The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-18
PEACE PINCER
MENACES ALLIES
Boches Seek to Get World to
Talking Peace Again.
BLOW AT H O M E FRONT
II Successful, American Boys
in Lorraine Will Be Vic
Tins of Treachery.

Presently the preparation was COM
plete. Then the military ''pineer' was
an put int into action SctiSn, First Italy was
lsonzo. then Russia. already disarmcd
was treated to the Brest- -Litovk negotia-
tions. compelled to consent to partition,
We have now exactly the same ma
neuver. The. German military 'pincer''
| is in worse shape than 1t was two years
| ago-but 1t Is by no means destroyed--it
can be brought back into form agair.
But It is necessary for the time being
| to shift the field OF campaigning to un-
dertake again to undermine allied armies
and allied public sentiment When this
| has been accomplished, then Ludenderff
can try gain.
The moment, then. is critical. We
permitted the piacifist "pincer' to oper-
lost lost Italy. and % had ID to 'sh face S the terrible
| campaign Of the present year. which.
brought the kaiser back within range Of
Paris. put our whole cause In jeopardy
other chance. 1t seems incredible that
blunder. -
1yis crisis. held en- through 1877, and
made it's great advances In March and
| May in the current year. ~.
| There IL. only one way to get peace
| and that Is to remove the one obstacle to
peace-the German army. II It Is not
beaten. 1t will survive any peace nego-
tiation and be thrown against us again
at the approYiate moment Judendoorni oi
Haig. Jftre and Brussilof had II In Sep
tember. 1916. and subsequently lost 1t.
because Of the operation OF the pacifist
"pincer."
Hun VIII Strike Again.
II the German can get us all to talking
peace again, as he did in 1e'7 he VIII be
able to strike us again as ne struck at
Russia at Brest- -Litovsk. Italy at Capo-
retto, nd Britain and France In Picardy.
and at the Aisne His n~w campaign Is
directed at the home front. II 1t sue
eeeds he will be Saxs sSs m sS s,rss sns viii
the victims If our public in the United
States listens now.
We have had the news of our army
army should now have the news from
home. Victory can only come when the
two fronts are united. and the will to VIC
tory is as strong behind the front as 1t
is along 1t.
We are in the presence of new Ger
man offensive. We shall rick losing. the
war II we fail to repulse It. II is time
Tor our civilian barrage to be put down.
The enemy attack must be stopped IN It's
own trenches.
(By Frank H.. Simonds.)
New York, Sept. 1s.-(Copyright, N:
Y. World.)--lt is essential Tor all
Americans to see the latest German
maneuver for the thing It actually Is.
Acting as the agent for Germany, Aus
tria ia endeavoring to enable Luden-
dorff, to regain the lost initiative, and
thus win the war, and win 1t by
military decision.
The best illustration Of German
strategy Is contained in speech by
Herr David, q socialist member or me
reichstag, representing the -Maihz ois-
trict, who said:
Germany must squeeze her enemies
with a pair of pincers. The German
armies must continue to fight vigor-
ously while the German socialists en- |
courage and stimulate pacifism among |
Germany's enemies"
Now, for the moment, the military |
pincer is unable to operate; hence, the
German strategists are making use OF
the other pincer, but, and this Is rapi-
tai, with the express purpose OF max.
ing use again of the military "pincers'
when the way has been prepared.
The best way to explain the present
maneuver Is to recall the last time
the pacifist "pincer" was put into oper-
ation In the campaign of 1916, after
the failure Of Germany at Verdun and
Austria in the Trentino. the central
powers lost the initiative just as they
have now lost it again.
The British and French at the
Somme, Italy at Gorilla, Russia in
Volhynia and Galicia passed to the Of
tensive and won considerable victories.
Not even the Rumanian disaster re-
stored the German situation. Germany
and Austria were threatened on all
Sides and IL all their enemies resumed
operations with the same force in 1917,
! defeat was inevitable.
First Italy, Then Russia.
Accordingly the kaiser made his
peace gesture of 1916. What was the
result? First a Russian revolution,
then after allied reverses at the Aisne
and in Flanders, a wave Of pacifism
md pesismism in France and Fritain.
While the peace "pincer" was in oper-
alton the German reichstag adopted a
program Of peace without annexation
,r indemnity. Pacifsm and war ,
veariness all through the allied coun-
ries swallowed the bait whole.