Show Experts Expert's Daily I Review of War WarBy By ByJ J. J W. W T. T Mason Written for the United Press NEW YORK March 20 Ef 20 Ef Efforts forts by the Germans to tempt the time western allies ames into starting a I premature major offensive this spring have been begun The Germans themselves have extensive extensive ceased to engage in raids They are abandoning abandoning occasional occasional occa occa- trench positions and are not making a strenuous defense against against French and British and American raiders By these the o e t tactics I the time German Gennan general staff may hope to create the Impression that the German morale is giving way and that an early spring drive b by bythe bythe the allies would meet with large success In reality Von Hindenburg realizes realizes real real- izes that impatience to deliver this rears rear's blow against the German west front might indeed result Inno in inno inno no more than a moderate victory for the allies not worth the cost For or the first time since the war began tho w western stern allies alIes are arc in a position through the supreme war council at Versailles to strIke to together together to- to gether against the Germans This coordination if properly used ought to give the allies an enormous enormous enormous enor enor- advantage But it If will bo be thrown away if ir an impatient demand demand de de- de- de mand inand arises to strike at the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans before everything is ready There is no advantage in trying to outpace the Germans The Tho initiative at the west front is now passing into the hands of America France and Great Britain It is they who are in tho the real position to force events whenever th they y de de- de sire It is because Von Hindenburg knows this that he is trying to tempt the allies into moving be before before before be- be fore they have ma made e full It is impossible to believe that the generals in the tho field can be befooled befooled fooled by any such situation But public opinion at home must be betaken betaken betaken taken taken into consideration In de determIning determining determining de- de problems of major strategy The time has come therefore with the beginning of spring when home should guard Its itself against falling into the snare of impatience Public opinion In democracies sometimes has forced army commanders Into terrible blunders The home morale is ig now now of vital importance It should not show uneasiness at delays delays de de- de la lays s 's in attack wh which ch may be necessary necessary I sary to make victory certain at the end |