The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-05-16
MAY NOT USE AMERICANS
TILL ARMY IS COMPLETE AND
POWERFUL FORCE.
Summary of Situation Says Huns
Have Drained Country to Force
Decision Ere it is Too Late.

* x
=. London, May 13.-The Asso- =
ciated Press was officially notl-
fed tonight that the statement =
sent out from Ottawa last night :
attributing to the war committee y
of the British cabinet, announce
ment that it had been decided =
not to use the American army y
on the western front until it =
became complete and powerful =
force was due to an error, which x
has now been discovered. 4
= x = *
Ottawa, May $50 confident is
the Entente of it's ability to with
stand any drive the Germans can
launch that it has been decided not
to use the American army until it be-
comes complete and powerful force,
according to cable summary of opera
tions on the western front received
here tonight from the war commit
tee of the British cabinet.
"The position now is" according
to the summary, that the Germans
are draining their country dry to
force a decision before it is too late,
while the Entente are so confident
that, having been given the choice
of a small immediate American army
for defence, or waiting till they are
reinforced by a complete self-sup-
porting American army, they have
chosen the latter.
Allied Strategy.
''To the sledge-hammer use OF
masses of men by the enemy the Al
lies are opposing the strategy OF
meeting the blow with the smallest
force capable of standing up to the
shock while keeping the strongest
reserve possible. Troops on the
wings are permitted to give ground
within limits whenever the enemy has
been made to pay greater price
than the ground is worth.
"In the present operations the
British army has withstood many
times it's own weight of enemy mass
es. 1t has retired slowly, exactlng
the fullest price. Meanwhile, Foch
holds the bulk of the French in re-
serve, sending units only to points
hard pressed. This strategy has JUS
tilted itself in that three weeks it has
seen the enemy brought to a stand
still without single strategic OBJ
iective being fulfilled and with loss
es so immense that his reserve is in
danger of proving inadequate.
Has Seen Failure.
stThe German commander seeing
how nearly he is delivering himself
to the Allied reserve has been COM
pelled to accept temporary failure
and call halt. His position is tao
tically exposed in two dangerous sali-
ents on water-logged ground. His
countrymen are dangerously dissatis-
fed at the immediate price paid for
his failure to terminate their suffer-
ing. His Allies are on the verge OF
uuarreling and daily exhibit their
growing dislike and distrust of the
master who robs them of their lives
and food.
His Defeat Inevitable.
3tHis reserves have nearly reached
complete exhaustion. Those of the
Franco British are still intact, while
the American preparations develop.
The time draws closer when defeat
is inevitable. Therefore, he must
renew the offensive. His prepara-
tions proceed feverishly, but it takes
months to properly organize such an
offensive. He must be satisfied with
what he can do i'm weeks. We may
therefore expect a renewed, furious
onslaught before long.
Victory Deferred.
"The Allies may have complete
confidence in the reserve. For the
enemy the issue is desperate en-
deavor to avoid defeat; for the AL
lies the issue is only that Of victory
deferred. The coming battle may be
repetition of Verdun on large
scale and if both sides should be ex-
hausted the Allies have vast powers
of recuperation while Germany has
drained her resources already"
An Editorial Dilemma.