Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-15 | Page 18 | More than a Bluff

More Than a Blu Bluff ERMANY i must pause pauso for reflection as ns she fin finds s t GERMANY vJ tho the entire St. St Mihiel el salient c captured by the the Am Americans Amer- Amer ricans r- r 1 because e the tho event is IS so foreign to their p When the American forces took over o positions in Lorraine and in tho time French welcomed them not as offensive e forces but as an tut aid in the watch over the battle line linc Germany scoffed and aud in in scorn ran ranked met I 1 1 the thc Americans as ns an army of amateurs which could coul never nc exert any un- great influence in the tide Lido of battle hattle In In other words words Germany German held that tho the actual entry of the Americans into tho the worM world war Will was leas an extension of the great treat American bluff which the tho kaiser branded eel our declaration of war 1 New victories of or the Hie Americans must t teach loach the Prussian authorities that the bluff is a 3 dangerous vehicle ve ve- hick hicle in war as well wen as in poker It is fatal to brand a pat hand a n bluff until tho cards canIs have been laid on the theL L i table and nud when the principle is carried to war gar itI it I amounts to As a result we may conclude con- con elude clude that the thc kaisers kaiser's contempt has aided us to a military military mil muil- itar victory of which we WC may maywell well be hc proud and ono which is bound bonna to haunt On this side of tho the battlefront there is no discounting discounting discount discount- ing the time new achievements of the American forces In their drive e they have taken in excess of prisoners prison- prison ers and aud more than thirty towns besides des wiping out a wedge n e which has long threatened tho the allied forces Then The fhe results of the tho battle no doubt will kill he be discounted in imi Berlin but the thc German leaders will rill have havo to tp go to ex- ex ends to reconcile the time to event-to the assurances is issued issued issued is- is is- is sued earlier in time the year Germa Germany ly y b by a a. consistent policy of ot discounting sting the power of the allies has disI disarmed dis- dis 1 I armed her people for the reverses w which ich are are to be suffered suffered suf- suf now that the thc allies have e lave gained g the thc I Y We rc c know what patience and fortitude France Dud and England England England Eng Eng- land displayed when the thc German pressure sture brought them after another If had t been one reverse they n not prepared pre pre- r f 1 pared for these defeats by an understanding of the situation sit- sit 1 their determination could not havo haye lave end endured endured re The German people on the other hand have been robbed of the tho patience and fortitude which must gos go 1 s with reverses and defeats The They have havo been taught ht to believe c that the enem enemy was with without t l power ower and without strength As a n result their hopes have hac been held high J and preparation for the thc hours of trial have ha not entered J their campaigns Believing that victory was inevitable have havo to think of the of dc- dc j they e n neglected pe possibility i feat nn and this this i is bound to speed the disintegration o of their spirit They have drunk too freel freely y of Prussian t i victories to gain their a equilibrium in defeat and soon i they must ask pertinent questions of th their ir leaders The fhe Thet t kaisers kaiser's deceptions ons arc beginning to return to haunt him himin him t In in crushing b bl military def defeats nt an and ho Ile must soon share J l these secrets with his people