The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-14
AMERICA STRIKES.


troops in the Woevre section On both sides Of the St.
Nihel salien. the Americans made an assault along
total frontage Of twenty miles, while the French troops
attacked the tip Of the salient and reached the outskirts
Of St. Nihie itself The Americans took several towns
and made good their progress both Sides their greatest
penetration the first day being five miles At last
accounts the fight progressing favoraby for che allies
The stronghold Of Metz is not far from the point Of
battleontact and it is sumsed in some quarters that
General Pershng is making Metz his objective. 1t is
far probable that he aiming restore France the
Invaluable coal and iron basin of Brey This rich min
eral field is one Of the regions most coveted by Ger
many 1t has been made to turn its product against
French breasts and has contributed generously to the
scanty store of Germanys raw materials For senti-
mental and practical seems probable that the
offensive under way has for its object the Wrestling
of this region from the Germans Metz would yield the
French no special advantage but the basin Of Brey re-
stored would instantly increase the French resources
Of coal and iron and correspondngIy diminish Germanys
supply.
Coincident with the first American major offensive
comes the German emperors whining plea to the NUM-
ton workers Of Essen keep their task starve them
selves indefinitely their murmurs and bear in mind
that Germany is beset with world Of enemies who are
determined to annihlate her. The emperors repeated
request that the people should stife their dis
satisfaction and his labored attempt to satisfy them
that they obtain relief only by further sacrifice in
dictate that the taking on a menacing tone
the dumbest Of the driven cattle of mankind but even
such cattle may be driven too hard and too far The
kaiser used all his arts of faehood and hypocrisy which
admittedly great for the purpose of convincing his
people that they must keep on working starving fighting
and dying for him and his cause
The grim assault by the Americans within sight Of
German soil and almost within sound of ESSEN may have
counter effect upon the sorey tried bodies and minds
Of the German people. Here is enemy, of illmit-
able potential strength appearing at the very border
the empire and avowedly striking down the system that
curses Germany and the world alike The Americans
not seeking to gain ownership by conquest of Ger
SOIL and the German people, unless they are cattle
in literal truth know that America is not making war
Of conquest IT, under the double stress of privation
within and defeat without there should be no ray of the
truth penetrating into German brains if they should
cling to their heather idols Of force and fraud in spite
of the call to freedom then they deserve to die at the
feet Of their boodstained GODS and have these false
gods smashed to DUST constitute the burial mound of the
German race.
Emperor William is right in one Of his remarks which
is to the effect that peace is not coming until one side
Tor the other is disabled He cannot conceal from himself
the memorable end which was foreordained when he fall
sifed his trust defed God and man. and deliberately
attempted to substitute force for right in this world The
world will not have it. Humanity was overreached al
first by the suddenness and audacy and unbelievable
criminay of the assault. But humanity has gathered
strength it has gathered wrath and with wrath has
determined that there shall be no end except universal
liberty and the extinction of the Hohenzoern and Haps
burg system of force and oppression.
Now Hohenzollern hears the thunder of the guns OF
the New World, rocking the very foundation of his
throne He the marshalng Of 100000 Americans
to reinforce the millions already organized to dispatch
him. He sees France reinvigorated and mpacable HI
sees the British empire reused as lioness robbed Of
her young He the Russian people throwing off the
effects of the drugs with which he and his internal agents
poisoned them. On every side he sees armed nations
rising to bring him to death
It is decreed and written. Mankind will not quit unit
the blood Of the worlds murderer has been spilled on thu
ground. Hohenzollern may squeak, and gibber as h,
Dleases, he equvocate with God and man, but h,
cannot shut from his the growing roar of the guns
that tell him Of the end.-Washington Post
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