The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-08-17
THE TIGHTENING COIL.

AS the coils tighten around the enemy empires it be-
comes quite evident that desperate measures viii be
adopted by Hohenzolern and Hapsburg in the effort to
break the strangehOld of the allies The two emperors
in council with their military naval and political
advisers So far as the allies are aware the burden of
the reports received by the two emperors is adverse If
there any reassurng reports or if secret movements
are on foot promising success to the two empires in the
field the of politics war; there is no inkling
Of this news in allied cabinets or camps
The allies well satisfied with the beginnings of the
fifth year of The western front battles have shown
allied superiority The Germans have done their best
and faled the allies have not yet done their BEST but
have succeeded What is come is not revealed to the
enemy In Italy the situation is becoming more salts
factory The Hapsburg armies did their best there and
failed the Italians did their best and won There is
front in the mountains where the armies have not
cashed in full force and perhaps the GermanAustran
emperors will decide to make stroke there The ItaI
ians supported by French British American and Czecho
Slovak troops, are ready.
Germany is not having easy sailing in the east The
along the ans-Siberan railroad and are extending their
activities into European Russia against German and Aus
tran forces The British seizure of Baku must have
been staggering surprise to the Germans That oil field
has been of the prizes coveted by the enemy since
the beginning of the The oil supply from Galcia
and Roumania is insufficient for Germanys needs, and
he plots to capture the Baku and Mexican fields well
known tn the allied Governments Ralu has inst heen
TAKEN and there evidences that the British and United
States governments will not permit the Germans to gain
control of the Tampco and Tuxpam fields, notwhstand
ing Carranza latest attempt to conscate the properties
Of British and American companies in order them
over to the Germans,
Thus Germany and Austria are hemmed in, with the
allies moving forward in every field The two emperors
may we'll go over the situation in DETAIL in the hope of
finding way to cut the cords that are beginning
bind their arms to their Sides 1t quite possible that
the German high feet will be called into action with
the hope of cutting communications between America
and Europe The Germans have not been idle in big ship
and supposed to have finished fine types
Of batteship cruisers armed with 16-nch guns. When
the conditions will longer afford hope of military
there need be little doubt that the feet will emerge.
Under the protection of the German battleship fleet
The batteshp cruisers might be able in darkness fog
10 escape to the high SEAS From that moment the prob
of transporting troops and supplies to Europe would
be extremely complicated until the enemy cruisers had
disposed Of The present convoy system would have
10 be modified by giving transports the protection of
ships sufficiently strong to cope with the enemy This
would probably bring out enemy submarines in large
numbers to destroy the warshps and transports The
conveys would be slower and cumbersome In the
meantime the allied fleets would be securing the seas,
and sooner or later the German battle cruisers would go
under. They might work havoc for awhile, but in the
ong the attempt to cut America from Europe would
fail, as everything German is destined to fail.
This sea adventure doubtless is of the matters
under consideration by the two emperors, who
plotting to retain their hold upon millions of fellow
Their hold is weakening; shot and shell blast
ng path for liberty on the march to Berlin and Vienna
Scheme as they may Hohenzolern and Hapsburg have
only few days left comparatively speaking, in which
70 work their evil wil.-Washington Post