Bisbee daily review., 1918-05-08
attacking forces will never again reach the point from which it has surely receded.

Announcement of the annulment of all summer round trip rates on the railroads comes as severe blow to many people in Arizona, especially the women and chil- dren who have been in the habit of going to the coast or the mountains during the heated term However, 1t effects Bisbee less than any other community in the state, unless 1t be Flagstaff Of course, many residents of this district journey to the coast every summer for pleasure and the great benefits of sea bathing, and the can cellation of the cheap rates Is privation to all of these who have been barely able to make the expensive trip with the aid of the round trip rates But it is not a positive hardship. Really, Bisbee Is a summer re- sort. The nights are always cool here, and the mornings are wonderful, even during the hottest weather of the summer. And in July, just when the heat is really becom- ing unbearable, the rains come and cool the air every other day. We have no lake, no ocean beaches, no golden orange groves, but SO far as the climate is con- cerned, 1t is as cool and pleasant in Bisbee in the summer time as 1t is on the Pacific coast But for the Arizona communities not so fortunate, in the matter of altitude this cancellation of summer trip rates Is a serious matter And the worst part of all is, cheap summer rates within the state have also been cancelled The state cor poration commission has protested this latter order but it Is not apt to do much good, for the U. s. government, not the railroad management, cancelled those cheering, happy, health and pleasure giv- ing summer rates; cancelled them in the cause of the war, which demands every foot of car space and every foot of track and every pound of steam for war work. With the cancellation of round trip rates to the coast 1t may be expected that many more southern Arizona people than usual will spend the heated season in the Warren district, a mile high above the desert heat
 The wise, strong man prepares for the worst as well as hopes for the best. One of the best informed of the American critics has just written a most serious article on the German offensive in which he consid- CTS the possibility of an allied retreat across the Somme and the giving up of the chan nel ports of Calais and Boulogne. It is possible, he declares, but not probable But it must be considered by all brave men, The Germans are very strong and have a powerful and seemingly inexhaustible supply of shells. They have the advan- tage of rail communications behind their front Another advance on the scale of the west of LaFere will jeopardize the en- tire allied line. It will force considerable withdrawal But 1t will not win the war; It will not be death blow. American re- serves will win the war next year. The allies new face what Germany did last summer and the summer before. Then came German reserves from Russia and the Germans lashed forward again harder than ever But there are no more reserves for Germany. Her cards are all upon the tables. All her first line troops, all her landwehr, all her class of 1919 and many from the 1920 class have been thrown into the furnace That she should gain and threaten with these forces may be expect ed. But with the allied armies unbroken and the allied morale unimpaired, the tide will turn next spring with the million and more of American reserves carrying the stars and stripes for Americas full one third in the offensive, if Foch does not suc- ceed in turning it before that time with counter stroke.
 About the only announcement from Berlin for over a week was the claim of victorv over the Films. Yes. the Germans