The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-03
CLOSING IN ON THE ENEMY.

The enemy is now palpably suffering from internal
commissions. They unerrng indications Of demoral
zaton and harbngers of defeat The collapse may not
come soon for the fabric Of German mitarism is both
extensive and tough, but the fact is now recognized
throughout the world that the German system doomed
INSTALLATIONS adverse circumstances and the growing
strength Of the allies have combined to deal deadly blows
at the Germans and matters have reached such pass
that not all the intellect and force at their command
sufficient repair the breaches The German armies
Overmatehed; German intrigue in the Balkans is out
the allies gain momentum the German people are FESTIVE
respondent and menacing.
The gigantic shadow of the coming catastrophe has
thrown all Germany into darkness The emperor and
his satellites in a semi-panc. The chancellor is
borne down by conflicting currents, yet he must WELD
the emperors authority for while, as there is no
stronger hand The emperor throws out sops to public
opinion, while Withholding any definite assurance of re-
lief liberalization Of political powers. He say he
wishes to give the people greater participation in the
direction Of government; but he stops with the pre-
tended wish His empty phrases just the kind that
are uttered by yrans before their fall when they
blinded by folly and see the prison bars or the
grave at the end Of their road
Mitteleuropa has been disemboweled by the collapse
Of Bulgaria 1t more destructive of Germanys vitality
than Russa detection proved to be to the allies strength
The allies virtually traded off Russia for America, but
Germany cannot find another road to Turkey Without
Bulgaria, Turkey is lost, and without Turkey the Ho-
henzolen and Hapsburg empires stand surrounded with
crushngy powerful enemies. Turkeys loss means Rus
sas recovery through allied assistance via the Black Sea-
1t means also direct attack upon Austrias weakest
flank by combination of powers supported by both land
and transportation. It probably MEANS also, the
early clearing of the Adratc and hence the closing of
the Mediterranean to every hostile submarine. This, in
turn, would mean the immediate strengthening of the
allied forces from Gibraltar to Odessa and Archangel
The psychological condition of Germany is as bad as
the political and military conditions The failure to
break down the allies in March, April and June caused
widespread depression in Germany 1t has been inten-
sfed and made universal by the failure of the army to
Withstand the allied onslaughts Nothing so strongly
the changed temper of the Germans as the Ian.
guage now employed by the German emperor He is
compelled to appeal to the people modify their anger
and grant the government another chance His words
reveal that the people are in an ugly mood.
The allies redoubng their efforts to break down
the enemy system, that is badly battered Every
possible effort should be employed at this time The
activities of the people, their armies and their rulers
should be ncessant and most carefully directed to the
great end in view The enemy will not fail to seize every
possible expedent to wrigge out of disaster He has
shown that he act with lightning quickness He
capable of immense mischief and was never dangerous
at present If the allies should relax their vigilance
their eortn politics and the battlefield the en-
envy would be enabled to proong the war and possibly
find advantages in the hour of surrender.
While Fochs hammer is battering down Germany's
main strength in the west the allies should strain every
to beat down and annihlate the enemy elsewhere
WELL After four years of failure the allies now have
the upper hand in the Balkans. They will have only
themselves to blame if the enemy should elude their
grasp and again outwit them as he did in 1914 1915
1916 and 19l7.-Washington Post.