The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-07-25
MEANING Of cERMANY's RrvERsF.

q the hands Of the French and American forces is suc
as to disarange the plans Of the German general staff
Il the allied counterstroke should gain no more it is SUI
fcient to destroy a hopes BY The Germans FOR yictor
ous offensive this year Under the cloak Of ccnceamen
and confusion enough is seen to make II probable tina
the German army cannot be recognized and reinvig
Grated gf another great offensive before next year,
4 al.
This extreme probability affords basis for the com
fortng conviction chat the tide Of war has turned def
nitely against Germany If the enemy cannot win thl
summer how he win next year against an army FORT
fed with a additional 100000 Amercansg II 5000
lighting Americans added to the allied armies, can throw
Germany back from the Marne, what will 100000 fight
ing Americans do n cooperation with the French ans
British armies?
The German army il beaten back at one point, and i
not defeated by any means But there ID more in this
setback than mere temporary check The outstanding
fact to be overlooked Is that The allies possess
growing army, while Germany's army has reached ana
passed the climax Of its strength If the allied armies
were It standst their repulse Of the enemy at the
Marine might be followed BY quick recovery and sue.
cessful German advance but with fresh thousands Of
troops pouring in from America, this enemy setback
means that the allies win hold the ground they have re-
covered and win probably advance farther
Moreover the German retreat has psychological side
which makes It spremey valuable to the allies and cor
respcndingly costly to the German general staff The
people Of Germany and Austria are Ut the breaking point
Of nerve exhaustion on account Of family losses lack Of
food severe restriction Of personal liberty and poverty
These unseen but mighty foes are constantly hammerng
Mt the German heart Against that dlsantegrating force
the chief defense has been hope hope for victory that
would open up vast allied food supplies immense spells
n territory materials slave labor ETC. The German war
conspirators, headed BY the iunkers and the military
caste, have danged before German eyes the gores Of
panGermany triumphant over the richest nations, and
granting to every German an opportunity to fatten at
the expense Of neghboring nations
Now this hope goes glimmerng It Is baseless Ii
passes like dream The German lads who were 10 reyel
N Paris ground into mud along the Marne they are
prisoners Of the allies they are YEARLY retreatng to-
ward the Rhine. There is no allied food for German
bellies There no riches Of allied cities, to recon-
7ense Germans for their sacrifices. There is nothing
head but fighting against constantly increasing odds
Russia fails to furnish food Rouania is stripped Tur
xey has nothing, Serbia was skinned clean long ago.
Austria is empty, and all around are enemies with death
in their hands
There are l54,OOOOOO inhabitants Of Germany and its
lilies, and there 12OOOOO,OOO inhabitants Of the
twenty nations that fighting Germany Thirty mil
ions Of inhabitants Of Austria are raising their hands
against the Hapsburg empire The world is full of enc
mics Of the German military machine Wherever it goes
raises up opposition and enemies Is in Ukrainia and
Russia where the peace teaties which were to yield
rich food supplies have turned out to be empty scraps
paper
So the allied victory means much in Germany II will
make itself known in spite Of the desperate efforts Of the
war class to conceal the truth Germany may be de-
pended upon to begin peace moves anew under all sorts
Of DISCUSSES. The danger in allied countries from now
is net that victory will be lacking but that pacss
will make victory futile BY pressing for an inconclusve
or softhearted peace which would leave Germany armed
md capable Of recuperang for another assault That
possibility must be extinguished The allies must fight
for and win victory which in itself win make German
military recovery forever impossible The only peace
70 which Germany is entitled Is that which is made com
oulsOry No nation which values its life can take any
German assurance enter into any treaty with Ger
many while that outlaw is amed--W Washington Post