Arizona republican., 1918-08-01
CALM PRESAGES
 TERRIBLE WAR
 STORM COMING
Just What Lull May Prove
 Not Apparent. General
 March Discloses True Sig nificance of Big Struggle
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel


 WASHINGTON, July S1.-An odd calm fell over the Aisne- Marne battle area today with only the thunder of the guns to tell of new and more ter Tiblo gusts of the war storm to come Paris and Berlin beth noted it. The The infantry had paused for breath while tho artillery pounded new roads of advance for General Fochs victor ious armies.
 Just what the Hull may prove was not apparent Possibly the enemy is all ready on the move after the decisive defeat he met in the battle which be- gan Saturday and centered on the American positions along the north bank of the Ourcq.
 "Rainbows" Make Good
 Here the American third division and the now famous forty second di- vision. the Rainbow division" con- posed of former national guardsmen of many states, have made good their po- sitions against the enemy's best fight ing units. They have met outfought and forced backward by their fierce ar dor picked Prussian and Bavarian di- visions brought fresh to the field with orders to hold the line of the Ourcq at all costs.
 That line has been broken. The I again and again, finally broke the fighting edge of the enemy defense. When supporting columns surged for ward across the Ourcq to consolidate the ground so valiantly won and held by the first rush, enemy hopes of Clinging 10 the present line dWindled. Holding the apex of the allied line at inc center, the Americans had paved thc way for the flashing capture of ChalmOnt Butte to the westward by tho Franco British forces Allied guns now dominate the enemys lines from this height foretelling new inroads to his positions and the strong probability that hc will he compelled to fall back tu the Ncsle line.
 Each Army Bent on Destruction
 The victory was given new signifi- canoe today by General March, who told the newspaper men at his mid week conference, that each army now twas bent on the destruction of the other; all lesser strategic objectives having been swept away on both sides The mission of each is to kill; to de- stroy the fighting power of the other II is the ultimate military objective that both are seeking and there can bt no halting short of the goal.
 As General March never before has fst1f. atI at in Opn terms. when he turned today from the pin-d dotted map where the turn anC sway of the battle was outlined in de tail and for the first time disclosed thu true significance of the struggle in tho narrow confines. his words carried conviction to his hearers.
 Their Objectives Each Other
 "Whatcver the enemys objective wa at tlic start of the drive he sait picking his words carefully, and what ever our hope was in the counter of fcnsive on the flank of this salient, is now perfectly evident that thos aims have been set aside.
 "The objective of each army is tn other army; each one of them want to kill as many of the others as pos sible.
 "The holding back of the jaws (of tn sslicnD by the Germans at Soisson and near Reims has made 1t practical impossible for us 10 expect bag The have had two weeks now to withdra' from the dangerous points down nea the Marnc, and the objective of eac army is the other army
 Americans Make Maximum Advance
 The chief of staff had prefaced tn new conception of the great strugg with a careful outline of the battle DC sitions. showing that since last Satul day another ten miles had been cut ol of the length of the battle line by allie
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