El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-16
GERMANY WILL
Be PUNISHED
Own People VIII Exact
Vengeance for Deceptions
by the Rulers.
By FREDERICK WILLIAM VILE.

London. Eng, Oct 16.-StilI for
midable. still dangerous. still capa-
BILE of dealing tremendous blows. still
in possession Of immense fighting re-
serves, chastened. disappointed, des-
perate in the highest degree. Her
rulers and leaders know that they
cannot win the war. Millions of Ger
mans know that the supreme throw
for decision in 1918 has failed ire
trievably.
All the resources Of suppression and
deception at the war lords command
are now concentrated on lying the
American menace out of existence.
For a year after the United States en-
tered the fray the Germans were dosed
with soothing assurances that the
Americans would make war like they
play poker: they would bluff" II
they tried 20 make good their bluff -
HindenburE would call" IL, using
U-boats for the purpose. A million
Yankees in France2 In 1912, perhaps.
And starved Yankees. too. for food
carrying ships with which to feed half
a million Americans will long since
have ceased 10 be available.
The Americans.
OF the countless lies which the war
lords have told their dupes, the Ameri-
can lie is the biggest and most fate
ful of all It is coming home to roOst
at this very hour Of the wars fourth
anniversary. Germany will demand q
terrible reckoning from her wreck
ers.
For the Germans will one day real
ize that when they forced the United
States into the allied ranks they
wrote their own death warrant
It is necessary TO issue a solemn
inc T0Fe a.
ton 10 conclude that Germany is al
ready beaten. She is a long way
from being beaten. The spirit Of a
tenacious and highly patriotic people
is not vet broken. Their .invincible"
military machine has received at
FOch's skilful hands the most stag
gering jolt il has experienced since
the first battle of the Marne-
But il is a machine that can stand
jolts even Of that kind without col
lapsing. By the German war machine
I mean men and women as well as
machine guns and troops and field ar
tillery. I mean the home front as well
as the battle line. The machine can
not stand such jOlts indefinitely. II
We could administer one regularly
once a fortnight or once a month the
machine would begin TO crack 10 some
purpose.
Bets that the war will end by New
Year" would not make US look quite
so ridiculous as they now do.
Long Road TO victory.
The sober truth is that the road to
victory against Germany is still a
long and stony path. It will be a
grievously blood smeared path before
we have trodden it to the destination
Of our hopes and indomitable resolve
Paris is saved. in all human prob
ability. The channel ports are no
longer in danger. according to the
same law OF chance The submarine
is not conquered, but It is baked It
cannot starve Britain, the island key
stone of the grand alliance. into an
ignominous peace. The British army.
like the British navy, is intact and
battleworthy. The French army, glo-
rious and invincible, is fighting with
pristine Talor. The Italian army regen-
Grated as effectuafly as II Caporetto
had never been. holds the Austrians
safely at bay. The giant strength Of
the United States-that land Of unlim-