The sun., 1918-07-23
DEFEAT CONCEALED
BY GERMAN PRESS
Odds and Ends Of News Given
Prominence and Re-
verses Ignored.
ONE DARES TELL TRUTH
Says Foch's Attack Is the
Reply to Entire linden
burg Campaign.
Special Cable Despatch 70 THH suS.

Copyright 1918; oil rights reserved
LONDON. July 90. - German newspa-
rers. undoubtedly under the orders OF tho
Government, which fears the effect that
the truth would have upon the public.
conceal the extent Of the Crown Princes
reverse at the Marine and the success OF
Gen. Fochs attack.
Many OF them deliberately relegate
the news from the front to second place.
giving first prominence to such vital
topics. for instance. as the anniversary
Of the Reichstag peace resolution. which
| is given the principal place in the Weser
Teitun1 and Germdnid. VorUaerts makes
| prominent the question OF imperial
| finance, while the yossische Zeitun0 fea-
lures the Malvy trial
One OutspOkcn ZeitunR.
The Ber,iner Lokdldn ci1cr finds the
| Bolshevik army OF more importance than
Gen. Ludendorff's army. The Ta0sblatt
| emphasizes happenings in South Africa
and the Deu.schcs Tugesscitnng places
the reports Of the Admiralty on the OPP
erations of the C-boats in its leading
| position.
A few papers refuse further to deceive
their readers as to the gravity OF tho
German military situation. The Frank
| Jttrtrr Zeitun1 sweeps roughly aside all
OF the constantly reiterated nonsense
about the hopelessness of waiting for
, American help on the side of the Allies,
| about the exhaustion of Gen. Fochs re-
| serves. and refers to the use of Ameri-
can troops In great masses In the present
| fighting while 1t admits that Gen Foch
| has an important army of attack at hin
disposal.
Answers HindenburR.
The attack Of Gen. Foch. says this
| paper is not merely n reply to the Ger
| man offensive on botn sides of Rheims:
| 1t is an answer to the whole Hindenburg
| offensive campaign.
| Col. Gaedke in Tortrderts is still
sneering at Gen. Foch's reserves and at
| the help that can be expected by the
Allies from America, and the Cologne
| VOlkSeeitung takes some pains to Gem-
| onstrate that at the points where tho
American official reports show that tho
Americans gained victories there were
no American troops at all.
! Capt. Won Salzmann In the Vossischs
| Zeitun0, where his article Is tucked away
in an obscure corner. frankly admits that
! he Is afraid OF the fresh arrivals OF
Americans with their unoro!ken nerve.
Would strike I'm East.
| Dispatches from Zurich state that
| during the last week the annexationtst
press in Germany has been strongly
emphasizing conditions in Russia. and
limiting that German policy may have to
be content with holding the western
| front, transferring military operations to
| the near and middle East
These papers have repeatedly called
| attention to the warning given to tho
! Turkish Ambassador in Berlin 10 tho
effect that the war cannot he won in tho
! west, and that in order to win a victory
| over the most terrible and stubborn OF
! German enemies, Great Britain. IL -
necessary to smlte her in the As!atio
empire. where British dominion reSts
upon British prestige.
| This much advertised Eastern propa-
ganda doubtless is the basis of rumors
current that the Germans intend to fall
| back roughly to the old line along tho
| Aisne and to the old Sommo positions.
Begin Attack on Hertling.
The Pan-German press also has begun
| an offensive against Ch7nCe'ior Tertling
with the very evident intention OF sup-
| planting him with Won liintze, whose
belief in a vigorous Eastern policy -
| thoroughly in accord with tho anneXa-
| tionists views. They pretend to he
angry at Hertling because in a recent
speech he made the statement that Ger
| many had no friends.
| The RrCJseeitunO attacks him be-
| cause he is not strong enough to face tho
Socialists. and the berlin Post is against
| him because he is not strong enough to
| hold out until n final victory IL achieved.
| These organs, with the dt-Ansciger.
! demand more energetic action against
| Russia, all clamoring that Germany can
J not swallow the excuses for the Mirbach
murder. and insisting that Germany
| teach the Bolshevists lesson.
AMSTERDAM. July 22-"The with
| drawal OF our troops to the northern
bank Of tho Marine came as no surprise
10 well informed circles. because tho
supreme command had conhdentlally
communicated its intention beforehand"
| says the Cologne Gazette and adds;
The object which the forcing Of the
| Marine had in view was attained, There
| fore It did not appear dangerous 10 re-
treat locally in order to save unneces-