The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-06-11
Preparing to Strike America.

The audacty Of the Americans in attacking and driv
ing back an enemy force at Chateau Therry besides halt
ing German progress elsewhere and the American per
sistence sending troop and food ships the
though the submarines did not exist have put the Ger
mans in towering rage The hate that spurred them for
ward commit atrocities against the English people will
soon be manifested toward Americans If German dab
oism find way to vent itself If they cannot beat
Americans in battle they will torture American prisoners
and American civilians if they think they do with
out bringing down fvefold retributon from this cOun
try.
The German military chiefs are preparing to hit the
Americans heavy blow 1t may be stroke like that
which was to shatter France and England in March and
April but it will test the quality of the Americans hold
ing the line in northeastern France German forces have
been accommodating for several days for thrust in the
Woevre region where the Americans are the chief force
opposing them.
There is considerable military advantage to be gained
by forward movement of the Germans in that section
if it be accomplished without too much cost The
Germans do not hold all of the Brey basin yet and that
is of their main detectives. Long ago. far back
as $780, it pointed out by pan-Germanists that Ger
many would have to obtain control of the Brey and Long
wy coal and iron regions if it expected to gain and main
tain the upped hand against France. During this war
the Germans have aimed consistently at the conquest of
these fields but Verdun has stood mpregnaby across
their path and made futile all their local holdings.
Perhaps the Germans calculate that new route and
method of attack may enable them to crcumvent Verdun
while at the time giving them an opportunity to
stupefy the American nation by destroying its army in
the field. This would be stroke worth while nasmuch
it would material gains and also exhiarate the
German people, who afraid of the steady flow of force
from America and skepca of the of the Ger
man leaders since they failed to sink American transports
When arshps drop bombs upon south German towns the
cry up "The Americans! The Americans" and the
authorities find some difficulty in nventing new lies to
keep the people treasured.
1t is true that the arships are not Americanmade or
Americanfo but it is also true that an American air
ship fleet coming into being, with American iers al
ready trained and ready operate the feet against Ger
many Thus, thanks to the allied control of the sea
America will soon be able to lombard Germany while
Germany will be unable to return the compliment. The
German chiefs who know all this are anxious to fore
stall such situation by destroying the small American
army breaking up transport communications terrorzing
the American coast and otherwise multiplying American
efforts. !.
We hope that the German war chiefs will redouble their
energies against the United States They will do this
country good than harm by starring it to exerons
really commensurate with its capacity. What the United
States has done thus far is good very good if compared
with the accomplishments of Greece Nicaragua and other
begerents, but it is very far below what the United
S es could have done and must do to WIN the war The
German submarine raids this coast have done more
than harm, by causing the establishment of coast
wise convoy service and rigid patrol of the coast
and by arousing the war spirit of the country.
Germany is the terror of European nations because she
armed to the teeth and determined to fight to the death
rather than forego her plans to dominate other nations
and profit by their riches and their labor The United
ST tes must give the knockout blow to this outlaw but
cannot do it without putting on arms and going into the
fight with the determination to KILL Its strength must be
materaized and put into action and not be mere poten
ha strength supported solely by oratory and ackadais
cal neglect of opportunity While the bulletheads muster
their strength and murder their way to victory Americans
have been too much disposed to put their trust in brag
gadoco and fake arplane programs Therefore direct
thrust by the Germans delivered squarey in the face of
the United States will do much to stir this nation into
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