The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-05-08
Germany Day By Day
By FREDERICK WILLIAM VILE
(In The London Daily Mail.)

Enemy newspapers with the earliest accounts
Of the decisive battle" are in London
They are a symphony in bombast and buster
They are oppressively silent about the frightful
cost at which victory was purchased by "the
German tribes The tone for expert comment,
leading articles and famboyant headings was
supplied by Ludendorff's Berlin press bureau
THE Greatest Defeat in British History"
Herr Karl Rosner (of corpse utilization noto-
riety) is apparently the correspondent told Off
to boom the ka1ser's part in the battle. He
reported:
of the troops from early morning until far into
the evening l had the honor Of being near him.
and could observe the constantly hot-haning
joy of the men to whom he related our successes
and with few strong words summed up the
whole situation for the benefit OF those who only
knew what had happened their. sectors
his words and handshake, and those about to
enter the fray unspent did SO with strengthened
hearts. The kaiser gave me this message for
his ali these days-everybody knows and believes
that we shall gain everything. All Germany is
battling for it's free future. - .s
There is a Prussian army tradition that the
supreme war lord after battle must the
battlefield and look his dead soldiers in the face.
Herr Rosner does not indicate whether William
H. followed On this occasion ancestral prece-
dent which would have kept him very busy
THE MURDER GUN.
There is of course. in the Berlin papers a
scream Of triumph oyer the Paris long range gg
it's best to duplicate St Bartholomew massacre
on Good Friday, is acclaimed as "a supreme
Even Socialist Forward is ecstatic and ex-
claims that the possible consequences of this
astounding mechanical feat immeasurable"
Forward says that Huns will better appreciate
what the murder gun is when they realize that
rs miles is the distance between Berlin and Stet-
tin and that the average passenger train takes
nearly two hours TO cover It.
BEGIN TO NOTICE AMERICA.
Herr Karl Rosner, war correspondent of the
Isokal Anzeiger, quotes French prisoners as say
ing that the Americans are building their own
raj 1fTnau and
and even conducting themselves as if they in,
tended remaining in France for years yet" Evil
IDENTIFY Herr Rosner does not know that the re-
frain of "Over There" the American troops
song, runs:
And we won't go home
Till it's over. over there!
Though Americas preparations are admitted
by Herr Rosner to be ''on an extraordinary
scale" the correspondent is instructed by field
press headquarters to minimize their serious
ness from Germany's standpoint.
"Henceforth American help must be looked
upon as of frst-rate Importance" writes Herr
Rosner. 1T Is. Of course, OF more vital interest
to the entente than to us, ais the entente expects
America to compensate for the falling out OF
Russia and Rumania. The German high COM
Haand has 81 pretty good idea both Of the num-
bers and OF the effectiveness of all the American
troops Our high command does not fear any
revolution OF the situation even from the entry
of this latest enemy, nor does il contemplate
any material interference with its plans for final
decisive victory
Hamburae Patriotism.
Hamburg claims 10 be proud of the fact that
In ten days 5,S29 OF it's 100000 odd citizens de-
posited over 20095 ornaments Of gold including
846 Jewels Of total value Of 100000 FOR the
Imperial banks melting pot