Show T I LAKE TELEGRAM DEFENSIVE WARFARE SEEMS HUNS HUNS' ONLY ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE- TIVE Germans in No COI Condition to I y Launch Drive Upon Upon 1 Allies I i i I By Robert J. J JB Bender Bende t c. c vl United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON y Lug Aug g. g G Beaten Beaten back to the Vesle river and presentIng present present- Ing Inga a shaking front at numerous other points on the tle great west front Germany In the opinion of officials officials' here must soon make some some reckoning reckoning reckoning reckon reckon- ing to her people It Is is' f believed here that she will wll atte attempt at at- te tempt to dig dip In soon and set up a bitter bitter bitter bit bit- ter defensive front or attempt a new offensive at some other point In I tite line after fter she has had an to reorganize her forces and and simultaneously launch the first of or a series of oC progressively attractive peace maneuvers That she is is In no condition to to sta start t ta a successful offensive action anywhere 1 is the the conviction h here re Th The British British are stronger than in many months The Americans and French are are demonstrating dem- dem darn dem their increasing effectiveness effective effective- effective ness Hence it would appear ppe r that Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's Germanys Ger Ger- best bet play would be e settle many's o settle down to defensive warfare and try to gain peace before the great battle of oC the allies allies' allies the action to to be launched later latel to gain gaina a a decisive decisive- victory vie vic vic vic- tory HIT AT AUSTRIA I Strong tiong pressure s s being bro brought by some ome of the allies foi Com a determined drive on Austria in the belief that on once onEe e ethe the armies armies' or of freedom got under way way there would be widespread revolt in inthe intile in inthe the tile dual monarchy monarch Turkey and Bulgaria Bulgaria Bul Bul- garia garla have long since ceased to be an Important military figure Already the signs aie hopeful are hopeful in iii Russia The SIberian Si Siberian Siberian SI- SI berian government has declared it will soon reconstruct the Russian army and place a determined fr front nt against the Germans At Archangel where where- American and allied troops landed last week the people ra lied to the allied p banner I Everywhere the feeling is str strong that victory will soon be within the grasp of the allies s. s if it they sternly refuse to let the Germans hoodwink them into a premature peace 1 |