Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-07

'To grasp the military view Of thn
/ campaign you must recall the open
ing Of tho war. The German plan
| then Was an advance through Metz
| Nancy and LunevlIle. down the
! Marnn and the Seine, combined with
an advance through Belgium and
down the Olse The thrust through
/ Nancy and Lunpyille failed. and
/ failing. loft IL imperative to break
/ the allied line between Paris ana
/ the frontier for an attempted in-
Ivos,ment Of Paris by one part only
n the GormIn forces, while the
other part remained pinned, was not
| 20 be thought Of for moment And
the failure on the Marne was de-
/ cisivc.
No Parts Advance Practicable.
"What ls the bearing Of this on
/ the present situation? As before,
no advance or Investment Of Paris
is practicable. save by movement
down the Marno and the Seine In
other words. the allied front, now
as before, must be broken between
Paris and the frontier II the enemy
.s 10 get his decision.
'Tr there exists any doubt on the
point the known scheme OF the Ger
man offensive clears the doubt up.
The scheme was. first, in March, by
advancing to the lower marshy
coursea Of the somme to cut the
British army off from the French,
and either defeat ~ or consain -
Then. no doubt the BTeaCT 6e1T---'
Paris and the frontier was intende 1
M come off Tho allied forces in
that case would have broken into
three parts. Then there might have
beon an advance upon Paris and II
would have meant business This
present alternative project does not
The first German attack, how
ever, remained indecisivc, was stop
ped before Amiens. To make It de-
cisIve, the April attack was opened
on the Lys in Flanders
WAS Hutier's present attack
down the Disc false move in the
circumstances? | think go. II shoulC
be clear now that the enemys task
Of achieving a decision In the weSi
Is nm enormous one 1t maybe said
that ne has inflicted damage on the
allied forces Certainly but tina
damage has been less Nan the dc.
pletion OF his own foIes otherwise
his offensive would /have taken q
different course. HIS scheme woult
have been completed step by step
So far It has beyh n series Of un,
finished Jobs. Atain It may he salC
that the enemy has taken positions
and ground Hb has, but not the
positions or thd ground necessary
Besides the. .sroutd ID taken has left hi'
front altogether not better than he
! fore, but worse. Was that tnten.
uonal? Not a Sbit OF it.
Germany has not made substan.
| tial progress towards obtaining :
victory in the field. The task ha'
to be fulfilled with the resources
stlll at her disposal after four year!
OF war. As regards the relative ex
haustion Of Germany and France, +
must he remembered that white
| France has had to carry part Of tht
war In the west, Germany has hat
10 carry the whole Of It, and tn,
campaign in Russia and the Balkani
as we'll The losses OF Germany have
| been at least three times those O
| France. The arrivals OF American
| troops provide a force that will much
more than make good allied losses
| The task Of achieving a decision ha'
to he fulfilled, II at all, in an ad
mittedly limited time-before thi
adverse balance renders further at
tempts manifestly impossible"