The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-06-22
Magnitude of Operations Under
Way Gives Allies Renewed
Energy.
PRAISE FOR OUR SOLDIERS
British Correspondents at the Front
Give Glowing Accounts of the
Proficiency of the Amer
lean Soldiers.

London.-The stupendOusneSs Of the
american war program has staggered
the people of Great Britain. Realiza
ton of the fact that Uncle Sam is In
the war to fight it to q finish and
That he has the men and money has
given new energy and optimism to the
people of England. While there was
never any doubt in their mind that the
allies could prevent a German victory,
they are pulling together now with
new vfgor and determination, fully
believing that with the powerful help
OF America they and their French,
Belgian and Italian allies can give
Germany a crushing blow either this
year or next.
German treatment of Russia has ST.
Rnced the would-be pacifists. The
element which has hoped for ter1ni-
nation of the war with q compromise
peace has been transformed into
most militant body now that the
naked hand Of the German annexa-
honists has been exposed The cry
everywhere in Great Britain is for
continuation Of the war until the ac-
ceptance Of the allied terms has been
assured. Whether the country Is war
weary or not is small matter now
that German duplicity has again been
revealed by the action in Russia.
Has stiffened All Allies.
That the United States has stiffened
hn oil SO hot
newest Of the anti-German nations has
amazed the European world with its
industry in war preparation. There
Is no longer talk that the United
States will be unable to do any actual
lighting this year. Uncle Sans sol
diers have been in the fighting for sew
eral weeks, and correspondents
straight from the front give the most
glowing accounts Of their proficiency
as fighters.
They learned quickly. They have
een eager from the start to test their
settle with the Huns, and in every
cash where the forces have been any
thng like equal the Yankees have
completely routed the Germans. On
sevral occasions young Americans
IRON states west of the Mississippi
rlverhave been thrown up against the
PruSsan shock troops. The Prussans
were sent after the "Yanks," as they
are called, to teach them fear of the |
German soldiery. The Yankees /
showed no more respect for the Prus-
haN Oh, e.
cans on the border, and, it may be /
said, drove them to cover almost as
readily.
A French journalist who had an op- |
portunity to see the Americans at
close range says they will quickly de-
velOp into the best fighters on the
front. They have courage, alertness
and skill, and, as the journalist said,
!hey- are there tc kill Germans till
the war Is ended" AS the Americans
put 1t. 1--WE have blood in our eye,
and when we meet Hun it's either
q dead Hun or dead Yank."
Marks Turning Point Of War.
There is no knowledge here as to
uUW illuUy AlucIlSdAc IA LII t1ic DuIlAc
line, but from the fact that reports
Of frequent skirmishes with them come
from headquarters 1t is estimated that
there Is a considerable fighting force.
The Germans have encountered them
where they expected to find them and
where they did not expect to find
them.
The entrance of the United States
marked the turning point In the war.
German prisoners CAPTURED recently,
according to reports here, give hints i,
that the Germans realize that they
have reached their maximum and are
now facing a steadily growing army.
Persons In England-a great many
,f the Americans-who mathis ago
said that the United States would do
\ great deal OF talking and little in 1
actual achieven ent have changed their d
rune. The dispatches Of recen date
,aying that the United States has ap-
,ropriated more than billion dolhrs
or its aircraft program caused people Il
here to "stt up and take notice" The e