The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-04-12
The End Is Victory.

The attack upon the British lines between Amenteres
and Messines is apparently the beginning Of operation
comparable to the Tremendous drive toward Amens.
The Germans gained ~ miles and have captured many
guns and prisoners Armenteres placed in an awkward
position, and in the meantime the artillery onslaught
grows greater instead of weaker The Germans seem to
be determined upon nothing less than smashing through
the British ne if reckless slaughter of men can accom-
plish the feat.
At last accounts, however, the British line strong
although bent sharply back There sign of break,
and still less of any disorganization.
At the south end of the active fighting line the Ger
mans wasting at furious rate in futile efforts
break through the French line There as in Flanders
the supply of German soldiers appears be nexhausb
despite the terrible slaughter.
On the front before Amens the Americans have joined
the British army Fighting large scale is immediate
ahead of the Americans They eager for it. and the
evidence of British and French experts is unanimous to
the effect that the American troops now trained for
battle The public in the United States must be prepared
to receive reports which will make preceding recitas
of American activity trivial indeed.
So matters stand on the western frontthe contact
point where the live wires cross and carbonze by
the tens of thousands The allied nations must face the
immediate future with resolute hearts, for the battle toll
will be heavy and the outcome will be uncertain for
while in spite of great sacrifices But the allied peoples
also comfort themselves with the thought that their
strength gaining while the enemy is waning The end
of the struggle is victory The German people are suf-
erng than the pepoes of the allied countries and
before them they have the specter of defeat Germany
is consuming rapidly The frantic exertons of her armies
literally the expenditure of the remaining vital force
German nation. While the crazy emperor and his
CHER saughterers willing to kill off the manhood of
the German nation at the present rate the allied nations
must be content to count their losses lightly for the
sake of speedy and certain victory which will mean
the end of German aggression forever.
1t the suicide of empire that the world is behold
ing. The suicide is striking out mady, trying to kill
armed with great weapons and hndered by no
scruple that would restrain minds the Germans are
sending themselves to the grave rather than abandon their
attempt to conquer the world Insane CHASTITY horrible
the thought may be, it remains fact that the TWEEN
tieh century witnessing the butchery of humans on
scale of savage atrocity that would have appalled,
kind in the darkest and bloodest ages
There is but course to pursue To prepare and
endure to the end France and Great Britain stand glo
riousy firm America proudly goes to their SIDE resolved
fight the end for the triumph Of liberty The greater
the desperation of the enemy the greater will be the
fce of the heroes whose breasts are the walls of free
lom The savage the assault, the more it will be-
and the more determined the resistance.
France has long untitled every available and wo
in the republic Great Britain now arranging to
raise the military age limit and extend CONSUMPTION to
ireland Every in the British empire is expected to
do his duty. 1t must be the same in America Every
here must be ready his country The battle
in France has begun with German gans must end with
allied victory.
All honors to the advance guard of America the little
force that holds the Stars and Stripes aloft in the
hell of bate These the fortunate of their ma
times their will rank with those of the heroes of
Valley Forge 1t is glorious day for the youths who
carry the flag to France To them is given the honor
of making liberty perpetual by striking down the last dan
enemy May they strike hard and may the power
of the New World be concentrated in their sroke-Wasb
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