IN the army from TSsi"Il she cannot
recover and y a:e1 W.. Lake her sue
cess i":?ossE
ST. MAJ ~ :aore than oce
~ ! !: - :--r.t:ce campaign. Dtit
= H,'>-.-: - :.obabIy right when
-A..;;.et Sar principal reason is the
-! ce- ''rhe German p!an,'
-ay- 2.r. I5&lfour. III to shattsr the
=. army before the American
:. lat cazl be brought into The scale
~ Gerulan-jnspiIed press has been
=. ,:ted by It's masters to Sow The
at conf ampt forthe American nil
,r::y effort Eur tie masters 10 net
..G..e that contempt They are Plan
ai"g their whole campaign and are
sacrificing men witI reckless extraTa-
Sauce in order that the american help
max arrive after their blow has been
struck"
That explanation seemed TO US the
true ole as The Sun suggested il sub
starrially the same language. at the
beginning of an offenS."e which it was
obvious TsIUst cost too. much TO he
undertaken except for some imQeI-
ms motive tia was to imperative 20
be disregard Willie ne nave been
talking over here sbHUc o&r 2low prog
ress. while we have ber1' charging
that our war .IlacII,1e has fallen down
Prussianism naS been taking obServa-
lions Of its own. 1t has I1b3red under
no decisions; IT id 90 ate n2t 10 fool
itself. nomattSr how much i attempted
20 fool it's own peco:c. Nnat it saw
over here gaze il grave 6isQlliet. 1t
realized that It eoHld got aftort! to wait
for us TO app>lr IN force or che s"a.7s
Six months or a year from now II
would be 100 late. k,- IN. II tire Ger
man Pc pie cculFi be kept in Iine fer q
prolonged wax. the military odds
against Germany would prcb2bIy be
100 great fo-,an offensive next fail or
next s7rinE. and these odds would so
increase from month TO month that
her complete collapse. within andtwfth-
out would BE only question ofrtine.
Her choice lay between the certainty
OF unqualified eventual d1sasteT.h she
awaited the onset. and the desperate
hone OF wrestling a military Advantage
now which wo:.l5 put her in a position
to demand racSe favorable peace
terms than she co;:i otherwise secure
Great as her apparent and real galns
in Russia, RoumaniGand Italy are. the
Aericar menace created a situation
that made it nece1Sary to save her
self Cow, il at all. She is. tIlerefore,
in realty Fighting Tor her life: fight
INK not SO much: FOR conquest as for
She. is STU the "robber state" as
Mr.. Baifour calls her, bar her 1mmeai-
ate hope is not SO much TO grab all
the world as to cut her way out. Of the
danger With which our arrival: Will
threaten her. II she can do that, she
can take breath aud look, around her
and decide what 70. do uext- What
ever she decides upon, however, she
Viii still remain The ''EDbber state" OF
the. Rhine so long AZ. size is under her
present rulers and her presen: sys-
rem.
Everything. therefore. depe7ds upon
the sped with which y e awe over
there. Germany is wagering her fu-
ture on the present colossal. opera
. tionS because when the Snited States
hour Of hops Will have passed.