Show The News From FroIn the Front FrontONE FrontONE 0 ONE NE more German hope seems seeing blasted n fl as reports from tl thc c front indicate that the big German offensive has come to a su sudden halt hall under the fire and determination of or the allies Confidence and encouragement ement arc nrc the thc predominating notes in each new communication from the field of or operations As a counteroffensive o is is launched we see sec our own forces pushing pushing- forward taking nc ew positions and administering defeats to the tile Hun HUD forces which seem to spell the doom o of the German J drive if they do not constitute n a more sign hopeful of oi ofa oin in the ranks of the a n weakening s enemy Failing Tailing in th this latest effort to break brcak through the line of resistance is bound hound to ha have hae e a a. demoralizing effect on the tho kaisers kaiser's troops V We c were cre warned that it was vas to be bc bethe the the greatest effort mustered by the Teutonic f forces in inthe inthe inthe the war Avar and yet it crumbled crumbed in in the making If it was the tIc master stroke of militarism we have hare reason to believe be be- lieve that German Germanys Germany's s war lords are arc entering that period of depression which marks the turning O of or thc tide of the battle The failure o of the blow however lo er lea leads heads s to the possibility possibility that this is not the thc trump card eard of the enem enemy unless unless un UIl- un- un less Jess German morale monte has deteriorated to an alarming extent ex ex- eX- eX tent Despite the frantic efforts of the war masters rs to bolster the courage of their men meu by hy making light of the opposing forces it is is apparent that the German drive lacked the impetus of former The superior morale of the allies ma mn may account for this seeming change in till the force of the tho offensive The Thc appearance of the Americans in the Lighting fighting i line Hue has s had a wonderful effect on the French and the English English Eng Eng- lish forces The Tile vigor igor with which they entered the fight fig has a added 1 to the spirit of confidence in the ultimate outcome The morale of or an army array does docs not stand still it moves up Uj and down ju ju t as the hopes of the individual rise ise and md fall Germanys Germany's forces must have hac suffered suffer d in int t Ilic he proportion that the allies' allies spirits rose when the Americans took over o a part of the battle front It Jt is too soon to look for a crumbling in in the ranks fH the rf-the the Prussian armies but failures like this one speed I ilic he day when disintegration di sets in We e are proud ot otlie ott t lie Ilc manner in which the French and the thc Americans beiran be- be iran ml their counteroffensive but bute we e dare not not- expect great cat territorial gains to result Y We Te c have delivered a telling blow to if we have broken the spirit of the German fi fighting units on the thc rocks of lost Jost objectives Overconfidence at this time is to be bc avoided by us for forit forit forit it is fraught with many dangers tn b n 1 fia n Ba |