The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-04
GERMANY AT BAY.

that the SCATTERING of the weaker enemy allies would
compel Germany to sue for peace. This nothing
more than an adoption Of the German plan for annihi
lating the entente Germany struck down weak
op after another having in mind the eyentfu struggle
with England. The allies have now struck down one
weak enemy after another and they find that it makes
the defeat Of Germany infinitely easier not automatic
The fighting front will be the frontiers Of the German
empire within few days if the German organization
holds together that long Austrias acceptance Of an
sice means that the fighting line will be moved in one
stride from the Pave to the borders of Saxony Three
proaly The population will assist the allied armies in
pressing forward against Dresden and Bresau Prague
is already an allied stronghold. The Czecho-slovaks
have shut off all train traffic from Austria into Germany
but they will only gladly tender this train service to all
lied armies Thus, instead Of food going from Bohemia
obtain an armistce.
The southeastern and eastern borders of Germany
exposed to attack by the collapse Of Turkey and Buga
ria The allied fleet probably going through the
Dardanees 1t ought to maks short work of the enemy
naval force in the Black Sea- Following the fighting
ships will go transports carrying troops from Salonik
and Italy and France to Odessa and Constanza BY eff
fecting conjunction with the Roumanian army the al
lies master the situation on Gemany's eastern
front unless Germany can accomplish miraculous de-
feat by Transforming beaten army in the west into VIC
torous army in the east.
The effects Of defeat however, are cumulative upon
miracles to happen in her favor The small group Of e
tremely able men that has dominated Germany is now
badly dsorganzed as is shown by impaired military ef
fcency political agitation, popular unruliness and the
waverng attitude of the government The people of
Germany cannot fail to be pancstrcken by the collapse
of all of Germans allies and the threat Of immediate in
vasion This public fright grows by what it feeds upon
exaggerang every incident into disaster and injecting
the army with the universal of impending DOOM
Army officers cannot maintain discipline under such con-
ditons The army only be kept at its work by keep
ing it in ignorance the Ausrans were kept fighting in
Italy Prisoners just captured knew nothing of the col
lapse of Bulgaria the defeat of the Germany armies in
France They had been told that the central alliance
holding its own and that Austria would soon strike
Italy her death blow.
Germany's army seemingly is intact under efficient
discipline and in process of extricating itself from dan
positions But how about the spirit that directs
the German empire, including its army? If that spirit
demoralized the Generalization of the army is sure
TO follow without delay-possbly with lightning like
quickness. There must be at the head of the German
empire as at present constituted strong will able to i'm
itself upon every person in the empire at the front
and at home. This will is not as strong as it was 1t
papaby pepexed and harrassed by the compusion of
many unexpected circumstances and the dire necessity
of making instant nfallibe decisions in the most vital
matters all of them nterdependent and requiring care
full thought for their solution Added to this burden
the problem of dealing with nation that is suspicious
famshed and half mad with fear
Is it anw wonder that the German government what
it is should beray its inability to coordinate its
functions? The situation changes so rapidly that any
government, however strong would be subjected to
great strain in meeting and dealing effectively with I'M
expected developments
The inevitable outcome of recent events is the uncon-
ditiona surrender of Germany either through or without
an armstce. If Germany is wise, she will accept any
Terms for amistce and then throw herself upon the
mercy of the allies If she is insane, she will continue
the struggle few days weeks longer when she will
be oyerpowered In either the German empire and
German people will obey the allies and will square their
cvilization.-Was Washington Post
THE WOODS AND THE WAR