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GERM A ’S SUPREME
M ITARYEEFORT
IT HAS BEEN ATTEMPTED AND
HAS PROVEN FAILURE — DE
CREASE IN RESOURCES NOW
CONFRONTS KAISER.
Washington, Oct. 6.—Germany has
made her supreme military effort
and has failed.
Under the terrific, continuous on
slaughts of the allied armies, she is
losing her man power today at the
rate of more than 125,000 a month.
Her losses grow heavier and heavier.
Her ability to transfer troops from
the eastern front to the western front
and vice versa to meet the big drives
has been checked. Her resources in
men are diminishing at the very mo
ment military emergencies demand
they should increase.
On the other hand, the British and
French armies have reached their
full strength in men and materials.
And America's great army is yet to
come.
In the British offensive at Ypres
Gemany lias been obliged to engage
fifteen divisions in the last ten days.
Twenty fj\e fresh divisions were put
into acts by the crown prince be
fore Verdun and forty-five fresh .di
visions were thrown into the whirl
wind of allied steel in the battles of i
the Aisne.
Both French and German fronts
on the Aisne. 1917, and Verdun, 1 & 16,
have already been compared, and it
has been noted that they are prac
tically of the same length, says the
authorized version of the French !
high command given out by the com
mittee on public Information.
“It has been stated that the Ger- j
man forces occupying them before |
the attack were equally comparable,
12 and 14 divisions. It is known to
day that during the same period from
May to September the Germans en
gaged 25 fresh divisions at Verdun
and that they have been obliged to
engage 45 on the Aisne. Further
more during the equal period the
French took 5,863 prisoners at Ver
dun and 8,553 on the Aisne.
‘ The comparison included only a
small sector of the French front.
But it showed a very interesting re
sult due to the increase of the ma
terial forces of the allies and the
improved French fighting methods
adopted by the other armies, and
also, as testified by the German staff
itself, appropose of the battle of the
Somme, in explaining their defeat,
‘to the perfect use of technical
methods.' ”
If the above comparison is extend
ed today to the entire French-English
front, if you consider that from April
15 to June 15 the enemy engaged
108 divisions against the Anglo
French forces, and finally, if one
bears In mind that the cussesses of
the British offensive at Ypres oblig
ed the enemy to engage 15 divisions
during the last ten days, you can
understand why the German losses
on the western front grew heavier
and heavier (they admit the loss of
116 000 men during the month of
May, and 140,000 are estimated by
the allied staff during the month of
June, etc.)
This is because the fighting on the
western front, as a matter of fact,
practically never ceased. Whether in
the French sectors of the Verdun or
the Aisne, or In the Englisti sectors
of Arras and Ypres, the fighting Is
only to be taken up at another. In
addition to the big attacks a quantity
of carefully prepared small actions
which havfi been crowned with suc
cess and of which the bulletins are
not able to give a clear idea, increase
thtA attrition of the Germans.
‘This constant activity, coinciding1
with the weakness and inactivity of
the Russians also explains why the i
Germans are obliged to maintain and
succeed in effectually maintaining'
three times larger forces on the
French front than on the Russian
front. In the beginning of the sum
mer there were 156 German divisions !
to 700 kilometers on the French front
as against 130 Austro-German and
Bulgarian divisions, 77 of which were
German, on the western front. It is
known that the Russian winter prae
tlcallv puts a stop to all activities
*
and that the reaction of the internal
events in Russia on the eastern front
has allowed Germany to consider it
during four months as a veritable re
serve for the western front.
“it clearly appears at present that
the German staff, remembering the
critical situation in w hich they found
themselves following the Anglo
French success in the Somme in 1916
fears to see their western front brok
en by the allied offensives in 1917.
“All the measures they have taken
have been defensive In character,
intended to strengthen their resourc
es in the face of Anglo-French forces.
Not content with declining to give
battle and withdrawing a portion of
their forces on the Hindenburg po
sition they have transported to the
western front between January and
April a certain number of divisions
drawn from the eastern front. As
this did not suffice they have drawn
the picked men form each of their
companies on the eastern front and
with the assistance of the class of
1918 have former 27 new divisions
26 of w'hich have appeared in France.
“They then have TZl "''NW
picked troops of the easZan8e(i '4,1
the inferior ones of the
(Landwehr). Finally, once C|
begun, in order to hold out Hi
successively replaced
number, lti exhausted
the French front by S'0»« frill
Horn the eastern front dlv'9iohl‘
However, in spite of usln , ■*
methods, of which 'hr T*
only been possible this vZZSl
the trouble made bv th ’ dll« teB
revolution, Germany has Ru!i>laiB
supreme military effort made
“This is evidenced by the I
lowing statements, which <0®
compared for future enliZrUld «■!
“First-After the formaZZ^l
27 divisions above mSg"*®
many had intended to crpj’ G*lf
more divisions with the rriuT ^11
the series 601-602 Mot ,ect* «■
she been obliged to uandonil
ter part of her program. ‘J* !
calling out a portion of thl fte
1919, but 'she has been oblige!? '
break up several newly f0rZad
ments to reinforce her r<^l
and for the first time since fa“^l1
ginning of the war a clears bt,B
in the total strength of the C>Il
forces is on record.
“Second—At the very *im. Si
her total strength i8y dijLSjfi
Germany finds herself obliged ^B
crease her reserves on the sv B
front to forty divisions with ttt?I
aim of providing relay and resitZ’B
Therefore, just as the o?>B
strength of the Germans has iSllB
broken in the open field on the u I
ne and Yser and in the trench
fare at Verdun, her facilities TU
manuvering. that is to say ft
possibility of transporting vaUa*
reserves from one fiont to anotwl
is prevented by ,he continuity Z' l
intensity of the Anglo-French 0fS»
sive. Germany has still great now!*
ot resistance, which will take a 11 Z ■*
allied forces to break. She i3 Z®
abie of executing very rigorius tal
offensives. But her resources an I
diminishing at the very momenf*
when the military situation renuZB
that they should increase. I
“That is the principal'point. I
“On the other hand,” the statement®
concludes, ‘British and French arm.®
ies have reached their full strength!
in men and material. They are cap.’
able, with the help of America, ot
maintaining the enormous strength;
whichjthey have gained to the end
of th<f war. To this strength will he
added the great American army,
which will arrive as quickly as pojl
sible. as three years of war hate
demonstrated the falue of time and
the advantage, of each day gained.
“This shows the decisive character
attending the operations of 191J,
when three democracies—Kngland!
France and America—will unite their
entire strength in attacking the en
emy in conformity to the only sound
principle of war.”
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WARNING ORDER
In the Lee Chancery Court
Kate O. Pruitt, Plaintiff
vs.
R. S. McClintock, administrator es
tate of Isham Jordan deceased, R S.
McClintock. administrator of the es
tate of Chloe Ann Jordan deceased,
unknown heirs of Isham Jordan de
ceased, unknown heirs of Chloe Ana
Jordan deceased, defendants.
The defendants, R. S. McClintock
of the estate of Isham Jordan de.
ceased, R. S. McClintock of the es
tate of Chloe Ann Jordan deceased,
unknown heirs of Isham Jordan de
ceased, and the unknown heirs oi
Chloe Ann Jordan deceased, are
warned to appear in this court with
in thirty days and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff filed herein.
Marianna, Ark., Sept. 27, 1917.
W. F. Nelson, attorney.
75 R. G. APPLE, Clerk.
By Ben. B. Bonner, D. C.
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THE WISER WAY
‘ What sort of a man is Green?
‘ Fine. The best ever.”
“Is he trustworthy?’’
“Very/'
“Would you lend money to him?*
“As to that 1 can’t say. I’ve never
lent him any. I’ve only borrowed
from him.’’—Detroit Free Press.
William Geppert, publisher of the
•“Music Trades” 437-439 5th Ave,
N. Y., and supposed to be the b
authority in the construction »
marketing of pianos, has the folio
ing to say:
“Do not take a musician or *
music teacher as an expert to s
a piano for you. Do not advise
teacher that you intend to buy
piano for the teacher will at
notify the dealer and the commi^
will be added to the retail price
the cost of the purchaser.
“Rely on the dealer in Pref®r®?*t
to the teacher. Tell the deale
no one has been consulted an
teacher has no influence in th
“Not one teacher in a thousand ij
a piano export. Music te®.truCN
know nothing about piano co ■ 7
tion and are apt to recommend \
pianos which insure them the *
est commission.”
I sell the Adam Schaaf PtoPjj'/J'
rect from the factory, thereby • j
the purchaser:
1st, the dealer’s profit
2nd, the dealer’s retail expens
3rd, the teacher’s commission.
De sure to find which P*an® j|er
teacher boosts and buy the • l
If you have any contribution5
let the Red Cross have it.
J. C. GLASCOCHI
Factory Representative of the Ad j
Schaaf Piano.
MARIANNA ARKANSAS!