Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-28
WAR INSPIRES MANY
DRAMATIC PHRASES
frr~hing Gives iurranrc IA state
nicnts That WIN Live Long In he.
scrtblng TONS siiuatIoi,s.
STRIKING APPEALS MADE
iiaig nnd ictain rut ,ourngc Into
Troi~ NJ rcri"ds Whrn War
situation u Darkest.

NEW NOlIK. Jan o rho Ntr
has developed tuauy dramatic
phfaS,s. Hlugput irfHU DNiF IulH cor
lnrouir t'tf'mTu's l.HUk|ug ut,
uNrt the ptr. NvlIN. uf fuuI Nrtft Ht
lighting 70 spp'srs iiht m" malul
~ ~ hos, grew uI' ~ tense 'fItnN
In haitIeb CO., marked hiH'uiI, uiu
urntN whom ihr f,i, ~ nations huus
u tho hhlau.,.
Takr fpI tNamI., tho .iuEtH.
They aHtI nut pnsr rur'ug 'I'
ircmtudpu, fighting lu front ~ N'.
.dun when mo prfmtuh una lc IN
gteht desperate lr',u 90 hrvth
thruuh ~, ttru. 10 battle IlnrH 100
IplG thH ~iNius pnssod from ~ lu
p amnuE the y rurh ,n'iiota ghih
'rcl there ~ 'nug drawn battle Z"
,hcck the t"rrifl, onslaught ~ iho
Gsrutu- iluw 70 originated IN NOT
,I't bHun have H'lrlhutrd u 10
Mtfshu r,Nlu. wuu viH iu COM
upnd ~ ihr frouch hshtlns forces
ei \ofdun plhsth adopted " and
fur months while th" uermsns vain
!. thr,W their intttlions upon tho
h,uhhufu, defended forts around
ihe French city tho saying. "They
shal' NOT pas.l" became the watch
word at Netdun Ana they aid not
pass
rcrshinK speaks.
10 Americans tho Sontentious ui
terrace Of Urneral perhins when no
placed ~ wreath on the tomb of
lafayette In tho riopu- cemetery In
Paris conveyed u siEnificance ana an
inspiration. "isfayetts, w. pTn
here" was all he said but to the
American ~ well a. Ia the French.
man II was batter than oratory u
mesnt 10 tho American we aro
her for business ann our e1s.ns,. s,,.
IN IN fNht " thrilled tho heartE
~ General Pershlns's people At home
and the mvd~riy of u hiied 'h"n
with q glow Of satisfaction,
Another dramatic phrase which
stirred the patriotism ~ the Am.ri'
can people was that attributed TO tho
American commaDder Al Chateau
Thierry when he responded to ths
treat by declaring The American
flag has been compelled to retire.
This In unendurAble We are EoinG
10 counter attsck These statements
hsvs hsyn attributed TO both MAJ
Den. Robert !. Rullard and to Nal.
Den. omar Bundy Homo ob.ervers
have regarded this incident as the
turning point OF the war From that
tlfne the Americans advanced. The
vktory Of Chateau Thierry followed
and thereafter tho German army re-
treated.
Vice Admr. William n Sims. com.
mandinG the American naval forces
IN European waters. was asked when
the first Yankee wNrvhips arrived In
England early In May, 1917, when
viii you ne ready for business" lie
replied, "we can star, at once We
made our preparations on the way
over"
pcrNhinG Oner~ All.
" There was q dramatic mofnent, q
Great crisis In the world's history
when General Pershins placed the
american army under the command
% the then uenerai Foch, who had
just been made commander of silihs
allied forces. but none of the phrNses
that usnsrai PsrshinG used we're
widely quoted as epiGramatic. One
which n,ight so have been selected
were the Words sour Infantry. artpr
lery, aviation, all that We have. u
yours Dispose OF Il ~ you may de-
sire"
The reiQrt OF Maj CHARLES Whit.
tlessy, cdAman ndsr OF tho "lost bat.
TALON" of the American army In the
Arsonns forest when the Gcrmang
surrounded his isolated command
and thsir commander demanded Its
surrender was one OF the wars his
toric phrases. 20 to hell" he re-.
piled.
The first great battle Of the war,
the batilc that stopped the Germans
nj the Marne eliclted from the lips
OF Marshal Joffre the historic words
Tho hour has come 10 advance 81
eli coats. 10 die whore you stand
rather than to give way"
usnerAi Foch, commanding tho
French army In the first battle OF the
Msrne, had been almost over.
whelmed by the onward sweep OF
the usrman forcea In q memorable
message TO Joffrc ne ssid MY
right b crushed. NY left N In re-
treat. I am attacking With my cen
ter" lie did attack and drove n
wedge through the German lines
that started their retreat 10 tho
Aisne The people OF Parts we're
stunned by tho tspidlty with which
ahe uermans advanced In their first
ry~, toward the French capital The
railway stations were beslrKed hi,
IN. srsat majority Of the people
kn,S they must remain, In this
trnsir moment General unllleni
military commander OF the city, In