Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-18
TEUTONS FROM RUSSIA
CALLED ALLIED PERIL
London Times Warns Allies to
Stop Flood of Troops
From East
RAPS VAIN DREAMING
Lack Of Action Is Laid to Divided
Counsels and Msunder-
standings"

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| London, April 1S.-The Times dis
cussing editorially the battle In Elan.
ders, makes a pointed reference 10 the
way tie enemy was enabled - htlg
: division after division from the Rus
, sian front. because of the paralysis
prevailing in the Far East owing To
divided cCunsels and misunderstood.
ings among the Allies The article
saws.
Far more serious than ;he loss NJ
e. ornd. which the Prime Minister
truly described last night as nothing
vital, is the revelation Of the growing
weight Of German pressure We hear
far too much Of tho enemy's losses
their mistakes and difficulties, their
failure TO reach their oblectives or.
particular days, and not half enough
about the serious fact they still are
bringing in fresh divisions from Rus
sia.
Great Force on Russian Front
The point which should engage the
attention Of all the Allied leaders and
statesmen, as well as the soldiers. is
that on the Russian front both the
Germans and the Austrians still pos
seSs great reservoir of trained troops
which they have by no means ex.
hausted. They can go ON drawing
their reserves from Russia for months
10 come, and they will continue 10 do
SO until the Allied statesmen stop
dreaming vein dreams about Russia
and do something practical to compel
the enemy tn cease depicting their
Russian front
1T is i'm the highest degree deplora
BILE that changing cnunsels In London
and msundersta udinGs elsewhere
should allow the whole weight Of the
enemy "a he diverted from the east
while nothing is done to deal with the
problem, which is not insoluble.
Loss Of Messines Ridge Serious
Unless the Allied Governments take
steps to stem this stream of German
divisions from Russia where the hest
opinion is calling for rallying point
they m9y have cause three months
hence to regret bitterly their want OF
policy today
"Of the two local revprses recorded
Tuesday that Of the withdrawal from
the center Of MesSines Ridge certainly
is the more serious
THE capture OF Bailleul was expected
nut it was hoped Messines ridge might
he saved. Bailleul was an important Local
base hut was much less valuable than
Hazehrouck. toward which the enemy
so far has made no further progress
"Messines Ridge was the prime factor
in our defensive battle i'm this area. both
on account Of its commanding position
and also because il Is prominent link
in the chain Of heights which runs from
Cassei to Passchendaele
1T is true thai for two and one-haIf
years we were held AT the foot Of the
ridge. yet we were able to maintain ouI
line. but our commitments in the Ypres
sector were AT that time far smaller and
more readily defended. We had not
pushed out further north to ZonnebeI,e
and Passcheudaele, and were not faced
by the unendng masses Of German In
fan;Ty now moving against US.
Task Is to Hold Grornd
yet disappointing though the events
Of the last two days have been. the prin-
ciple upon which this northern battle is
being fought remains unal;pred Oul
ldSh - ~ Ipih tNtIN Ipbl OF ground we
now possess and never to yield a poin,
anywhere except as a o. last, emergency
We still have many advantages on this
great battlefield and We know thai DOW
erful re-enforcements are coming into
line
Although our worn hattalions are
fighting Al desperate odds. the whole
country, which watches their deeds with
the most intense anxiety and sympathy
Is unalterably convinced that they viii
succeed. They know the tremendous
issues az stake and how vital it is that
the pathway between the channel ports
should be permanently barred and they
may be assured they have al their back
a united, resOlute nation which is doing
everything possible 10 send them aid"