Evening star., 1918-04-14


dent Wilson in Baltimore thus epito-
mixed Amer
American Aid Flows ica's determi-
nation and ac-
to Battle Lines. tiv,t,es In the
present struggle. American forces
now are fighting with the French and
British on the western front to help
stay the Teutonic onrush in the great
est battles the war has yet produced.
Americas force today is being felt.
Americas force Of the future will be 30
great that it Is expected to turn the
tide in the present war. In answer to
the urgent appeals of France and Great
Britain. the tide Of American .nannooo
will flow to Europe in increasing pow
mons. America is steeled to the great
casualties that are bound to come
America is fired by an order that has
proven contagious in France. Britain
and italy, as war-worn as these nations
are at the present moment.
When Gen. Pershing made his thrill
ing offer to Gen. Foch every red-blood-
ed American was proud. When during
the past week 1t was announced tnat
American forces were taking their
places in the front line Of battle. pos
sibly the decisive one Of the war, the
enthusiasm which swept the country
knew no bounds. French and British
commanders do not asStars hesitate N Hethar ihe
do they attempt to minimize the i'm
portance Of American aid at this juno
ture The great battle. question OF
man-power at the present moment
rial the allies can furnish. They have
task OF staggering proportions, and
though not in the least detracting from
their own great efforts. they count on
the fresh courage. zeal stamina OF
America to swing the tide
According to advices emanatlng from
Berlin through neutral sources Ger
many, who at first fiouted any military
aid the Americans might render to the
allies, now openly admits that there
are several hundred thousand American
reckoned with. So worried are the
Germans over the aid to be rendered
by this country in all fighting In the
now is engaged in acrimonious debate
| over the wisdom Of the submarine pol
d, icy, which Is declared to be largely re-
sponsible for the participation OF Amer
lea in the present struggle. The Ger
man command. however. continues to
profess belief that 1t cah drive home
the winning blow before America &
force is sufficient to turn the scales In
favor of the allies and as a conse-
quence they are hurrying their blows
i
\ ish.
| 1t would appear now that the Ameri.
! cans will fight alongside the French
and British for tho next few months
for American organization has not
reached a point whore any materia
portion of the battle line can be taker
| over completely by the Americans
Furthermore. the American forces car
be used, to better effect in the mair
areas Of battle than II their line to the
southeast of Verdun were extended.
The Germans, who have endeavoret
to penetrate American positions in the
Toul sector in the past week. have go'
a few old-fashioned American upper.
cuts. The Germans have attempted sew.
eral raids on American positions, bu'
in all cases have been repulsed. Ont
elaborate attack was attempted Wed
nesday morning, but 500 Teutons WHIT
moved forward after three days Of ar
tillery preparation suffered the fate o,
all those who had preceded them OF
previous days. being beaten back and
suffering numerous casualties. Tht
work Of American artillerymen wa.
especially effective and left but littl.
for the infantry to do in repulsing tn.
Teuton troops.