Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-09
ENLARGED ARMY WILL
MAKE VICTORY SURE
Program ut i've Minlon Decided ON
nt Versailles Conference TO
Push Drive Baker says,
FOCH HOLDING INITIATIVE
li'id Marshal iAvcs Up 10 Rcputa.
ton uf Keeping Enemy Gucssingi
Many Possibilities In Blow.

/ NAsillNGrDN. Avg American
army officials greeted with delight
news ihAi Tho Franco British forces
/ hdd iluuchtd a smashing blow at the
/ enemy uu "a Wide front IN the Pie
ardy thettor The fun eNtentoof the
I lhiuHt WIS not diHcernibio In milf
+ lary way nc % atc hour tonight. but
! thc outstanding fact to observers
nero was that Field Marshal Foch
| found himself able To- strike again
| on the heels OF the victory at the
Mrrn". which stll is being pressed.
The supreme commander has made
| II evident that he has tho men and
The means 10 keep up the aggressive
battle Tor which American officers
have been desirouH. The reputation
OF the great French strateglat Is that
no ls the advocate Of attacking the
enemy without rest. lie ia living ND
10 that reputation today Rs never be-
| fpro ana Indications tonight were
mat he had scored another punish
INK surprise blow on an enemy al
ready staggering under the rush that
swept hlm out OF the Marne salient
In two weeks time.
Foch Holds stratcgIo Point
AS the situation Ia seen here. the
enemy now faces alternative opera.
uuns on at least two fronts Pres
sure along tho Vcsle line Is being
maintained vigorously and even
while the new drive was getting un-
der way on the Albert Montdldler
line "a the north. French. American
and British troops were hammering
away between Scissors and Rheims
In way. that made II virtually Ger.
tain that the Aisne- Vesls triangle
would be cleared OF the enemy very
shortly and the allied line here car
ried forward 20 the Aisue or possibly
across II. Around Soissons the
French are already In position TO out
iihnk The line north OF the Aisne
should occasion offer or 10 swing
mans In the Picardy salient In tho
flank and rear.
The enemy now faces the mecca
sity OF boistering up his lines along
the bottom OF the picardy- salient
without delay. or undertaking Inn
medlately a great withdrawal there.
II he withdraws troops from the
Aisna- Veslo line, II In certain he win
be forced back there and IL ne calls
IN the reserves from The north. a
British attack 20 flatten out the
Flanders salient IL almsot eer-
tainty.
America Forms Program.
Secretary Baker said today that
tho new program OF the war depart
ment or five million men by next
gprlng was recommended by the mil
nary section Of the supreme war
council al TcrAalliea. From this was
drawn the deduction that these
highly trained military students OF
an the allied nations and the United
States with all the facts before them,
have reached the conclusion that
with such an American force coming
on. the pooled resources on the west
ern front were already sufficient to
permit General Foch TO begin his ef-
tort To oust the enemy and destroy
his military power II was undoubt-
edly on this showing that the plan
suggested OF redoubllnE the Ameri-
can effort was promptly approved by
President Wilson and every resource
or tho nation in men or money or
supplies pledged to the great task.
The decision. Il was already known
was reached here late In July, after
tho battle TO drive the Germans back
from the Marne was so far pro-
greHsod that great victory was as
sured. Secretary Baker said. howl
ever that IL had been under discus
sion for a considerable time before
li Versailles This was taken 10 mean
that tho leaders az Versailles are sure
OF victory now ON tho cool basis OF
organized lighting power backed by
.iWltlcss resources In war materials
and the drive today in picardy
brings that victory one step nearer