The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-06
ALLIES PREPARE TO STRIKE new BLOW
TO-DAY
IN THE NEWS
The British Lion Becomes
Restive
Who Are the Czecho-
Slovaks?
) WAS predicted in thcs

~ - W 40 IlItti'i'll W 'H'N'
~ columns eleven days ago.
the British army on the
Amicns- Moutdidior front has
struck an apprcciablc blow al the
Crown Prince of Bavaria.
The latter individual iS already
considerably concerned over the
rcycrscs Of his royal cousin who
commands the armies in the Sols-
sonsRhrimS line. These rcvcrScs
affect him not only generally, as
they affect every member of the
piratical ruling class of Germany.
Crown Prince Rupprccht is more
deeply Interested. for he has sent
division after division 10 help
Crown Prince Frederick William
Gf Prussia. Naturally. IL these di-
visions are cat up cor captured by
the frauco-Amcrican forces, what
viii the unfortunate Bavariau have
to oppose the reinforced. frcshcu-
ed armies Of Field Marshal llaig.
which are just beginning their
sport
Every indication al present
points To- a general offensive by the
allies along the entire western
fronI-in other words, the long
lookcd-for Big Push. This does
not mean that the Germans will hc
expelled from France within the
next few weeks. or even within
the next few months but it does
mean that the general process OF
expulsion iN soon lo be well under
way.
II is not too sanguinc TO believe
that the possibility of 4 powerful
German offensive is getting more
and more remote. Though the
armies of kaiser may and no
doubt will--attcmpt a show of
force somewhere along the line in
the near future, their failure to re
act 10 the lpccSSant hammcring Of
General Foch $ combined forces
indicates that they are losing their
punch, while the allies are iHrrcaS
ing theirs.
The conservative French obScrv.
crS have promised the world a
thrill when the full number of
prisoners taken in the recent drive
Is made public. Perhaps this clc.
mcnt of the allied victory accounts
for the cncmy'S inability to react
II ,s not generally known that tho
Cyccho- -Sloyaks. who promise 10
make things so interesting Tor thn
Germans ~ Russia especially when
g,dcd hy the Allies were originally
Austrian prisoners captured hy ,ho
lussuus during their spectacular
drive over the Carpdthians. and that
their original destination was th"
western front
Al the time. tho world wondered
hit about why 50 many hundreds of
thousands of Austrian troops allow -
rd themselves to be taken hN the en-
omy
Tho explanation. the world has
since learned, was simple. Tho Aus.
trian troops were not Austrian AT all,
except through geographical misfor-
tune They were Slavs. and looked
longngly to Russia as means Of
fulfilling their racial ospirntion-t that
of escaping from the hated Haps
burg yoke.
After the coward treaty of Rrest-
lltovsk, these Austrian" prisoners
were automatically released, together
with their Teutonic comradcs-in-
arms. The latter either returned 20
Austriu or Joined tho sinister Ger
man movement that wos spreading
over Russia.
Tho Czechs, however. had other
MINIS Thcy quietly organized them
selves into an efficient army, and
headed toward Nladivostok 20 bound
for France, wa the Pacific ocean, thc
United states, and the Atlantic ocean
Their aim was 10 aid the allies o.
The western front since the eastern
front was barred from them by the
liolshcvild.
II was quite ontract for com ,
raratiVely small number of mon 20
undertake but this intrepid hand ha.
stuck 10 n doggedly. until - is no
longer baud, but n wcll-orRanizcd.
Wcll-defined movement.
II ~ this pro-allI movement that
the Initou states hnd Japan haV,
pledged themselves To aid IN ovcry
way that will bc acceptable 10 the
I'ussians themselves.
This Is why light is beginning Ia
break in the Fast.