Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-25
CBy JOHN l. HALDBRsTON J

(By JOHN l. BAbDBRRTON }
LONDON. Aug IL cay malD
BoldierE, and especially the soldiers
OF America, whose armies are In the
formative stage, are compelled to
look far ahead, beyond tho battles
and anXieties OF the present weeks
They take long views, they discuss
probabilities and possibilities not
only Of tho campaign Of 1919 but
Of tho 1920 fighting season. Con-
sidering the military situation in It's
wider aspects. they believe that the
Teutonic tide has nearly reached the
flood
During the spring and early sum
mor tho crisis on tho west front was
very grave, and as these lines arc
written II remains serious Hut what
Is at stake. with million odd
Americans In France, IN no longer
whether the Germans can win the
var on land II In simply whether
they can achieve farther great ssuc
eezses, make more large hauis of
prisoners and material. perhaps
compel the evacuation Of more val.
liable territory, and so prolonE the
conflict by poHtponlng the day when
We shall doCisively defeat them That
the day will come Is a certainty PRO
vided. that IL, as the French cartoon
put u more than three years ago,
provided the civilians hold out"
Factors Are Clear.
There is difference between try
ing % prophecy In war, which In alb
surd, and setting down the elements
Of a situation In such way that the
factors with which we must deal In
the future become clear. That the
Germans will win crushing. over
whelminR victories In tho three
months remaining 10 thom OF this
campaign. or that they will suffer
deoiAive densats. are both unlikely
whatever results Ludcndorff attains
In the two or three great attacks
that he may make between now and
winter. my military informants he
nsve that the problem before our
ana the enemy high commands next
year VIII shape up very much M
follows
II Ia no disparaEement 10 the he
roic French and British Infantry to
say that on thenoushboy must fan
from next spring onwards. the brunl
OF the work OF attack The flower
OF the armies ot Europe has fallen;
ours ls yet In the bud. To meet the
present overwhelming emergency,
when the Germans arc seeking TO
crush us with superior force, our
troops have been brigaded with the
British and French. hut ~ is off.
cially announced that these units viii
he Withdrawn, as their training and
ths situation permits and wiz form
part. OF the unified American army
40 ha Ia n
British units ms this takes placs will
be filled with the men now going
into the training camps by scores Of
thousands as a result OF the present
great comb-out here. and of the rails
ing OF tho age limit TO so, The
French. whose manpower is even
more exhausted, will close the va
cancies in their ranks, perhaps by
dtsbanding certain formations 10
keep others at'hirength.
winter 90 Suspend Operations.
some time between the end or
September and the end Of October
che sulien winter OF northern France J
will suspend operations on great
ecaie until the end OF March or April. /
When the spring comes, moro than |
three million Americans. perhaps |
many more, will be in France. Many
of these will form trained units In /
n great American army Tho British |
and French armies, It Ia hoped, will |
be able 20 maintain their present /
strength. What will he expected OF
us next year IN. then. obvious,
To grasp what Pershlng will he up /
against In 1919 with his shock I
army" his army OF the offensive" " |
the position must be considered from |
tho German point OF view. Luden- |
dorff now has the initiative. that Ia, !
he can attack on a great scale where |
and when he pleases. and We have TO
fiKht under conditions which he die