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New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
e Shout and Ring Our Bells and Blow Our Whistles

IDENTIFY perfect yesterday, and the surprise
attack without preparation worked like a
charm. We can hardly overestimate the
significance of this flank attack"
"The American leaven is working"
declares "The Richmond Times Dis
patch; and in "The Wilmington News"
one reads:
"Our troops could not have made a more
brilliant display of their power and bravery
at the right hour than these Americans have
done. 1t is a reviving of the whole Allied
cause"
Moreover, suggests "The Colorado
Springs Gazette
the superb physical condition of the
Americans and their keenness for the fray
gives them an edge over their war-weary
allies. Their courage cannot overmatch the
dash Of the French nor the tenacious valor
of the British, but it carries along physical
supremacy which stands out in the news of
the fighting like the stories of Canadian
brilliancy at Ypres and Vimy Ridge"
And 'The Indianapolis News" con-
cludes that
"it is now abundantly clear that the Ameri-
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

will see that the eviction is thoroughly car
ried out"
And this paper is further convinced
that
"the crisis Of the war is past. In the race
between Won interchangeable German old
man in hurry-and the transports carry
ing American troops to Europe the trans
ports have won. The splendidly successful
counter stroke of the French and Americans
in the region between the Aisne and the
Marine is the first important offensive move
ment undertaken by General Foch since he
assumed command of the united armies of
the Allies in April after the ST. Quentin
disaster.
"Foch in his counter attack has shown
that French brains are quite the equal of
German in planning such surprise, and
that French and American troops are dis
tinctly better than German in carrying it
out"
"The Havana Post" phrases itself Wig
orously, thus:
1.-The shot at Lexington-or was it Con-
cord THAT was heard around the world
was as the sound of pin falling compared
to the smack of the wallop that was handed
the Hun en- the Marne"
The same Cuban newspaper suspects
that the German soldiers, and even the
civilians behind the lines, are beginning
to reckon with Americans as q military
factor, because
lit would be too incredibly funny for the
Berliners to get their first knowledge of the
American participation in the big fighting
when the Americans shall march down I'm
ter den Linden whistling Yankee Doodle
IN sneir uncutured way, and perhaps giving
playful imitation of the goose step with
which the Huns started into Belgium in
that joyous time nearly four years ago."
"The New York World" offers this
summary of the, fighting on the Marine:
"rwo facts stand out clearly and dis
tinctly result Of this weeks operations.
One of them is the complete demonstration
of the priceless advantages of unified COM
mand. The other is the final proof of the
fighting qualities of the American troops,
with all that these qualities imply in rela-
tion to the winning of the war"
Most of the newspapers see in the
battle the turning of the tide for the
Allies. "The tide has turned, and this
time there will not be another change"
"The New York Globe'' declares. And
"The Dayton Journal ventures to assert
that "the tide of battle seems to be flow
ing in our direction, with America rid
ing the crest of the waves, doing heroic
service to the cause Of God and hu-
manity."
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

1--WE in America are an impressionable
people. Already you will find innumerabie
persons reading exaggerated meanings into
the reports of the Allied offensive in France
In the speed and glitter of the American
reactions at their first big battle ana in
the binding sword play of the Foch strategy
they see omens of the wars early end.
"To become self satisfied, complacent, dis
interested careless now is to make the
burden heavier for the government, the
army and the navy"
And in a cautious vein "The Dayton
Journal" adds:
"1t is the furthest from our desires to
dampen the ebullient American spirit. 1t is
right and proper that we should rejoice and
celebrate. We would be unworthy the friend
ship and love of our boys overseas if we did
not. But let us not become too optimistic
Let us bear in mind that this is only the
beginning. We this week merely have given
the Huns taste of what they may expect
later We must be patient~
But the prevailing note is unquestion-
ably one of rejoicing and fullest conf
dence, which does not permit the soberer
considerations, though they are frequent
ly admitted, to dampen the ardor of this
first real American triumph. "The Co
lumbus Dispatch" writes:
"Let US be of good cheer, but not exutant.
no matter what betides these next few days
Nothing can happen to win victory
from us in the end Not all the Huns that
ever lived can conquer now. Our sons have
felt the steel of Shiny foe, and met the
shock of british beasts driven by their off
GERS. Some have fallen; many have fallen.
But the sacrifices these men of ours have
made Will hurl into ranks dozen mill
ion more if needs be. The blood that they
have shed upon this field will cry to heaven
for vengeance from the manhood OF the ma
tion. Myriads will push forward now. from
day to day and month to month and year 20
year-until this cursed thing is whipped
from earth. Money now is worthless save
to buy munitions and the equipment for
our men. Wealth is of no account unless it
be expended to provide for the safety Of
greater wealth"
And "The st. Louis Post Dispatch"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Americas Golden Chance

WE MAY look forward, when the
w war is over, to government owner
ship of the merchant marine, with its at
tendant evils of lack of initiative and
higher cost of operation, unless the pres
ent seamen's law is repealed, according
to writer in "The Americas" He SAYS
in part:
perhaps, without regard TO the wav
shipping economies go, the stage will be set
Tor decentralization, of the merchant marine.
Standardization of transportation is in the
air all over the world. Denmark is said 10
have definitely decided upon national con-
troll or shipping, because it is regarded as
so AFFECTED with the public interest as to
be vital to national welfare, and so logical
ly matter for national control. In Eng
land it has been all but decided that tho
railways shall remain in national control.
and it is significant that the British Com
mittee on Commercial and Industrial Policv
After the War has devoted long report on
shipping in which it calls attention to the
dangers of private monopolies and injurious
rate making in British ocean lines
Our government will own the great ton
mage, and there may be demand that this
shall not be leased to private interests. or
sold, but be formed into a worldwide Unit
ed States transport system man who Is
taking leading part in our present activi-
tles-a man who is a believer in the su-
perlor efficiency of well-managed private
enterprise for shipping, as well as other
kinds of business-says without any re-
serve that if the competitive conditions in
international shipping after the war pr,-
clude our beng able to operate ships on an
equal basis of costs with our chief com
peutors, the government must natonalize
the ships.
The language test that La Toilette put
INTO his seamen's act, law, was devised
so as to let in the scum of Europe and shut
out Oriental seamen The very presence Of
either acts to nhibit clean, healthy IN
terest on the part of good-blooded Ameri-
can boys in the sailorman's career
Seasoned shipping who have oper-
ated vessels for years continue to affirm
that foreign tramp ships, operated by men
who know all the detailed methods of nick
ing up cargo, finding good ports and saw
ing voyage by shrewd judgment, will make
impossible the private operation of the
great tonnage of our ships in the future un-
less the present law is fatty repealed and
they are allowed to be the judges Of the
size or crews needed, thaeswages and the
CONTRACT. Ihey pre &ct government
ownership at loss and the ultimate sale of
our ships into foreign hands and
they declare that government operation will
not compete successfully in point Of service
with certain efficient foreign companies:
the government service will lack initiative
OF Ideas, 1t will be infexible and uncivil.
and the chief purpose of having merchant
marine will be lost
II the war lasts thirty-six months rono-
er there is very little doubt that by the end
OF that time the people of the United
States will own the greatest tonnAee ~
merchant vessels owned by any single na.
sion IN the world, and in all probability our
tonnage VIII be more than half that Of the
whole world" - ""S
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

When things get hot he'd much rather 20
over the top and get em than do down in
dugout and wait for em. He wants to
take chance. few nights previous
rading party had started out from the
American trenches just behind where
stood that morning. The lieutenant leading
the party selected twenty men to accompany
him. They were to go across No Mans
Land establish contact with the Boche and
bring back prisoners. On trip like that
It's better than an even bet that some of
the party are not coming back. Don't mag
inc that the men who go out on those trips
don't know that. They know it better than
any one else. The lieutenant led his men
over the top and out through the wire. It
was inky black. A man couldn't see his
hand held before his face
"They crept through the wire single file
each man with one hand touching the foot
OF the man crawling in front of him. Out
side the wire they stopped to take tally and
make sure that all were present
"'One,' whispered the lieutenant. Two
said the man Immediately behind him. The
whispered count went down the line and
CHeH DdCk again TO the lieutenant, starting
with No. at the of the line. Twenty
three, said the man in back of the lieuten-
ant when the count came back. Twenty
FOUR whispered the lieutenant Whats
wrong back there? There's only twenty
one of us. Try that count over again
"They tried it over with the same result
Three men Who might have stayed safely be-
hind in the trench had surreptitiously added
themselves to the rading party. 1t was too
late to go back, they advanced A few
minutes later they took the count again and
the lieutenant was No. 26
We're doin' fine, SIR the man behind
the lieutenant whispered, sitting a giggle.
We got five prisoners aready'
ut means something spirit 1t is
small thing as applied to that particular lit
tie raiding party, but it is typical of the
American army. Being typical, it is i'm
portant. The ultimate purpose of the
American army is offence. And when that
offensive begins the men will go eagerly.
hunting for trouble, not because they are
driven forward by merciless officers, but be-
cause trouble is temporarily their only busi-
ness and they are rarin to be about it,"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
THRILL Of pride such as Amer
lea has not known since it's
history began is sweeping


~ history began is sweeping
= the nation. The German drive
toward Paris has been DETECTED to as
sume Berlinward direction, and Amer
lean soldiers are carrying on brilliantly
alongside their French and British al
lies.
When newspaper extras blazed forth
the news that the Americans had capt
ured twenty towns spontaneous cele-
bration broke out from coast to coast
In New York the bell in the new tower
on the City Hall rang for fifteen min
utes by order of the Borough President
In Boston the bell on Faneuil Hall also
rang out the glad news. Whistles were
blown in industrial centres. A wave of
patriotic feeling reached new high crest
throughout the country.
Our boys there at the bend of the
Marne have made a successful debut in
real European warfare on a big scale.
The message of their commander at Gil
vray to General Pershng tells the story:
"Met Boche on his line of resistance.
Sharp fighting. Boche turned tail and
ran like hell, pursued by our troops.
Hope to have more prisoners"
The Americans launched their counter
attack after they had been driven back
by the Germans against the advice of
the French commander, who suggested
an hours rest for the troops But the
anonymous American general replied:
I'VE regret being unable on this occasion
to follow the counsels of our masters, the
French, but the American flag has been
forced to retire. This is uncomfortable and
none of our soldiers would understand their
not being asked to do whatever is necessary
to reestablsh a situation which is as humi-
iatng to us as unacceptable to our coun-
try's honor. We going to counter at
tack"
Not only did they recover the lost
ground. but they took an additional half
mile for good measure. And since then
they have had the Hun on the defensive
when not on the run.
"The Huns officially recognize the fact
that Uncle Sam is stripped for action"
says "The Hudson Observer" enthus-
astically, which adds that "they are no
match for our fearless, enthusiastic Yam
KEGS, whose sole plea when under re-
straint is, 'Oh, hell! let us get at them! p"
Moreover, '"The Observer" believes that
Con to the Rhine!" and Son to Berlin!"
should be theit battle cry.
1t is surely a time for optimism, thinks
"The Baltimore Sum-" which concludes:
"The Hun has found his master AS surely
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

can soldier Is far better man than the
German. This has been demonstrated when
ever they have come in contact with each
other. The men who according to Berlin.
could not or would not fight have shown
themselves the masters Of the Germans at
their own game"
Perhaps '"The Rocky Mountain News"
sums up the prevailing American atti-
tude in the following comment:
"As we become convinced of the truth and
inevitableness of the reports from overseas
our pride swells almost to the bursting
point. We are proud of our boys We glory
in their achievements.
at is great to be an American!"
Nor is the enthusiasm by any means
confined to the United States. "The To-
ronto Globe" styled "Canada's National
Newspaper states the case in legal
terms:
"Foch has served notice that writ of
eviction is about to issue against the Ger
man armies occupying the Valley of the
Marine in the region of Chateau Thierry. He
has host of husky men at his back who
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
Keeping i % on the Magazines

comprehension of an 'unkultured' intelli-
gence like mine.
- UT that is what they did. 1t was
~ not that they dehled the place as a
parting testimonial of their appreciation of
its hospitality! 1t could not have been got
into such a state by any hasty effort after
they knew that they were going 20 leave it.
They must have lived in the filth they made
AS for my desk, with it's naive appeal to
their chivalry, that must have delighted
their peculiar sense of humor They had
hacked and split the wood; and my love let
ters and the photographs of my friends were
scattered from end to end of the village
street
there arc so many dreadful things for
which, nevertheless, one can admit an ex-
cuse in the bitter rules and results of war
But certainly no military necessity no mat
ter how remote, can explain the things
which were done in my home.
"For instance, if they felt called upon not
only 10 disregard but also to destroy my
American f1ag--in spite of the fact that in
September, 1914, this country was absolutely
neutral might not have seen any excuse
for it, but l certainly should not have found
the act as incredible as what they did do
FOR when, IN cleaning out the pipes of the
bathrooms-as had to be done!-we founo
the flag there, felt that my home had been
occupied not by the flower of a great ma
t1on, but by strange beasts who were utterly
beyond my comprehension. And am glad
'hat American men, under that FLAG. are
now lighting the creatures who desecrated
it SO vilely."
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

"We entered the war with the most hon
orabe object in the world-to overthrow
brute force and to vindicate right among
nations. But history is replete with wars
in which belligerent objectives have under
gone rapid evolution for better or for
worse. How does it now stand with the
American objective? 1t is clearer and more
widely accepted than at any earlier day
Men who at first sneered at world made
safe for democracy now believe in it With
out reservation. What the war may still
bring forth no man may predict. The recent
exhibitions of German strength threaten a
long struggle, and the course of 2 long war
cannot be charted with certainty But
Americas faith in the principle Of interna-
tonalism and her readiness to stake her
whole resources upon its realization pres.
age that in the field of international policy
also America will meet the test of war"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28
''America Is Standing the Test

friends will charge America with lack Of
vlrility and fighting spirit. In what per-
tains Immediately to the armed conflict
America is standing the test"
But what of those that stand behind
the armies, the civilian population? And
how are we as a nation living up to the
democratic ideals with which we en-
tered the war? 1t is not too early to
judge, the writer continues:
"Our prophets of evil have been warning
US against a wave of mob outrages when
the casualty lists came in. They are com
ing in now, and wnere the instances of
American communities turned into raging
beasts? Day by aav the danger grows less
that the honorable record of our men in the
field may be sullied by the cowardly vio-
lence of civilian mobs at home.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

as the sun shines or the ocean tides ebb and
flow we shall beat him back with fire and
sword to Berlin, like cringing man eating
tiger to his cage. The Lord God Omnipotent
reigneth, not the Kaiser and his hell
hounds"
In another issue the same paper points
out:
Optimism may easily outrun the facts.
But this is the time to 'holler,' and, no mat
ter what happens, we have right to 'holler'
now
And "The Cleveland News" decides it's
about time to let the American eagle
scream; because, it asks
what is the American eagle going to do
when reports keep coming of American SOL
dlers gaining many miles of front, hurl-
Ing the enemy back with such and such
losses in killed and captured, taking eigh-
teen German guns in one town, signalling
their first great trial by fire with a disas-
trous rout of the most highest war lords
picked veterans, attaining their detectives
too fast to count, giving the Hessian baby
killers merry hell all along the line with the
lovely hued bayonet, filling the good old ne
passeront-pas French brother and the good
old reliable British brother with new pep
and punch and will to kill off Boches, win
ming the greatest victory yet in all our glad
young war; and few other little things
like those?
80 far as we are concerned, rather than
strain his chest to the bursting point the
eagle has our cordial permission to let her
go!"
"The Denver Labor Bulletin" ad-
mlts that while its editorial headline,
American Yanks Getting the Huns
Goat" may not be considered classic
In some editorial departments, it ex-
presses the American idea held in this
Office" And "The New York Evening
Post" in more polished English, agrees
that
there is every reason for rejoicing in this
country. The American troops have again
covered themselves with glory. They have
Snown that they can advance with a dash
and brilliancy which we all hoped for. Their
ireshness in the war is counting now as
we'll az their dauntless spirit. Unlike our
ailes, they are not war-worn nor stale. The
game is new to them, but they have the de-
termination to play it for all it Is worth.
nence they do not stop when their object
ives are reached. but push right on; to hold
'nem In leash is likely TO be the greatest
o'iaculty Of their generals and Of the French
Commanders. Their cooperation with ths
ssnch and the French with thsm WAS {eri-
New-York tribune., 1918-07-28

But there are also notes of warning
and pleas for caution. 'The New York
Times" for example, thinks this mo
time for optimism" Indeed. according
to this paper
cit is unfortunate that a CLEAN of success
turns the heads of many of our people so
and that they in it the growing dawn of
victory and the sunburst of peace. The
enemy is less imaginative; whatever his sue
cesses are, whatever advantage he obtains,
he continues to plan military triumph in
the west--in the east he considers that he
has won the war;
NO optimism could be more foolish than
the auto-intoxication of the Americans and