The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-08-14
THE ALLIES CLOSING IN.

glorious victory for the allies they do not adj
vance another foot. German resistance is becoming
rmer and it is only natural that the mpetuOus onslaught
should cease on account Of the fatigue of men and
horses The tank men especially have performed won
ders Of endurance some of them having fought for thirty
hours at stretch in crampod and -ventilated cars
The position of the armies at this time taken in con-
nectiOn with the state of affairs in Russia Turkey Bull
garia and Ausria-Hungary, is encouraging to the
allies ought to be discOuragng to the enemy The
allies in fair and square battle at the point where Ger
many admittedly most heavily armed and armored
have beaten the Huns back relieved the danger to Com
pegne and Amiens, sienced the longrange guns firing
the equivalent of four German divisions and over 500
guns and have deranged the enemy communications
line is probable In the air the allies have been masters
of the enemy They have shot down so per cent more
will be short of expert amen The allies are gain
ing experts in the air from America Hardly day passes
that young Americans do not achieve fame by superb
victories in aerial battle
Thus there has been driven home to Germany, from
the all highest to the all lowest the bitter knowledge
that their wonderful fighting machine has met its su-
peror The significance Of that fact cannot be lost upon
nIn L.
and staked the existence Of empires on guns and the
brutal of force Without superiority of brute force
of that mercy will be strained because Of Germanys ap
pallng crimes against humanity. 'Blood will have blood"
and nature itself cries out until there has been restitution
and expatiOn for violation of Gods law The only
of the Huns before their enforced surrender
is to husband their brute forces and seek to find weak
spot where they may still deliver a fatal blow
But that is hopeless quest They will not find the
allies off guard hereafter On land and sea the united
nations are armed alert and sternly closing in The
operations in Russia foreell the early destruction of
Germanys hopes in the east Lenne and Trotzky if not
already in fight as reported will soon fall They have
done all the mischief possible to Russia and now an
awakened Russia will destroy them unless they flee. The
Czecho4Slovak forces are rapidly increasing and are
occupying important points Poles, Roumanans, Jugo-
savs and Italians have joined them, well many
Russians. The Chinese aiding the antboshevik
movement in Manchuria French forces have arrived at
aud Aunarican Italian british and
forces are about to arrive All of Asatic Russia prac
tcaly recovered from the bOshevik as-we portions
of European Russia
Turkey is seeking way to break away from Ger
many, which has taken much and given nothing. The
Turks in Mesopotama will not fight against the British
forces. Turkey and Bulgaria at swords points
the Martha valley question and the division of the Do
brudja. Bulgaria is in worse plight than Turkey
being bankrupt and in danger Of revolution King Fer
dnand has prudently disappeared in advance of the
storm. Conditions in Austria Hungary desperate
The enemy cannot conceal the facts the allies have
thousands of eye-witnesses The Austrian army is held
together by terrorism only It's morale is wretched The
people of the Hapsburg empire either openly rebel
ous or clamoring for bread and peace at any price
Threefths of them antiHapsburg and at heart
ous for allied victory 1t these who commit sabotage
in myriad cunning forms, the whole effect Of which is
to paralyze Austras military and naval organizations
The empire waiting in other words, for the stroke of
leath which must come soon from within or without.
Such is the situation that surround Hohenzolern the
woud-be lord of the earth He is in the grip Of destiny
and death His days may long to those who shudder
at the thought of such slayer of humanity being at
arge, but in reality his days few.Washington Post