The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
EVERY. MAN IS
NEEDED BADLY
-- ,aAasE
LIES HAVE GIGANTIC TASK ON
WESTERN FRONT.
THE HUN DETERMINED TO WIN
Kaiser said to Have raos'BTJebhs 22IM
Available For the Big Offensive
Using Boys and Old Men With
out Regard to Cost.
CBy William Phillip simms.)

With the British Armies in France,
| April S.--President Wilson's decision
to hasten support to the allied troops
is not an instant too soon. Every
American fighter is golden now.
Daily the fighting grows on this
front bringing about undeniably the
fact that Won Hindenburg is conf
manded TO force the issue as rapidly
as possible, to end the war this year.
Thus the President is extending
timely aid to General Foch and Field
Marshal Hag 10 out maneuver the
Prussian War Lords.
Prisoners Are sullen.
German prisoners sullenly and con-
Itinuously insist that the offensive can.
not and will not be stopped.
Captured officers doggedly agree and
insist, as do the captured men, that
the offensive will continue with short
pauses necessary in bringing UP of
Ing up OF guns, until the war is won.
The Huns apparently continue to
play but the one game. They try to,
|appear Indifferent but their eyes are
feyerish.
Like the officers, the captured pri-
Yates, say the fighting will not stop
until the end. Some believe that the
battle will burst out anew in the same
front. Others believe that it will be
switched elsewhere. All agree to be-
lieve that some good will result, some
how some where, so far as the Ger
mans are concerned.
Using Boys and Old Men.
While in Switzerland / heard the
Kaiser could muster two hundred and
ten divisions on the western front. Per
sonally consider the above number
correct.
Ninety divisions already have APP
peared in the lines. About one hun
dred and twenty more are still avail
able by switching some of the tired
and worn out soldiers to more quiet
sectors.
The prisoners include boys and over
aged men.> Won Hindenburg has re-
called hurriedly recently exempted
men.
Prisoners today agree and declared
that the Austrian and German internal
conditions were frightful.
Congress Backs President.
Washington, April S.-Congress to-
day with one voice gave support to
President Wilson's warning to the Kai.
SER
Both houses went to work on the
measures to increase the impact with
which the force of the Presidents
Baltimore speech of Saturday, will hit
the enemy, and hit it hard
The house today took up drastic
legislation which must be passed
quickly to insure smooth work on the
second call for men and to give the
war department all the men it wants.
The senate continues its efforts TO B
pass the bill. drastically Furnishing
men for making seditious remarks,
propagandists aud disloyalists.
Suppression Of Sedition.
Though this measure mas evoked
much criticism because of its open
door to autocracy suppression of news
papers, political candidates and speak
ers, Congress thinks 1t probably will
be passed
1t win be very definitely limited,
however, to the period of the war, and
may be hedged about In other ways
to safe guard what some OF the SEN
ators have declared would rob the
American citizens Of some OF their ele-
mentary rights.
While Congress is debating these
measures many of the members are
out in the country making Liberty
Loan speeches today For this reason
an agreement has been reached not to
take any further action along the diff
herent lines until the absentees re.
turn.