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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Germany Not Yet
Crippled Has
100 Divisions
For Next
Drive
b. FRANK H. slMONDs
AUTHOR Of ''The World War" "They
Shall Not Pass"

~. German drive for Amiens which
...t;t,,ted the main offensive and the
..;rc;pal effort of the enemy was pinned
,,v, in the first days of April. 1t had,
!, fact come to virtual pause by the
l,st day Of March. For six weeks, there
fare there has been something approach
80 dead halt on either side of the
Canine and on the banks of the Avre
and the Ancre, despite local operations
rising at moments to the level Of a
,;t,hed battle, but having only local OBJ
jsctiyes.
II is true that in the mean time there
h,s been fought that great battle to the
porth on the banks Of the Lys which
mist rank as one of the most considera-
liz contests of the four years Of fighting
IN the Western front. But it is essential
to recognize that this was merely
side show" logical and inevitable out
growth Of the check at the south, per-
hps detail in the general German plan,
which may have envisaged an attack on
secondary front if the main attack
we're held up. But nothing has yet
occurred in the north to suggest that the
Germans have discarded their original
man. which was to advance astride the
Somme and separate the British and
French armies, containing the French
south Of the Somme and throwing the
British back toward and upon the Chan
mel ports
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
The Rheims
Threat Unful6lled

Since Petain expected an attack m his
front and approximately where the Ger
mans were nearest to Paris. he kent his
reserves IN his own hands and in such
position as to be promptly available
Wnen the expected blow about Rheims
1el. Ihls was an admirable programme:
granted that the Germans struck about
Rheims; it was an inevitable precaution
since the Germans continued I'm tn the
last moment to give every indication of
intending to strike about Rheims: but it
left the British in a critical situation
when the blow fell upon them. for tho
French reserve army was many miles
away and could not be brought I'm for
many days.
Actually the gap between the British
and the French was closed by not more
than three French divisions, commanded
by General Fayolle, all through the criti-
cal hours of the last week in March. Apr;.
had come. before the French armv of
reserve could intervene, or, if it did not
intervene, by its presence compel the
Germans to slow down and await the ar
rival of their artillery. before venturing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Amiens Within,
Range Of Attack

Beyond all question the German can
strike again with little less than one
hundred divisions, many Of them appear
ing in the campaign for the first time.
Certainly some Of the divisions used in
March have been repaired and sent to
quiet sectors, just as our American troops
have been sent to similar sectors, and the
divisions released have been brought to
Picardy. AS for guns and munitions, the
German has had time to make good his
expenditure Of munitions, replace worn
out guns and is bound to be just as dan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Harmony Of Allies
Essential

And however repugnant it was to cer-
tain British officers, the British ministry
has placed all of the British forces under
the command of French general, who
has wisely chosen to eliminate the cues
ton of nationality and to use all of hi,
resources as he chooses. Hereafter. II
the British meet the first shock and the
French reserves take over the fight for
the final stage, it will be in conformit.
with the strategy of a French corr.
mander in chief. The salvation Of civil
ization now depends upon the degree Of
harmony which exists between the armies
and the peoples Of Great Britain, France
and the United States, with full appre-
citation Of what Italy is already doing.
Hence only German end will be served
if at this supreme moment voices from
America resurrect jealousies OK indulge
in comparisons between British and
French which certainly form no part Of
the mental attitude Of either in tho
trenches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Our Turn to Come
Afterward

AAC 0C4A Aol1 lldS CuOSSU " 6LL6Ch Inc
British, and I believe that he will make
still third attack and an attack be-
tween Arniens and Arras, with the de-
liberate intention of completing the job
begun nearly two months ago and rolling
the British back away from the French
and upon the Channel ports. Whether
he is successful or fails, the British will
have to face casualty list Of nearly a
million this year, as they did last If, in
the end, with the aid Of all the Allied
reserves, the British survive the storm.
we shall owe them quite as large a debt
as we owe the French for the noble sac
rifice that stretched from the opening
hours of the war. through the victory of
the Marine and the costly but glorious
defence of Verdun.
And we Americans might lust as we'll
recognize the fact, that if the British do
this, then it will be our turn to step into
the breach and, relying upon the British
and French as necessary and powerful
reserve forces, bear the brunt of the next
two years of the war in an ever-increas-
ing measure, if the war shall persist for
this CHASTITY long time. Only by thus ap-
portioning the losses between the Allies
while Germany has to bear hers alone.
shall we win the war by attrition alone
But winning it in this fashion. we shall
insure for the world period of peace
from the German menace, for the tribute
laid upon the male population of Ger
many will be beyond that any nation in
modern history has had to bear.
have wandered far afield. in this ar
tlcle, but it has seemed to me almost
necessary, at this hour to say something
upon side of the present camnaien
which is too little discussed on this side
OF the water. The British have taken IN
the job of holding the Germans in this
crucial fourth year of the war. Thew
have taken it on with such resources as
they have and these resources are in
adequate for the task, save as thew are
reinforced by the French who are ready
and by the Americans who are COMING
up and must be ready by next year. Brit
ish and French are putting in their last
reserves, as are the Germans. The Brit
'sh and the French are doing this. be-
cause they rely upon US. The German il
doing it. because he is well aware that If
we ever do get a million men into thu
fighting line, and we shall by next year.
he will have to give up the terrible BUSH
ness of matching death lists in the hope
Of an early decision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

gerous on the artillery side as he was
when he attacked before.
There is another aspect to be con-
sidered. The Germans are now less than
ten miles from Amiens and even in their
secondary attack at the Lys, which
opened on April 8, when the Portuguese
divisions were routed, the advance was
to depth Of more than ten miles. Were
the Germans as successful in their next
attack before Amiens as they were at
Armentieres, Amiens would 20 and with
it some Of the most important lines of
communication left to the Allies. Of
course if there were anything like the
progress made in the attack of March q
the British and French would be sepa-
rated and the British rolled back to the
north.
BY contrast, certain factors have been
made use of which must materially re-
duce the chances of any great. initial
German success. The first of these is
the Allied decision in favor of a simple
command and the second is the presence
of the Allied strategic reserve within
reach of the danger point. 1t is we'll to
recall exactly what happened two months
ago to appreciate the meaning of these
new factors.
Before the Germans attacked both
French and British general STATS he-
lleved that their own lines would be as
sailed. This was not only natural. but
the German up to the last moment made
preparations for attacking both along the
French and the British fronts. If YOU
look at the map you will see that the Ger
mans, inside that great rough angle or
salient which has its point toward Paris.
could. with equal ease throw the troops
within this angle to the west against the
British or to the south against the
French; they could attack toward Amiens
or toward Rheims. Now the French were
satisfied that that attack would be made
toward Rheims, and more than one French
o1llcer explained to me last winter the
reasons for what amounted to moral
certainty that this was the German n,an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
British Deserve
Highest Praise
For Breaking
Foes First
Attack
Copyright, 191s-The Tribune
Association

this defeat is only little more serious
than the whole cycle Of French defeats
in the opening days of the war, and the
French had real army at the outset of
the war and the advantage of nearly
fifty years Of intelligent preparation for
the conflict that came in August, 1914,
while the British almost literally began
to build their present army after the
First Battle of Ypres had practically
annihilated their old professional force.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

nearly two years, with the result that
British and French-and of course Ger
mailman power is now positively de-
clining. But while the German is still
able to bring new divisions from the East
his immediate local strength will still in
crease while that of his foe diminishes,
unless we and the Italians can meet the
situation by putting in enough fresh d.
visions Of our own to balance the Ger
man divisions drawn from the East.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

further along road which was now be-
set with new and obvious perils. The
threat Of the French army of reserve
was, perhaps, next to the WEAKNESS of
the Germans and the extent to which
they had outrun their supplies, the most
potent factor in bringing the German ad-
vance in Picardy to halt.
Now this question Of reserves and of
French reserves particularly brings me
to discussion which must be faced and
already has been the cause of crisis in
the British Parliament. From various
sources gather the following facts:
First of all, the British army is not as
large as the French; it has been i'm
possible in three years to expand the
relatively small British army of peace
times to the proportions to which
it was simple to expand the French es-
tablishment once war came. In addition,
many British troops have to be used in
India, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Pales-
tine and Salonica, and at least one Brit
ish army was sent to Italy last winter
Finally, home garrisons, including Irish
garrisons, make heavy drafts upon Brit
ish man power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

VISIONS OF our own to balance the Ger
man divisions drawn from the East.
The Hand of the
Allies
We may say this with approximate
accuracy: that the whole British strength
in France is now occupied in holding the
line, that such reserves as the British
have-that is, organized reserves-are
purely local reserves and, apart from the
possible presence of few British divs-
ions in the famous Army of Mannuvre,
and they may not be there now, the Brit
ish will have to depend upon the French
for general reserves. That the French
have not less than forty, and possibly
as many as fifty, reserve divisions the
Germans have asserted. Add to these
not less than twenty American divisions
that is, number of American troops
equal to twenty German divisions, with
the chance that it may be thirty before
long-and such Italian troops as may
come, and the whole hand of the Allies
is disclosed.
Unless the Germans now turn south
and make their attack upon Rheims,
threatened over many months, the Brit
ish will have to bear the brunt Of the
attack for the balance of the campaign.
The German has deliberately chosen to
attack the British front and the conse-
quences must be seen in British losses.
But as each attack develops French re-
serves will appear as they appeared be-
fore Amiens, and again at KENNEL
This will not mean that the French are
doing something more than their share
of the work; much less will it mean that
the British are failing to do theirs; it
will mean that both are performing their
to the extent of their ability.
And if I may for the moment 20 out
side the limits of merely military COM
ment, it seems to me that it is Of utmost
Importance for all of us at this time to
avoid doing anything to contribute to
awakening international jealousies or to
floating inyidious comparisons. We are
at the supreme crisis of the war; our VIC
tory or defeat will now inevitably result
as we, all of US Allies, preserve an I'M
broken front to the foe and stand shoul-
der to shoulder in the next desperate
months, for believe the next months
are to be desperate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Unused German
Divisions

In his attack in the south, in Picardy.
the German used one or two divisions less
than an even hundred. In the north
around forty divisions have been identi-
fed. He has then, according to all esti-
mates yet supplied, rather more than
sixty divisions which have not yet been
put in, although considerable fraction
of the sixty are certainly inferior troops.
He has, too, something like forty d.
visions in the East, some of which can be
used in the West this year. Colonel Rep
ington, l believe, calculates that before
the campaign is over the German will
use 220 divisions on the West front.
Of the 140 divisions already used
something like third, perhaps fifty,
cannot be expected to appear for several
weeks yet, some of them not for six
weeks more But others have suffered
relatively little and having had their
wastage replaced from the depots are
certainly ready to go over when the next
Zero hour" comes. When the attack be-
gan on March FL the Kaiser's generals
employed forty divisions Immediately in
the first shock and at least twenty more
in the next two days. By the second
Sunday the French had signalled not
less than eighty-two divisions, and in
the subsequent attack upon Arras in the
first days Of April the total rose rapidly
to the highwater mark of ninety-seven.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

change yet, either in numbers or in quail
ity, which gives the Allies new advan-
tage. On the contrary, the eventual Ger
man loss will certainly be less than that
of the Allies, because the retreating Brit
ish left large fraction Of their wounded
to the enemy and these will not return
to the line when fit again, while the Ger
man wounded were cared for by their
own comrades and will be available later
in the present campaign, or in the next,
in large numbers.
We see clearly that had the Germans
not been pinned down in the first days
of April they would have won tremen-
dous and perhaps a decisive victory. We
recognize the greatness Of the peril that
existed in the first days after the 5th
British Army had been beaten and gap
had opened between British and French
armies. We are right in rejoicing at an
escape from so great danger, but it is
we'll not to regard the escape as in it.
self more than an escape. We are going
to face another attack, at no distant date,
and the enemy was not crippled by tho
last attack, at the least not more grave
ly than was his less fortunate opponent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Against Extreme
Optimism

And unless all signs fail and all OBJ
arations coming to US from the front
! ar worthless, the German will shortly
resume his principal effort. Writing on
Sunday, May IL, it seems to me that the
Indications point toward a resumption
Of German effort in the south within
brief time, probably before this article
bprinted. More than this, reading the
Dispatches which are coming from the
front and the words which are being ut
tered by men we'll informed as to con-
ditions, it seems to me that there is rea-
son for uttering a word Of warning
against the extreme optimism which is
becoming all too common on all sides at
the present hour.
Let US face the essential truth that
the German has been checked, not
beaten; that he possesses the resources
n men, in guns and in munitions for an
other blow, not more terrible than that
hunched on March 81, but certainly only
little less dangerous. 1t is not true,
nis too generally believed, now, that tho
German was defeated, was decisively
blocked in the last days of March and
the first days Of April. What happened
was that he outran his guns, his NUM-
tons and his supplies at the precise mo-
ment when his enemies were able to close
sae gap in front of him and to put into
play their reserves, which had been, in
ne main, unavailable for the first days
Of the offensive.
Bttish Losses
Terrible
In the first ten days Of battle the Ger
nan inflicted a terrible loss upon the
British foe. One British army, the 5th,
vas in large measure destroyed. In this
lighting and in the following struggle at
ne north the British, accepting the fig
sfes Of the British representatives in
Washington, lost 100000 men, killed,
uptured and wounded. OF this number
Use German has claimed one hundred
thousand as prisoners, claim probably
Ucessive, but still credible, given the
''s'ccatioil of the British front. He
uptured hundreds of guns, an enormous
e00ty Of war material. And for this vic
. w north and south, he paid, at most
'ooO casualties, while in addition Ia
os'tlsh losses the French must have lost
~ over $4,000, perhaps as high as 49,
ss' counting the last stages Of the strug.
- About KENNEL and Locre.
= y Be true, as it would seem, that the
stmans sacrificed their best, the Brit
'.a Sst equally from their finest divi
s Il the forces Of the two groups
s. hfestants were approximately equal
the attack, there has been nc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-19

Springfield, Mass; Albert Toobes
Paterson. n. J.
LIEUTENANTS Frank Holdings
worth FarIs, Palisade, y. j.: Irving
/ Folks. New York: Clark X. Lincoln.
! Wakefield, Mass.
! SERGEANTS Frank L. Champoux
I Greenfield. Mass; Peter Smith. FL
| Paso, Texas.
/ CORPORALS Clyde Ervins Lupton,
Newbern. n. c.; Charles F. Swift,
Fairhaven. Mass.
! Ind.
LIEUTENANTS German w. Rice,
Syracuse. y. Y; Mortimer L. Stein
hart, New York, y. Y.
SERGEANTS William Anderson.
Chicago; James Ish. Cleveland,
Ohio; Charles d. Keys. Philadel-
phia, Pa; George f. Roberts, Mus
kogee, Okla: Walter n. Smith, Man
chester, Mass.
CORPORALS Lauris T. Jones,
Huntsville, Ala; Roy C. Nelson,
Maynard, Mass; william D. Split
man, Valley Falls, Kan; Willard
Wesley Whaley, Columbus, Ohio.
-PRIVATES Thomas W. Arm
strong. Baliava. May county, Ire
land; Samuel Bernstein, Chicago;
Elmer r. Dalheim, Newpork. Ky;
Edward J. Alex, Worcester, Mass. I;
Pat Anderson, Whitinsville, Mass :;
Harry Baldauf, Rosedale, n. Y;
Jos. G. Bemowski, Webster, Mass;
Victor Berthiaume, West Warren,
Mass. Otis Lee Boyer. Kansas
City. Mo-; Walter Bugdat. Buffalo,
n. Y; Herbert S. Buss, Worcester,
Mass; Theodore c. Conway, Brook
lyn, n. Y; Peter -Cortay. Spring
field, Mass; Frank E. Cunningham,
Poughkeepsie, n. Y; Joseph J..
Aleskandrowicz, Webster. Mass.
Floyd Afford. Coburn, La; George
W. Baker. Worcester, Mass;
Thomas a. Beatty, Hoboken, n. J.;
Joseph ]. Bernat, Brooklyn, n. Y;
Henry ]. Bischof, JohnstCwn, Pa.
Earl Bish, Indianapolis, Ind;
Justin T Brewer, Portage, Mont;
Edward Britton, Canada; Edwin
Brown, Lowell, Mass; Albert B.
Brown, Lowell, Mass; Eliza C. Cal
vert, st. James, Ill; Eli H Cantois,
Worcester, Mass; James H. Curry,
Indianapolis. Ind; Alex Damichal-
is, Centerville, Cal; Frank D. Eos
ter, Carlyle. Ill; John H Fuller,
Columbus, Ca; William H. Gar
ceau, Marlboro, Mass; Scott D.
Gladin, Tollison, Ariz.; ARA L.
Heiny. Noblesville, Ind; Giuseppe
JENNA, Geranma, Italy; Andrus V.
Johnson, Mona Munsala, Finland;
Raymond W. King, Baker, n. D.;
Vernon T. Lupean, Mayville. n. Y,
Thomas H. Neill, Aurora, Ill Clio
vanni Paradiseo, Peteras Stevlena,
Italy; Anthony Perry, Springfield.
Mass; Clifford Phillips, Rome, Ga;
Joseph Rinck, Patchogue, n. Y;
Herbert B. Roach, Jackson, Tenn,
Patrick Scott, Long Island City,
n. Y; easel Wilson, Chillicothe,
Ohio; William \. McNutty. Law
renee, Mass; James Maloney,
Brooklyn, \. Y; Okey Natheny,
Marietta. Ohio; Joseph Mokaski.
South Bethlehem, Pa; Arthur F.
Mobiles, Springfield, Mass; Walter
f. Pike, HaVerhill, Mass; Daniel
L. Pond. st. Athens, Pa; George
Ross, Terra Haute, Ind: August
Rosa, WoOdlawn. Pa; Jesse Lloyd
Rush, Moundsville, ". Va; George
W. Schaffer, Pittsfield, Mass; Phil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-19
TIE ROLL OF HONOR

o1-.nued from Page OneD
Springfield. Ohio; HelaI Agranow-
sky. Brooklyn, y. Y; Charles 5.
Anderson, Hoboken. y. J.: Joseph
ArEaIts. CGvno, Covno Prov. Rus
zl1i Edward @. Bamburd. PhiIadel-
pLi4, Pa; Henry c. Barron, Som
crzEJ, Pa. Andrew Bauras. Simp-
son. Pa; Joseph Becker. College
IT. II. Y, Ignatz Belcuns, New
York. \. y; Russell ]. Bell, Kaho-
IA, No. Dorsey r. Billings, Syca-
more, Va. Herbert Harle Bond.
Eerwyn, Okla; Hugo Bouidni. Per
y GTaude, Prov Asc0H. Picenc.
Italy Robert ". Bowser. TT
Wayne. Ind. john Brown. HAYS. n.
I.f NiHceuzo Burrini. DeItriento.
italy, Alfred A Burrows. Chetopa
kan Emilio Buso, Raritan. y. J:
James II Butler, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. :
Lbiuls Carmel Pirtsburg. Kan:
HerreIl CarneaI. C4ssia, Va: An
cello CaTOcCjo. SalernO, Trentinara.
italy, Guy @. CaudiI. Boyes, Mont:
Anthony Cave-rera, PHILADELPHIA.
Pa. Marvan Choyenski, Orange. y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-19
nINISTERSkSK
PEOPLES HELP
Appeal TO Congregations TO Donate
Clothes to Cover Suffering Peo-
pie in Belgium.
COLLECTION On FRIDAY
MIS-. Martha Stafford First 10 Or
Ter Use of Machine TO Gather
Bundles in Drive.
COLLECTION On FRIDAY

Ministers in several of the Rock
Island churches yesterday appeal
ed 70 their congregations from the
pulpts to give whatever possible
81 the line OF clothing 10 the suffer
ing people Of Belgium
These appeals were made at the
request Of Mrs. 2. J. Carlson, pres
iCeuL Of the Women's Trade Union
league organization. which IS as
slslug in conducting a drive in
Rock Island druing this week 70
secure hundreds of pounds of worn
bG- usable clothing for the suffer
ing Eelgiums-
Present Indications show that
the collection which is TO be made
Friday afternoon viii ne the Bel
CLANS no small amount OF warm
and much needed wearing apparel
d committee from the Women S
league on Saturday came in touch
with prominent people of the city
who also VIII endeav6r to make
the drive q success Present inf0T-
nation shows that Rock Island
viii not be second 10 Davenport,
which city recently OleTed two
carloads of clothing.
Beginning today the city was dis
tricced. Twenty women members
OF the W0men's Trade Union
league. who have offered their ser
vices free Of charge, began a can
T1zs of the city. appealing direct
90 the people to offer their cloth
ing that the BeIsiaus might be
clothed.
Al noon Incomplete reports mad
10 The leagues headquarters
showed that Rock Islanders are
going TO come across willingly
with all the available old clothes.
Sees Success.
The drive here is conducted IN
der The direction Of the commits
sion for relief in Belgium, of which
organization Herbert Hoover. the
nations food administrator, is
chairman E, @. McNeaI. the cam
palEu manager. is responsible for
the drive in Rock Island He has
conducted hundreds OF successful
campaigns thus far in the country.
ana feels confident that Rock Is
land viii do its share.
Following the issuing OF an ap-
peal for the use 10 trucks on Fri
day afternoon. at which time the
one collection of the clothing is
fJ 5e made. Mrs Martha Stafford.
tt4 Tenth street, has responded
and offers the use of her machine
free OF charge Nine other offers
are still to be made.
Volunteers are requested to com.
nll-cate with Mrs. p. ]. Carlson.
president Of the Women's Trade
Union league.