The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-12
THE HUN INTR|GUES
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writing seventy-nine Gays nave passeu
sInce the counter offensive was launched
by the allies and the initiative and VIC
tory rassed over to them. AS nave
said, this period accounts for 250,Ooo
prisoners. and 5000 guns, but quarter
Of this total in prisoners and. q third OIL
the captured guns belong to the last ten
days alone.
Here is yet another way OF putting
the situation. The number OF AMER
cans (not the total Americans put tne
trained troops entering the field dur
ing this short period is greater than all
the German recruitment Of this year.
quite apart from the French and Brit-
,sh recruitment, which Is available. II
70 these numbers one Is permitted to
add the contrast in munttionment ana
aircraft, the conclusion would be still
more striking.
Turn from T. =: matter Of numbers &c
the matter OF ground. Before Jul!
the main lateral communication Oh lh'
Allies. the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Nancy railway, was cut in Two piaGe.
! The total enemy lateral communication
through Metz. Merien and Lille wa:
scores Of miles from the Allied gum.
! Today the latter is uncut. but at three
! noints our guns are already at t"ei'e'
fifteen and 'nine thousand yards rahEe'
while the former has been completely
restored. The enemy is out or range
Of it erywhcre-.-r-s-
Turn to the political side. Before the
offensive in July the DEPENDENTS vi
Prussia were a solid block, s'rohh
| enough on Asian fronts and immensei*
| strong and apparently impresnao IN
| Macedonia. Russian had disappeared
| We had against us apparently popula-
M nd n -
600 900. Today the Bulgars have gone:
~. turkish empire is cut off by land
| and Alenby has accounted. with one
tremendous blow. for one-third. OF the
| tota1 Turkish armies and one-half or
| their effective strength. The Turks had
/ 200 600 men organized in units; OF
those, some 100. 900 were fully equipped
and in lighting order in Palestine, the
Caucasus and Mesopotamia- The re-
naming 10000 are the palace guard AZ
] Constantinoplc. or are Garrisonins IN
! Asia Minor, and some few arc still N
! the Danube.
The great victory in Palestine at ono
stroke carried off just under so.ooo
within ten days. But the DETECTION OF
Bulgaria and the crushing OF turkey
has obviously not only broken the en-
cmy's block politically. but 1t has Gre
| will inevitably empty Albania and tho
Danube and also, probably. cause guer-
rilla warfare in Rumania- Moral! ~
has done much more. 1t has declared
tn lesser neutrals that her dependents
no longer rely upon the victory or Prus-
STA.
In view OF such things one cannot
but desire that the mere elements Oh
tho military situation should be known
as widely as possible. The cnemy's APP
neal to be saved from the just conse-
uucnccs OF his crimes is addressed 10
three forces-avarice. fatigue and. i6-
norance. These alone can support him.
With avaricc--thnt Is. financial intrigue
one can only deal by exposure. With
fatigue one can only deal by persuasion.
But with ignorance one can deal by
recital Of facts which all can under
stand. 1t is greatly to be desired-and
! have said 1t over and over again in
tho last four years. and II Ia not yet too
latc-it is greatly to be desired That
public authorities in each Allied coun-
try should publish those truths on tho
military situation which arc known IN
enemy authorities as we'll as our own.
but which our public is not generally
told.
For instance. how many American
citizens VINO may Ecan lHlS dppESSIhs
that the number OF American soldiers
landed in Europe in six weeks Is su-
pcrior TO the whole German recruitment
of one year? How many know that IN
order to stop the Americans and French
in the Champagne quarter all the NOV
able German divisions were moved and
vet the effort Of the enemy failed:
What the reply to the eneny's pence
appeal may be by the time this appears
none can yet tell. But repeat that II
merely tho elements OF tho military sit
uation were publicly appreciated in the
Allied countries by civilian opinion tn"
reply TO that appeal would be as certain
as II would be simple. The Prussian
government tells us that II We demand
Justice and refuse it's cry for mercy II
will act las they did after similar or
fer IN 1916"
They cannot. and for four reasons.
First. there is no collapse like that OF
Russia IN prospect: second. they have
+ not the men: third. they are losing de-
pendents and servants: fourth. in 1916
they had still proved in practice capable
If holding defensive line. today IN
practice they fail 10 hold il.
whether indoors or in the open air. a!e
danger to public health and contrary