The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-22
THAT HUN DRIVE
.ONPAR|STEUT0N
bluff Is.OP|NION
IgFWAROfF|C|ALs
Big Effort To Keep
Hope ofG erman
/ Victory Alive. Is !.
Entente May Force the
Fighting Back To
German Soil !.

!" ASSOCIATED Press Ger
many's much talked OF spring Of
tensive, which was to have,
brought the conqueriug troops OF
Won Hindenburg to Paris before
the end of the month, is German
bluff. spread throughout the
world for the two-fold purpose of
keeping up the morale Of the Ger
man people through a critical
food period and Of so impressing
the Allies that they would pre-
pare for defensive campaign aud
lay no plans for a resumption Of
the offensive that gave them the
victory during the spring and
summer of 1917. As
This is the opinion Of Ameri-
Fan observers, who are now con-
vinced that the German general
staff has abandoned its plans for
A great offensive If it ever actual,
~ entertained the project. III, y,
4, OFFICIALLY EXPRESSED
This opinion is expressed Off
sally by the war department in
its weekly review Of the Euro
pean situation. This review, made
public yesterday@ stAteskia pela1
ton to the German talk Of a drive
70 pierce the lines Of either the
French or British, that while the
hostile preparations for a western
front offensive, have, not slackeiil1
cd, tits becoming more evident
that the enemy will launch an Of
fensive only if compelled to by
ltbe exigencies of the strategic
situation, &724,7,N &c
= ALLIES MAY STRIKE
1t is believed here that. the Al
lies, ON the, other hand, may take
the offensive. on a grand scale.
The Allied War Council. where
he plans of the general campaign
low are all mapped out In coorli-
nation for all, the fronts, has q
bower over all the armies oppos-
Ling the Central Powers that is
not fully known but sufficient to
Ienable il to carry out a wide,
general offensive if such be decid-
led upon, w..
1t may be, in the. opinion OF OBJ
serSers here, that already the
preparations are advanced for a
series of simultaneous blows
against the German line on the
west, at Verdun and along the
Vosges front, where any decided
victory will bring the fighting on
to German soil, and in Italy,
where concentration may clear
Il e Italian territory and reopen
1.-THE way TO Trieste. mysta X
Press Agent Busy ~
/ Copenhagen dispatches of Yesterday
which state that the Germnn general
STAFF has notified neutral press CORES
IpoaC eLts thPt ~, v will b. hyalcame nj
the German front TO observe the once.
ling of the German drive, are Regarded
as the carrying on Of the German al
tempt to blur, by Indicating that the
offensive Is about 10 open. The neutral
correspondents have been notified, says
the Copenhagen message, to leave for
the scene Of the expected battle on
Wednesday, today. - O.. b E'.l.N .S'tN
French Guns Busy -,.,rF 49,, ar
Paris dispatches state that artillery
progress by the French on the Verdnn
front was satisfactory today. 4, IA
Severe struggles took place along The
Belgian front Monday and YESTERDAY
before the Germans were expelled from
the points where they had gained a
Footing. ~. r ~. s'# ~ III
The American consul at odeSa. John
A. Ray,is safe at ROscoff, following the
departure from the city when fhe Teu
tons neared 1t. s,rf g. ~.
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