New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-08-31

their ears open to CLEAN importaE
hints." = ''I1'o -7i
| Down in southern Germany the de
preston is as great as along the Rhine
In the chief organ of Bavaria, the Munich.
ner Neueste Nachrichten, Major Endres
the military critic, tries dispassionat.
! argument and incidentally conceals TIL
numbers Of American troops employed
on the Western Front He writes: a
"War is hard trade, and the stra.-
egiclftactieal rssult, Of every single op.-
ration. as, Of the whole, is hound up with
assumptions thxt, With the bsSv- good
will DO not always, n.tsrl,ii, !, !, ,,,se. +. I;
The mote the country learas that France
is still very strong. fiat Aperict has
more than half = million 4 soldiers II
France, and that BY the u-b9at war alone
can not be prevented from continually
sending. material and 3transports 10
France, that, finally, the English Army
is in good condition. and, with strength
made up, stands prepared for battle,
the pore will tbs country, sppreciate ths
enormops performance Of our troops,
But all the pore win it be in a position
tp3 l9ok things in the face, as they really
are, with isop dissemination, itoan,,,I. $500,
"It has never hurt an efficient people
to have seen clearly, the difficulties Of
position. Hers in the. West it may be
weeks before the initiative which, General
Fech has seized comes again to our side.
In ,this situation any undue haste would
BE- amateprishr apd i. dangerous. !, and
thersfore,. will certainly be, avoided; and
snyl nezvOpsnssst at home would be sssfT
less yand, also: nnnecssssryi. 3,s,, 4,t
Another military critic in the Jingo
Perlinsr zeitung am Mittas prepares the
people fox more reverses and withdraw
shaH @ss9ns sasi-t7s. "a: siis
f1f. to, sayoid further fighting We are
withdFawing to new positions, thereby
allowing the enemy to attack; with great
losses, We are serving our aims batter
than by sacrifapl lfos1' beet nIn !. A |
obstinate struggle ~ pieces u er6snd.
rhs d.44, usessAs not yet come.
Therefore, I'll the recent fighting and
hat exso Scyhe must 6s rSssJed- HE sel
0nl the rosd u tie. final
.oal. Notwithstanding the aba9donpsn4
j ground, precisely jfor these 1.ie}.ehd
~ ps,itief has become sueA as e rel
Fin <Aasttfy lsysr w .etioa." : -
fhe.. -ldm.issons in >s,heavib sea-
brsa pre.1 az. of 40 little seniAcanee.
nd disclose . state Of feeling which
eads some who lkaow Germany vel, :os
ntaipate something like . irevslutiSn1
houid ANOTHER defeat come before the}
ali is, over. A sivia account, Is given
y Al neutral correspondent who vas III
;eJmany when the news came. Writngl
rom, The 'Hagdea to, the London Daily33, |,
dAil, 4e says: 5s., 80
d1he pessimists had everything theira
wni way, and attempted id check !, the
rave Of despair were futile! Orders wefe,
,sued throuehout the eofntry 70 public
the press, theaters and d-
ectors sof orchestras 10 make every ef-d
OFT TO restore public confidence, and, as1
sual, the government agents were about
xplaiping that much blaekeri nights had
Germany At diherent1
erieds Of the var, and persktently re-
ested their stock afsapent that Ger
nan soilshsd mot besn invsdsd, and that1
IIlisd countries had faced far greater