Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-30

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81 III the meantime. the arnlttSs Of the allies ren,liA
stsadtast. and ths people IN rrsnee and Brtain. Nhls
earnest and anxious. are calm and courageous. There
appears to be in both c~ounfi4s : clear ~rssiisasiop Of TIC
rasity OF the present situation, but with that realiza-
ton there 10 the growth of q reyoluts purposea TO put
forth redoub,ed effort. to accept what may ~ in stors
for the present, but TO press forward unfaitsringly 70
the end. which must be the winning Of the war for the
allies. The French III the field and in the country ars
alert and resoluts. The news Of the British withdrawal
with large losses Of men and material. had no more
than got across the channel before more men and more
ton on his mastery handling OF his forces and Of rets-
(surance was wired BY the Bsitish premier to. General
lHaig. IA
I Especially significant here. and especially interest,"
ing to Americana, is the announcement that General
Pershint shAs made an unreserved tender Of all the
American forces, with all their facilities and equipment,
to the French commander, with the assurance that the
American people would be proud to have their forces
participating In this great enterprise. For excellent rsa-
sons. doubtless, there has been no public statement Of
the exact conditions under which the allies troops in
France are operating There is At Versailles q supreme
war council. but the public has not been informed as to
It's precise relation to the armies in the field. Perhaps
because Of conditions Of transportation and supply the
Apnertcan. troops which have already reached the front
have been assigned certain short sectors near the Lor-
raine border. with French troops on either side. and
between the several sroups Of, Americans. 1t may 10
assumed to have been the intent that in time these In
termediate bodies Of French would be transferred else
whore. and that their places would be taken by Ameri-
cans. American troops are, Of course. present at several
camps In certain sections Of France. being trained for
front line work. These, as we'll as the men at the front
are now placed At the disposal Of the French connan.
der, to use - he may desire. =
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1t may be assumed that this action by, General
from the situation all possibility 81 complication which
might arise through the handling Of large bodies under
more Or less independent command. But aside from
the military features Of the case, the unreserved tender,
not merely Of cooperation. but Of absolute Unity Of 40
tion a. there II unity Of purpose. must be cheering to all
the allies peoples ~ indicating the firm purpose Of the
United States to put forth her full effort, and to stay in
the fight until it ends in victory for the cause to which
all the dennoeraeies Of the world are committed.
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othsr military events. hate taken place which
would have been considered highly important two
weeks ago. but which are now passed with scant atten-
ton. The British have made an important gain in Pal
sstine. disposins Of a large body Of Turks, and every ad-
vance Of this sort brings nearer the utter SCATTERING Of
the kaiser's dream Of an eastern empire. The paper
peace between Germans ana the several. fragments Of
Russta has been p%unetured BY rome lively fighting in
the south. ana the city Of Odessa, recently captured by
the dstnnAns, has been taken from them by the com
biaed forets Of Ukrainians and Bolshsviki. From
|UkraiAiA there has zone to Berlin the demand that Ger.
man roops b Withdrawn from, the country. re this
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Germany has replied that ahs mas sent her troops Is
reatsre order. And could not withdraw them until that
had been accom- rlishsd. On the other hand, the FOL
shssfkA, to drive whom from rkrainia the Germans en-
tsfsd the district. have joined hands with the ukrain-
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