Douglas Island news., 1918-09-20
GERMAN PRESS HAS
 VARIED OPINION Some German Editors Claim Tanks Are Over There, While Others
 Claim They Don't Exist

prlsoncrs of war show that Che Hun Journals arc having on awful time Ioxplainng about the American army in France. While the Bocho fighter | Is getting his own personal opinion lbout tho Yankee lighting men, what hc reads about them scoms Co depend 3n what paper he takes
 A list Of excerpts from German journals Of recent date expresses 1pmons running an Che way from ,com Co admiration for AmcricaS military onott
 For typico German logic. an edl-
 oria, n The Cologne Gazette of Au-
 gust 20 is gem lt explains its mistake Of predicting that American troops could not Doc brought In force ,o Germany by saying it did not sup pose Wilson would steal German and Allied ships for the job. However it assures Che German soldiers that Inc soldiers Co come from the United States will be. by no means. SO good as thosc who have already fought in France. This choice bit Of intormo- ton follows:
 "America has claimed to be able
 I'm a single month Co send 100000 men to Franco. Where would she get the l.5OO.OO tons necessary Go transport these troops? She could no doubt. use sixteen German steam ,rs stolen by Wilson and sixty or 80 put at his disposal by England upon his own request. But these ships could not suffice, and we know good many Of them have been put out of use. and that our submarines have sunk at least forty Of them.
 "As for tho millions of American soldiers whose existence is announ- ccd. we shall not believe m them un- len an authentic document has made their origin clear
 "Without any doubt we could not forcsec that America, with her prin- ciplcs. would go SO far as Co steal | the ships of neutral nations, make Spain her yassal, and cut down trans portation on Che seas to such an eN- tent as to reduce halt-starycd France | to famine. Yet this ls what has hap- pcned.
 Nevertheless che fears oi our alarmists are miustincd Not in three months training could Amcri- can officers learn an Che secrets of modern war.
 If America has been able to con- sumtc the nucleus of 100000 Go l a5O. .OOO men. with regulars and yol- untccrs at Che beginning. the situa- ton win change os soon as those l choice troops are used. 10 would be interesting Co know Che odect pro- duced on the morale Of Allied troops by Che enormous losses they have suffered In Che last few weeks.
 Americans are no supcrmcn, cs- peciauy from thc military point of view. and America has not Che roQuis- ! itcs to form an army like ours. She has made an effort of which many would not have believed her capable. We'll informed people know that she cannot before 1919 or 1920 engage lin full strength Of her military power.
 In the Berlin Togcblatt, Director Heinickcn of thc North German ! Lloyd line. tells in Che annual report of what he thinks of Americans i'm the war. He says:
 Prom the point ol view of tcn- aclty and endurance the Americans are almost equal Co the British. From what is known SO far of the American effort onnc can not help respecting Che energy with which an problems have been grasped on tho other side of the ocean.
 Economically, and particularly from thc point of view of interests, the loss of a large part of the Ger man merchant marine by American intervention would bc foolish Co deny it-has been a hard blow for Germany. The best and most prcc- ious Sof our steamships, some of which can not be replaced. havo been confiscatcd and are used now ir transporting Co France and England ! American troops and ammunition. "