The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-04-15
The Height of Battle.

der like those issued BY Field Marshal Hag is useless
for governments to try distinguish the truth The Brit
sh army in the north hard pressed perilously near
breaking The Germans making superhuman efforts
to smash their way through Although they losing
the equivalent Of German city in dead every day. they
rush forward fanticaly Mosems who Paradise be-
yond the enemys spears With equal courage the British
forces stand and die at their guns
So critical is the situation now fraught with terri
BILE danger to France well England that any hour
may record appalling disaster Evidently there is
reserve army of great strength the northern end OF
the western front Haig literally fighting with his back
to the wall # his lines break there viii be nothing to
prevent the enemy from taking possession Of Calais and
the other channel ports.
The present dire extremity of the allied nations Every
government assured its people that the allies equaled
outnumbered the Germans the western front. This
statement was palpaby incorrect 1t may have been ut
tered honestly but in war mistake is as bad as crime
Especially is it dangerous in free to deceive
the people or keep them in ignorance That is the straight
road to ruin
Whatever the outcome of the present battle it behooves
the American authorities to take heed Of the fact that the
people must know the truth before they be expected
do what necessary to defeat the enemy Let the dis
agreeable be known as we'll the agreeable The people
are children to be lued to bssful quietness by white
lies and baby talk The false statements made regarding
the progress Of the Americans apane program
proved to have been damaging if they had been cir
culated by the enemy The people accepted the rosy
accounts Of wonderful production only learn that there
practically productions that months had been vast
ed in changing types of planes and making unnecessary
experiments.
There is still time to change the system before it is too
late Now is the time when the truth should be told to
the people They must know it or the risk of defeat
Liars holding authority of any kind must be kicked out
The President cannot take time to run down and behead
every marplot in his administration The people and
Congress must help him. Every liar, every CRATER and
every blunderer should be ruthlessy eliminated
There is big work for Congress- 1t is not measuring
up to its duties 1t is wasting time tries when should
be armng the nation with thunderbots The spectacle
Of the German nation taking the world by the throat
ter the world has had nearly four years which to pre-
pare for defense not ateng for any great democracy
If the United States beaten this war it will be the
fault Of the United States for it can hammer Germany
to death if it will itself properly.
But there is defeat ahead for the United States
The patriots Of the nation will not stand by and see the
country sent to defeat by pacsm stupidity and false
hood The pacsts must get out Of the way The blum
derers will be eliminated The people will get at the
truth.
Out of the sharp trial and deadly danger of the present
free peoples of the world win pluck victory If they
fall back for the moment they will 60 forward again
The progress of mankind toward freedom and civilization
has been too laborious to be squandered If Germany
put shackes the free nations must be after Ger
many has demonstrated that she the superior in intel
gence courage and resources No passing battle can de-
termne that question.
The people of America in the last analysis the
hority to determine whether the world shall be German
free. In order that they may act integenty they
must have the truth As President Wilson said in his adj
dress asking for declaration of against Germany in
rgue and deception are happily impossible where public
opinion commands and insists upon full information con-
corning all the nations affairs. Washington Post