Show I Other Points of View 11 I TIlE THE ROAD J TO VICTORY From the American arm army In France n now nw w strong comes a n. cautionary message to the American people peo peo- plo at nt home who are so proud of ot their thell soldiers and ex expect expect expect ex- ex so 60 much of or them it might be put in this form torm With Ith our French and British allies we who h have ve just begun to fight tight have hava a long long- road road to travel be before Core victory can be won and you OU will best encourage and sustain u us your OUI countrymen by understanding that victory victory victory vic vic- tory Is not yet et In sl sight ht because our OUI allies with our help hell have beaten tho the enemy back to his old lines and taken man many thousands O ot prisoners and man many guns It would be bo well for the American people strong as their faith Is 1 In the valor of or our troops elated as they the are arc b by the masterly strategy of Marshal Foch and the rapid and brilliant advance of or the British and French aswell ns as i well as their own divisions not tx to count on the early collapse of ot the German Gorman arm army The enem enemy Is still in great force lorce his organization is Intact he lie has behind him formidable works constructed for Cor JUst j such a a. reverse rC as ho he has suffered he occupies large larCe cities In France and Belgium linked together b by an elaborate railway s system tern tem his frontier Is still remote except In in the tiie south where It Is guarded b by the great fortresses of Metz and Strassburg In and he has leaders whose genius for war war offensive e or defensive must al always always at- at ways be bo reckoned with and winter with Its snows rains and cold Impediments to military operations Is not hot far oft off What has happened Is that the German offensive which was to destro destroy the French or the British arm army or 01 both and gain Paris Paris' or a n channel port or 01 both be before before be- be fore forc millions of ot American n soldiers could tal take e their place In the battle line has been turned on the Germans They have o lost the Initiative and cannot recover It this year ear perhaps never but g on the defensive a as al thc they must the they can cnn take talce heavy toll toB of ot the armies of ot the allies disputing every mile of their advance B By next spring the Germans hope to to reinforce their front with 1 great reat levies les raised in Russia and to protract the war Wal until bath the allies weary of oC It and incline to a compromise peace But the tho defeat and overthrow of or the Germans and the confusion of their cause are written ben Marshal Foch roch could not have ha undertaken cn hl his offensive e without Americans American's Americans American's Ameri Amen cans can's battalions and prospective American aid and the war will wIn ultimately ho bo won because America with her vast re resources has willed to win It She is d destined l to finish the work begun by her brave bra and and determined allies but hut Dot Jol without their powerful co operation until the last sho shot Is fired France Great Britain America glorious trinity of oC civilization I Germany Cerman with her evil ambitions ambi ambi- tons tron her lust for dominion over over the souls and bodies of or ormen men must go down before It on the lie fields of oC France But Dut the consummation Is h not for this year ear of ot bloodshed of alternate despair and hope It cannot he be wrought without moro more shedding shedding- of blood and the bulletins from the front may bring disappointment again ItIs It ItIs Itis 1 Is likely to be bo a Ion longer gel road to victor victory than titan the Amerl- Amerl can p people have expected seeing the tall ships freighted I with the finest manhood In the he world worM sail from their shores on n the crusade to save sa civilization Faith hope but bUl alwa always s 's New patience New ew York Times I r- r I I |