Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-19
LAW SEES NEW.
DRIVE IN FRANCE
Chancellor Warns Com
mons of Hurricane to /.
Follow Present Lull
AUSTRIAN DRIVE FAILS
London. June 10.

present lull on the western front II
only the lull preceding a hurricane.
| But he said he has the greatest con-
fidence in the morale and courage Of
| the Allied and American troops and
| their readiness to meet whatever
comes, notwithstanding all they have
suffered and endured
Bonar Law introduced a vote Of
credit for $500, 100000 G2,5oo ,00o, ,00ol
in the House Of Commons today, gave
some figures regarding the total war
credits, which with the present appro-
priation would amount to f7,342,000.0oo
! (s36, 710, ,000, ,O00) and announced that he
would postpone until today his state
! men on national expenditure. He then
| proceeded to give a review Of the gen.
| eral situation.
! "The latest phase of this great strug-
gle," he said, ''is the Austrian often
| sive in Italy. 1t is part of an intense
offensive which has been carried OH
along the whole battlefront. Our
enemies are right i'm thinking that
great success gained on that front
would have far-reaching, perhaps Dc
cisive, results on the general battle
| front in France. For that reason the
general suspicion that the initiative
| came from Berlin rather than from
Vienna / believe to be justified.
''The offensive was launched by
very large number of Austrian diVi-
sions. A good deal more than half
their total force OH that front Is en-
gagged in the attack. All I can say TO-
day is that after three days of fighting
the attack has failed.
Objectives Are Not Attained
Our advices from Italian headquar-
ters are that the enemy has not Sc
cured lin three days the detectives
| which he hod hoped to obtain the
first day. And 1t also is true to say
that no offensive on this scale through
out the whole war has at its initiation
secured so little success.
Speaking of the western front. Mr..
! Law said British and French head-
quarters knew the positions to which
the German divisions were being sent
before the commencement OF the often
sive on March 81 He admitted that
the attack had attained an amount of
success which had caused the utmost
anxiety.
But" he added, three months have
passed. and although the battle is a
continuous one, we can look back
upon what has happened with some
confidence.
I'm this whole campaign the Ger
mans have had before them three
great detectives. One was Paris;
another was the Channel ports: the
third was not only the defeat. II they
could achieve it, of the Allied army,
but the breaking of the communica-
tions between the British and French
forces. Although the Allies have had
,.I> ,~~t -
enemy's strategic objects has been At
tained. -sr
The Chancellor classed the battle of
St, Quentin and the first battle Of the
Lys as great German successes, while
the battle Of Arras was one in which
the British were entirely victorious.
The same was true of the second phase
of the battle of the Lys. Regarding
that part of the line held by the
French. he said the first attack was
a great victory for the Germans, but
that later an immense attack was
started which entirely failed in its
object.
"The offensive Of March 81" he con-
tinued, has brought about unity of
command. which results have justified.
The long-continued battle must be D
question of reserves. The great source
of Allied reserves Is America, and 1t is
undoubtedly part of the German
scheme to use up the Allied reserves
before they can be reinforced from
America. But in this they have not
succeeded.
America Main Reliance
81 wish 1t were possible to tell the
House the number of troops which
since March 81 have been sent from
this country to strengthen our own
forces. 1t is a large number, but as I
have said. the main source Of the AL
lied reserves is America.
Necessity has made possible what
seemed impossible. The American
troops are not coming: they have
come. America isn't coming into the
war; she is In it.
II am sure that every member of
the House realizes and is delighted
to know that the American troops
have been fighting and have justified
the high hopes which every one ac-
quainted with the character of the
American people formed of what the
fighting value OF these troops would
be.
'Of course, ] cannot give you num-
bers. But the best way of making the
House realize how big the change has
been will be to read this extract from
the minutes of the last supreme war
council:
Thanks TO the prompt and cordial
cooperation of the President of the
United States, arrangements which
have been set on foot for the transpor-
tation and brigading of American
troops will make ii impossible for the
enemy to gain victory by wearing out
the Allied reserves before he has ex-
hausted his own"
The references to America we're loudly
cheered. ~
Mr.. Bonar Law also wished 1t were
possible to attract the general notice
of the country and tabulate in some way
the work of the air service. There was
no branch of British effort in the war of
which the people had greater reason 10
be proud. II had played throughout a .
magnificent part, not only In assisting
the British troops, but in helping Italy.
and especially the French in their long
struggle.
The submarine menace a year ago APP
peared to be the greatest danger the
Allies had to cope with. and was re-
garded by the Germans as a means to
victory. All that now has changed. he
declared: the shipping figures which 4
would be published this week would
show that the worlds ship construction
for the first time exceeded the destruc-
ton. There was no chance whatever,
SO far as human foresight could divine,
of the country being starved into sub
mission, and that consideration had an
important effect on the military posi-
tion.
Those responsible he said In conclu-
sion. look to the future without alarm.
If three months hence none of the strate-
Ric ohierfs which 1 have tudicus.a 10.