Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1918-11-21

sack slowly huE Purely until the
Marine was Tsaebad and crossed By
the invading hnstI and the capital
seemed to be with n the grasp ~ the
Huns. Then came forward the first
heroic figure Of the war, Marshal
Jofrre of France. Communicating
every motor vehicle In Paris, he rush
ed to the front the entire force left to
defend the capital and In a mighty
battle along the Marne the Germans
were defeated. They had spread out
too much and permitted their right
flank 90 he turned and were driven
back 20 the northeast. Reaching lines
prepared with this possibility in view
they dug in" and then began a period
OF trench warfare that lasted for three
years, in the COURSE Of which there
were no remarkable gains of territory
by either side.
Under the management Of lord
Kitchener Britaln's millions were he
Ing enlisted and trained and trans
ported 10 the battle grounds. Not
only from the homeland did they
come, but from Canada, Australia,
New Zealand, Indih, South Africa and
all of The far-iung possessions ot the
empire, with an ardor that settled for
all time the question Of their loyalty
10 that empire. Ireland alone held
back TO a considerable extent, hoping
to gain independence and making IT,
self the Matching ground for many q
German plot. Kitchener's great work
practically accomp. ished, ne went TO
his death when a German submarine
sank the cruiser on which he was
going TO Russia.
Germany's Submarine Warfare
In the first months of the wal the
British fleets, aidel by the japanese, |
took away GermaBy's island colonies.
and then, having Utmost full mastery
Of the seas, established n, blockade Of
Germany designed 10 Starve her into
submission. The reply to this was
quick in coming. The Germans start
ed out their submarines at once, and
began building more and bigger I'm,
dersea vessels. D,sregarding the rec
pgnized laws of warfare, they declared
unrestricted war on all vessels OF
their enemies, and Il murtlerous career
that finally resulted in dragging the
United States into the conflict and
bringing defeat &c themselves. The
tirst notable victim Of this method of
warfare was the Lusitania, more than
a thousand of whose passengers per-
iShcd. On this and many another YES
sci that was sent down by the sub
marines were American citizens. and
there vas n powerful demand on our
government TO stop The practice or to
enter the war.
For nearly two years President VIII
son held back, writing numerous notes
OF protest to Berlin and receiving an
equal number OF false promises.
Early in 1917 Berlin announced that
submarine warfare thereafter would
be unrestricted-as 1t had been In
reality most of the time-and there
was nothing left the United States but
10 declare a state Of war with Ger
many. This was done on April 9 and
from that Hateful day the doom Of
Germany's great conspiracy was sst
tied.
Americas Wonderful Kffsr&
With amazing energy and speed
America went at the tremendous task
Of making an army out Of Its civilian
There were many mis-
takes and many delays, but these are
almost forgotten In the contemplation
Of the marvellous success with which
the thing was accomplished. After q
long and heated debate. the selsctivs
draft system Of raising an army was
adopted, and young men by the hun
dred thousand were taken from their
pursuits, sput In immenss
training camps and made into soldiers.
To command them, thousands OF Of.
ficers were trained In other camps. In
the incredibly short time Of n year
nearly two million fighting men, as
efficient as the world has ever seen,
had been transported across the At
lantic, with all the vast supplies re-
and 1T home the industries Of
the land had been ~reorganised for the
business of war. Knowing well the
Of the task OF winning the
war, the government bent every e.
fort to II and the draft age limits were
extended 10 include all men between
the ages of eighteen and f0rty-si1
Many thousands Of those thus drafted
were in training when the war came
to a close.
Americas arrival In France ives
most timely. Though the crown prince
had failed miserably In his attempt to
force a way to Paris by the vsrdul
In 1916, the Germans gave
up their plans TO take the French cAp
Ital, and in the spring Of 1918. ~
re-enforcements released from -
front by the collapse Of Res
sla, they began q powerful drive In
northern France. In the hrst stage
Of this they reached the Somme. ana
the second they got to the Marns
again, only IS miles from Paris.
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