The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-04
Germany's Failing Powers.

Having exhausted himself in struggle against the line
that binds him in on the north the enemy now gathering
strength for another lunge, while his raidng parties
testing out the lines here and there In scrmmage with
Americans near Grvesnes the enemy found the line
only intact, but brstng with death In the Noyon re-
gon he ventured to feel Of the French force and his
forene was cremated AS for the Ypres 'front.' the spent
forces of Gen. Won Anm have no desire 10 taste British
steel again.
Yet the Germans must go forward and die. The fate
of the HOhenzOlerns involved The god worshped by
the Germans is in danger hence the Germans must either
give up their lives their god Thus far they have cune
to their idol and squandered their lives and probably
they will continue to do So until the crash comes Hohen-
zoern is still able to throw German men by uncounted
thousands into the crematory of defeat The day has
by when it was his policy to the German popu-
ation His only hope of success is to rebuild the founda
tons of his throne upon a mixture of German blood
and bones leaving to his the task of repOep
ing the empire His reasoning is the perfection Of sim
plicity either or the pepole must die" says Hohen-
zollern "Let it be the people"
It was about week after the beginning of the tremen-
dous drive March FL 1918, that the nferority Of
German arms compared with the allied forces was CON
cusvey established in the test of battle The climax
of the war power of the German empire reached dur
ing that week. The German western army was fresh
after months of recuperation it fully provisoned
and equipped it was reinforced by the enormously strong
army from the Russian front; it trained for many
weeks the details of attack that be pressed
with maniac frenzy at all COSTS at point unknown to
attended by his chief advisors The stroke was made
It caught the allies partly by surprise before they had
unified the supreme command. The attack was pressed
with ferocty that was surpassed by savages
beasts in the desperation of their battle throes And it
failed 1t failed and with it the German empire began
to decline From the hour that this assault broke itself
upon the undaunted hearts of France and England the
defeat of Hohenzoern and the downfall of his dynasty
was entered upon the book of fate
Premier Cemenceau is the best informed man in the
world concerning the allies and the task before them
He disposed of all his reserved doubts one week after
supreme effort That effort having failed
NJ Clemenceau knew that Germany would never again
have the power to draw together the elements of an at
tack of equal power The factors of the situation now
favor the allies in their defense. They may not be able
to begin defensive and winthat is something which
was too much for the Germans-but they have proved
that they stand the defensive and kill off Germans
at rate that the extinction of Germany if it is
kept up The confidence of M Clemenceau, therefore,
is knowledge.
Let the barbarian rage The he strikes at the allies
the better for the world for he will be exhausted and
demorazed that much sooner But the allies must mar
rowy watch this frantic foe while they are closing in
upon him. He will not stop at anything. He will drag in
Holland, Spain Scandinavian he will smash Italy; he will
redoube his air raids he viii amuck with submarines
Seeing defeat and death before him. Hohenzoern will go
low min blood and fire. dragging down everything within
reach 1t is thus that the imperial wretch will try to JUS
fy himself with the boast that he fought to the last
To the honor of the United States humanity to the end
# time will celebrate the fact that the worlds liberation
was accomplished largely through American effort. His
ory overlook the glorious hour when the Stars
md Stripes appeared in battle in France The Americans
# this day are fortunate in their generation to be harers
n the greatest achievement of mankind the universal
establishment Of selfgovernment Washington Post
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