Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
HEARTY TRIBUTES
PAID AMERICANS
London Praises Thoroughness
of Pershing's Men in st.
MihieI Battle.
SAYS U. S. HAS MADE GOOD

81 ehe Associated Press.
LONDON, September 14.-Chief place
Is given again in this mornings Lon
don newspapers to the American
achievement in the st. Mihiel sector.
Both in the news and the editorial
columns hearty tributes are given to
the thoroughness with which the OPP
GRAFTON was completed. a thoroughness
which Is regarded as showing that
Gen. Pershing and his staff made prep
arations beforehand and used great
care at the same time.
No surprise is implied that the
Americans should have succeeded so
well. On the contrary. the newspa-
pers concur that what happened was
only what might have been expected
from the fighting qualities the Ameri-
cans displayed when they fought as
units under French and British COM
mands
Nothing like a first-hand. technical
account of the hattening OF the salient
had reached London up to this morn
stories as are to hand do not carry
the operations further than Thursday
evening.
Called Real Triumph.
The Daily Telegraph. after con-
gratuIatins the Americans on their
feat Of arms real triumph accom-
plishsd n mastery n,s style" says;
the deepest interest. Il seems toiera:
German troops holding the salient
wers cut on Dy the The f fst OF the
ton on the other side Of the wedge
collapsed on the second morning. it
Will be q great tale when 1t is toll.
in the German communique are child
"America Has Made Good"
+ The Daily Mail. under the headline
America Has Made Good" discussed
the value Of the removal Of the salient.
The newspaper says:
Gen. Pershfng is breaking into a
perfect web of railways which have
Ludendorff for maneuvering. Here. II
anywhere, is the enemy's Achilles.
heel. The Americans have not yet
reached this heel, but by threatening
it they have forced the Germans to
concentrate for its defense. While the
stroke menaces the enemys communi-
cations it opens tho way for other
American attacks on q still larger
scale. The enemy also has lost the
equivalent Of two divisions in prison.
ers. killed and wounded"
o. s. May Well Be Proud.
The Daily Chronicle says: Gen.
gratulations on their very skillful and
efficient piece Of work. The United
States may well be proud of the man.
ner in which its young Army COM
ported itself in the first Independent
offensive
The Times records the belief that
the final return of prisoners will con-
siderably exceed the number given In
the official statement, and says:
For all the allied nations the deep
interest in the American victory lies
not so much in its results. which are
substantial and valuable. but in the
fact that a great American force has
gone into battle acting separately.
The German nation now will begin
to realize, as 1t never vet has done,
the overwhelming and decisive char
acter OF the new factor which ia
emerging in the war.
more was destroyed at st. Mihiel
than a German salient. Gen. Perish
ing shattered at a blow the monstrous
web Of lies which sustained the pre-
tense that the immense weight and
almost unlfmitable resources of the
United States would be Of little or nc
account on the European field Of war
He has shown that the Americans are
as quick and apt to learn the art OF
war as they have been to develop the
pursuits OF peace"