Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-01

Flanders and on tho Aisne In Apri'
ana May these crack troops formet
mo spear head bf the German at
tacks
Meanwhile. the German. rank and
/ file, robbed OF its best men. grew
steadily worse, lt has been a curlouf
paradox 'or month"; known 10 all al.
He'd soldiers a. the front. that while
splendid German soldiers mos
! formidable opponents. appeared
/ whenever q German attack on a large
scale began. the boche soldiers hold.
/ lug the trenches In quiet sectors and
those mat came after the first on
rush of ''biurm -truppen' In the big
attacks were ~ quality almost in
oonccivably bad
The supply Of young, strong brave
men In tho German army is distinctly
llrStied The losses among thcs,
Irhi class men this year have been
Iour or five times as heavy as among
fhe rank and fiio ~ the German
army, because "sturm truppcn" has
yon" first aud filled the most dan
yerouF posts In attack and defense
Therefore, the German leaders are
faced With the fact that their troops
arc running low. even though they
nave plenty of men. That IN the first
IinfavorAble result for the enemy Of
'1is new policy of officially acpa.
l-nting good mon from poor
To this exhaustion of the storm
roop detachment experts attribute
he breakdown ~ the more recent
ierman attacks.
/ lut tho German policy has entaiied
!, still moro serious dlHadvAntAEr for
. nN |fNH HTHNN Ia q lea -.
W way IN which French. American
Ilnd British troops now gain ground
IN their attacks Veterans Of the old
st6 days, when the bnche rank and
he fought llke demons for every nun. I
lrcd yards and piled up scores Of /
Ihousnnds of dead before they would /.
fcli three miles. open their eyes at |
he rhbbit-like rabhle that they meet /
low at the first onslaught When the /
ierman reserves comes up u IAN
'ther story for the kaiser has plenty .
4 good soldiers stlll
Backbone Is broken.
But the backbone of the German
lllitary system has been broken In
hts gamble GrrmAny's chieftAins
new what was bound IN happen
Pey know that you cannot take all
le good soldiers out ~ any army
hd leave all the bad ones without
fmoralizlng tho men who are left
hey took the chance. because they
1ped TO win the war this spring ane
INNER by enormous victories their
orm troops would win for mem
hey failed
They now find themselves I'm com.
aad OF weak divisions that can b,
'pt In hand only by fierce discipline
id the lngraincd German habits a. Z
'odience, but will not stand agRIns, ' 4
= attacks Of British. French ot 4
lnerloan troops In addition lher. h
. forty or fifty good divisions ier !
ION whose shoulders rests the tasl o
wardlnE or defeat. Il
The allies have pursued the onl, e.
und system; all their troops Of IN, d
'st line are Of like calibre. worthy n
he trusted true citizen armies OF "
mooracy.
All great barbarian powers have n
ways depended upon picked men b.
etorlan Guards. given special nav
M special privileges. enemies OF m.
'ople because devoted to the service
yrants. Modern civilization ha, ~
ViVed from the early Greek anS =,
mans the citizen army. II Is sig a,
'feant that Germany, when the tes, N
me. was compelled to abandon IN, ,r
lHen army and 30 has gone baeI :,
the barbarian conception OF mis-.
'kins In this az In other - ,.'ith
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