Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-25
Americans Will Play Heavy
Part Before War Is Decided

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neutral commentators on the mill
|tary situation in Europe without
doubt the entrance ~ the United
pmtcs is the most decisive nud Inn
ppp'unt factor fra the history OF Ga"
war
right for NIGH Ideals.
"Mauy Nln think Americas prcpn-
luuoua Tor cnlH into thr European
arena urc almost pure bluff Thry
mnirtnin that other aud more oso.
isrr aims for the action ~ the Inlted
Fhteh exist than those which arr"
found I'm rre4ideuI Wilson'S orariors
surh contentious are surely far from
the uuth
"rhr Americans arc peculiar They
cannot be- measured bN ordinary Euro
p,au standard. They DIRE. It is true,
ianlncll dcyotces 81 th" almighty
dollar and decidedly business peo.
pie They are a nntiCn of matter of
Hct persons, who work and struggle
fpr rral values throughout ne
"Hut II must not be forgotten that
this same people can hc led 10y purely
Ideal motives when they regard the
rucstiou for which they are fighting
a8 one ~ welfare Of humanity and one
that concerns the basic principles of
right ana Justice. The Americans
Wupod long and terrible war, one of
tho bloodiest and hardest fought In
history against their own relatives
aud couutrymcn They wngcd this
war VITA unique enthusiasm and de-
sro for sacrifice FOR an abstract
i.lrn fDr an ethical principle. That
mny happen again.
"Wili See ~ Through"
Then. II was the question OF the
nhnliilnn OF slavery Thie time they
are fightin. for the holy cause Of
democracy against autocraoy ana
Prussian mllitnriHm
'l for my part, think that the
Americans have determined TO right
this wrong and see this business
thru They viii grit their teeth nud
- to n for all they are worth. and I
Hho believe they can do a great deal
The effect .of the Intervention Of
the united States viii depend on two
things first. the time when she viii
he ready 10 strike. and. second the
amount of new shipping tonnage she
VIII he able 10 build In proportion to
that destroyed by submarines"
captain Noerrogau rd's opinions are
shared by high ranking American
military expert, whose name for obvi-
oua reasons IN withheld Hc believes
that German officials and military
leaders who nrr minimizing the ef.
forrs OF the United states will be able
TO put forth during 1913 viii be given
their greatest surprise Of the war.
'Nob4ldy expected General Perish
ing's eXpedltlunnry force to do any
thtnR of consequence before the spring
or early summer Of 1915" he said
'bht the Germans viii find out before
they are many months older thai they
have reckoued without their host "
thov are not figuring on strong force
of thoroly trained young Americans on
tlte western front
we VIII be prepared to put a lot
~ men In the fighting line in the
spring, md FROM that timo on we
VIII add 30 our effective force OF fully
trained fighting men My prediction
ls that the Americans wall fight like
tlserS nnd leave their mark on the
Germans
"It Ia difficult for me to see how
Bermnns can seriously hope to hc-
coinplirh anything of consequence on
the western front. or add largely 10
her holdings In Italy. / fail to seq
how the kaiser can hope To do more
man conduct defensive fight in
France and Flanders.
sit Ia true that he viii have more
men and guns than during 1917 for
use on this front hut the British
also Will have many more mon and
We VIII have large army to offset
me German reinforcements Further
more, our men will be fresh and eaEer
Tor the fight. white the Germans have
been In the struggle Tor years aud
woulu be glad to see the end OF IN,
gfuellinR conflict
The Germans M veterans. will
he more hardened than our forces
but any advantage viii be more than
by the freshness and
snap OF the American fighting men
what the kaiser wants most OF
OIL, hs | view the situation, is peace
fc never would have stood for the
terms proposed by Count CzernIn.
winch are wholly different from any
ming he has authorized heretofore,
unless he really wanted to see tho
end OF the war"