New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-05-25

For the final victory America
must furnish the reserves. Thi!
truth. thus concisely stated by thu
Kansas City Times, is recognized
in Germany and in the countries
of our Allies. ave must hurry
to obtain a solid victory by arms
before the full American forces
arrive" admonishes one German
paper. while others seek to reas-
sure their readers by decrying
Americ an efforts. The Anglo
French front in France will stand
firm and husband its strength
while waiting for aid from the
United States, says winston
Spencer Churchill, British Mn
lister of Munitions. Henry Be
renger. of the French Senate, as
sures his countrymen that the adj
vent of America in the war not
only outweighs the detection OF
Russia, but means "a tremendous
net gain for the Allies. And ne
adds that "the United States will
no to Berlin. if necessary, to save
the world" Meanwhile, note our
own editorial observers. Secretary
Bakers statement that we already
have more than half a million
soldiers in France makes 1t GER
tain that we are more than re-
placing the British and French
losses in the battle Of the western
front. At the same time wee
Admiral Sims, commander OF our
naval forces in the war-zone, an
nounces that "the new tonnage
constructed by the Allies has been
gradually increasing until the cor,
ner has nearly been turned, ana
we hope within the next fortnight
the construction in the aggregate
will beat the rate Of destruction
by the U-boats. And Wash
ington dispatch tells us that the
.brigading of Americans with
British and French forces makes
it possible to carry virtually hvs
times as many soldiers as would
be the case were the American dl-
sisional organizations kept intact
and sent across with the neces-
sary supplies. The United
States. as Premier Lloyd George
recently stated in the House OF
Commons, is literally dumping
an army into France. In Wash
inpton henceforth, the correspond
ents report. "the business Of VIM
ming the war is the only business
that will be recognized. : This
acceleration Of all our efforts, re-
marks the Denver Rocky Noun
tain News, means that 1.-THE UNI
ted States is now awake and ter
ribly ii earnest.
{ But even 50. Germany will not
be defeated this year, thinks
Lincoln Eyre, 9 correspondent OF
the New York World with our
Army in France. DESIGNATING the
possibility that internal conditions
may bring about her downfall
sooner. he argues that the end will
come only when the Allies. resum-
ing the offensive. have inflicted 2
decisive defeat; and we must not
look for this until the Allied for
ces greatly outnumber Germany s
perhaps in 1919. To bring
about such ! preponderance Of
numbers, he concludes, Is square.
" up to the United States.
There is NO doubt Of the outcome
in the minds Of any Of the Allied
leaders, says War Secretary Bak-
e., and 1.-THE principal question
now is, What can America do to
shorten the wari'' One French,
Generals answer to this question
II: In magnitude, make your
preparations - tho the war were
going to last ten years; but N
speed make them as tho it were
eoing to be over in six months. !"
To-day, says the Philadel phia
Evening Telegraph, . ceaseless
river Of brown il pouring from
the shores Of tho United States
across the Atlantic and into
France. Il is the American
Army
BY the end Of the first week in
May the tetal casualties Of the
American expeditionary force had
Just passed the 5000 mark, which
Is about one-iftieth Of the esti-
mated British losses on the West