Evening journal., 1918-08-08
GERMANSNOWD DREAD
future OF THE WAR
One Paper Expresses Fear
of "An End of Terror
as In Russia
LOSING FAITH
IN THE ARMY

LONDON. Aug. s-The despondenl
tone OF the latest German press com
ments is emphasized daily in special
dispatches from Holland. A dispatch TO
the Daily Mail from The Hague yes
terday includes an editorial by the
Dusseldorf Nachrlchten, which says
that nobody looking into the future can
see an end to the war.
For though it is true that the end
might come quickly" 1t adds. 1T could
only be an end of terror as In Russia"
Vorwarts, OF Berlin, says tnat events
of recent days at last have shattered
the Illusion. created by inspired Opti-
mlsm, that Germany is invincible. It
says:
"The German people at last realize
the colossal gravity Of the situation.
Let us have courage to admit that as
-.-Ei as the war is not ended Il Is not
won and can be lost"
The principal North German organ Of
the majority Socitlists, the Burger Eel
tung OF Bremen, says:
Black and dark Is the hour. The
sacrifices made by the people ire i'm
measurable and those Of the fifth year
Of the war will be gigantic, but no re-
4ltruAuA DECdNn VI AAttQQAlA anu NlNlN
equality blows through the oppressive
might OF our discomfort"
The Germans are not likely 20 remain
,on the defensive long. according TO Gen
seral Won Ardenne, the military critic OF
The Berlin Tageblatt, as quoted in an
Amsterdam dispatch.
1T is clear that the defensive battle
fought by your retreating troops VIII
not continue indefinitely" says General
Won Ardenne. "The German offensive |
has suffered an unpleasant Interrupt |
tion, but It will certainly revive, and |
what will contribute to its revival is /
that the fact that the armies between
the Aisne and the Marne was able 10
carry out their operations with their
own reserves, without being obliged 10
draw upon the other reserve, the unre-
strlcted possession OF which secures
the initiative TO the German Supreme
Command"
Captain Won Salzmann, the military
critic OF the Vossiche Zeltung OF Ber-
lin, takes the view that German Oper-
ations south Of the Aisne are approach
ing a termination and the great ad-
vance upon the Marne has come def
nitely to an end. He pictures the Ger
man forces as retiring into a stronghold
whose gates are slowly closing.
The writer pays a high tribute to
General Ludendorff for the latter frank
admission that German operations
have not gone so satisfactorily as had
been hoped. This he regards as a sign
Of high confidence on the part Of the
supreme command.
"There was no talk OF victories that
were not won," he says, and he asks |
the German public TO be proud Of "re-
.faat during which the German troops
tb ,atedly turned upon their pursuers,
inZ2,iipg heavy losses" This retire
ments' he says, VIII be an example as
strategic retreat for all times.
The new front upon which Captain !
Won Salzmann expects the Germans 10
stand and which he believes will be
stoutly held. runs from southwest OF
Rheims along to Vesle River past
Conde, Joining the old German front
line north Of the Aisne. Desultory
fighting, he predicts, surely viii de-
velop on the new Vesle-Aisne front and.
he says. 1T will be TO our interest II .
the enemy ATTACKS in force here"