Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-06-14
AMERICANS WILL
DECIDE THE WAR
GERMAN DEFEAT WILL. BE Sure
AND SWIFT WHEN NUMEIsI.
CAL SUPREMACY Is LOST
HEAVY BLOWS ARE imminent
Situation Is Strikingly Similar to the
Waterloo Campaign. With the
Element Of Time Consider
ably Against Enemy.

L
News. gives the following compre-
hensive view OF the man-power sit
uation in Europe and the effect the
introduction OF big American forces
will have:
The pause in the German often
sive in Champagne gives time to deal
with one circumstance in recent
events which must be OF utmost in
terest to the people OF the United
States. We have been told in the
present week by the French Pre-
mier that victory or defeat in the
battle for civilization now depends
upon America-and we are learning
that q beginning has been made by
us on the battle field. a beginning OF
victory.
The conditions of the last terri
BILE bid for military decision are now
clear to the whole world. The Ger
man has succeeded in the fourth
year OF the war in bringing upon the
decisive western front a superiority
OF men, OF guns. and OF methods.
Thanks to the Russian collapse he
has been able to concentrate between
Lille and Verdun practically the
whole Of his man power. as he con-
centrated 1t In the months of Aug
ust, September, and October. 1914.
Four years ago the German stratc-
Icy was comprehended in the deter
mination to dispose OF France be-
fore Britain could aid much. or Rus
sia. with her slower mobilization.
lgravely threaten East Prussia. This
strategy was parried at the Marne
and completely blocked at the User,
There after the German was COM
PEELED to transform his purposes and
adopt a defensive in the west, while
he disposed OF Russia in the east.
Although he temporarily reversed
his procedure during the Verdun Of
fensive. the east kept him occupied
until the close of last year. when he
did succeed Of disposing OF Russia
and ROumania.
Left free to come west again, the
German undertook the campaign OF
1918 with the conditions and limita-
tiOns OF the campaign Of 1914 clearly
in mind. His new foe now was AM
erica, and America played the role
which Russia played nearly four
years earlier. Unless the could dis
pose of France and Britain before
America brought large forces to thu
western front the German would
have to accept a permanent defen
sive in the war. which meant The
loss OF the war and complete eco
monte ruin after the end of the con
flict. The essence of the Germans
strategy in 1918. as in 1914. was
= therefore. speed. He had. thoOret
lically. eight months this year wher,
Ia. l., % il, "a
but he had before him stronger for
ces than in the earlier campaign, bet
ter organized and better prepared
for his thrust. He had. moreover
to face the fact that, win or lose
the battle would impose a create
strain upon German man powe
than upon the allied. because Ger
many would have to foot the whole
bill. while France, Britain. and Il
some extent. America. would divide
5 the loss OF the allies. But as II draw
0 meant ruin almost as complete n
0 defeat. the German had no choice.
U british Increasing Man Power.
. Now we realize that the allies di'
not at once perceive the gravity %
a the situation and failed to make tn
n drafts on their own man power tha
=. were essential. They had too few
= men in the line when tn" German
: blow of March ~ fell. and the
have not been able to repair the or
ror as yet On the other hand, no,
a that three months have passed, ne,
y calls to arms in Britain have raise'
a large number of men, a cOnsid"ra
bile number of whom will be availa
10 l,..f. .itri
= ends France, on the other hand
can contribute no more, as she ha
= called up the totality OF her re-
sources.
, On the assumption that Americ
could put hut few troops less tha
a Quarter of a million into the fur
mace during the campaign, German
eambled on sure thing. Blow al
ter blow was to he delivered. de
stroyings the divisions on the front
= attacked. abolishing the system q
defense until the whole front wa
:. dislocated and a decisive, wide
q swinging blow was possible-a colos
sal extension of the Napoleonic me
thod of putting in the old guar
when the enemy was shaken. to d,
liver the decisive thrust. This blo'
the German calculated, ana Calcu
lates. will get Paris. destroy tn
n British or the French army. q
' achieve some victory so gigantic a
to break the will and power of hi
opponents to go on with the war.
a But this blow must fall before tn
tide in numbers turns. The situi
tion is exactly that of the race b'
tween the U-boat and the ship-buil'
ing program OF the allies; once tn
new shipping produced each mont
q exceeds the distinctions. the hoI
r of success in this submarine can
Ie paign is over. Once the yield of An
j. erican troops per month passes alih
ne the allied loss and the German r.
.r sources for replacing his own ca
IL salties. the game is up, because II
h German will lack the numbers
enforce his local victories. He wi
he like NaDOleOn at Waterloo, Wh'