New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-07-06

~ tnat the Plucn- QltteI generally wins Tn
game Every adult in Canada ha
friends and relatives in the United States
e and they were never prouder of then
r than they are at this moment" re-
Z marks the Windsor (Ont.) Record, which
e adds:
$ Canadians don't ask what the Uni
e ted States is doing. We know. And
when the Germans are licked there will
, be no quarrel about the honors. There
5 will be glory enough for all. Any time
detractors of Uncle Sam raise their spite
full or jealous heads they have fight
, on their hands from the Canadians"
A military writer in La Liberte (Paris)
reports that American co-opeation in the
war is beginning to cause deep i'm =
preston beyond the Rhine" As another
the crest of a wave, but there are many
anxious persons among the Kaiser's sub
jects." And the Echo de Paris, as
quoted in cable dispatch to the New
York Times, says:
| "The Germans have very little time
available in which to curb our fighting
| spirit-a few weeks or months at the
| longest. It's duration depends on the re-
lation existing between the speed with
which our American friends can mo-
Billie and transport their men across the
sea and throw them into the struggle
and the rapidity with which the Ger
mans can assemble their troops in the
half-exbausted regions on which they
can still levy acquisitions. We have no
doubt as to which of these two antag-
onistic factors will triumph. Every indi-
cation tells US we shall not be those who
fail. But it is the early coming of vic
tory that we want. The continued and
increasing inflow of American troops
promises US this"
"'American," says another Paris pa
per, lis a word the Germans dislike q,
pronounce"-which perhaps explains why |
he German papers for time supprest |
all reference to the part played byt
American soldiers on the Western Front |
Now, however, they have adopted another
policy, and are printing grossly exae-
gerated reports of the casualties suffered
by our troops. At the same time Herr
Fehrenbach, the newly elected president
If the Reichstag, finds it necessary to re-.
assure the German people in these
words:
I'VE are apparently confronted with a
gigantic climax to the war. Mr.. Gle
menceau describes the situation a. terri
oiy serious, but he has one hope, the
Americans. We and our allies do mt
rely on foreign forces, but, with the pro.
lection Of the All Highest, on the in
vincible strength of the German Armx
and the unconquerable Perseverance ofl
the German people,"
An American observer, Irwin 8 Gait
INST back from Europe, tells Of the eff.ct
the advent of our soldiers has had A.
the spirits Of our Allies. In the Nevl
York Tribune he says:
THE most moving spectahl. ~. RI
nave witnessed on the European battle
nelds il the unbounded enthusiasm of our
men going to the fighting-lines. Their
sirile, freshening breath has penetrated
70 tommy and poilu, 50 that Allied for
ces OF To-day are steeled with a courage
IND viii that are deathless. Alwav. onr
Fellows are smiling. They smile wh.n
they enter the trenches, thew smile wh.r
they charge, and when thew return for
Fest tom the heat of battle still the .m;,.
Never do they complain, but always ar.
ney eager to be unleashed for the frav.
lneir officers complain only of their
TO get into the FIGHT. The;,
lash and enthusiasm have startled ~.
vearied French and British into ! r..
will win"
In the same paper Frank H. Simmonds
emlnds US that despite all our appre-
tensions to the contrary, the German
esources in reserves are limited" and
nalf a million casualties, so far, havel
maze heavy drafts upon them" Of the
American soldiers in France he saws:
these men are in all respects, save
me, better troops than Germany has or
an expect to have during the war. Thew
re young, the pick of our youth, ply
ically the best now left in war-strici-
n Europe. Their weankess lies in their
ack OF training but under battle condi- :,
IONS this will soon be largely removed. En-
aeantlme superiority in the quality of
.oops must count for something against v
ne superiority in training of the othe,- %
rise greatly inferior German troops" s
Noting that there are left five months 4
! campaigning in the present year." MI. :,
lmmonds continues: -,
Before they are over we should have :,
lore than 100000 troops in Europe and 4
pward Of 10000 on the line. Before =
his time is mp Britain should have :,
early 100000 in the field q the result Of -
ew levies. These two contributions !.
hould largely make good any casual =
rs the Allies will suffer, conceding the -
rot three blows have cost them and
leir foe 100000 casualties apiece. There D;
IRE. even even tho the German still =:
'aintains = superiority Of numbers on a
V West Front. it il certain that unless !;
) destroys some large fraction Of his !.
,ponents' forces before November he !.
i'll lose the advantage Of numbes well n,
advance Of the close Of the campaign. !.
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