Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-07-10 | Page 11 | Von Hindenburg's Last Hope

r ln Hindenburg's g's gs Last Hope I War experts of the allied d countries a are unanimous n m that Von 11 next offensive will be Germanys Germany's most desperate attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to crush ru h the allied armies Th The people of Germany have h been en fed with promises of success s so so long that Von Hindenburg is forced IF to take tak aggressive action He must eith either r drive forward rd or orIF or a admit to the people of Germany that the long vaunted world supremacy supremacy su su- su- su of Prussian arms is only a mythical bo boast st st. 1 Foch h can hold bold his armies steadily on the the one one l line like and the thep p pees of the allied world will b be satisfied because they know he for the day when Ameri Americas America's as a's help wi will l give him the pre pie pied d di dominant strength to ta inaugurate a steady and victorious drive to toward to toward ward w-ard Berlin His strategy need n not t be influenced by years of boastIng boast boast- boasting ing Ing of the Me riMe und and Gott Gatt variety and he can wait until it is part of military wisdom for fot him to strike but Von Hindenburg cannot delay 1 He is between the devil which may mean the kaiser and the deep blue sea v I j Since the last great re reat t offensive was started on Match 2 21 i th there re has Iles been a gr greater ater period of comparative quiet than has has' heretofore marked any of the lulls between the great infantry storms There he been four great of this year Between the first and se second nd offensives there was a lull of nineteen days j bet between the these se second ond and third eight eighteen en days and between the openings of ot the third and offensives thirteen It is I. I fourth days now thirty six days since the fourth offensive slowed down and no signs are yet in evid evi evi- d nce ce that the fifth offensive may be immediately expected dj I Every days day's delay means means the I addition of fresh American troops a condition that Hindenburg undoubtedly re recognizes an and yet yett he waits It is too much to hope that he realizes the end has come He may see the the shadow shadow but he is forced to drive on and towards an inferno that can only m mean an utter ruin for all aU the Mitt Mittel- Mittel l- l Europa dr dreams ams of the kaiser and his well-protected well sons l